Families who love having fun in the great outdoors are perfectly at home at the Centre de la nature, an immense island of greenery spanning 50 acres and considered one of the very beautiful urban parks in North America. A day at the Centre seems to fly by as parents and children have a choice of activities to choose from, summer and winter: a tour of the farm and its animals, a visit of the greenhouse, shows, art exhibitions, sports like canoeing, kayaking and tricanoeing, or bowls (pétanque), shuffleboard, walking, rock climbing or skating, sliding, etc. There’s even an on-site observatory for stargazing