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{{short description|Amusement park in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada}}
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{{Infobox amusement park
| name = Canada's Wonderland
| logo = Canada's Wonderland logo (2017).svg
| logo_size = 
| caption = 
| resort = 
| location = [[Vaughan]]
| location2 = [[Ontario]]
| location3 = [[Canada]]
| coordinates = {{coord|43|50|30|N|79|32|35|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark_dim:2000|display=title,inline}}
| theme = 
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.sixflags.com/canadaswonderland}}
| owner = [[Six Flags]]{{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label1=Former owners|data1={{Ubl|[[Kings Entertainment Company]] (1981–1993)<br />[[National Amusements]] (1993–2006)|[[Cedar Fair]] (2006–2024)}}}}
| general_manager = Heather Hill<ref name="linkedin">{{Cite web |title= Heather Hill - Canada's Wonderland |date=June 2025 |url= https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-hill-73b60923|publisher= [[LinkedIn]]}}</ref>
| operator = 
| opening_date = 23 May 1981
| closing_date = 
| previous_names = Paramount Canada's Wonderland (1993–2006)
| season = May – Early January
| visitors = 3,768,000 (2022)<ref name="AECOM2022">{{Cite report |url=https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2022.pdf |title=Theme Index 2022 – Global Attractions Attendance Report |last=[[AECOM]] |year=2023 |page=29 |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628171310/https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2022.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| area = {{convert|331|acre}}
| rides = 68
| coasters = 18
| water_rides = 2
| slogan = "For the fun of it"
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Canada's Wonderland''', formerly known as '''Paramount Canada's Wonderland''', is a {{convert|330|acre|adj=on}} [[amusement park]] located in [[Vaughan]], [[Ontario]], a municipality within the [[Greater Toronto Area]]. Opened in 1981 by the [[Taft Broadcasting|Taft Broadcasting Company]] and [[the Great-West Life Assurance Company]], it was the first major [[theme park]] in [[Canada]] and remains the country's largest.<ref name="Times">{{Cite news |last=Malcolm |first=Andrew H. |date=24 May 1981 |title=A Theme Park Called Wonderland Opens Near Toronto |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/24/travel/a-theme-park-called-wonderland-opens-near-toronto.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811115549/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/24/travel/a-theme-park-called-wonderland-opens-near-toronto.html |archive-date=11 August 2020 |access-date=12 September 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Theme Parks is Canada |url=http://www.canada.worldweb.com/TravelArticles/Top10//8-147146.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911124754/http://www.canada.worldweb.com/TravelArticles/Top10//8-147146.html |archive-date=11 September 2015 |access-date=4 September 2011 |publisher=Worldweb.com}}</ref> [[Cedar Fair]] (merged into [[Six Flags]] on July 1, 2024) bought the park from [[Paramount Parks]] in 2006, and has owned and operated the park since then. In 2019, it was the most visited seasonal amusement park in North America, with an estimated 3.9 million guests. The park still holds this record, with an estimated 3.8 million visitors in 2022 amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="AECOM2022" />

Canada's Wonderland normally operates from late April or early May to [[Labour Day (Canada)|Labour Day]], and then on select dates until early January. Special events are held throughout the season, including [[Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)|Halloween Haunt]], [[Winterfest#Cedar Fair parks|WinterFest]], and various festivals such as Celebration Canada, a month-long [[Canada Day]] festival.

Canada's Wonderland has the third-most roller coasters in an amusement park—eighteen as of 2025—behind [[Energylandia]] in [[Poland]] and [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]] in [[Valencia, California]]. {{convert|20|acre||spell=In}} of the park houses a [[water park]] named [[Splash Works]]. Canada's Wonderland had 20 roller coasters throughout its history with [[Freestyle (roller coaster)|SkyRider]] being removed and relocated at the end of the 2014 season and [[Time Warp (roller coaster)|Time Warp]] demolished at the end of the 2024 season.

Since the closure of [[Crystal Beach Park]] in [[Fort Erie, Ontario|Fort Erie]] in 1989, Canada's Wonderland remains the only amusement park in Ontario with wooden roller coasters in operation. Since the closure of Mighty Flyer in [[Exhibition Place]] in Toronto in 1992, Canada's Wonderland is the only location in Ontario with wooden roller coasters in operation.<ref>"The Flyer's Grounded". Toronto Star. April 25, 1992. p. A1.</ref> Since the closure of all rides in [[Marineland of Canada]] in Niagara Falls in 2024, Canada's Wonderland remains the only amusement park in Ontario with roller coasters with inversions in operation.

==Park history==
===Predecessors===
When Canada's Wonderland was planned, the [[Greater Toronto Area]] lacked a seasonal amusement park that had roller coasters. The city of Toronto had previously hosted three amusement parks that had roller coasters. [[Sunnyside Amusement Park]] closed in the 1950s to make room for the [[Gardiner Expressway]].<ref name="thestar.com">{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Paul |date=27 April 2012 |title=Canada's Wonderland's new roller coaster, Leviathan, tallest, fastest in Canada |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/04/27/canadas_wonderlands_new_roller_coaster_leviathan_tallest_fastest_in_canada.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014192228/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/04/27/canadas_wonderlands_new_roller_coaster_leviathan_tallest_fastest_in_canada.html |archive-date=14 October 2014 |access-date=24 September 2014 |work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref> The Scarboro Beach and [[Hanlan's Point Amusement Park|Hanlan's Point]] amusement parks both closed in the 1920s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The lost amusement parks of Toronto |url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2014/07/the_lost_amusement_parks_of_toronto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906190158/https://www.blogto.com/city/2014/07/the_lost_amusement_parks_of_toronto/ |archive-date=6 September 2020 |access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>

===Planning===
In 1972, the [[Taft Broadcasting|Taft Broadcasting Company]], headed by Kelly Robinson, first proposed building a {{convert|330|acre||adj=on}}<ref name="mtp">{{Cite book |title=Maple Theme Park |publisher=Canada's Wonderland Ltd. |year=1979 |location=Toronto, ON}}</ref> theme park in the then small village of [[Maple, Ontario|Maple]], part of [[Vaughan]], Ontario, located directly north of Toronto. Several other possible locations in Ontario were considered, including [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]], [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]], and [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]], but Maple was finally selected because of its proximity to the City of Toronto and the [[400-series highways|400-series of highways]].<ref name="CW History">{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland History |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/news/detail.cfm?item_id=350 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401083120/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/news/detail.cfm?item_id=350 |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=13 September 2011 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>

Others had seriously considered the Greater Toronto Area as a spot to build a theme park, among them the Conklin family (whose [[Conklin Shows]] ran various midways around North America, including Toronto's [[Canadian National Exhibition]] midway in [[Exhibition Place]]). [[Walt Disney]] also considered the idea before choosing Florida for the [[Walt Disney World|Walt Disney World Resort]], rejecting Toronto mainly because of [[Climate of Toronto|the city's seasonal climate]], which would make the operating season too short to be profitable.<ref name="cameron">{{Cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=James M. |title=Wonderland through the looking glass: Politics, culture, and planning in international recreation |last2=[[Ronald Bordessa|Bordessa]] |first2=Ronald |date=1 January 1981 |publisher=Belsten |isbn=978-0-919387-03-4 |location=Maple, ON}}</ref>

Construction of the park was opposed on multiple fronts. Many cultural institutions in Toronto{{Snd}}such as [[Ontario Place]], the [[Royal Ontario Museum]], and the operators of the Canadian National Exhibition{{Snd}}felt that the Toronto market was not large enough to support more competition. Other groups that fought the building of Wonderland included a Vaughan residential association called SAVE, which thought the increased traffic would reduce property values. People in the region were concerned that the new park would be similar in aesthetics to a [[carnival]] or midway.<ref name="CWMANIAcwhistory" /> Some of the concessions the company made included a landscaped [[berm]] around the park to reduce noise and modifying the appearance of the large parking lot. Taft Broadcasting was concerned about opposition and flew a group of opponents and regional councillors to [[Mason, Ohio]] (just north of [[Cincinnati]]) to show them the positive impact of [[Kings Island|one of its theme parks]] on the local community.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Canada's Wonderland was also responsible for changing the master development plan for the province of Ontario. The provincial government wanted to increase residential and commercial development to the east of Toronto in the [[Regional Municipality of Durham]], which includes [[Pickering, Ontario|Pickering]] and [[Oshawa]], while keeping the lands to the north of Toronto agricultural, as a [[Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)|Greenbelt]]. The Wonderland promoters were able to convince the province to amend the planning policy for the region, and the park secured infrastructure improvements, including a highway overpass and sewage systems, that were expanded and built out to the site. This infrastructure paved the way for increased development throughout the region.<ref name="CWMANIAcwhistory" />

[[File:Wonder Mountain at Canadas Wonderland.jpg|thumb|right|During the park's development, it was decided that Wonder Mountain would serve as its centrepiece, as opposed to the [[Eiffel Tower (Six Flags)|replica Eiffel Towers]] found in its sister parks [[Kings Island]] and [[Kings Dominion]].]]

