Muskoka Chair: Icon of the Canadian Lifestyle

Et si, pour découvrir le Canada, on commençait simplement par prendre le temps, réellement ? Face à un lac, dans un parc national ou sur le quai d’un cottage, la chaise Muskoka incarne cet art de vivre canadien : s’asseoir, contempler et profiter. On vous transporte sur les traces des emblématiques chaises rouges de Parcs Canada, découvrez l’histoire de la Muskoka chair et la région qui lui a donné son nom, sous les projecteurs avec la série Sterling Point.

Depuis 2011, Parcs Canada installe ses emblématiques chaises rouges dans des sites choisis pour la beauté de leur panorama naturel. Plus de 400 chaises invitent aujourd’hui les visiteurs à s’arrêter quelques instants. Une silhouette devenue indissociable de l’expérience des grands espaces canadiens.

It all began at Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador, where the story of Parks Canada’s red chairs started. Eighteen pairs were placed at spectacular spots, sometimes lesser-known, to encourage visitors to pause and enjoy the landscape.

In Quebec, the red chairs appear especially in the Mauricie National Park landscape, nestled between lakes and forests. In summer, you stop there after a hike or a boat outing; in autumn, they become prime spots to watch maples transition from green to red, orange and gold.

In Ontario, it’s hard to separate this silhouette from the lakeside lifestyle. It is here that the Muskoka chair gained its Canadian identity. Placed facing a lake, on a dock, or at the heart of a Parks Canada site, it embodies both long summer days and autumn weekends.

Available in France since August 5, Sterling Point is a series created by Megan Park. It follows Annie Jacobson, 17, who discovers that she and her twin brother have inherited a small island located in the Muskoka region, Canada.

The series blends drama, romance and a coming-of-age narrative. Several scenes were shot in Bala and Port Carling, in the Muskoka region, letting its lakes, cottages and landscapes become a striking backdrop for the show.

Watch the trailer… and see if Muskoka will join your Canadian favorites to suggest to your clients!

In the Maritime provinces, at Cape Breton Highlands National Park, the chairs face the ocean and the coastal relief. Summer invites long pauses facing the Atlantic; autumn paints the heights of Cape Breton in a mosaic of reds, oranges and yellows.

From coast to coast, the Muskoka chair tells more than just a landscape: it embodies a way of travel, a pace, and a full enjoyment of Canada. For our guests, it can also become a beautiful throughline to inspire and highlight itineraries that bring travelers closer to nature and showcase authentic, simple, immersive, and deeply Canadian experiences.

It’s up to you to find the view before which your travelers will want to sit! And getting there is simpler than you think!

Direct-access provinces

Alberta: Direct flights from Paris to Calgary — WestJet

British Columbia: Direct flights from Paris to Vancouver — Air France

Nova Scotia: Direct flights May–October from Paris to Halifax — WestJet

Ontario: Direct flights from Paris to Toronto or Ottawa — Air Canada, Air France, and Air Transat

Quebec: Direct flights from Paris and the province to Montreal or Quebec City — Air Canada, Air France, Air Transat, and French bee

Newfoundland and Labrador: Direct flights May–October from Paris to St. John’s — WestJet

Provinces and territories with connections

Prince Edward Island: Connecting flights from Paris to Charlottetown — Air Canada

Manitoba: Connecting flights from Paris to Winnipeg — Air Canada

New Brunswick: Connecting flights from Paris to Moncton — Air Canada

Nunavut: Connecting flights from Paris to Iqaluit — Canadian North

Saskatchewan: Connecting flights from Paris to Saskatoon — WestJet

Northwest Territories: Connecting flights from Paris to Yellowknife — Air Canada and WestJet

Yukon: Connecting flights from Paris to Whitehorse — Air Canada