Northern Lights- Canada - October 2015

For such a short trip I think you would have to go quite far north (like Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut) to have a reasonable chance of seeing the aurora borealis. You chance in places like Toronto and Montreal is zilch.

Hi, Stella

You are more likely to get the best answers to your question on our Canada forum, rather than here on General Chat. I have taken the liberty of moving your post to that forum.

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You could go to Churchill (via Winnipeg), Manitoba, and combine the northern lights with some polar bear sightings.

Thanks for the suggestion!!

One place that is only a few hours drive from Toronto is the Torrance Barrens Dark Sky Preserve, it is certainly good for stargazing due to the lack of light pollution and if there is any aurora borealis that far south then that would be a good place to see it, but whether or not you see it is pure chance.

I've lived in Ottawa for fifteen years and only seen it here once. It's more common in Winnipeg, and of course places further north.

see the northern lights in Canada from NYC in October

From NYC ???

The northern lights have been scheduled for October 18th to be plainly visible from the top of Whistler mountain only!

Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories is the best place in Canada to see the northern lights because the aurora is right overhead (they say). However, I was there for 5 days one winter and never saw them once so it is a poor idea to fly all that way if that is your objective is northern lights and you cannot hang around for weeks. Conditions need to be very dark and clear - no clouds.

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