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Niagara Falls Information when exploring this natural beauty. Useful Tourist information about Niagara Falls
How to find the most helpful Niagara Falls information?
Your starting point when visiting Niagara Falls should be on the Canadian side, in the building called Table Rock Centre. There is a desk for tourists inquires, run by Niagara Parks Commission, and it is open daily from 9am to 6pm.
Why there?
Very simple. You will be so eager to see these beautiful Niagara waterfalls that you will not have time for anything else.
And since you are already there, why not to gather all useful Niagara Falls info at the spot. And it is very convenient for you.
For more Niagara Falls tourist information, there is another convenient place located in Stanley Ave. and it is called Niagara Falls Visitors and Convention Bureau, open daily from 8am to 8pm during the summer; but in winter time, business hours are reduced.
In the same street, if you check Ontario Travel Information Centre, you can gather information about Niagara Falls, region and Ontario province.
All these Niagara Falls information centres, according to our opinion, have to be you starting point. They will provide you with many useful info, news, coupons, booklets and maps, very handy when you are out there exploring Niagara. And it will save you tons of time.
Even if you miss visiting one of these centres, you can always use Internet or find this information at the hotel, motel or restaurant.
Niagara Falls tourist information - Holidays
When talking about helpful information about Niagara Falls, one is critical for your budget and experience; to know what are the days or weeks, when Niagara is the most visited. The holidays and people's vacations are usually driving the costs up.
These are the days with a lot of events, festivals and entertainment also.
Niagara Falls celebrates following holidays in Canada:
- New Year's Day, Jan 1st
- Good Friday and/or Easter Monday, floating holiday in March/April
- Victoria Day, Monday-third weekend in May
- Canada Day, July 1st
- Civic Holiday, first Monday in August
- Labor Day, first Monday in September
- Thanksgiving, second Monday in October
- Remembrance Day, November 11th
- Christmas Day, December 25th
- Boxing Day, December 26th
Niagara Falls information about festival and events
- January - Niagara Icewine Festival
- March - Shaw Festival Season opens, Maple syrup season
- May - Niagara Folk Arts Festival, Spring Festival at the Falls, Opening Day at Fort Erie Racetrack
- June - Welland Rose Festival, Niagara New Vintage Festival, Beamsville Strawberry Festival
- July - Friendship Festival, Canada Day, Two Nations Celebration, Dragon Boat Festival, Motorcycle Rally, Music Festival, Battle of Chippawa ceremony
- August - Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival, Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, Siege Re-enactment at Old Fort Erie
- September - Wine Festival, Niagara Food Festival, Fort Erie Highland Festival
- October - Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival, Vineland Thanksgiving Artfest
- November - Winter Festival of Lights
- December - New Year's Eve in Queen Victoria Park
Important Niagara Falls information
- The telephone area code for Niagara region, Canada is 905. When calling local number you have to include the area code.
- Emergency; fire, police or ambulance call 911.
- Hospitals, emergency services are available at Greater Niagara General Hospital.
- Shopper's Drug Mart is open 7 days a week till midnight.
- Banks are generally open from 10 am to 4 pm.
- Embassies are located in Ottawa, consulates are in nearest Toronto.
- Canadian currency Canadian dollar ($ CAD), don't be surprised when you here "nick" names for coins: penny (1 cent), nickel (5 cents), dime (10 cents), quarter (25 cents), Loonie ($1) and Toonie ($2).
- Taxes, Goods and services tax - GST is 5%, Provincial (Ontario) retail tax - PST is 8%, accommodation tax is 5%.
- Nonresident may apply for a tax refund, GST can be recovered, proof of purchases (original receipt) needed.
- Time, Niagara is on Easter Standard Time.
- Electricity is 110 V, AC.
- Best time to visit Niagara Falls: any season.
- Nightly illumination and Fireworks occurs only during the summer time, except New Year in winter.
- Getting married: You have to get licenses prior to the ceremony (min. age 18 years), and are valid for 3 months; same sex marriage is recognized in Canada.
- You must be 19 years of age to consume or purchase alcohol in Ontario and 21 in US. They are sold through LCBO stores (Canada).
- Tipping is around 15 % in restaurants, 10-15% for taxis.
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