Canadian Heritage cancels all in-person Winterlude activities, including Snowflake Kingdom
Posted Jan 11, 2022 08:35:00 PM.
Canadian Heritage is cancelling all in-person events for the 44th annual Winterlude festival after it “explored a variety of options to deliver Winterlude programming in a safe manner.”
“The health and safety of Canadians and event staff remains a top priority,” writes the federal tourism agency on Tuesday, January 11. “Taking this and evolving public health measures into consideration, we have decided to go forward with the most prudent approach.”
The National Ice-Carving Championship is still expected to go ahead virtually, however. Representing the 10 provinces, pairs of carvers will have 20 hours to take 15 blocks of ice and create their works of art. All Canadians are invited to vote for their favourite ice sculptures on Winterlude’s website.
Winterlude is set to take place from February 4 to 21, 2022, with ice carving happening February 5 and 6.
The winter festival was forced to go virtual in 2021 due to the presence of COVID-19 as well.
