Happy New Year! We made it to 2017 and I just have this wonderful feeling that its going to be an awesome year. One of the cool things happening in Canada this year, is our 150th Birthday, yes Canada is turning the big 1-5-0 and she is still looking good (even better if I may say). I’m excited this year to get out and explore more of my beloved country and share my adventures with all of you. So stay tuned!
For today’s post we will be exploring beautiful Vintage Canadian Travel Posters & Advertising.
Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay, are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
Vintage Canadian Travel Posters & Advertising
1920’s – 1960’s
Join us in British Columbia. 1930s Vintage Map Cover.
Visit Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia-1940s Travel Poster (See Vintage Ski Poster HERE).
The water is nice at Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta.
Further Reading: Vintage Travel To Do List: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
The Mountie and the Rockies, iconic Canadian symbols. 1920s Travel Poster.
Official Trail Ride: Banff to Badger Pass.
Saskatoon, is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. There was also a song written about it in 1915, as seen in the sheet music image below.
Here is what the song sounded like. So very Ragtime!
Vintage Manitoba travel advertising circa 1950s.
1940s Travel Brochure (1947) for visiting Ontario! Canada’s Vacation Province!
Cruise the Great Lakes of Ontario. 1930s Travel Poster.
Are you interested in what one would wear on a cruise if your going for that vintage look? Check out the following post I have written: What to Wear on a Cruise-The 1930s-1950s Edition
You MUST go to Niagara Falls when you visit, it’s breathtaking.
Further Reading: Vintage Photo Tuesday: Visiting Niagara Falls, Canada
The poster is correct, Quebec is truly a Winter Wonderland (1940s Travel Poster).
“See you in Montreal”. My dad attended Expo 67 in Montreal.
Head to the East Coast to discover a truly charming part of Canada.
Visit Nova Scotia-Digby Pines, “A Canadian Pacific Hotel”.
1950s Travel Poster for Prince Edward Island. Known world-wide for the beloved and spunky character, Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island will truly delight.
New Brunswick-Canada’s Unspoiled Province by the Sea.
‘Canada’s Happy Province’. This slogan from a 1965 ad for Newfoundland and Labrador made me giggle. I guess the rest of Canada’s provinces are grumpy and unwelcoming?
Canada also has 3 Territories: Yukon, Northwest Territory and Nunavut.
For more vintage travel Canadian posters, check out my blog post ‘See Canada by Train-Vintage Advertising‘. OR you can visit my archive page on all the posts I have ever done on Travel..HERE.
Question Time: If you have travelled in Canada, where were your favorite places?
Vintage Travel:
Would you like to see Canada yourself? Viator is a tour company I have used on several of my trips and they have lots of fun tour options for visiting Canada. Take a look at just SOME of the options below!
Note: Viator is an Affiliate Link, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Thank you!
Thanks for dropping by!
Liz
Those are some beautiful vintage travel posters. The graphics are stunning. I would love to visit Canada again. I’ve been to Vancouver and Calgary, including Lake Louise/Banff National Park. Just breathtaking. I do tend to love cities though. So future visits will include Toronto and Montreal.
Banff and Lake Louise are personal favorites of mine. I use to be a downhill skier and those are some of the best places in the world to ski. Would love to visit them again.
If you ever visit Toronto, drop me a line! Would love to meet up.
I like the exclamation point. Manitoba! I had to say it aloud LOL.
these are all fab particularly the ones with skiers
Seeing any skiing images always reminds me of my days on those sticks lol! I have fondness for these images as well.
Thanks for sharing these gems. I adore vintage travel posters.
Funny, isn’t it, how every single Mountie, whether standing manfully in the background, or paddling a canoe through the wilderness, is ALWAYS in his dress uniform.
I lost track of how many things there were to laugh about in the Saskatoon sheet music pic. The shoes, the dress, the mountains….
Now I’m all excited to visit all these places.
I’m pretty sure if the Mountie was not in his dress form nobody would know who he/she is lol!
The oldest posters are so beautiful, great colours and graphics. I like the first one especially. I have never been to Canada but would really love to one day. Where would you recommend to a first time visitor?
First time visitor, I would say either go to Vancouver and do the Rockies etc. Or head to the heart and visit Toronto (and me) and then head to Ottawa (capital of Canada) and then Quebec to Montreal and Quebec City (about a 5 hour drive from Toronto or you can take a train). Honestly you can’t go wrong wherever you visit, but those would be my places to start.
Thank you for the ideas. If I manage to get there one day I will look you up!
Yay! 🙂
These posters are gorgeous! Canada is definitely on my list of places to visit one day, I want to go to all the big cities, particularly Montreal and Quebec. xx
You can’t go wrong with Montreal and Quebec, they are like stepping into Europe. Make a Trip to Toronto as well, I hear all the cool people are there (cough cough..me lol!).
We have been once, and Banff was our favourite place, although our travels were very limited. We have definite plans to make it back one day, or a few times if we can afford it!
I have a print of a Banff travel poster that I really should put on the wall, it’s only been 4 years now…
I totally understand about having art for a long time that needs to be put up. My husband and I bought a beautiful painting in Cuba 3 years we FINALLY got framed and put up..finally.
Banff is fantastic! I have been there for skiing years ago. Loved it.