Concerns were also raised about the cultural implications of allowing an American theme park to open in Canada. Many felt that it would be a "[[Trojan Horse]]" for [[Culture of the United States|American culture]]. To counter the criticism, Taft planned to open Frontier Canada, a part of the park devoted to [[History of Canada|Canada's history]]. Early park maps show the area encompassing what is now [[Splash Works]], [[White Water Canyon]], the [[Action Theater|Action Theatre]] and the southern part of Kidzville. Taft also proposed including a steam passenger train. While Frontier Canada was not brought up as an idea until 2019 by a different owner, several original themes remain in the area. Unlike its sister parks, [[Kings Island]] and [[Kings Dominion]], it was decided early that the centrepiece of the park would not be [[Eiffel Tower (Six Flags)|a replica]] of Paris's famous [[Eiffel Tower]]. Instead, the park's designers chose to build a massive mountain, known as Wonder Mountain, situated at the top of International Street. Wonder Mountain featured a huge waterfall and interior pathways that led visitors to a look-out point. The interior pathways have been closed since and have remained closed. In 2018, the park announced plans to open a [[Hyatt House (Hyatt Hotels Corporation)|Hyatt House]] and Hyatt Place–branded hotel eventually.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Tim |date=27 August 2018 |title=Canada's Wonderland getting Hyatt hotel, set to open in 2020 |url=https://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/8862662-canada-s-wonderland-getting-hyatt-hotel-set-to-open-in-2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916195959/https://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/8862662-canada-s-wonderland-getting-hyatt-hotel-set-to-open-in-2020/ |archive-date=16 September 2019 |access-date=10 January 2020 |website=York Region News}}</ref>

===Construction and opening===
On 13 June 1979, [[Premier of Ontario|Ontario Premier]] [[Bill Davis]] depressed the plunger on an electronic detonating device at [[St. Lawrence Hall]] in downtown Toronto, triggering an explosion on the site. Construction began immediately and continued on to early 1981. Canadian companies were partners on the preliminary design and engineering of the project. Construction of the mountain alone involved a dozen local companies under Cincinnati engineer Curtis D. Summers.<ref name="thrill">{{Cite journal |last=Cowan |first=James |date=September 2001 |title=View to a thrill |journal=Toronto Life}}</ref>

[[File:Canadas Wonderland International Street Alpine Building 1981.jpg|thumb|Canada's Wonderland was opened to the public in May 1981.]]

Two years later on 23 May 1981, Davis and Taft Broadcasting President Dudley S. Taft Sr. officially opened Canada's Wonderland to the public. The spectacular opening ceremony included 10,000 helium balloons, 13 [[parachuting|parachutists]], 350 white [[Columbidae|doves]], and a [[pipe band]]. Four children, representing the [[Northern Canada|Arctic]], [[British Columbia|Pacific]], [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic]], and [[Southern Ontario|Great Lakes]] regions of Canada, each poured a [[vial]] of water from their home regions into the park's fountain. Hockey superstar [[Wayne Gretzky]] also appeared as a special guest, helping to raise the [[Flag of Canada|Canadian flag]]. 12,000 guests were welcomed into the park for the first time.<ref name="CWMANIAcwhistory">{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland History |url=http://www.cwmania.com/parkhistory.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120173815/http://www.cwmania.com/parkhistory.php |archive-date=20 November 2012 |access-date=8 September 2011 |publisher=CW Mania}}</ref> The park cost $120 million (${{inflation|CA|120|1981}} million in {{Inflation-year|CA}} dollars) to build.<ref name="Times" /><!-- Change cost numbers when generator can accommodate 2019 or 2020 -->

===Kings Entertainment and Paramount era===
During the 1980s, Canada's Wonderland and the [[Loblaws]] supermarket chain mounted a [[Marketing co-operation|cross-marketing]] campaign. Loblaws issued "Wonder dollars" based on customers' purchases, which were redeemable at Canada's Wonderland at par with the [[Canadian dollar]] on weekdays. The [[Obverse and reverse|obverse]] of the coin featured Wonder Mountain, while the reverse featured the Loblaws logo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland Wonder Dollar |url=http://www.seravia.com/trademark/canada/canada-s-wonderland-company-wonder-dollar-u0z0r3t9#detail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324010554/http://www.seravia.com/trademark/canada/canada-s-wonderland-company-wonder-dollar-u0z0r3t9#detail |archive-date=24 March 2012 |access-date=10 September 2011 |publisher=Seravia}}</ref>

[[Kings Entertainment Company]] operated the park during the 1980s and early 1990s.<ref name="CWMANIAcwhistory" /> The park's former connection to [[Hanna-Barbera]] Productions lessened after [[Paramount Pictures]] raised its stake from 20 percent to full ownership of the park in 1993 and renamed it Paramount Canada's Wonderland. After [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] bought Paramount in 1994, a successful attempt was made to bring families back to the park by attracting children with original [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon characters that were familiar to a new generation.<ref name="CWMANIAcwhistory" />

[[File:Black Hole Splash Works.jpg|thumb|The Black Hole is a water slide built during the first expansion of [[Splash Works]] in 1996.]]

Many changes occurred in the next decade. In 1996, [[Splash Works]] expanded, with a new water slide, a wave pool and a new child-friendly water playground (The Black Hole, White Water Bay and The Pump House). In 1998, the park expanded by adding [[#KidZville|KidZville]], which was mainly designed for infants and children. In 1999, Splash Works expanded for the second time, with the addition of raft rides: The Plunge and Super Soaker.<ref name="CW Timeline" />

Other changes involved Paramount incorporating references to their film properties into the park. This included the addition of film props around the property, a film-merchandise store, and the renaming of several attractions after Paramount film properties.

In 2001, a new themed area called Zoom Zone was added within the KidZville section. Three new attractions were built in that area: [[Silver Streak (Canada's Wonderland)|Silver Streak]] (a family roller coaster), Blast Off (a "frog hopper"), and Jumpin' Jet.<ref name="CW Timeline" /> In 2002, the park unveiled Action Zone, a new themed area replacing the Exposition of 1890, which at the time contained already existing rides and added the [[Psyclone (Canada's Wonderland)|Psyclone]] ride.

Splash Works also received its third and most current upgrade, with the addition of a child water playground area called Splash Island and the removal of Pipeline.<ref name="CW Timeline" />

On 11 May 2003, with the park packed with people for [[Mother's Day]], two guests were involved in a fight at the front gates of the park, which led to a shooting death. It was thought to have followed a prior dispute involving the two over a drug exchange, according to [[York Regional Police]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland Shooting |url=http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives/text/v08n700-799/v08n794.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320214006/http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives/text/v08n700-799/v08n794.txt |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date=14 September 2011 |publisher=Canadian Firearms Digest}}</ref> The park has since added metal detectors at the front gate, with additional security, but not as a direct result of this event.

[[File:Portaocw.jpg|thumb|In 2005, the park introduced [[Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)|Fearfest]], a [[Halloween]]-themed event featuring haunted house attractions.]]

In 2005, the park introduced [[Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)|Fearfest]], a [[Halloween]] event featuring various haunted house attractions in different themed areas. Though the section for smaller children was closed off, the park continued running many of the thrill rides during the event, such as the [[Thunder Run (Canada's Wonderland)|Thunder Run]], in which patrons ride a mining type train through a mountain. During the Halloween season, it is re-themed as the "Haunted" Thunder Run, with a darker tunnel and more strobe lights, fog machines, and black-light lit scenes featuring the "skeletons" of miners.<ref name="CW Mania Haunt">{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland Halloween Haunt Description |url=http://www.cwmania.com/halloweenhaunt.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011091927/http://www.cwmania.com/halloweenhaunt.php |archive-date=11 October 2011 |access-date=14 September 2011 |publisher=CW Mania}}</ref>

In 2006, the park introduced Spooktacular, a child-oriented Halloween event. The event included children's rides, costume contests and a treasure hunt. Spooktacular was open on weekends during the daytime, while Fearfest remained open at night.<ref name="Wonderland celebrates Halloween fun">{{Cite news |date=11 October 2006 |title=Wonderland celebrates Halloween fun |url=http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/10-11-2006/community/036.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329150118/http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/10-11-2006/community/036.html |archive-date=29 March 2012 |access-date=22 September 2011 |work=Caledon Citizen}}</ref> Fearfest was renamed [[Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)|Halloween Haunt]] and Spooktacular was renamed Camp Spooky.

===Cedar Fair era===
On 14 May 2006, [[Cedar Fair]] announced it was interested in acquiring the five [[Paramount Parks|Paramount theme parks]] from [[CBS Corporation]] (successor of [[Viacom (1952–2006)|the original Viacom]]), including Canada's Wonderland. CBS stated that amusement parks did not fit the company's new strategy. The acquisition was completed on 30 June 2006.<ref name="Cedar Fair sale">{{Cite web |date=26 May 2006 |title=Sale of Paramount Parks to Cedar Fair, L.P. |url=http://www3.paramountparks.com/CanadasWonderland/news/detail.cfm?item_id=387 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005110213/http://www1.paramountparks.com/canadaswonderland/news/detail.cfm?item_id=387 |archive-date=5 October 2007 |access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref>

After the sale, Cedar Fair began to drop the name "Paramount" from all of the former Paramount properties it acquired, as a result, the park reverted to its original name of ''Canada's Wonderland'' in January 2007. The 2007 season was a transition year throughout the park and included renaming the movie-themed rides since Cedar Fair did not hold the rights to Paramount film properties. By the start of the 2008 season, all Paramount logos and similar references had been removed.<ref name="CW Timeline" /> In August 2007, Cedar Fair announced that Fearfest would become [[Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)|Halloween Haunt]] to remain consistent with most other Cedar Fair parks,<ref name="CW Mania Haunt" /> and that Spooktacular would become Camp Spooky. The park extended its regular operating season until the last weekend in October. Halloween Haunt runs in the late evenings on October weekends.
[[File:Main entrance of Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada - 20110717.jpg|left|thumb|Entrance to the park featuring its original name. The park reverted to its original name in 2007, after it was acquired by [[Cedar Fair]].]]
On 4 May 2008, Canada's Wonderland opened a [[Bolliger & Mabillard]] [[hypercoaster]] called [[Behemoth (roller coaster)|Behemoth]], which held the record for the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada at the time of its opening, standing at {{Convert|230|ft}} and reaching speeds of {{Convert|124|km/h|mph}}.<ref name="New parks, rides and attractions are opening all over">{{Cite news |last=Harpaz |first=Beth J. |date=25 May 2011 |title=New parks, rides and attractions are opening all over |url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/travel/attractions/article518355.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017001729/http://www.tampabay.com/features/travel/attractions/article518355.ece |archive-date=17 October 2012 |access-date=22 September 2011 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Canada's Wonderland to debut new coaster">{{Cite news |last=Lem |first=Sharon |date=18 August 2011 |title=Canada's Wonderland to debut new coaster |url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/08/18/canadas-wonderland-to-debut-new-coaster |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729005814/http://www.edmontonsun.com/08/18/2007canadas-wonderland-to-debut-new-coaster |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=22 September 2011 |work=[[Edmonton Sun]]}}</ref><ref name="Canada's tallest, fastest roller coaster">{{Cite news |date=9 May 2008 |title=Riding the Behemoth |url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=9c82195b-ddd4-496b-ab58-23757bd33286 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411050003/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=9c82195b-ddd4-496b-ab58-23757bd33286 |archive-date=11 April 2016 |access-date=24 September 2014 |work=[[Windsor Star]]}}</ref>

