Enjoy 42 snow tubing and carpet slide trails, or snow rafting at full speed down the slopes!

Visitors can also ice-fish for trout or go snow rafting (think large-scale tobogganing on circular inflatable rafts).

This family-friendly celebration of the magic of winter features castles carved out of ice, a canoe race across the semi-frozen St Lawrence river, snow rafting, ice skating and sleigh rides.

Carnaval, from Jan. 27 to Feb. 12, adds another layer of festivity, with a children's village, snow rafting, outdoor sports and parades, ice canoe and dogsled races and snow sculpture contests throughout the city.