Dates and Times
The Birthplace of Canada will be open for the 2026 season, from June 1 to October 15, 7 days a week, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dates and Times
The Birthplace of Canada will be open for the 2026 season, from June 1 to October 15, 7 days a week, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Self-guided tour
Self-guided tour
Our costumed interpreters will be back in all the buildings on the site from June 2, 2025 to welcome visitors.
For this type of self-guided tour, available during our opening hours, we appeal to your generosity for voluntary contributions, which are essential to our mission of heritage preservation.
Boxes are placed in all the buildings and visitors can drop off their donations themselves.
Guided tour
For 60 minutes, one of our interpreter-guides will accompany you through the various buildings of the site, sharing historical information, anecdotes and stories about Point O'Haraa and the figures who have marked its history.
Tours in French and English available every day, at fixed times.
Price: $15. Reservation recommended, online or directly at the Berceau shop. Limited places.
Application Web
With our multilingual web application, you can explore the Cradle of Canada by accessing complete informative content in archival audio, text and photography format from your smartphone.
Available in French and English (soon in Spanish and Arabic)
Price: $10 – accessible anytime, anywhere.
Amenities
Group Tours
School groups
A guided tour adapted to young audiences, an outdoor naval battle game, a treasure hunt and an animation on the theme of the printing press of yesteryear are available by reservation.
Interpretation languages: French and English
Tour operators and cruise lines
A guided tour with an interpreter-guide is available upon reservation. If the group has more than 25 people, it is possible to divide the participants into 2 groups with each an interpreter guide.
Tailor-made packages (visit-tasting) available on request.
Interpretation languages: French and English