On 19 July 2009, [[stunt performer]] [[Nik Wallenda]] [[Tightrope walking|walked on a tight rope]] from the pond area of Medieval Faire to Wonder Mountain.<ref name="Walking Wonderland, 98 feet up">{{Cite news |last=Lem |first=Sharon |date=1 August 2011 |title=Walking Wonderland, 98 feet up |url=http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1660198&archive=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204080943/http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1660198&archive=true |archive-date=4 February 2013 |access-date=22 September 2011 |work=[[The Kingston Whig-Standard]]}}</ref>

For the 2010 season, ''[[Planet Snoopy]]'' opened to the public, which was a retheme of both "The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera" & "Nickelodeon Central" areas of the park to align Canada's Wonderland with the rest of the Cedar Fair chain. The area consisted of a retheme of all of the rides and facilities of both areas into one cohesive section themed to the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comics (both Ghoster Coaster & Swan Lake remained unchanged following the change), along with the addition of three new rides for children and families from [[Zamperla]]; Lucy's Tugboat, Peanuts 500, and Snoopy's Revolution.

In 2011, Canada's Wonderland opened [[WindSeeker]], a {{convert|301|ft||adj=mid|-tall}} tower-swing ride, making it the tallest ride in the park until ''Leviathan'' opened in 2012.<ref name="Wonderland reaches new heights">{{Cite news |last=Thomaidis |first=Irene |date=25 August 2010 |title=Wonderland reaches new heights |url=http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/08/25/15141131.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830005040/http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/08/25/15141131.html |archive-date=30 August 2010 |access-date=22 September 2011 |newspaper=Toronto Sun}}</ref><ref name="Defy gravity at Canada's Wonderland">{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Jim |date=8 June 2011 |title=Defy gravity at Canada's Wonderland |url=http://www.torontosun.com/05/04/2011/defy-gravity-at-canadas-wonderland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514102359/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/04/defy-gravity-at-canadas-wonderland |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=22 September 2011 |newspaper=Toronto Sun}}</ref> The park also announced the addition of the [[Starlight Spectacular (Canada's Wonderland)|Starlight Spectacular]] show, which started on 25 June 2011 and ended on Labour Day, 3 September 2011.<ref name="Defy gravity at Canada's Wonderland" /><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Canada's Wonderland: New Attractions for 2011 |date=June 2011 |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004043841/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=22 |archive-date=4 October 2011 |author=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref> It was a nightly 'light and sound show' designed to celebrate the park's 30th anniversary; it was shown at 10&nbsp;pm EST every night on International Street.<ref name="Defy gravity at Canada's Wonderland" /> Canada's Wonderland stated that the total cost for the show was approximately $1 million,<ref name=CWstarlight/> with 16 million different colours and 300,000 LED lights.<ref name="Defy gravity at Canada's Wonderland" /> While the show took place at the front of the park (International Street), the highlight was on Wonder Mountain, with many 3D images and colours.<ref name="CWstarlight">{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland Starlight Spectacular |url=http://canadaswonderland.com/events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=751&ec_id=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511093228/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=751&ec_id=12 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |access-date=24 June 2011 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)|Leviathan]], a [[Bolliger & Mabillard]] [[Hypercoaster]] (also classified as a [[Roller coaster#Giga coaster|giga coaster]]), opened, surpassing the Canadian records set by Behemoth in 2008, becoming the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada.<ref name="thestar.com" /><ref name="Leviathan">{{Cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |date=18 August 2011 |title=Canada's Wonderland to add Leviathan coaster in 2012 |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-aug-18-la-trb-canadas-wonderland-leviathan-coaster-08201118-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331235838/https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-aug-18-la-trb-canadas-wonderland-leviathan-coaster-08201118-story.html |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=12 September 2011 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Norm Pirtovshek, general manager of Canada's Wonderland, said that the Leviathan as a new attraction would help to spread out visitors. It was also described as part of a "roller coaster renaissance" where theme parks distinguished itself by introducing bigger and faster rides to attract guests. In addition to Leviathan, Canada's Wonderland also opened the [[Dinosaurs Alive! (attraction)|Dinosaurs Alive!]] walk-through dinosaur exhibit, which was located in ''Planet Snoopy''.<ref name="Dinosaurs Alive!">{{Cite press release |title=Dinosaurs Alive! |publisher=Canada's Wonderland |url=http://www.dinosaursalive.canadaswonderland.com/ |access-date=14 October 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102175753/http://www.dinosaursalive.canadaswonderland.com/ |archive-date=2 January 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Leviathan lift hill with train.jpg|thumb|upright|The tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada, [[Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)|Leviathan]], was opened at the park in 2012.]]

On 27 May 2012, for the first time in the park's history, Canada's Wonderland in partnership with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association hosted the Run For Vaughan, a one-kilometre, 5-kilometre, and 10-kilometre run to raise money for the planned [[Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital]] (then known as Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital) that would be built on land once owned by Canada's Wonderland north of Major Mackenzie Drive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Run For Vaughan Event Schedule |url=http://r4v.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512012036/http://www.runforvaughan.com/index.php/event-details/event-schedule |archive-date=12 May 2012 |access-date=11 May 2012 |publisher=Run For Vaughan}}</ref>

On 30 August 2013, Canada's Wonderland announced that [[Wonder Mountain's Guardian]] would open inside Wonder Mountain in May 2014. The attraction is a [[4D film|4-D]] [[interactive dark ride]]/ roller coaster with animations from Montreal-based [[Triotech]].<ref name="4D">{{Cite news |date=30 August 2013 |title=Canada's Wonderland to introduce dark, interactive ride for 2014 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/08/30/canadas_wonderland_to_introduce_dark_interactive_ride_for_2014.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017184312/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/08/30/canadas_wonderland_to_introduce_dark_interactive_ride_for_2014.html |archive-date=17 October 2014 |access-date=24 September 2014 |work=Toronto Star}}</ref> Park management also announced that [[Freestyle (roller coaster)|SkyRider]] would close Labour Day, 2014.<ref name="chubb">{{Cite news |last=Chubb |first=Christine |date=6 August 2014 |title=Wonderland to close SkyRider this September |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2014/08/06/wonderland-to-close-skyrider-this-september/ |access-date=24 September 2014 |work=CFTR (AM) News}}</ref>

In October 2014, a man was fatally stabbed at Halloween Haunt.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Man dies after double stabbing at Canada's Wonderland |url=https://torontosun.com/2014/10/26/man-dies-after-double-stabbing-at-canadas-wonderland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123131406/https://torontosun.com/2014/10/26/man-dies-after-double-stabbing-at-canadas-wonderland |archive-date=23 January 2024 |access-date=26 July 2024 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Josh |date=26 October 2014 |title=Double stabbing at Canada's Wonderland leaves man dead |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/double-stabbing-at-canada-s-wonderland-leaves-1-dead-another-in-critical-condition-1.2071592 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026222028/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/double-stabbing-at-canada-s-wonderland-leaves-1-dead-another-in-critical-condition-1.2071592 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 October 2014 |publisher=[[CTV News]]}}</ref> SkyRider was removed at the end of the 2014 season and relocated to [[Cavallino Matto]] in [[Tuscany]], Italy, as [[Freestyle (roller coaster)|Freestyle]] in 2015.

For the 2015 season, Splash Works opened two new attractions, which marked the first expansion to the waterpark since 2002. Both attractions were relocated from [[Ontario Place]], however they never opened in their original locations and were sent to Splash Works. Typhoon is a set of two partially enclosed tube slides with funnels, and was formerly known as ''Topsy Turvy''. Splash Station is an interactive children's play structure similar to the adjacent Pump House, featuring two slides, numerous water features, and a tipping bucket. Though not announced prior to its opening, [[SlingShot (Cedar Fair)|SlingShot]] also for the 2015 season in the dry park. This upcharge attraction catapults riders nearly 300&nbsp;ft (91.5m)in the air, and reaches speeds approaching 100&nbsp;km/h (60&nbsp;mph).

