Morrisburg • United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry • South Eastern Ontario
Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg is one of Canada’s most impressive living history museums, recreating rural life in the early 19th century with historic buildings, working farms, and demonstrations that showcase the agricultural heritage of early Ontario settlers.
Visitor Information
📍 Location: Upper Canada Village, Morrisburg, Ontario
🎟 Experience: Living History Village / Rural Heritage Museum
👨👩👧👦 Best For: Families, history enthusiasts, and educational day trips
🌾 Season: Late spring through fall with special seasonal events and holiday programs
Plan Your Visit
🕒 Time Needed: Plan to spend several hours exploring the historic village, farms, and demonstrations.
👟 What to Expect: Historic homes, working farms, costumed interpreters, and demonstrations of traditional rural trades.
🏛 Village Experience: Visitors can explore a recreated 1860s rural community featuring homes, barns, mills, and village shops.
📅 Special Events: Seasonal programs, heritage demonstrations, and popular holiday events bring the village to life throughout the year.
🚗 Parking: On-site parking available
🌐 Official Website: Upper Canada Village
Upper Canada Village: Step Into Rural Ontario’s 1860s Past
Upper Canada Village offers visitors an immersive journey into the agricultural and rural life of Ontario during the mid-19th century. The carefully reconstructed village features dozens of historic buildings, including farmhouses, barns, mills, and artisan workshops that illustrate how early settlers built thriving rural communities along the St. Lawrence River.
Working farms and heritage demonstrations show how families raised livestock, grew crops, and produced goods using the tools and techniques of the era. By combining preserved buildings with living-history interpretation, Upper Canada Village helps visitors experience the daily life and agricultural traditions that helped shape Ontario’s early rural landscape.
Did You Know?
Upper Canada Village was created during the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s, when many historic buildings were relocated to preserve them before surrounding communities were flooded.
Today the village includes more than forty historic structures representing life in rural Ontario during the 1860s.
The Heritage Attraction at a Glance & the Story Behind the Site
Upper Canada Village is one of Canada’s largest and most immersive living history attractions, located at 13740 County Road 2 in Morrisburg, Ontario. Founded in 1961, the village preserves life in a rural Upper Canada community circa 1866 by assembling more than 40 authentic historic buildings, many transported from towns that were lost during the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Visitors step into a recreated 19th-century village where costumed interpreters demonstrate daily life, traditional trades, crafts, and rural activities. Historic structures include homes, mills, workshops, and farm buildings, all designed to give guests a vivid sense of how people lived, worked, and traded in a pre-Confederation rural community.
The site is operated by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission and offers both seasonal programming in the main summer months and special events throughout the year — from harvest-era weekends to holiday celebrations like the Alight at Night Festival in late fall and winter.
