With the arrival of summer in Canada various cities experience a huge increase in the amount of tourist activity in their towns. Some popular cities that seem to be high on the list of must visit places are Toronto, Montreal, and Québec City.

The film festival, Arts and impressive landmarks are a determining factor in Toronto while the Fashion, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal and Just for Laughs comedy festival as well as world-class cuisine make Montreal a summer destination to remember.  The Québec City Summer Festival takes place for a few weeks at the beginning of July with the numerous free concerts and theatrical performances. At the end of July is Les Grands Feux Loto-Québec, a fireworks spectacular, while August sees the five-day, biennial Medieval Festival and the large-scale, self-promoting Québec City Provincial Exhibition.

Montreal sights and shopping
The most famous aspect of shopping in Montreal is the Underground City. Constantly growing, the "city" – which links many major buildings and multi-level shopping mall in the area – is a shopper's paradise in any season. Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica has nothing in common with Paris's except the name. It's a neogothic building dating from 1829, constructed on the site of a much older and smaller church which had been outgrown by its parishioners. Notre Dame is noted for its lavish and beautiful interior – stained glass windows, paintings, statues, gold-tipped polychrome carvings, rich altarpiece. Creativity, dazzling & daring all describe Cirque Du Soleil. This stunning performance is playing in Montreal this summer. Check itineraries for this world class performance and other festivals including entertainment, music, dance & theatre for summer 2009. 

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