Near the close of the 2015 season, Canada's Wonderland announced that two new flat rides would be added in 2016: Skyhawk (a [[Gerstlauer]] Sky Roller) and [[Flying Scooters|Flying Eagles]] (a Larson International Flying Scooters).<ref name="2016 Announcement - CW">{{Cite web |date=20 August 2015 |title=Canada's Wonderland Announces Exciting New Lineup of Rides for 2016 |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/article/media-center/Canadas-Wonderland-Announces-Exciting-new-lineup-of-rides-for-2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311093856/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/article/media-center/Canadas-Wonderland-Announces-Exciting-new-lineup-of-rides-for-2016 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |access-date=11 March 2016 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref><ref name="2016 lineup - NPN">{{Cite web |date=20 August 2015 |title=Canada's Wonderland Flying Into 2016 With Two New Rides |url=http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2015/08/canadas-wonderland-flying-into-2016.html |access-date=11 March 2016 |publisher=NewsPlusNotes}}</ref><ref name="2016 lineup - AM">{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Alice |date=24 August 2015 |title=Canada's Wonderland to open Sky Roller in 2016 |url=http://www.attractionsmanagement.com/detail.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=317671 |access-date=11 March 2016 |publisher=Attractions Management}}</ref> Cedar Fair CEO Matt Ouimett also confirmed in December 2015 that [[virtual reality]] (VR) headsets would be added to Thunder Run in 2016. Available to riders for an additional upcharge fee, the experience is co-developed with [[Mack Rides]], a German amusement ride company. The VR headgear is a type of [[head-mounted display]] that animates the entire field of vision to produce a 360-degree [[Stereoscopy|3D]] experience.<ref name="VR headset - LA Times">{{Cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |date=15 December 2015 |title=Virtual reality rides set to invade theme parks in 2016 |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-vr-coasters-virtual-reality-rides-20151215-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310203502/http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-vr-coasters-virtual-reality-rides-20151215-story.html |archive-date=10 March 2016 |access-date=11 March 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="VR headsets - Plain Dealer">{{Cite news |last=Glaser |first=Susan |date=27 January 2016 |title=Cedar Point hopes to combine roller coaster ride with virtual reality experience in 2016 |url=http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/01/2016/cedar_point_hopes_to_combine_r.html |access-date=1 March 2016 |work=The Plain Dealer}}</ref>

On 26 August 2016, Canada's Wonderland announced that a new flat ride would be added in the 2017 season: Soaring Timbers (a [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]] Inferno). The ride is stated to be the first of its kind in North America. The park also announced a Splash Works expansion for 2017 in the form of Muskoka Plunge, a {{convert|59|ft|adj=on|round=5}} tall waterslide complex featuring four "trap-door" speed slides. The slides replaced Body Blast.

On 16 August 2017, Canada's Wonderland announced the addition of Flying Canoes for the 2018 season. Flying Canoes is an interactive family ride that allows riders to control their journey of flight in two-person canoes that rotate speedily around a circuit. They also announced the addition of Lumberjack for 2018. Made by Italian manufacturer [[Zamperla]], Lumberjack is a thrill ride that takes guests to heights of {{convert|75|ft|}} on two swinging axe-themed pendulums, propelling them into a looping 360-degree experience. In addition to these two attractions, the park announced an expansion to the Splash Island pool (located in Splash Works), which doubled the size of the pool and included new interactive water features and children's slides, along with shaded seating areas for families to relax. The area was renamed to Lakeside Lagoon following these upgrades.

[[File:Yukon Striker under construction (31582221128).jpg|thumb|left|[[Yukon Striker]] under construction in October 2018]]

On 15 August 2018, Canada's Wonderland announced [[Yukon Striker]], a [[Dive Coaster|B&M Dive Coaster]] which opened to the public on 3 May 2019. The ride features a {{convert|245|ft||round=5|adj=mid|-tall}} drop into an underwater tunnel in the centre of the [[Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)|Vortex]] helix, which has a top speed of 130&nbsp;km/h. Upon opening, the ride became the tallest, fastest, and longest dive coaster in the world and features four inversions, more than any other dive coaster, including the first vertical loop on a Dive Coaster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yukon Striker {{!}} The Fastest, Longest & Tallest Dive Coaster {{!}} Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/play/rides/yukon-striker |access-date=15 August 2018 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com |language=en}}</ref> They also announced the opening of Frontier Canada, a [[Klondike Gold Rush|gold-rush]]-themed attraction area that includes Yukon Striker, Mighty Canadian Minebuster, Lumberjack, Soaring Timbers, Flying Canoes, Vortex, [[Timberwolf Falls]] and White Water Canyon. Canada's Wonderland also announced [[Winterfest]], an immersive holiday-themed event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland to officially open Frontier Canada in 2019 – Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/august-2018/canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-to-officially-open-frontier-canada-in-2019 |access-date=15 August 2018 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com |language=en}}</ref> In addition, the park announced that ''Dinosaurs Alive!'' would be closing on 28 October 2018. The attraction's former gift shop is still used seasonally for WinterFest.

On 4 February 2019, the park announced that [[Orbiter (Canada's Wonderland)|Orbiter]] would not be opening for the 2019 season. Since the announcement, the attraction has been removed from the park and the area surrounding it was replaced with a pathway connecting Action Zone and Frontier Canada.

On 14 August 2019, Canada's Wonderland announced the addition of two new attractions for the 2020 season. The first, Beagle Brigade Airfield, is a new children's ride located in Planet Snoopy. The attraction is mostly identical to the version at sister park [[Worlds of Fun]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], which share the same name, but Wonderland's version is partially covered. In addition, the park announced Mountain Bay Cliffs for Splash Works, which is a cliff-jumping style attraction featuring multiple platforms of varying heights, the highest of which is {{convert|25|ft|}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New in 2020 &#124; Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/explore/2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115082958/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/explore/2020 |archive-date=15 November 2019 |access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> Both of these attractions opened in 2021.

On 22 November 2019, WinterFest debuted at Canada's Wonderland. WinterFest is a holiday event. During WinterFest, five million energy-efficient [[Light-emitting diode|LED lights]] were strung on 800 trees, the buildings, the décor, and on Wonder Mountain. On International Street, the lake had been frozen into a skating rink called Snow Flake Lake. There were eight themed areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind the scenes, Canada's Wonderland readies for its first WinterFest – Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/2019/november/behind-the-scenes-canadas-wonderland-readies-for-its-first-winterfest |access-date=1 August 2020 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com |language=en}}</ref>

On 16 June 2022, Canada's Wonderland announced Lazy Bear Lodge (marketed as ''Lazy Bear Lodge: Wood Fire Grille''), which became the park's largest dining facility to date. The restaurant is located on the hillside beside Vortex's first drop, overlooking Yukon Striker and the rest of Frontier Canada, and features seating for over 500 guests, an indoor and outdoor bar, two floors, a multi-level outdoor patio, and numerous fire pits for guests to relax by. The menu is a Canadian-inspired rustic-grill BBQ, featuring local ingredients and two meat smokers. In addition, the menu is rotational, changing for each major season. The restaurant opened to the public on 17 September 2022, with the indoor bar opening a week prior.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New restaurant 'Lazy Bear Lodge' to open at Canada's Wonderland this summer |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/2022/june-2022/new-restaurant-lazy-bear-lodge-to-open-at-canadas-wonderland-this-summer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822105447/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/2022/june-2022/new-restaurant-lazy-bear-lodge-to-open-at-canadas-wonderland-this-summer |archive-date=22 August 2022 |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>

On 11 August 2022, Canada's Wonderland announced two new attractions for the 2023 season. The first, Tundra Twister, is a first-of-its-kind flat ride from [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]] that is located in Frontier Canada next to Yukon Striker's zero-g winder inversion, creating many near-misses with the coaster. The ride features rotating gondola arms that freely rotate, while the ride's base spins 360 degrees at heights of {{convert|154|ft}} and speeds of {{convert|75|kph|mph}}. The second was [[Snoopy's Racing Railway]], a family launch coaster manufactured by [[ART Engineering]] and the park's 18th roller coaster overall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Rides in 2023 &#124; Toronto, ON &#124; Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/new-in-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822105455/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/new-in-2023 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref> Snoopy's Racing Railway is located in Planet Snoopy and takes up a portion of the land that was previously occupied by Dinosaurs Alive!. The coaster opened to the public on 18 May 2023, and Tundra Twister opened to the public a few weeks later on 3 June 2023.

On 10 August 2023, the park announced Moosehorn Falls, a new waterslide for Splash Works for the 2024 season. The slide features six-person rafts travelling down a course of small drops and turns before plummeting down a large drop into a {{convert|42|ft|adj=on}} wall, leading into the final splash pool. The name "Moosehorn Falls" is inspired by waterfalls on the Moosehorn Trail in the [[Fundy National Park]] in [[New Brunswick]]. The trail and park is located within the [[UNESCO]]-designated Fundy Biosphere Region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moosehorn Falls {{!}} New Water Slide Opening in 2024 {{!}} Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/new-in-2024 |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com |language=en}}</ref> The attraction was planned to open in June 2024, but was delayed until August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening of new Canada's Wonderland attraction seemingly delayed |url=https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2024/06/moosehorn-falls-canadas-wonderland-delayed/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.blogto.com |language=en}}</ref>

On 8 February 2024, Canada's Wonderland announced that Xtreme Skyflyer would permanently shut down for the 2024 season after 26 years of operating.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casaletto |first=Lucas |date=20 March 2024 |title=Canada's Wonderland tears down historic ride after 26 years |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/20/canadas-wonderland-xtreme-skyflyer-retired-26-years-vaughan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043803/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/20/canadas-wonderland-xtreme-skyflyer-retired-26-years-vaughan/ |archive-date=13 July 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=CityNews Toronto}}</ref> The attraction gave over 1.17 million rides prior to its removal. This closure was cited for future expansion and development by the park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skydiving Ride &#124; Xtreme Skyflyer &#124; Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides-experiences/xtreme-skyflyer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216085952/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides-experiences/xtreme-skyflyer |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref>

====COVID-19 pandemic====
{{see also|COVID-19 pandemic in the Regional Municipality of York}}
Restrictions placed by the [[Government of Ontario]] to combat the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario|COVID-19 pandemic]] resulted in the park remaining closed for the 2020 season. This also led to the cancellations of that season's Halloween Haunt and Winterfest events. Canada's Wonderland posted a series of four horror vignettes 30 October 2020 titled Nighttime Walk to celebrate Haunt featuring the empty park. The park attempted to reopen in May 2021, but it was postponed to July 5 of the same year.<ref name="2021postponement" /><ref name="COVIDReopening">{{Cite web |last=Westoll |first=Nick |title=Canada's Wonderland set to reopen in July assuming Ontario moves to Step 2 of reopening plan |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7947624/covid-canadas-wonderland-reopening/ |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=[[Global News]]}}</ref> An online reservation system was required for guests to book the date and time of their visit during the shortened 2021 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2021 |title=Canada's Wonderland reopens to general public for first time since 2019 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/canadas-wonderland-reopens-to-general-public-for-first-time-since-2019/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191049/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/canada-s-wonderland-reopens-to-general-public-for-first-time-since-2019-1.5499704 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=ctvnews.ca}}</ref> As a result, 2020 and 2021 season passes were extended to partially include the 2022 season and refunds were not officially offered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coronavirus Update & Statement {{!}} Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/park-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802153931/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/park-update |archive-date=2 August 2020 |access-date=1 August 2020 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2021 |title=Canada's Wonderland announces plan to reopen park in May |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/01/28/canada-wonderland-announces-park-will-open-in-may-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130041618/https://www.680news.com/2021/01/28/canada-wonderland-announces-park-will-open-in-may-2021/ |archive-date=30 January 2021 |access-date=29 January 2021 |publisher=680news.com}}</ref><ref name="2021postponement">{{Cite web |title=May 11, 2021 Update |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/park-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511184900/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/park-update |archive-date=11 May 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=Canada's Wonderland |language=en}}</ref> Both Beagle Brigade Airfield and Mountain Bay Cliffs had their opening years pushed back to the 2021 season.

