Air Canada Provides Additional Singapore - Vancouver Flights for Winter Peak Season

Following the Singapore-Vancouver route success on Canadian Thanksgiving, Air Canada adds fifth flights for the winter 2024-2025 peak season

Date: 4 December 2024 - 27 March 2024

The Singapore-Vancouver route has proved to be popular since its launch in April 2024 that it’s making the award-winning airline, Air Canada excited to add more additional flights for the upcoming winter peak travel period.

Air Canada’s non-stop flights to Vancouver also link Singapore with convenient connections to other Canadian destinations and beyond. Making it a top choice for your next holiday destination. Let’s fly and enjoy a winter wonderland in Vancouver with Air Canada!

Why You Should Visit Vancouver 

Ranked as one of Forbes’ 100 Best Cities to Visit in 2023, Vancouver is fast becoming a popular choice for Singaporean travellers and beyond, offering something for everyone, regardless of age or interests.

For families with kids, Vancouver is a safe and active haven! There are lots of outdoor and indoor activities to entertain kids and parents all day, every day, year-round. Not to mention an exceptional selection of restaurants recognized by the MICHELIN Guide Vancouver, with 10 restaurants in the 2024 Guide awarded one Michelin star. Air Canada also shared the 2024 list of best new restaurants in the country. 

The upcoming year-end holiday marks the beginning of the winter season in Vancouver, a truly magical time filled with activities ranging from snowy outdoor adventures to festive Christmas celebrations.

Here are the highlights of why you should visit Vancouver especially during winter holiday:

• City Escapes: Enjoy peaceful winter strolls or bike rides along the Stanley Park Seawall, or enjoy snowshoeing at Cypress Mountain
  
  
• Winter Wonderland: The “Peak of Christmas” at Grouse Mountain, featuring festive lights, an ice-skating pond, and holiday activities
  
  
• Christmas Festivities: Start with the iconic Vancouver Christmas market, then Christmas Glow at Langley, and don’t forget to visit VanDusen botanical garden’s Festival of Light

Things to do for Family in Vancouver

We have also prepared some places to visit and things to do for families planning to come to Vancouver.

1. Hire a Bike and Cruise around Stanley Park

Photo Credit: www.vancouver.ca

Venue: Vancouver, BC V6G 1Z4, Canada
Opening Hours: Open Daily | 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Admission: Free

One of the most relaxing and scenic ways to see the sights of Vancouver is to hire a suitable bike and explore Stanley Park and the Seawall, the inner loop or all the way to Sunset Beach. With playgrounds, artworks, the famous Totem Poles and breathtaking views of the city skyline and North Shore Mountains, the ride is mainly flat on a dedicated bike track and perfect for all ages and levels of fitness.

2. Scavenger Hunts Around the City

Venue: 305 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Canada
Opening Hours: Anytime Scavenger Hunt
Admission: $14.99 per player

Take a scavenger hunt in Gastown, or on the Compass Trail – the whole family can solve riddles and learn fun facts about Vancouver on this fun and exciting hunt for clues over town. Perch and wait in Gastown, as the world-famous steam clock draws a crowd, to video the steam clock as it lets off steam and chimes roughly every 15 mins. Find out more here.

3. Science World 

Photo Credit: www.scienceworld.ca

Venue: 1455 Quebec Street Vancouver, BC V6A 3Z7
Opening Hours: Open Daily | 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
Admission: 

• Adults (19+): $34.85 
• Senior (65+): $28.10 
• Youth (13-18): $28.10 
• Child (3-12): $23.65 
• 2 and under: Free

Science World is a perfect place for curious kids. Packed with interactive exhibits, a massive IMAX theatre, and rotating seasonal displays, it offers both education and fun for children and adults alike.

4. Vancouver Aquarium

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Venue: 845 Avison Way Vancouver, BC, V6G 3E2 778-655-9554
Opening Hours: Open Daily | 10:00 am - 05:00 pm
Admission: Vary by day. Start from $40.95 - $56.95

The Aquarium is the largest in Canada and has a “hands on” wet lab, rescue otters and sea lions, a 4D theatre and educates about everything coastal or ocean life from tropical coral reefs to the Amazonian rainforest. All ages enjoy the dolphin and sea lion shows.

5. Granville Island 

Photo Credit: www.granvilleisland.com

Venue: 1669 Johnston St. Vancouver BC V6H 3R9, Canada
Opening Hours: Public Market 09:00 am – 06:00 pm | Net Loft 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
Admission: Free

Granville Island is a bustling hub of activity with its public food market, artsy shops, and street performers. There’s a two-storey kid’s market, adventure game zone, foods from around the world to explore and special events to keep them away from their screens. 

Finish off with a ferry ride or walk across the huge, sky-high bridge back towards downtown, taking in all the sights of the city as you stroll. Vancouver International Children’s Festival on Granville Island takes place annually at the end of May into early June.

6. Explore Green Spaces at VanDusen Botanical Garden

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Venue: 5251 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6M 4H1, Canada

Opening Hours: 

• January and February: 10:00 am – 02:00 pm
• March: 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
• April: 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
• May: 09:00 am – 06:00 pm
• June to September 2 (Labour Day): 09:00 am – 07:00 pm
• September 3 to October 31: 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
• November 3 and December: 10:00 am – 02:00 pm (Closed 25 Dec)

Admission:

• Adult (19 - 64): 

- Fall/Winter: $9.80
- Spring/Summer: $13.80

• Senior (65+):

- Fall/Winter: $6.85
- Spring/Summer: $9.65

• Youth (13 - 18):

- Fall/Winter: $6.85
- Spring/Summer: $9.65

• Child (5 - 12):

- Fall/Winter: $4.90
- Spring/Summer: $6.90

Free for VBGA Member and child under 4 and below.

VanDusen Botanical Garden is not just for nature or plant lovers. Families can lose themselves the hedge maze, admire the spectacular seasonal flower displays, and take part in kid-friendly activities like the annual Festival of Lights during the holiday season.

New Air Canada Flight Schedule

To ensure that more travellers from Singapore and beyond get to enjoy Vancouver’s magical winter, Air Canada is adding a fifth flight departing on a Friday from Singapore to Vancouver, as a seasonal expansion of Air Canada’s schedule between 6th December 2024 and 28th March 2025. 

The Vancouver to Singapore segment departs on Wednesday starting 4th December 2024 and will run till 27th March 2025. With a flight time of just around 14 hours, you can land in a winter wonderland, feel rested and ready to explore what Vancouver has to offer!

So visit Air Canada now and book your next family vacation to Vancouver soon!