Assiniboine Park Zoo & Journey to Churchill
Assiniboine Park Zoo
A city zoo known for its Arctic animals. The Journey to Churchill exhibit features an underwater tunnel where polar bears and seals swim overhead.
Assiniboine Park Zoo was founded in 1904. The Journey to Churchill exhibit, which opened in 2014, is one of the largest polar bear habitats in the world. It recreates the tundra, coastline and Hudson Bay of Churchill, a town in northern Manitoba. Polar bears, Arctic foxes, muskoxen, reindeer and seals live there. A transparent sea-ice tunnel lets visitors watch bears swim overhead. The zoo also houses the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre, which cares for orphaned bears that have been rescued. Other animals in the zoo include tigers, snow leopards and kangaroos. Admission is about CAD 25, and you can visit the park's sculpture garden on the same trip.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–16:00 (extended in summer)
Nearby sights
- Assiniboine Park & Leo Mol Sculpture Garden
- Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
- FortWhyte Alive
- Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq
- Manitoba Legislative Building
- Osborne Village
- Dalnavert Museum
- Prairie Dog Central Railway