Also due to the pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 editions of [[Toronto Santa Claus Parade|Toronto's original Santa Claus Parade]] – normally held on the streets in [[Downtown Toronto]] in previous years – was pre-recorded from Canada's Wonderland with no spectators on site and was broadcast on Eastern Standard Time's [[prime time]] on 5 December 2020 and 4 December 2021, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=The Original Santa Claus Parade moves to televised special amid COVID-19 pandemic |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/the-original-santa-claus-parade-moves-to-televised-special-amid-covid-19-pandemic-1.5194369}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Andrea |first=Aaron |date=18 November 2020 |title=Toronto Santa Claus Parade heading to Canada's Wonderland this year |url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10269832-toronto-santa-claus-parade-heading-to-canada-s-wonderland-this-year/ |access-date=23 November 2020 |website=Toronto.com |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CityNews |date=December 2021 |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/12/01/pre-taped-santa-claus-parade-to-air-on-saturday-evening/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209154808/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/12/01/pre-taped-santa-claus-parade-to-air-on-saturday-evening/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1466859110230601729 |user=WonderlandNews |title=🎅Tune in to watch The Original Santa Claus Parade Dec. 4 @7pm on @CTV 📺Pre-recorded at Canada's Wonderland!🎄... |date=3 December 2021}}</ref> From 29 March 2021 until summer 2021, Canada's Wonderland served as a drive-in mass [[COVID-19 vaccination]] site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2021 |title='We're going to Canada's Wonderland!': Canada's biggest theme park opens for drive-thru COVID-19 vaccinations |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadas-wonderland-covid19-vaccinations-drive-thru-182934762.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329183446/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadas-wonderland-covid19-vaccinations-drive-thru-182934762.html |archive-date=29 March 2021 |access-date=30 March 2021 |publisher=yahoo.com}}</ref>

===Six Flags era===
On 1 July 2024, Cedar Fair merged with [[Six Flags (1961–2024)|Six Flags]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=Cedar Fair L.P. (FUN), Six Flags (SIX) Announce Merger of Equals is Successfully Completed |url=https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Cedar+Fair+L.P.+%28FUN%29%2C+Six+Flags+%28SIX%29+Announce+Merger+of+Equals+is+Successfully+Completed/23421543.html |access-date=2 July 2024 |website=StreetInsider.com}}</ref> and the combined [[Six Flags Entertainment Corporation]] took over Canada's Wonderland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=A farewell to Cedar Fair: Cedar Fair, Six Flags expected to finalize merger |url=https://www.local12.com/news/nation-world/cedar-point-fair-six-flags-entertainment-corporation-finalize-merger-today-kings-island-cincinnati-ticker-symbol-fun-stock-market-nyse-historic-mergers-top-10-expected-closing-date-section-27a-securities-act-amusement-parks-resort-properties-revenue |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702002704/https://local12.com/news/nation-world/cedar-point-fair-six-flags-entertainment-corporation-finalize-merger-today-kings-island-cincinnati-ticker-symbol-fun-stock-market-nyse-historic-mergers-top-10-expected-closing-date-section-27a-securities-act-amusement-parks-resort-properties-revenue |archive-date=2 July 2024 |access-date=2 July 2024 |website=WKRC}}</ref>

On 8 August 2024, the park announced the construction of a [[Premier Rides]] launched coaster for the 2025 season known as [[AlpenFury]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casaletto |first=Lucas |date=8 August 2024 |title=Here's Canada's Wonderland's newest roller coaster |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/08/08/canadas-wonderland-new-roller-coaster-2025-alpenfury/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216094434/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/08/08/canadas-wonderland-new-roller-coaster-2025-alpenfury/ |archive-date=16 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=CityNews Toronto}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Bea |date=9 August 2024 |title=AlpenFury: Canada's longest, tallest, fastest launch coaster to open next year |url=https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/canadas-wonderland-alpenfury-launch-coaster/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404231400/https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/canadas-wonderland-alpenfury-launch-coaster/ |archive-date=4 April 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Blooloop}}</ref> The ride is {{convert|1000|m|ft}} in length and feature a {{convert|50|m|ft|adj=on}} launch out of [[Wonder Mountain]] at {{convert|115|km/h|mph}} along with nine inversions, setting a [[List of roller coaster rankings#Inversion rankings|record for inversions]] on a launched roller coaster in North America. Concurrent with AlpenFury's addition, the International Festival section of the park was renamed and re-themed to Alpenfest to match the new ride.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/alpenfury |access-date=8 August 2024 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com}}</ref> The roller coaster opened to guests on 12 July 2025.

[[Time Warp (roller coaster)|Time Warp]] closed permanently at the end of the 2024 season, with official confirmation on 13 March 2025 and subsequent removal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Papuckoski |first=Spiro |date=13 March 2025 |title=Canada's Wonderland permanently closes Time Warp roller coaster |url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/canadas-wonderland-permanently-closes-time-warp-roller-coaster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313211020/https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/canadas-wonderland-permanently-closes-time-warp-roller-coaster |archive-date=13 March 2025 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=The Toronto Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fan-favourite roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland closes permanently |url=https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2025/03/time-warp-canadas-wonderland-closing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324155730/https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2025/03/time-warp-canadas-wonderland-closing/ |archive-date=24 March 2025 |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref>

