Quick Facts

• This year, Labour Day weekend takes place from September 5 to September 7.
• Tourism in Ontario generates more than $28 billion in economic activity and supports over 359,400 direct and indirect jobs.
• Every $1 million spent by tourists in Ontario creates 14 jobs and generates more than $500,000 in wages and salaries.

Enjoy Activities Happening Across the Province

• Discover Pompeii, the site of one of the world's most famous natural disasters at the Royal Ontario Museum. The exhibit features 200 artifacts, many of which have never before travelled outside of Italy.
• Be a mythbuster for a day at the Ontario Science Centre. Test your experimental skills in hands-on interactive experiments to discover the truth behind popular myths.
• Get aboard a tall ship at Discovery Harbour in Penetanguishene. Experience history first-hand and learn what it was like to live on this original British Naval and Military outpost.
• Wander through the Earth Art Exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens and see art installations created using natural elements like stones, trees and plants.
• Go on the White Water Walk and see Niagara's famous rapids up close, and stay to see the fireworks at the Falls.
• Celebrate the end of the season at Blue Mountain Village's Summer Sundown and Fireworks and enjoy music, hiking, biking, scavenger hunts and more.
• Take part in Upper Canada Village's Horse Lovers' Weekend, celebrating 350 years of the Canadian horse, with wagon rides, a parade and a mock horse auction straight out of the 1860s.