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It’s one of the most surreal places to canoe in Canada. Padding along the Rideau Canal, the 202-km waterway connecting the city of Ottawa with Kingston, Ont., is a must-do daytrip.

Get a pup’s-eye view of the world from this therapy dog. See what it’s like to make the rounds at a The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, including all the hugs he gets from pint-sized patients.

Get pumped up for Canada’s epic Mud Hero obstacle race, one of the messiest athletic events you can do to raise money for cancer charities. This is what it feels like to run over six kilometres through gruelling obstacles and, of course, mud.

It’s not every day that a former governor general reads you a bedtime story. But then Adrienne Clarkson loves to delight. Get cozy as the beloved Canadian reads the Maurice Sendak classic Higglety Pigglety Pop!

See what it’s like to lace up pointe shoes and pirouette like Canadian ballerina Sonia Rodriguez. The National Ballet of Canada principal dancer (and wife of skating legend Kurt Browning) takes you for a twirl.

Go behind the scenes at Toronto’s Left Field Brewery to see how their craft beer gets canned. You’ll get thirsty just watching those Ontario-made ales shuttle along the assembly line.

Canadian Olympic bobsleigh champ Kaillie Humphries takes you down Sochi’s icy bobsleigh track at warp speed.

Canadian cartography buffs live for an opportunity like this. You’re invited into the hidden room in the Toronto Reference Library that houses one of the first maps to use the word ‘Canada.’

Working with dinosaur fossils is a dream come true for these Jurassic junkies. Find out what it’s like to work at Royal Ontario Museum’s Dino Lab in Toronto where you’re making history—well, unearthing it at least.

Step into the cage with Canadian track and field champion Cyerra Cassel as the teenage athlete shows off her flawless hammer-throw technique, shuttling the four-kilogram metal ball across a grass field.