==Attractions==
{{main|List of Canada's Wonderland attractions}}

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===Roller coasters===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=110px | Name
!Year opened
! width=120px | Manufacturer
! width=120px | Location
!Description
! style=max-width:4em | Thrill rating
|-
|[[AlpenFury]]
|2025
|[[Premier Rides]]
|Alpenfest
|An [[Launched roller coaster|LSM launched roller coaster]] with nine inversions, breaking the record for most inversions on a launch roller coaster.
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|[[Backlot Stunt Coaster]]
|2005
|[[Premier Rides]]
|Action Zone
|A family [[Linear induction motor|LIM]]-[[launched roller coaster]] based on the chase sequence of the 2003 film remake of ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]''. Formerly known as ''The Italian Job: Stunt Track'' (2005–2007).
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Behemoth (roller coaster)|Behemoth]]
|2008
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|Action Zone
|A steel [[hypercoaster]] that opened in 2008. It has a maximum height of {{convert|70|m|ft|abbr=off}} and a maximum speed of {{convert|124|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. Rather than four seats across in straight rows, a setup common in many B&M roller coasters, Behemoth debuted a new seating arrangement that has four seats arranged in a "V" formation.
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|[[Dragon Fyre]]
|1981
|[[Arrow Dynamics]]
|Medieval Faire
|A steel custom looping roller coaster that, along with five other roller coasters, debuted with the park's grand opening in 1981. It contains a pair of counter-clockwise corkscrews, a unique element among Arrow coasters. Formerly known as Dragon Fire (1997–2018).
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|[[Flight Deck (Canada's Wonderland)|Flight Deck]]
|1995
|[[Vekoma]]
|Grande World Expo
|Canada's first inverted roller coaster and the ninth coaster added to the park. Formerly known as Top Gun (1995–2007), named after [[Top Gun|the 1986 film]].
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|[[Ghoster Coaster (Canada's Wonderland)|Ghoster Coaster]]
|1981
|[[Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters]]
|Planet Snoopy
|A junior version of Wilde Beast and one of three wooden roller coasters at the park. It is also one of the original five coasters that debuted at the park's grand opening in 1981. Formerly known as ''Scooby's Gasping Ghoster Coaster'' (1981–2009).
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)|Leviathan]]
|2012
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|Medieval Faire
|First [[giga coaster]] from Bolliger & Mabillard, which is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada, and ranks high among the tallest and fastest in the world.
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|[[Mighty Canadian Minebuster]]
|1981
|Canada's Wonderland
|Frontier Canada
|A wooden roller coaster that is one of five roller coasters that debuted with the park's grand opening in 1981. It is modelled after a former ride, The Shooting Star, that was once located at [[Coney Island (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Coney Island]] amusement park in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio. It is the only roller coaster designed in-house specifically for Canada's Wonderland.
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|[[Silver Streak (Canada's Wonderland)|Silver Streak]]
|2001
|[[Vekoma]]
|KidZville
|A family [[inverted roller coaster]] and one of the first of its kind from Vekoma.
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Snoopy's Racing Railway]]
|2023
|ART Engineering
|Planet Snoopy
|A family [[launched roller coaster]] located on part of the land previously occupied by Dinosaurs Alive. Trains accelerate to {{convert|50|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and feature various twists and small drops.
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|Taxi Jam
|1998
|[[E&F Miler Industries]]
|KidZville
|A [[kiddie roller coaster]] that debuted with KidZville, an area of the park that opened in 1998. It makes two passes along its short track and is themed after [[List of controlled-access highways in Ontario|the freeways]] of the [[Greater Toronto Area]].
| bgcolor="#FFDB58" align="center" |'''2'''
|-
|[[Boomerang (roller coaster)|The Bat]]
|1987
|[[Vekoma]]
|Medieval Faire
|A [[Boomerang (roller coaster)|Boomerang]] roller coaster model from Vekoma.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Bat|location=Canada's Wonderland|access-date=17 September 2011|rcdb_number=64}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|-
|The Fly
|1999
|[[Mack Rides]]
|Alpenfest
|A [[Wild Mouse]] roller coaster featuring single cars that travel up to {{Convert|56|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Fly |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Family-Rides/The-Fly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205216/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Family-Rides/The-Fly |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=19 July 2012 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Thunder Run (Canada's Wonderland)|Thunder Run]]
|1981
|[[Mack Rides]]
|Alpenfest
|A partially-enclosed [[steel roller coaster]] that was one of the five coasters to debut at the park's grand opening in 1981. It is powered by a drive motor with a rubber wheel at the front of the train to propel the train around the track.<ref name="RCDB Blauer Enzian">{{Cite web |title=Blauer Enzian |url=http://rcdb.com/8478.htm |access-date=25 September 2014 |website=Roller Coaster DataBase}}</ref> Thunder Run makes two passes and contains multiple special effects such as strobe lighting.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Thunder Run |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Thunder-Run |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401215128/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Thunder-Run |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=19 July 2012 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref> It was relocated to the Wonder Mountain area of the park in 1986. Formerly named Blauer Enzian (1981–1985).
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)|Vortex]]
|1991
|[[Arrow Dynamics]]
|Frontier Canada
|A [[suspended roller coaster]] with a [[terrain roller coaster|terrain layout]] similar to [[The Bat (Kings Island; opened 1993)|The Bat]] at [[Kings Island]]. It shares Wonder Mountain with both Thunder Run and Wonder Mountain's Guardian for its lift and first drop, with the majority of the ride taking place over open water behind the mountain.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Vortex |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Vortex |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401185719/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Vortex |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=19 July 2012 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Wilde Beast]]
|1981
|[[Curtis D. Summers]] /<br />[[Taft Broadcasting]]
|Medieval Faire
|A [[wooden roller coaster]] that was one of the five roller coasters to debut at the park's grand opening in 1981. It is modelled after the Wildcat coaster at [[Coney Island (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Coney Island]] amusement park in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. Formerly known as Wilde Beast (1981–1997) and Wild Beast (1997–2018).
| bgcolor="#BC6666" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|4}}'''
|-
|[[Wonder Mountain's Guardian]]
|2014
|[[Triotech]] /<br />ART Engineering
|Alpenfest
|A [[4D film|4D]] [[interactive dark ride]] roller coaster located inside Wonder Mountain that contains one of the largest drop tracks in the world.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Wonder Mountain's Guardian |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Wonder-Mountains-Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531163017/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Wonder-Mountains-Guardian |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=31 May 2014 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
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|-
|[[Yukon Striker]]
|2019
||[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|Frontier Canada
|A [[dive coaster]] that opened as the tallest, fastest, and longest of its kind in the world, breaking the records previously held by [[Valravn (roller coaster)|Valravn]] at sister park [[Cedar Point]].
| bgcolor="#9866BC" align="center" |'''{{fontcolor|white|5}}'''
|}

==Grounds==
[[File:Canada's Wonderland.jpg|thumb|View of the park in 2022]]
Canada's Wonderland is located in [[Maple, Ontario|Maple]], a neighbourhood of Vaughan, Ontario. The park is east of [[Ontario Highway 400|Highway 400]] between Rutherford Road (Exit 33) and Major Mackenzie Drive (Exit 35), {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]], {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407]] and {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Barrie]]. It is bounded by Highway 400 to the west, [[York Regional Road 55|Jane Street]] to the east, Major Mackenzie Drive to the north and an access road approximately {{convert|1|km}} north of Rutherford Road to the south. When the park originally opened, its surroundings were largely rural; however, the [[Urban sprawl|suburban sprawl]] since the mid-2000s has resulted in it being surrounded by housing and shopping plazas on all sides.

The park is located {{convert|1.5|km}} north of the [[Vaughan Mills]] shopping centre and {{convert|5.5|km}} north of the [[Toronto subway]]'s [[Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station]]. On the north side of the park is [[Major Mackenzie West Terminal]], which serves bus routes operated by [[York Region Transit]]. Prior to the opening of the subway station in December 2017, it was served by the 165 Weston Road North bus of the Toronto Transit Commission bus system operating from [[York Mills station]] via [[Wilson station (Toronto)|Wilson station]]. The park has two public entrances and one entrance for staff, deliveries, and buses. 

===Areas===
The park has several themed areas.<ref name="Rider Height PDF">{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=Rider Height Requirements |url=https://d3knbu6191stae.cloudfront.net/binaries/content/assets/cw-en-ca/general-information/help/cw---rider-height-requirements.pdf |access-date=22 May 2017 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The five original sections include International Street, Medieval Faire, Grande World Exposition of 1890 (renamed Action Zone; Grande World Exposition of 1890 returned in 2019 by renaming a portion of Action Zone), Alpenfest, and the Happyland of Hanna-Barbera (divided into more than one children's area since 1998).<ref name="Times" /> The current areas include the original sections stated above, [[Splash Works]] (1992), Action Zone (2002), and two children's areas: Kidzville (1998), and [[Planet Snoopy]] (2010). In 2019, the park introduced a new themed area, "Frontier Canada", a gold-rush-themed section originally planned for the park's original opening in 1981, but was postponed until 2019 due to financial issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peacock |first=Grace |title=Canada's Wonderland to Officially Open Frontier Canada in 2019 |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/august-2018/canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-to-officially-open-frontier-canada-in-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816022147/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/august-2018/canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-to-officially-open-frontier-canada-in-2019 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>

====Action Zone====
Action Zone was created as a subsection within the Grande World Exposition of 1890 section of the park in 2002.<ref name="CW Timeline">{{Cite web |last=Cowan |first=Chris |date=13 May 2006 |title=Paramount Canada's Wonderland |url=http://timelines.home.insightbb.com/pcw.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713042601/http://timelines.home.insightbb.com/pcw.htm |archive-date=13 July 2011 |access-date=12 September 2011 |publisher=Theme Park Timelines}}</ref> However, the entire Grande Exposition section was renamed Action Zone in 2009. In 2019, the park split Action Zone into two sections, with its eastern portion of Action Zone reverting its theme and name to The Grande Exposition of 1890.

[[File:Train Behemoth.jpg|thumb|[[Behemoth (roller coaster)|Behemoth]] is a large steel [[hypercoaster]] located in Action Zone.]]
[[File:Sledge Hammer Canada's Wonderland.jpg|thumb|Situated in the Action Zone, the [[Sledge Hammer (ride)|Sledge Hammer]] is the only ride of its kind presently operating in the world.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Year opened
!Manufacturer
!Description
|-
| [[Backlot Stunt Coaster]]
| 2005
| [[Premier Rides]]
| A family [[linear induction motor|LIM]]-[[launched roller coaster]] based on the chase sequence of the 2003 remake of ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]''. Riders launch into a parking garage, dodge police cars, and are attacked by a helicopter, which ignites fire all around riders before hitting a second launch section, sending riders into pitch black darkness. Was originally known as ''The Italian Job: Stunt Track'' (2005–2007).
|-
| [[Behemoth (roller coaster)|Behemoth]]
| 2008
| [[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
| A steel [[hypercoaster]] built by Bolliger & Mabillard, and the park's fifteenth roller coaster, beginning operation in May 2008. It is currently the second tallest and second fastest roller coaster in Canada, with a maximum height of {{convert|70|m|ft|abbr=off}} and a maximum speed of {{convert|124|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. Rather than the standard, four-seat-across setup common in most B&M roller coasters, Behemoth features a new, "prototype" seating arrangement that has four seats arranged in a "V" formation.
|-
| [[Psyclone (Canada's Wonderland)|Psyclone]]
| 2002
| [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]]
| The 1-minute and 54-second ride features 40 seats facing outwards that rotate from a central pendulum as the ride reaches its maximum arc angle of 120 degrees.
|-
| Skyhawk
| 2016
| [[Gerstlauer]]
| A Gerstlauer Sky Roller. Riders control their flight as their car spins in a circle {{convert|41|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the air. It is the first ride of its kind in North America.
|-
| [[Sledge Hammer (ride)|Sledge Hammer]]
| 2003
| [[HUSS Park Attractions|HUSS]]
| A HUSS Giant Jumper prototype. Currently the only ride of its kind in the world.
|-
|[[SlingShot (Cedar Fair)|SlingShot]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SlingShot – Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/SlingShot#panel1-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717000330/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/SlingShot#panel1-3 |archive-date=17 July 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com}}</ref>
|2015
|[[Funtime (manufacturer)|Funtime]]
|A pay-per-use slingshot launching riders nearly {{convert|91.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the air.
|-
| [[WindSeeker]]
| 2011
| [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]]
| A [[swing ride]] featuring two-person swings that slowly rotate and ascend the {{convert|91.8|m|ft|adj=on}} tower until reaching the top where speeds increase up to {{Convert|48|km/h|mph|round=5}}.<ref name="WindSeeker">{{Cite web |title=WindSeeker |url=http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/park/rides/thrill_rides/windseeker.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826184916/http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/park/rides/thrill_rides/windseeker.cfm |archive-date=26 August 2010 |access-date=24 August 2010 |publisher=Kings Island}}</ref>
|}

====Frontier Canada====
Frontier Canada is the newest themed section of the park, debuting for the 2019 season. The section consolidates most of the park's Canadian themed rides; as well as an area of the park formerly known as White Water Canyon, which operated from 1984 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland to officially open Frontier Canada in 2019 – Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/august-2018/canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-to-officially-open-frontier-canada-in-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815165711/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/blog/august-2018/canada%E2%80%99s-wonderland-to-officially-open-frontier-canada-in-2019 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |access-date=15 August 2018 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com}}</ref> The area is themed after a boom town found during the time of the [[Klondike Gold Rush]], with most of its inspiration coming from [[Dawson City]], [[Yukon]], and its surrounding area.

