Christmas towns in Canada: Almonte, Wolfville, Banff, Carleton Place and Charlottetown ranked
A travel company's scoring puts five Canadian towns in the top ten for a festive, snowy December trip.
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Almonte, Ont., with about 6,000 residents, scored highest of five Canadian towns in a North American holiday ranking by travel company Journeyscape, placing eighth overall with a walkability score of 86 out of 100.
Journeyscape scored small towns on average December snowfall, the likelihood of a white Christmas, population and walkability, then combined the results into a score out of 10. Breckenridge, Colorado, came first, with 8.86.
Almonte gets an average of 17 inches of snow in December and a 75.9 per cent chance of a white Christmas. Several Christmas films have been shot in the town, including The Christmas Setup, Christmas By Design and Christmas Around the Corner.
Wolfville, N.S., with about 5,000 residents, placed second among the Canadian towns with a score of 8.05. Carleton Place, just outside Ottawa, ranked fourth, with a walk score of 41 and the same 75.9 per cent chance of a white Christmas as Almonte. Charlottetown, P.E.I., ranked fifth with a score of 6.71, and gets an average of 24.6 inches of snow in December, among the most on the list.
Banff, Alta., scored 7.05 and was the only Canadian town in the top five with a 100 per cent chance of a white Christmas. Its holiday events include the Banff Christmas Market, the Hot Chocolate Trail, an outdoor lights experience called In Search of Christmas Spirit, and Mountaintop Christmas at the Banff Gondola.
Journeyscape notes that heavy snowfall does not guarantee a white Christmas.
