Choosing a family friendly ski resort is hard. There are many factors to consider! Canada is a very popular choice, so we’ve selected our top five Canadian family-friendly ski resorts, which consider all the essentials to create a family holiday to remember!

1. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski
Resorts

2. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
Choosing a family friendly ski
resort is hard.
There are many factors to
consider!
Canada is a very popular choice, so
we’ve selected our top five
Canadian family-friendly ski
resorts, which consider all the
essentials to create a family
holiday to remember!
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3. The Benefits of Skiing in
Canada
Reasons families choose holidays in Canada
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4. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
Canadian resorts
are family friendly!
Many resorts are
family-oriented with
great teaching and
activities.
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5. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
Canadian resorts have diverse
slopes.
From the Rockies to British
British Columbia, you’re
guaranteed great snow, and
slopes to suit all abilities
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6. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
Canadian resorts are
fun!
Family focussed
doesn’t have to be
dull. Ski schools and
crèches allow adults to
have time to ski, while
dog sledding, ice
skating and more allow
the whole family to
enjoy time together.
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7. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
Canadian resorts
are affordable.
Cost is always a
concern, but food,
rental (and scenery)
are affordable and
can be suited to most
family budgets.
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8. Our Top 5 Family
Friendly Ski Resorts
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9. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
1. Sun Peaks
Location: British Colombia
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Popular with families who love the well
laid-out slopes and ski-in ski-out village.
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Has a selection of beginner and
intermediate runs, plus heliskiing at the
next mountain.
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The pedestrianized village an easy layout
so it’s simple get to the rental shop, child
care, or ski school.
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Après-ski activities: a spa, sledding, ice
skating, snowshoeing, tubing, sleigh rides,
an outdoor pool, and snowmobile tours.
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10. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
2. Marmot Basin
Location: The Rocky Mountains on the outskirts of Jasper Marmot Basin.
Offers less time in lift lines and more time on the slopes, and is designed
around a central funnel system so kids won’t get lost.
Suitable for all abilities it has beginner to black runs.
 A range of affordable family
restaurants offer burgers, pizzas,
bagels, smoothies; you won’t
struggle to get the kids to eat!
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Has a wide choice of family-style
après-ski including ice-skating on
glacier-fed lakes or a Maligne
Canyon Ice Waterfall Walk.
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11. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
3. Lake Louise
Location: Known as the jewel of the
Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise has
jaw-dropping views from the summit
across to the north face of Mount
Victoria.
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This resort is a favourite for ski racers with famous black-diamond
runs. All abilities are catered for though, with green runs from the
top of every lift.
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Bakery and delicatessens mean self-catered holidaymaking is easy.
Après-ski activities include ice-skating, ice walks through Johnston
Canyon, or a soak in Banff’s Upper Hot Springs.
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12. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
4. Silver star
Location: British Columbia.
With quaint colourful buildings, this seems like a mini skiing Disneyland.
The pedestrianised village is easy to ski in and out of without fear of
getting lost too.
Packed with activities, the resort has a family focus with fireworks,
movie nights, bingo and carnival nights.
The slopes are also great for all the family with a number of beginner’s
runs alongside a plenty of blue and black runs for intermediate skiers.
The location of Silver Star Mountain is ideal for great snow, so you can
make the most of the slopes whatever your ability. Magical!
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13. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
5. Panorama Resort
Location: British Columbia
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Night skiing, hot pools, accommodation
which lets you ski right up to your
doorstep and daily children’s activities
make this a popular choice!
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Adults can make the most of the snow
with introductory heli-ski trips for
intermediate to advanced skiers whilst the
kids are in ski school.
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Après-ski choices are endless with hot
pool bingo, jewellery-making, tubing,
movie nights, fondue parties, ice skating
and more.
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14. Top 5 Family Friendly Ski Resorts
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