Fall is the best season for outings in Quebec: the mountains turn colour, vineyards harvest their grapes, orchards and farms welcome visitors, food festivals follow one another and Halloween transforms villages and parks. This complete guide brings together our ideas for fall outings, from September to the end of November, with the listings of places that are open, region by region.
Where to start
Colours peak first in the north in late September, then move south until mid-October. Thanksgiving weekends are the busiest: aim for a weekday or the morning, especially in national parks and on scenic routes.
Our favourites this fall
Sommet Saint-Sauveur en couleurs, Laurentians. An outing worth doing twice: by day for the colours, then in the evening when the mountain takes on a magical air, until early November.
La Flambée des couleurs, Mont-Orford. The gondola rises into the heart of the mountain’s fall colours, for one weekend in mid-October.
Festival des couleurs de Ski Saint-Bruno, Montérégie. Reach the summit on foot or by chairlift for a view of Montreal framed in colour, until late October.
Domaine de Dunham, Dunham, Eastern Townships. An ecological orchard of 15,000 fruit trees where you pick apples, pears and plums, with ciders, apple doughnuts and a picnic by the ponds.
Cidrerie Lacroix, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Laurentians. The apple in every form, between ciders, orchard and bistro: an ideal outing with friends.
Our guides for the season
- Fall colours in Quebec : the most beautiful places to admire them
- Apple picking in Quebec : the orchards where fall tastes best
- Grape harvest 2027 in Quebec : the vineyards that open their doors in the fall
- Quebec vineyards : the wine route to do at least once in your life
- Halloween in Quebec : haunted villages, ghost walks and parties for adults
- Thanksgiving in Quebec : the long weekend of grape harvest and fall colours
- Hikes and lookouts in Quebec : the trails that end with a breathtaking view
🍂 Fall outings by region
MontrealQuebecLavalAbitibi-TémiscamingueBas-Saint-LaurentCentre-du-QuébecChaudière-AppalachesCôte-NordEastern TownshipsGaspésieLanaudièreLaurentidesMauricieMontérégieOutaouaisSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
