Bundle up and head down to the train station this December; the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is coming to town.
The festive, brightly decorated Holiday Train will be chugging along its way in the first live cross-continent tour in three years. Along the way through Canada and the U.S., it will be making over 160 stops, including 12 towns in Northern Ontario.
Since 1999, the CP Holiday Train has raised more than $21 million dollars, and 5 million pounds of food for North American food banks. Non-perishable food and cash donations can be brought to the train station on the day of the concert, where volunteers from the local food bank and food pantry group will collect donations. All donations raised at a Holiday Train stop remain in that community.
The Canadian leg of the Holiday Train departs from Montreal on Sunday, and arrives in White River on Thursday at 8:45 p.m. After an overnight break, the train speeds along the rails toward Thunder Bay, making stops in Mobert, Heron Bay, Marathon, Schreiber, and Nipigon along the way.
This year the Holiday Train’s live entertainment features the country sounds of Canadian Juno Country Album of the Year and CCMA Album of the Year 2021 winner, Tenille Townes, and the soulful, soaring musical stylings of Oji-Cree performer, Aysanabee.
The 2022 Holiday Train schedule can be found online. The train can also be tracked in real time.