[[File:White Water Canyon - Canadas Wonderland.jpg|thumb|[[White Water Canyon]] is a [[river rapids ride]] located in Frontier Canada.]]
[[File:Vortex Wonderland.jpg|thumb|[[Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)|Vortex]] is a [[suspended roller coaster]] located in Frontier Canada.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Year opened
!Manufacturer
!Description
|-
| Flying Canoes
| 2018
| [[Preston & Barbieri]]
| A canoe-themed interactive family ride based on [[Chasse-galerie|La Chasse-galerie]]. Riders control their journey of flight in two-person flying canoes. The ride replaced Launch Pad, an upcharge attraction that consisted of a set of trampolines.
|-
| Lumberjack
| 2018
| [[Zamperla]]
| A Hawk 48 that is located beside Soaring Timbers. The ride takes guests on two opposing swinging pendulums that rotate 360 degrees, reaching heights of {{convert|23|m|ft|round=5}}. The ride vehicles are themed to axes, and features a hand-carved wooden statue of a [[lumberjack]] besides the ride's marquee sign.
|-
| [[Mighty Canadian Minebuster]]
| 1981
| [[Curtis D. Summers]]/[[Taft Broadcasting]]
| A wooden roller coaster. It is one of the five roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981, and is one of three wooden coasters at Canada's Wonderland modelled after a roller coaster at [[Coney Island (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Coney Island]] amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio (The Shooting Star). It is also the longest single-tracked wooden coaster in Canada, with a track length of {{convert|1166.8|m|ft}}.
|-
| Soaring Timbers
| 2017
| [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]]
| A Mondial Inferno located across from [[Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)|Vortex]].<ref name="Vortex">{{Cite web |title=Vortex |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Vortex |access-date=12 January 2017 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref> The ride is stated as being the first of its kind in North America. Soaring Timbers features two free-rotating gondolas that rotate at a 45-degree angle, reaching heights of {{convert|20|m|ft|round=5}}.
|-
| [[Timberwolf Falls]]
| 1989
| [[Hopkins Rides]]
| A "shoot the chutes" flume-style water ride. Riders plunge down a {{convert|15|m|ft|round=5|adj=on}} drop into a pool of water that soaks riders.
|-
| Tundra Twister
| 2023
| [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]]
| A Mondial Avalanche that is the first of its kind in the world. The ride is located next to Yukon Striker's zero-g winder inversion. It features two rotating gondola arms that freely rotate, while the rides base spins 360-degrees at heights of 47 metres (154 Feet) and speeds of 75&nbsp;km/h (around 47&nbsp;mph).
|-
| [[Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)|Vortex]]<ref name="Vortex" />
| 1991
| [[Arrow Dynamics]]
| A steel [[suspended roller coaster]], similar to [[The Bat (Kings Island; opened 1993)|The Bat (formerly Flight Deck)]] at [[Kings Island]] (not to be confused with Wonderland's The Bat, which is of a different design). It was Canada's first suspended roller coaster when opened, and was the eighth roller coaster added to Canada's Wonderland. It shares Wonder Mountain with both Thunder Run and Wonder Mountain's Guardian for its lift and first drop, but the majority of the ride takes place over the open water behind the mountain, classifying the ride as a terrain roller coaster. It is also the tallest and fastest currently operating suspended coaster in the world, sharing its speed record with [[Ninja (Six Flags Magic Mountain)|Ninja]] at [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]].
|-
| [[White Water Canyon]]
| 1984
| [[Intamin]]
| A river rapids style water ride. Riders traverse through a wooded forest with rapids, drops, waterfalls and other water effects. The ride was the first new attraction added to the park after its initial opening in 1981. One of three Intamin rides in Canada's Wonderland.
|-
|[[Yukon Striker]]
| 2019
||[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|A [[Dive Coaster|B&M Dive Coaster]] that has four inversions, a height of {{convert|68|m|ft|round=5}} with a drop height of {{convert|75|m|ft|round=5}}, a top speed of {{convert|130|km/h|mph}}, and a track length of {{convert|1,105|m|ft|round=5}}, making it the tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster in the world. The ride also features the first vertical loop on a dive coaster.
|}

====Grande World Expo====
[[File:Grande World Fair globe.jpg|thumb|Grande World Exposition of 1890 is an area themed to resemble a 19th-century [[world's fair]].]]
[[File:Swings of the Century at night in Canada's Wonderland.jpg|thumb|Swing of the Century is a [[swing ride]] located in the Grande World Exposition.]]

The Grande World Exposition of 1890 is one of the original four themed areas of Wonderland. It was made to resemble a late 19th century [[world's fair]] with expositions from different countries with a particular focus on African and Asian themes.<ref name="Times" /> The restaurants and washrooms were formerly true to the exposition theme. One of the restaurants was called [[List of former and renamed Canada's Wonderland attractions|Ginza Gardens]] (now Grande World Eatery) and had a Japanese theme and a Japanese façade. There is also an arcade area (Crystal Palace Arcade) within this section of the park.

In 2009, the entire Grande Exposition section was incorporated in Action Zone, an area of the park that formerly operated as a themed subsection of the Grande Exposition. The section operated as a part of Action Zone until 2019, when the eastern portion of Action Zone reverted to its original name and world's fair theming.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Year opened
!Manufacturer
!Description
|-
| Antique Carrousel<!--This is the spelling used for this ride-->
| 1981
| [[Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters]]
| A carousel that was originally located in [[Palisades Park, New Jersey]]. The ride features 64 original hand-carved horses; the lead horse's name is Caesar. The carousel model number is PTC #84.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, ON |url=https://carousels.org/USACensus/census.pl?NCANo=234&Map=Y& |access-date=2 January 2019 |website=National Carousel Association}}</ref>
|-
| [[Flight Deck (Canada's Wonderland)|Flight Deck]]
| 1995
| [[Vekoma]]
| Canada's first inverted roller coaster and the ninth coaster added to the park. Was originally known as ''Top Gun'' (1995–2007).
|-
| Swing of the Century
| 1981
| [[Zierer]]
| A Zierer Wave Swinger 36 model [[swing ride]] that rotates with a wave motion lifting riders up to {{convert|9|m|ft|round=5}} in the air. Was originally known as ''Swing of Siam'' (1981–1989).
|}

====Alpenfest====
[[File:Alpengamespeachbskt2007.jpg|thumb|Alpenfest includes rides and [[midway (fair)|midway games]].]]

Alpenfest is located in the northeast section of the park. It includes rides, [[Midway (fair)|midway games]] and a mild [[Alps|Alpen]] theme, which was expanded in 2025 upon the opening of [[AlpenFury]].
[[File:Shockwave (4887223026).jpg|thumb|[[Shockwave (Canada's Wonderland)|Shockwave]] is a [[Top Scan]] ride in the Alpenfest section.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Year opened
!Manufacturer
!Description
|-
| [[AlpenFury]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AlpenFury|url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/alpenfury|access-date=12 July 2025|publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
| 2025
| [[Premier Rides]]
| An [[Launched roller coaster|LSM launched roller coaster]] that contains two launches (one of which is inside Wonder Mountain) and nine inversions, breaking the record for most inversions on a launch roller coaster, and is also Canada’s tallest, fastest and longest launch coaster.
|-
| The Fly<ref name=":0"/>
| 1999
| [[Mack Rides]]
|  A [[Wild Mouse roller coaster]] added as the eleventh roller coaster in the park. The ride begins with a {{convert|15|m|ft|0|abbr=on|round=5}} drop, then returns up followed by a series of sharp turns, drops, then brakes.
|-
| Klockwerks<ref>{{Cite web |title=Klockwerks |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Family-Rides/Klockwerks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401225835/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Family-Rides/Klockwerks |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=19 July 2012 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
| 1981
| [[HUSS Park Attractions|HUSS]]
| One of the original rides from when the park opened in 1981. Moved to its current location in 2001 after the introduction of Shockwave. Was originally known as ''Klockwurker'' (1981–1991).
|-
| Krachenwagen<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krachenwagon |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Family-Rides/Krachenwagon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909225411/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Family-Rides/Krachenwagon |archive-date=9 September 2013 |access-date=6 November 2012 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
| 1981
| Lusse Bros.
| A traditional [[Bumper cars|bumper-car]] ride. Model: Auto Skooter.
|-
| [[Shockwave (Canada's Wonderland)|Shockwave]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shockwave |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Shockwave |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401225907/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Shockwave |archive-date=1 April 2012 |access-date=19 July 2012 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
| 2001
| [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]]
| A Mondial Top Scan that is located on the former site of Klockwerks before the attraction was relocated within the park. The ride spins around on an angle while guests (restrained on the seats) are spun around at almost every possible angle the ride operates on.
|-
| [[Thunder Run (Canada's Wonderland)|Thunder Run]]<ref name=":1"/>
| 1981
| [[Mack Rides]]
| A [[Powered roller coaster|powered]] [[Mack Rides]]  roller coaster that was located in a different section of the park when the park first opened in 1981 and featured a different layout. In 1986, the ride was relocated to Wonder Mountain and the name changed to its current title, along with a slight change to the coaster's layout. The ride uses a drive motor with a rubber wheel in the front of the train to drive it around the track, rather than a traditional lift.<ref name="RCDB Blauer Enzian" /> Thunder Run makes two passes through Wonder Mountain at the centre of the park. It is one of the five original roller coasters that opened with the park.
|-
| [[Wonder Mountain's Guardian]]<ref name=":3"/>
| 2014
| [[Triotech]] / ART Engineering
| A [[4D film|4D]] [[interactive dark ride]] roller coaster located inside Wonder Mountain. The ride features the largest freefall drop track element in the world at around 9 meters (30 feet).
|}

====International Street====
{{Main|International Street}}

[[File:Canada's Wonderland (6169838649).jpg|thumb|[[International Street]], Canada's Wonderland entry area, is lined with shops and restaurants.]]

