Quebec’s summer travelling carnivals intend to stick around, season staple for generations | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Pierre Saint-Arnaud
Publication Date: August 3, 2025 - 16:02

Quebec’s summer travelling carnivals intend to stick around, season staple for generations

August 3, 2025

Bright colourful rides, skill-testing games with a stuffed animal prize, and copious amounts of sticky cotton candy are all hallmarks of the travelling carnival circuit, and are deeply rooted in the imagination of Quebeckers who’ve been able to experience them.

The travelling midways, which temporarily set up shop in shopping centre parking lots or wherever else they can find space, have been part of the Quebec landscape for decades.



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