If you brought together 1 million Canoo members, you'd have a pretty impressive crowd. More importantly, you'd have a million stories of arrival, wonder, friendship, and firsts across Canada.

Canoo has hit a remarkable milestone this year: we reached 1 million Canoo members, exploring their new home and creating unforgettable memories from Vancouver Island to Cape Spear.

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For a program built around helping newcomers feel at home, that's a lot of museum visits, national park entries, fun festivals, and "I can't believe this place is real" moments.

1 Million Members, Countless Canadian Adventures

Canoo was created by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship with a simple idea: help newcomers feel a sense of belonging in Canada through free or discounted experiences that connect them with Canada's culture, history, nature, and communities.

Since its launch, Canoo has grown into one of Canada's largest newcomer networks, offering eligible permanent residents and new Canadian citizens access to thousands of experiences across the country.

Whether someone finds a local science centre, spends an afternoon exploring an art gallery, walks through a historic site, or watches a live orchestra for the first time in the city they now call home, every outing becomes part of that person’s larger story of belonging. Because sometimes feeling at home starts with getting out and exploring.

1 million Canoo members have started building those stories, and we're honoured to be part of them.

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Why Exploring Canada Matters

Over the years, Canoo has opened doors for newcomers. The result is more than sightseeing. It is memory-making.

Building a new life takes time. It means finding favourite places, restaurants with familiar dishes that remind you of home, hiking trails for that Sunday morning reset, galleries with workshops that introduce you to new friends, and local parks where community events bring neighbours together — all of which help transform an unfamiliar place into a home.

Canoo exists to make it easier to find those moments by encouraging exploration without the added cost.