Christmas Events for Kids in Blainville (2026)

Christmas Events for Kids
Written by Kelsey Cecil

Updated 4 min read

Rally the corgi has sniffed out the Christmas events for kids in Blainville for 2026, and all four are free. A reindeer show for toddlers plays the library on Saturday morning, December 5, the same day the child-height Noël ENchanté exhibit opens at the Centre d’exposition, Santa visits that exhibit on Sunday, December 6, and the illuminated Santa Claus parade rolls down boulevard Céloron on Saturday, December 12 before a party at the Parc équestre. Every date comes from the Ville de Blainville’s own events calendar. For more across the country, see our Canada Christmas events for kids guide.

What Rally found in Blainville

  • 4 free Christmas events for kids in Blainville
  • Le petit renne sucré: Saturday, December 5, ages 2 to 8, registration required
  • Noël ENchanté exhibit: December 5 to January 3 at the Centre d’exposition
  • Meet Santa: Sunday, December 6, from 1:30 pm
  • Santa Claus parade: Saturday, December 12, 5:30 pm, then a party at the Parc équestre

Free Christmas events for kids in Blainville

Toddler Christmas showFree

Spectacle: Le petit renne sucré

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In this library show, Santa has handed his jobs to the little sugar reindeer, the youngest of the herd, and the children in the audience travel with Renée to the North Pole to complete four Christmas missions.

It is built for kids 2 to 8, runs about 45 minutes, and the library offers two morning sessions so families can pick the one that fits nap time.

Parent tip: Registration is required, so sign up through the city’s activity registration as soon as you can, since short free shows for little ones fill quickly.

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Bibliothèque Paul-Mercier (opens in a new tab)
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Salle François-Cantin, Bibliothèque Paul-Mercier, 1003 rue de la Mairie, Blainville, QC J7C 3C7 (opens in maps)
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Exposition: Noël ENchanté

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Noël ENchanté is a holiday exhibit hung at child height, with about twenty large illustrations by Laurentides artist Isabelle Charbonneau that bring Christmas classics and favourite nursery rhymes to life.

Kids can move between a theatre corner, a reading nook, a craft table, giant colouring, a seek-and-find and an elf hunt, then drop a drawing for Santa in the North Pole mailbox for a chance at a prize.

Parent tip: Bring a phone and headphones so kids can listen to the songs and rhymes that go with each illustration.

Host
Ville de Blainville (opens in a new tab)
Address
Centre d’exposition de Blainville, 1000 chemin du Plan-Bouchard, Blainville, QC J7C 3S9 (opens in maps)
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Rencontre avec le père Noël

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Santa sets up at the Centre d’exposition on the first Sunday of December, in the middle of the Noël ENchanté exhibit, to greet children and chat with them one by one.

It is free and drop-in, and because it happens inside the exhibit, kids can explore the illustrations and play corners while they wait their turn.

Parent tip: Arrive close to 1:30 pm, since the city gives two different end times, and bring a drawing for the exhibit’s North Pole mailbox.

Host
Ville de Blainville (opens in a new tab)
Address
Centre d’exposition de Blainville, 1000 chemin du Plan-Bouchard, Blainville, QC J7C 3S9 (opens in maps)
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Illuminated Santa paradeFree

Défilé du père Noël et Grande fête de Noël

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Blainville’s Santa Claus parade, the Défilé du père Noël, runs at night with illuminated floats, leaving école secondaire Lucille-Teasdale at 5:30 pm and rolling along boulevard Céloron to chemin du Plan-Bouchard.

The route ends at the Parc équestre, where the new Grande fête de Noël keeps the evening going with photos with Santa and his elves, a Christmas choir, traditional dancing and marshmallows roasted over fire pits.

Parent tip: Park at city hall, the Bibliothèque Paul-Mercier or La Zone, then walk to the route, and head to the Parc équestre early because Santa’s photo session lasts 90 minutes at most with one photo per family.

Host
Ville de Blainville (opens in a new tab)
Address
Boulevard Céloron to the Parc équestre, 1025 chemin du Plan-Bouchard, Blainville, QC (opens in maps)
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When each Blainville Christmas event for kids happens

Register early for the December 5 reindeer show, pair the Noël ENchanté exhibit with Santa’s visit on December 6, and save Saturday night, December 12, for the parade and the party at the Parc équestre.

Looking further afield? Our Canada Christmas events for kids guide lists every confirmed event in the country, and we have city guides for Montreal and Quebec City. The national search sorts every event by distance from your town.

