Canada’s second largest tulip festival || Chilliwack Tulip Festival

We visit the Chilliwack tulip festival, Canada’s second largest tulip festival, in Chilliwack, BC. It is the largest tulip festival on the west coast, too. The Chilliwack tulip festival takes place every April where over 6.5 million tulips bloom alongside fields of daffodils and hyacinth in a spectacular blanket of colour.

Tulips were gifted to Canada as a token of appreciation after it’s role in the liberation of the Netherlands in WWII and for sheltering the Dutch Royal family during that time. The Dutch princess Margariet was born in Canada during WWII, making the Dutch-Canadian relationship even more special. The Netherlands continues to send tulips to Canada each year and they are showcased in the largest tulip festival in the world at Ottawa, Canada each May.


0:00 Chapters
0:19 The festival
2:02 The history - why tulips?
3:50 Bloopers