CANADA DAY AT THE ZOO | SUNDAY, JULY 1
This Canada Day, the Zoo will stay open late until 8 pm giving you more time to enjoy everything the Zoo has to offer. PLUS the first 200 people at the Zoo will receive a FREE animal zipper pull! Winston, our polar bear mascot, will also be on hand greeting Zoo visitors from 12 pm to 3 pm.
Open on Canada Day and included with regular Zoo admission:
Xtreme Bugs presented by Artis REIT -- Xtreme BUGS features 19 giant, animatronic bugs along a forested trail. Experience how the world would appear from a bug’s eye point of view!
McFeetors Heavy Horse Centre -- Located in the north area of the Zoo, the exhibit is home to magnificent Percheron horses and includes a barn, pastures, paddocks and a carriage shed.
Australian Walkabout -- The seasonal exhibit provides visitors with the unique opportunity to enter an animal enclosure and enjoy a barrier-free encounter with kangaroos and emus.
Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden
Zoo visitors can explore the magical world of butterflies in this garden, which contains two 2,000 square foot quonsets in the southwest section of the Zoo. It features vibrant flowers preferred by adult butterflies, a container garden section, interpretive information, benches and water features.
Daily Zoo Chats -- Learn about our animals from the people who know them best! Get the most out of your Canada Day visit and take in one or more of these Zoo Chats! See full schedule below.
Visitors can also enjoy more than the new wolf exhibit, ride the Red River Co-op Tram, learn about Arctic species in the Journey to Churchill exhibit and so much more! Don't forget to cool off with ice cream from Winston’s Ice Cream Shoppe or try a Hawaiian shaved ice in our new Journey to Churchill concession.