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The story of Christmas in Blainville

Blainville's Défilé du père Noël, its Santa Claus parade, reached its 11th edition in 2025 as a Sunday morning parade where elf letter carriers collected children's letters along the route. In 2026 it changes for the first time into a night parade of illuminated floats that ends at a big Christmas party with campfires and traditional Quebec dancing.

Elf letter carriers at the 11th Défilé du père Noël on December 7, 2025

The city's 2025 parade, billed on its poster as the 11th edition of Le Défilé du père Noël de Blainville, set off at 10 am on Sunday, December 7, from école secondaire Lucille-Teasdale. Children were told to hand their letters to the "lutins facteurs," elf letter carriers who walked the route collecting mail for the North Pole. After the parade, La Zone, the city's youth space, held a Zone en famille afternoon from 1 to 5 pm with activities run by its own mischievous little elves.

Christmas filled the rest of that month too. La Zone swapped the usual chocolate advent calendar for a surprise activity every day until December 23, and threw a dress-up holiday party for ages 11 to 15 on December 12. The Parc équestre turned into the city's winter space, the espace hivernal, with skating rinks, a sliding hill and a fire corner lit in the evening, and the Centre d'exposition showed Brique après brique, an exhibit about art and building play.

A 2026 night parade on boulevard Céloron and a new Grande fête de Noël at the Parc équestre

For 2026 the city announced a new formula. The Défilé du père Noël et Grande fête de Noël on Saturday, December 12, moves to the evening, with illuminated floats leaving école Lucille-Teasdale at 5:30 pm and rolling along boulevard Céloron to chemin du Plan-Bouchard. It goes ahead rain or shine.

The parade ends at the Parc équestre, where the new Grande fête de Noël begins at 7 pm, once the guest of honour has arrived. Santa and his elves pose for photos for up to 90 minutes, one photo per family, while a Christmas choir sings and dancers lead traditional dances and chansons à répondre, songs where the crowd sings back each line. Families roast marshmallows over fire pits, and local merchants sell old-fashioned candy, Christmas decorations, tourtières, sucre à la crème and fudge.

Christmas in July 2021: a 25-foot tree and a lit tunnel at the Parc équestre

Blainville once celebrated Christmas in the middle of summer. In July and August 2021, the city held Noël en juillet at the Parc équestre behind the Maison des associations, on three long weekends from July 23 to August 8. Families reserved free 45-minute visits at 8:30, 9:15 or 10 pm and walked through an illuminated tunnel into a light trail with elves, glowing trees, giant decorations and a 25-foot Christmas tree.

There was a mini farm, entertainment around the site, a traditional Christmas market and Santa himself. The city even asked residents to put up Christmas lights and decorations on their homes that July. Narcity Québec noted that the only thing missing was the snow. The same park is where the 2026 parade now ends, and where the winter space opens each December.

An Arbre du partage at the police station and a North Pole mailbox at the Centre d'exposition

One of Blainville's quieter Christmas customs happens at the police station at 640 boulevard du Curé-Labelle. For the Arbre du partage, or sharing tree, residents pick a child's first name from a Christmas tree starting November 20, then bring back a wrapped gift worth $25 or more, a new book suited to the child's reading level, or a grocery gift card for the family. In 2025 gifts were due by December 5, and police officers delivered them on December 14.

At the Centre d'exposition, the 2026 exhibit Noël ENchanté runs from December 5 to January 3, 2027, with about twenty large illustrations by Laurentides artist Isabelle Charbonneau hung at a child's eye level. Children can drop a drawing for Santa into a North Pole mailbox for a prize draw, and Santa himself visits the exhibit on Sunday, December 6.

Traditions today

  • Défilé du père Noël: Blainville's Santa Claus parade, held for more than a decade. In 2026 it becomes an evening parade of lit floats on December 12.
  • Lutins facteurs: Elf letter carriers who collect children's letters to Santa along the parade route.
  • Grande fête de Noël: A new party at the Parc équestre after the 2026 parade, with Santa photos, a choir, traditional dancing and marshmallows over fire pits.
  • Arbre du partage: A sharing tree at the police station where residents choose a child's name and bring a gift, which police officers deliver in mid-December.
  • Espace hivernal at the Parc équestre: Rinks, a sliding hill and a fire corner that open through the holidays and stay lit in the evening.
  • Guignolées: Holiday food and money drives. In 2025 the Carrefour Alimenter l'Espoir de Blainville collected on November 29 and 30.

A fact for kids

In the summer of 2021, Blainville threw a Christmas party in July, with Santa, elves and a 25-foot Christmas tree, and the only thing missing was the snow.

Questions about Christmas in Blainville

How long has Blainville had a Santa Claus parade?

