19
MICHELIN-starred restaurants in Texas, 2026
Three new One Star restaurants in the third Texas selection; 149 restaurants in all across 30 cuisine types.
Source · MICHELIN Guide
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57 min
Dubai to Abu Dhabi by Etihad Rail
Passenger service began on 30 September with 10 trains a day. The National put the scheduled trip at about 64 minutes.
Source · Dubai DET · Sept 2026
6m 22s
Totality over Luxor in the 2 August 2027 eclipse
Close to the eclipse's maximum of six minutes and 23 seconds. Luxor hotels and Nile cabins that week will sell early.
60th
Barbados independence anniversary, 30 November
The Barbados Food and Rum Festival runs 5 to 8 November, and Air Transat starts Montréal–Barbados nonstops on 13 December.
40,000
Square feet in the AGO's new modern wing
The Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery opens in 2027 alongside a full exhibition slate in Toronto.
Source · Art Gallery of Ontario
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260th
Anniversary of Virginia's Omni Homestead Resort
One of a stack of 2026 milestones, alongside Colonial Williamsburg's 100th, with dated programming into the fall.
Source · Virginia Tourism Corporation · Sept 2026
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51st
Edition of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
It runs 31 October to 8 November 2026. Guide Sarah Hueniken receives this year's Summit of Excellence Award.
Source · Banff Centre · 2026
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$140K
Raised by a Flair-sponsored anti-trafficking event
The Driving For Change golf tournament in Toronto has raised $452,200 since 2023 for prevention and recovery programs.
Source · Flair Airlines · Sept 2026
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$135
Concert-only ticket, Symphony Under the Stars, 17 Oct
Concert-only admission is $135 per person plus taxes and fees; dinner and concert is $399 per person, according to the lodge's offer page.
Source · Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
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4
Countdown Cruises with PPA pros before the invitational
Holland America will run four Caribbean sailings with pro meet-and-greets, lessons and island clinics between November 2026 and January 2027.
169 m
Length of the Coaticook gorge suspension bridge
The park bills it as the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America. It hangs 50 metres above the gorge.
1912
Year monks from Normandy founded Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
Monks of the French abbey of Saint-Wandrille, then in exile in Belgium, founded the abbey on Lac Memphrémagog on 4 December 1912.
Source · Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
1989
Year the world's first ice cider was made, in Quebec
Christian Barthomeuf pressed apples frozen on the tree in Dunham that year; he was named to the Order of Canada in 2020 for inventing ice cider.
150 km
Kilometres of multi-use trail in Bromont's Parc des Sommets
The regional park is open to hikers, mountain bikers, fat bikers, cross-country skiers and snowshoers.
Source · Tourisme Bromont
4
Sépaq national parks in the Eastern Townships
Yamaska, Mont-Orford, Mont-Mégantic and Frontenac. Montérégie and the Laurentides have two each.
Source · Sépaq
~120
Food stops on or within 5 km of the Véloroute Gourmande
Breweries, cideries, cheesemakers, vineyards and restaurants line the Montreal–Sherbrooke route, according to its 2022 launch release.
Source · Tourism Eastern Townships · Apr 2022
28
Stops on the Brasseurs des Cantons microbrewery route
The route launched in May 2017 with about 15 breweries; Tourism Eastern Townships' route page now lists 28 stops.
Source · Tourism Eastern Townships
1.6 m
Mirror of the Mont-Mégantic Observatory's telescope
The research telescope sits at more than 1,100 metres on the summit of Mont Mégantic.
Source · Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic
550+
Projects Moment Factory says it has created since 2001
The Montreal studio now has offices in Tokyo, Paris, New York, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, alongside its regional Quebec night walks.
Source · Moment Factory
$5.5M+
Investment in Anisipi, Amos's Moment Factory circuit
Quebec, Ottawa, Desjardins, the town of Amos and the Abitibiwinni First Nation of Pikogan funded the four-installation circuit, Radio-Canada reported.
Source · Radio-Canada
3,500+
Kilometres of snowmobile trail in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
The regional tourism office's L'Abitibi circuit alone runs 722 km from Val-d'Or.
27,356 km²
Area of the Vallée-de-l'Or, one of Abitibi-Témiscamingue's five sectors
The Val-d'Or region alone is larger than Vermont, which is why the tourism office splits Abitibi-Témiscamingue into five sectors.
