The Canadian Tulip Festival is celebrating its 60th commemorative edition in 2012

First held in the year of 1953 as a Board of Trade initiative, under the inspiration of the internationally renowned photographer Malak Karsh, The Canadian Tulip Festival has grown to become the largest Tulip Festival in the world.

This annual ritual of spring welcomes more than 500,000 visitors every year to admire 1 million tulips that are in bloom in the National Capital during this period.