Blainville's Défilé du père Noël reached its 11th edition in 2025, according to the parade poster in the city's November and December 2025 newsletter. That year it left école secondaire Lucille-Teasdale at 10 am on Sunday, December 7. In 2026 the city is bringing it back in a new evening format on December 12.

When is the Blainville Santa Claus parade in 2026?

The Défilé du père Noël is Saturday, December 12, 2026. Illuminated floats leave école secondaire Lucille-Teasdale at 5:30 pm and follow boulevard Céloron to chemin du Plan-Bouchard, ending at the Parc équestre. It takes place rain or shine, and it is free. The Grande fête de Noël starts at the park at about 7 pm.

What changed with the Blainville Christmas parade in 2026?

In 2025 the parade ran on a Sunday morning, starting at 10 am. For 2026 the city announced a new formula: an evening parade with illuminated floats at 5:30 pm, followed by a brand new Grande fête de Noël at the Parc équestre with Santa photos, a Christmas choir, traditional dancing, fire pits and local food and gift vendors.

What are the lutins facteurs at the Blainville parade?

Lutins facteurs are elf letter carriers. At the 2025 Défilé du père Noël, the city told children to hand their letters to Santa to the lutins facteurs walking along the parade route, so the letters could head to the North Pole. Bring a sealed letter with your child's name if you go to the parade.

What happens at the Grande fête de Noël in Blainville?

After the 2026 parade arrives at the Parc équestre, the Grande fête de Noël starts around 7 pm. Kids can meet Santa and his elves for a photo, listen to a Christmas choir and join traditional dances and chansons à répondre. There are fire pits for roasting marshmallows, hot drinks for sale and a local food kiosk.

Can you get a photo with Santa after the Blainville parade?

Yes. At the end of the 2026 route, Santa and his elves meet children at the Parc équestre. Because Santa is very busy at this time of year, the city says the photo session lasts a maximum of 90 minutes and each family may take one photo, so head over as soon as the parade ends.

Where do I park for the Blainville Christmas parade?

The city lists parking at École des Semailles at 1100 boulevard Céloron, city hall at 1000 chemin du Plan-Bouchard, the Bibliothèque Paul-Mercier, La Zone at 1020 rue de la Mairie and the Parc équestre at 1025 chemin du Plan-Bouchard. You can also park on side streets, but not on the parade route itself, which closes from 5 to 9 pm.

What treats are sold at Blainville's Christmas party?

Local merchants at the 2026 Grande fête de Noël include Libelle création with candy cones and old-fashioned Quebec candies, Folle des décors with Christmas decorations, Les délices de Marie with tourtières, chicken and salmon pies, sucre à la crème, fudge and holiday chocolates, and Café Strega with coffee and hot chocolate.

Did Blainville really celebrate Christmas in July?

Yes. In 2021 the city held Noël en juillet at the Parc équestre on three weekends between July 23 and August 8. Free reserved visits at 8:30, 9:15 and 10 pm led through an illuminated tunnel to a light trail with elves, a 25-foot Christmas tree, a mini farm, a traditional Christmas market and Santa.

What did Blainville do after the 2025 Santa parade?

On December 7, 2025, after the morning parade, La Zone held Zone en famille from 1 to 5 pm, inviting children and parents to warm up and join activities run by its playful elves. La Zone also ran a daily surprise advent activity until December 23 and a holiday party for 11 to 15 year olds on December 12.

What is the Arbre du partage in Blainville?

The Arbre du partage, or sharing tree, is a Christmas tree at the Blainville police station at 640 boulevard du Curé-Labelle. From November 20, residents choose a child's first name from the tree and buy a gift worth at least $25, a new book or a grocery gift card. In 2025 gifts were due December 5 and officers delivered them on December 14.

What is the Noël ENchanté exhibit in Blainville?

Noël ENchanté is a holiday exhibit at the Centre d'exposition from December 5, 2026, to January 3, 2027, with about twenty large illustrations by Laurentides artist Isabelle Charbonneau hung at a child's height. They bring Christmas classics and nursery rhymes to life, and kids find a theatre corner, reading nook, giant colouring and an elf hunt.

Can kids mail a letter to Santa at the Blainville exhibition centre?

Yes. During Noël ENchanté, children are invited to make a drawing or colouring for Santa and drop it in the North Pole mailbox at the Centre d'exposition for a chance to win a participation prize. The exhibit is open Wednesday to Sunday, 1 to 5 pm, and is free. Bring a phone and earphones to listen to the songs.

When does Santa visit the Noël ENchanté exhibit in Blainville?

