explore Canada openly & freely with a sense of adventure
Canoo is your VIP Access Pass. With free entry to over 2000 partner experiences, exclusive deals and access to some of the hottest events, Canoo is your companion as you make Canada your new home.
Canoo is built and managed by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a small independent non-profit based in Toronto, Canada.
Canoo is funded in part by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). We thank them for their continued support of our program.
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what canoo offers
Canoo is your VIP Access Pass to the best of what Canada has to offer. Download our mobile app and get all this and more!
Free entry to over 2000 of Canada’s best experiences
Exclusive deals from Canada’s biggest brands
VIP cultural access & discounted tickets to the biggest events in the country
Fall in love with your new home
how do I become a canoo member?
Canoo is available and free to new Canadian citizens in their first year of citizenship and new Canadian permanent residents in their first 5 years of getting their PR.
member stories
Canoo members came to Canada from over 50 different countries, and form one of the most diverse, and engaged communities in the country. Meet some of our awesome members.
MEMBER Stories
There are so many museums in Ottawa yet to be explored. Thanks to the Canoo app we entered all the museums for free and had a great time!
Raina Rebeiro
Canoo member
blog
Read about your new home, Canada and discover amazing things to see and do here. Meet our partners, get introduced to our members and learn interesting things that will help you get settled in.
partner stories
Canoo is Canada’s largest newcomer welcome network, and our amazing partners are a critical part of it. We have over 300 partners who welcome our members to their premises, their events and give them great deals.
Meet some of our amazing partners.
partner stories
Many organizations declare themselves to be welcoming to newcomers, but the National Ballet does more than talk: they deliver a tangible, first-class welcome via Canoo.
Daniel Bernhard
CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship
our partners
all across Canada
Our partners represent the very best of Canada. From incredible museums, galleries and performance spaces, to the great outdoors, to some iconic attractions, we have it all on Canoo.
500,000+
newcomers served
300+
partners
let’s keep canoo free, and Canada strong
Canoo is a charitable project. We are supported by generous donors like you. Your tax-deductible donation will help keep Canoo free, and Canada strong.