15 Distillery & Brewery Tours in Canada Worth the Day

1.Toronto Distillery District Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 327 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $21Our pick

Hour-long guided walk through Toronto’s Distillery District, Victorian brick, whiskey stories, and a small 15-person group.

“We loved learning the history of the distillery. The most interesting fact we learned was how Lake Ontario used to come right up to the original windmill but today it is quite a ways away. Our guide was very knowledgeable, spoke clearly and was very friendly. This is my second tour with Viator and both were awesome. The other one was a food tour ❤️”

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2.Distillery District Historic Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 267 reviews · 1 hour · from $20

A 1-hour guided walk through Toronto’s Distillery District, with Victorian industrial architecture, Gooderham & Worts stories, and real grit.

“Nicole guided us around in a very interesting, sympathetic and pleasant way. Thanks!”

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3.30-Minute Distillery District Segway Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 214 reviews · 30 minutes (approx.) · from $36

30-minute Segway tour through Toronto's Distillery Historic District with helmets, training, and a quick loop past shops, sculptures, and cafés.

“I highly recommend this activity! Our guide Nicol was awesome, entertaining, relax, kind. She make us feel confident on the Segway, very good teacher!”

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4.St Lawrence & Distillery Food Tour with 6 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 188 reviews · 3 hours · from $78

A 3-hour Toronto food tour combining St. Lawrence Market classics and Distillery District streets, with 6 tastings including peameal bacon, poutine, and butter tart.

“The food tour with Julia was great! She told us so many interesting facts and introduced us to 6 different foods. It was almost to much to eat but so delicious and interesting!”

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5.Vancouver Behind-the-Scenes Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 145 reviews · 3 hours (approx.)

Vancouver craft beer tour with downtown pickup, behind-the-scenes access, tastings, and a souvenir beer glass.

“Although the trip to the location was a little long, the hosts were very effecient in explaining the facts and details behind the alcohol. The tasting was great and eye opening.”

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6.Honey and Distillery Tour with Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 103 reviews · 1 hour · from $21

A 1-hour Apikol tour in Quebec City, with an indoor live beehive, honey-to-mead and spirits education, and a guided tasting.

“This was an excellent tour. Staff was entertaining and funny. The experience was great and highly recommended.”

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7.Montreal Old Port: Craft Brewery and Beer Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 87 reviews · 3 hours · from $50

Taste 9 craft beers at three Old Port breweries in 3 hours with a bilingual guide, plus snacks and local history, rain or shine.

“Great, it was a fun activity for our bachelor party.”

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8.Vancouver Craft Brewery Tour Led by a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 72 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $90

A 3.5-hour Vancouver brewery crawl with local guide Michael, tasting flights at three breweries, tours, and transit included.

“This was a great way to experience local brews away from downtown. Each place was quaint, flights were ready for us when we arrived and meeting new people on the tour was the best part.”

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9.Short Distillery District Segway Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 55 reviews · 30 min · from $35

A 30-minute beginner-friendly Segway tour through Toronto’s Distillery District, with training and guided Gooderham and Worts history.

“It was really nice and informative tour, and a special mention for David our guide!”

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10.Half-Day Niagara Micro Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · 5 hours (approx.)

Half-day Niagara micro brewery tour with door-to-door pickup, tastings at four stops, and guided beer education across Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake.

“Wide variety of beers to taste. Very interesting Stopped for lunch which we thought could be eliminated by eating at one of the taste sites. Chris was an awesome guide”

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11.Park Distillery Tour with Craft Spirits Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $11Best value

Enjoy a 1-hour Park Distillery tour in Banff, plus a guided tasting of 4 craft spirits at 3:30 pm on Banff Ave.

“The tasting was amazing! I was really surprised how tasty their whiskey and vodka was. And the food was really good too! Rori did a great job explaining their distillation process and the restaurant server Penny was nice.”

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12.Craft Brewery and Beer Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 3 hours · from $50

Quebec City craft brewery tour in St-Roch with 9 beer samplers, 3 snacks, and a behind-the-scenes brewing facility visit. 3 hours.

“Wonderful. Guide and other guests were so much fun”

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13.Distillery District Breakfast Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 1h 15m · from $53

75-minute Distillery District breakfast walking tour with coffee tastings, guided history, and Victorian brick streets. Small group, $53.

“Our guide Nicole was amazing. She made us feel welcome and kept us informed each step of the way. Her knowledge of the Distillery history was very impressive. we thoroughly enjoyed our tour.”

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14.Craft Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 4 hours · from $80

A 4-hour Toronto craft brewery tour with guided tastings at multiple stops, behind-the-scenes brewery time, and included round-trip transport.

“Had an amazing day on the Craft Brewery Tour, our guide Bruce was really good and informative about the different beers and brewing process as well as good fun. Would highly recommend this to anyone, not just beer lovers!”

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15.Distillery & Old Town Private Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 7 reviews · 2 hours · from $28

Private 2-hour walk through Toronto's Old Town, from Old City Hall and Mackenzie House to St. Lawrence Market.

“Best canal tour I have taken Melody our tour guide was enthusiastic and entertaining while giving us great information about Ottawa.”

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