Source · MRC de La Vallée-de-l'Or
800+
Lakes in the Réserve faunique La Vérendrye open to fishing
The reserve on the road from Montreal holds more than 4,000 lakes in all, according to Sépaq.
Source · Sépaq
91 m
Depth of the underground tour at Val-d'Or's Cité de l'Or
Visitors ride mining vehicles down to 300 feet in the former Lamaque mine, which operated from 1935 to 1985. It's 8 °C underground.
Source · Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue
13
Food stops on Abitibi-Témiscamingue's Régale-toi circuit
The circuit runs 420 km over two to three days, from Val-d'Or through Amos, La Sarre and Rouyn-Noranda to Témiscamingue.
Source · Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue
8 of 13
Botanicals in Puyjalon's Betchwan gin picked in Minganie
Juniper, beach pepper, bayberry, Labrador tea, Scottish lovage, chaga, lingonberry and cloudberry come from the area around Havre-Saint-Pierre.
Source · Tourisme Côte-Nord
13
Whale species that frequent the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park
Parks Canada says six of them are seen often; they include blue, fin, humpback and minke whales and the endangered St. Lawrence beluga.
Source · Parks Canada
35,000+
Pairs of nesting seabirds in the Mingan Archipelago
Atlantic puffins are among them, visible until the end of August, according to Parks Canada.
Source · Parks Canada
850 km
Length of the Véloroute des Baleines, Tadoussac to Kegaska
More than 95% of the route has a shoulder of a metre or more. Luggage transfers run in July and August between Tadoussac and Baie-Trinité.
214 m
Height of the Daniel-Johnson Dam at Manic-5
Its 13 arches and 14 buttresses stretch about 1.3 km. Hydro-Québec calls it the largest arch-and-buttress dam in the world.
Source · Hydro-Québec; Wikipedia
214M yrs
Age of the Manicouagan impact crater
The ring-shaped reservoir behind Manic-5, nicknamed the eye of Quebec, fills a crater from the Late Triassic.
Source · Wikipedia
7.5 km
Length of Le Massif's sled run in Charlevoix
Le Massif bills it as the longest in North America. The 2026–27 season runs 25 December to 29 March, from $69 with the snowcat ride up.
Source · Le Massif de Charlevoix
~54 km
Diameter of the Charlevoix impact structure
Recent dating puts the impact at about 450 million years ago. Roughly 90% of Charlevoix's residents live inside the crater.
Source · Schmieder et al. 2019; Wikipedia
18 m
Diameter of the SAT's Satosphère dome in Montreal
Opened in October 2011, the 350-seat dome was, the SAT says, the first permanent immersive modular theatre dedicated to artistic creation.
Source · Société des arts technologiques
1,000+
Seats at Le Cathcart, the food hall under Place Ville Marie
The 35,000-square-foot glass-roofed hall opened in January 2020 with 15 kiosks.
Source · Sid Lee Architecture
~125,000
Bottles Le Cep d'Argent produces a year
Founded in Magog in 1985 by brothers from France's Champagne region, the estate grows about 60,000 vines.
Source · Vins du Québec
10 months
Bayeux Tapestry run at the British Museum
On show 10 September 2026 to 11 July 2027; September to December 2026 slots sold out, January to March 2027 tickets released 21 October 2026.
Source · British Museum
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11
New London Michelin stars, GB & Ireland guide 2026
Two new two-star and nine new one-star London restaurants were named at the 9 February 2026 ceremony in Dublin; no new three-stars.
Source · Michelin Guide
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6m 23s
Maximum totality, 2 August 2027 solar eclipse (Egypt)
The longest totality of the eclipse falls in Egypt, and Luxor lies in the path, according to Astronomy magazine.
Source · Astronomy
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610
Banff Mountain Film Competition entries, 2026
A record, from 59 countries. 83 films from 16 countries were selected as finalists, according to Banff Centre.
Source · Banff Centre
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100%
Algonquin fall colour change, 9 Oct 2026
Algonquin, Arrowhead and Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls report full colour, with 40–50% of leaves down. Most southern parks are at 30–70%.
Source · Ontario Parks
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