For 56 years now, the mission of the Québec Winter Carnival in Collaboration with Loto-Québec has been to organize an annual winter celebration as well as creating a first-rate economic, social and tourism event that all Quebecers could be proud of.


From one winter to the next, the Carnival enriched its activity program. We have since added even more popular activities, such as winter sports, snow sculptures, and activities based on the traditional Québec lifestyle, such as canoe races and dogsled races. The Québec Winter Carnival is the largest winter carnival in the world today, and is third on the List of Top Carnivals after the famous carnivals in Rio and New Orleans.