• Panache - Quebec city

Feels like the country French farmhouse of your dreams

• Le Grafitti - Quebec city

Attracts more locals than tourists, and offers an updated approach to French (and Italian) dishes.

• Casse-Crêpe Breton - Quebec city
• Le Chic Shack - Quebec city

Poutine

• Chez Ashton - Quebec city

Poutine

• Pierre Lassonde Pavilion - Quebec city

The collections include more than 2,600 pieces of Inuit art and some of the finest paintings by regional artists.

• Charlevoix Pure Laine - Quebec city

For hats, scarves and mittens made from the wool of Charlevoix sheep

• Rue St. Jean - Quebec city

Shopping

• Château Frontenac - Quebec city

Lodging

• 1608 Wine & Cheese Bar - Quebec city
• Auberge Saint-Antoine - Quebec city
• Joe Beef - Montreal
• Milky Way Cocktail Bar - Montreal
• Fairmont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada

Set at the top of the ultra-charming mountain village of Mont-Tremblant, this hotel offers the perfect spot to take in the vibrant colors of fall with hiking and biking right at your doorstep. Set out on one of the hotel’s complimentary Sunday morning guided walks and finish the day with a BeaverTails pastry, a fried dough treat topped with chocolate hazelnut spread or apple pie filling.

• Northern Lights Resort and Spa

Built last year, there are three extravagant Aurora Glass Chalets at the Northern Lights Resort and Spa ($800 for three nights) in Canada's picturesque Yukon River Valley. Each chalet features big floor-to-ceiling windows to give guests an unbeatable view of the northern sky from the comfort of their queen size bed. You can also find a spa, an outdoor Jacuzzi, lounge, bar, and dining room just a few steps away.

• Inn on the Lake - Yukon

You could borrow a set of snowshoes and head out into the wilds of the Yukon while you hope for solar activity —or you could stay in your suite and watch from the cozy comfort of your room at the Inn on the Lake in Yukon, Canada. The rustic hotel’s far-flung locale not only offers a chance to see the aurora borealis in action from your bedroom, but also opportunities to take part in classic winter activities like snowmobiling, snowshoeing, tobogganing, and ice fishing.

• At Toronto’s Sky Yard, Beets by Drake is one of the signature cocktails made with vodka, vermouth, beetroot and star-anise syrup.
• The Drake Hotel in Toronto transforms its Sky Yard with the seasons.
• La Palma - Toronto
• Emerald Lake

Close to Banff

• Kootenay National Park
• Yoho National Park
• Glacier National Park