Santa comes to the Centre d'exposition on Sunday, December 6, 2026, in the middle of the Noël ENchanté exhibit, to welcome children and chat with them. The city lists the visit from 1:30 pm, with an end time of 3:30 pm in one place and 4:30 pm in another. It is free and drop-in.

What is Le petit renne sucré at the Blainville library?

Le petit renne sucré is a Christmas show for ages 2 to 8, following the library's 2025 show Les lutineries de Noël with Le Baluchon magique, at the Bibliothèque Paul-Mercier on Saturday, December 5, 2026, in the Salle François-Cantin. Santa has handed his missions to the youngest reindeer, and children travel with Renée to the North Pole to complete four Christmas missions. Two sessions run at 9:30 and 10:45 am, and registration is required.

Is there outdoor skating in Blainville at Christmas?

Yes. During the holidays the Parc équestre becomes the espace hivernal, the city's winter space, with skating rinks, a sliding hill and a fire corner, and it is lit in the evening. The city warns that what is open can change with the weather. The arena also plays holiday music, and learning aids are available for young skaters.

When is the Blainville Christmas exhibit closed over the holidays?

Noël ENchanté at the Centre d'exposition is closed on December 24, 25, 26 and 31 and on January 1 and 2. It is open the rest of its run Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 5 pm, and also opens specially on Monday, December 28, and Tuesday, December 29. A special opening is offered for children with particular needs.

How can families give back at Christmas in Blainville?

Besides the police station's Arbre du partage, Blainville has guignolées, holiday donation drives for families in need. In 2025 the Carrefour Alimenter l'Espoir de Blainville collected donations on November 29 and 30. Local groups also run Noël en partage visits for seniors who would be alone, and residents can register for Christmas baskets.

Which streets close for the Blainville Défilé du père Noël?

For the December 12, 2026 parade, boulevard Céloron closes in both directions between rue du Blainvillier and boulevard de la Seigneurie, and chemin du Plan-Bouchard closes between rue du Baron and boulevard Céloron. Closures run from 5 to 9 pm and may start earlier or end later depending on the crowds. Parking is banned along the route.

What Christmas craft fair is held in Blainville?

Les Art-Tisanes de Blainville hold an Exposition de Noël, a Christmas craft show of handmade gifts, at the community centre. In 2025 it ran November 29 and 30. The city's holiday newsletter also listed a Christmas ornament workshop and a Christmas choir concert at the cultural venues, plus a Marché de Noël by the Cercle de Fermières Blainville at the Maison des associations on November 22 and 23, 2025.

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Blainville Christmas events for kids: questions parents ask

What are the best Christmas events for kids in Blainville this year?

Rally Takes the Train has confirmed 4 free Christmas events for kids in Blainville for 2026, all on the Ville de Blainville calendar: the Le petit renne sucré show on December 5, the Noël ENchanté exhibit from December 5 to January 3, a visit with Santa on December 6, and the Santa Claus parade and Grande fête de Noël on December 12.

When is the Blainville Santa Claus parade in 2026?

Saturday, December 12, 2026. The illuminated parade leaves école secondaire Lucille-Teasdale at 5:30 pm, follows boulevard Céloron to chemin du Plan-Bouchard and ends at the Parc équestre, where the Grande fête de Noël starts around 7 pm. It is free and runs rain or shine.

Can kids meet Santa at the Blainville parade?

Yes. Santa and his elves meet children at the Parc équestre at the end of the route. The city limits the photo session to 90 minutes and one photo per family, so arrive early.

When can we see Noël ENchanté?

From December 5, 2026 to January 3, 2027 at the Centre d’exposition, 1000 chemin du Plan-Bouchard, Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. It is closed December 24, 25, 26 and 31 and January 1 and 2, and open December 28 and 29. Admission is free.

Who do I contact about Blainville holiday events?

The Ville de Blainville at 450 434-5200: info@blainville.ca for the parade, culture@blainville.ca for the Centre d’exposition, and bibliotheque@blainville.ca for library shows.

Are there more Christmas events near Blainville?

Yes. Our Canada Christmas events for kids guide lists confirmed events across the country, including Montreal and Laval, and the national search sorts events by distance from your town.

How do you confirm these events?

We list an event only after we find this season’s date on the host’s own website or an official city or tourism calendar. We last checked Blainville on November 11, 2026. Rally is also contacting each organizer to confirm details like parking, restrooms and bad-weather plans.

Event names belong to their hosts. Rally Takes the Train is a family picture book and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any host listed here. Confirm dates, times and prices on each host’s own site before you go.

Kelsey Cecil
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