International Street is the park's entry area, similar to the [[Main Street, U.S.A.]] sections of [[Disney Experiences|Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]]. Using a format borrowed from sister parks [[Kings Island]] and [[Kings Dominion]], both sides of the street are lined with shops, including souvenir shops, clothing stores, restaurants, and candy stores. Unlike the use of [[Eiffel Tower (Cedar Fair)|replica Eiffel Towers]] at Kings Island and Kings Dominion, Wonder Mountain, the park's centrepiece, appears at the end of the street. In the early decades of the park's history, stores sold high-quality imported goods themed to the buildings, and restaurants sold food and beverages from non-North American culinary traditions, such as shrimp, [[paella]], and smoked sausage.<ref name="1982red">{{Cite book |title=Around Canada's Wonderland |publisher=Canada Wonderland |year=1982 |location=Maple ON}}</ref> The buildings are named the [[Latin America|Latin]], [[Scandinavia]]n, [[Mediterranean culture|Mediterranean]], and [[Alps|Alpine]] Buildings.<ref name="Times" />

International Street has hosted to a number of shows presented at the park, including:
[[File:Canada's Wonderland Main Square.jpg|thumb|International Street's fountain, and Wonder Mountain behind it. The fountain and mountain host shows presented at the park.]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+Shows presented on International Street, 1981–present
!Show
!Year opened
!Year closed
!Description
|-
|Snoopy's Symphony of Water
|2014
|N/A
|On an hourly/semi-hourly basis, Snoopy Conducts the royal fountain in a dazzling spectacle. The park uses the dancing fountain from the nighttime spectacular [[Starlight Spectacular (Canada's Wonderland)|Starlight Spectacular]].
|-
|Victoria Falls High Divers
|1981
|N/A
|Professional divers perform acrobatic dives off a {{convert|18|m|ft|round=5}} platform from Wonder Mountain's Victoria Falls into the pool below.
|-
|[[Starlight Spectacular (Canada's Wonderland)|Starlight Spectacular]]
|2011
|N/A
|This nightly light and sound show that takes place on Canada's Wonderland's International Street at approximately 10:00 pm EST. The show was introduced to the park for the 2011 season as well to celebrate Canada's Wonderland's 30th birthday. Now known as "Starlight: Northern Reflections".
|-
|The Eruption
|1998
|2001
|A nighttime pyrotechnic show with 12-metre (40&nbsp;ft) flames, smoke, ash, geysers, and even more special effects. The park removed this show as it became very expensive to produce due to using liquid propane for large flame effects with minimal smoke. The show consisted of three 5–10 minute segments in a 20–30 minute show. While the show lasted, it drew large crowds to the front of the park. One of the most notable shows on International Street besides Starlight Spectacular, the "new version" of The Eruption uses modern-day technology now available.
|-
|''[[Electric Circus]]'' (annual)
|1998
|2001
|''Electric Circus'' (also known as ''EC'') was a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] live [[dance music]] [[Television show|television program]] that aired on [[Much (TV channel)|MuchMusic]] and [[Citytv]] from 16 September 1988 to 12 December 2003. The name originated from a [[nightclub]] that once existed at Citytv's first studio at 99 Queen Street East in [[Toronto]]. The show came to the park annually until 2001 when MuchMusic discontinued their partnership with Canada's Wonderland and [[Channel drift|transitioned]] to pop culture programming for youth.
|}

====Medieval Faire====
{{see also|Medieval Faire (Canada's Wonderland)}}
[[File:Canada's Wonderland castle.jpg|thumb|The Medieval Faire's setting, and most of its rides, are [[Middle Ages|medieval]]-themed.]]

The Medieval Faire section of the park has a [[Middle Ages|medieval European]] theme in both the setting and the rides. The two original roller coasters, Wilde Beast and Dragon Fyre, use [[Early Modern English|pseudo-Elizabethan English]] spellings before being renamed using modern spelling (Wild Beast and Dragon Fire) from 1998 to 2018. Many of the original names of some the attractions have reverted to their pseudo-Elizabethan spelling, such as ''Dragon Fyre'', ''Wilde Beast'', ''Wilde KnightMares'', ''Viking's Rage'', and ''Canterbury Theatre''. These renames occurred prior to the beginning of the 2019 season.
[[File:CW Medieval Faire Thrill Burger.JPG|thumb|A restaurant with a medieval-themed facade at the Medieval Faire]]
The stores, midway games and restaurants follow the medieval theme, as does the castle theatre ([[Canterbury]] Theatre, renamed Paramount Theatre during [[Paramount Parks|Paramount's]] ownership, and Wonderland Theatre until 2019) and a pirate show (originally opened with the park as Sea Sceptre and later replaced with Kinet-X Dive Show) in the middle of Arthur's Baye. However, rides such as [[Drop Tower (Six Flags)|Drop Tower]], Riptide, Spinovator, and Speed City Raceway have no medieval theme.

Canterbury Theatre hosted ice shows from 2006 to 2011 and hosted Cirque Ambiente in mid-2012 and mid-2013.

[[File:Leviathan Lift and Sculpture.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the Leviathan, a [[giga coaster]] in the Medieval Faire]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Year opened
!Manufacturer
!Description
|-
| [[Dragon Fyre]]
| 1981
| [[Arrow Dynamics]]
| A steel custom looping roller coaster, featuring four inversions. It is one of the five roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981. It contains a pair counter-clockwise corkscrews, the only currently operating coaster from [[Arrow Dynamics]] to feature this element. One of the three original trains is now used for The Bat. Was once known as ''Dragon Fire'' (1997–2018) before reverting to its original name in 2019.
|-
| [[Drop Tower (Six Flags)|Drop Tower]]
| 1997
| [[Intamin]]
| A [[drop tower]] ride. All the former [[Paramount Parks]] have a ride similar to this with different heights. Was originally known as 'Drop Zone: Stunt Tower' (1997–2007). One of three [[Intamin]] rides in Canada's Wonderland.
|-
| [[Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)|Leviathan]]
| 2012
| [[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
| Bolliger & Mabillard's first installation of a [[giga coaster]], Leviathan, is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada. It became the park's sixteenth roller coaster and ranks high among the tallest roller coasters in the world.
|-
| [[Riptide (Canada's Wonderland)|Riptide]]
| 2000
| [[Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer)|Mondial]]
| A Mondial Splashover Top Spin. Was originally known as ''Cliffhanger'' (2000–2007).
|-
| Speed City Raceway
| 1997
| J&J Amusements
| [[Go-kart|Go karts]]; pay-per-use.
|-
| Spinovator
| 1981
| [[Mack Rides|Heinrich Mack GMBH & Co]]
| A Mack Calypso [[Teacups]] ride. Was originally known as ''Quixote's Kettles'' (1981–1997).
|-
| The Bat
| 1987
| [[Vekoma]]
| A Vekoma [[Boomerang (roller coaster)|Boomerang]] roller coaster. It was the seventh roller coaster added to the park. The Bat's train was originally from the park's Dragon Fire coaster. During the 2008 season The Bat's supports were painted orange.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Bat|location=Canada's Wonderland|rcdb_number=64|access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref> The coaster returned to its original colour scheme (Red Track and Black Supports) in celebration for its 30th anniversary during the 2017 season.
|-
| [[Viking's Rage (Canada's Wonderland)|Viking's Rage]]
| 1981
| [[HUSS Park Attractions|HUSS]]
| A HUSS [[Pirate ship (ride)|swinging ship]] ride set in Arthur's Baye. Was once known as ''The Rage'' (1997–2018), before reverting to its original name in 2019.
|-
| [[Wilde Beast]]
| 1981
| [[Curtis D. Summers]]/[[Taft Broadcasting]]
| A wooden roller coaster. It is one of the five roller coasters that debuted with the park in 1981. It is modelled after the Wildcat coaster at [[Coney Island (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Coney Island]] amusement park in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio. Was originally known as ''Wilde Beast'' (1981–1996) and ''Wild Beast'' (1997–2018) before going by its current name in 2019.
|-
| [[Night Mares (Canada's Wonderland)|Wilde Knight Mares]]
| 1981
| [[HUSS Park Attractions|HUSS]]
| Riders are lifted {{convert|15|m|ft}} in the air while spinning from a horizontal to vertical position, giving riders a mix of weightlessness and high g-forces. It currently one of last known operating rides of its kind in the world. Was once named ''Night Mares'' (1997–2018), before reverting to its original name in 2019.
|}

====Children's areas====
{{Main|Children's attractions at Canada's Wonderland}}

[[File:Planet Snoopy (7412138574).jpg|thumb|One of the entrances to [[Planet Snoopy]], a children's area themed after the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip.]]
There are presently two children's areas at Canada's Wonderland, KidZville, and [[Planet Snoopy]]. A third themed area known as Zoom Zone also exists as a part of KidZville section.

The children's areas in Canada's Wonderland originally were themed as The Happyland of [[Hanna-Barbera]]. The three areas were themed as [[Yogi Bear|Yogi's Woods]], [[Scooby-Doo|Scoobyville]], and [[Bedrock (The Flintstones)|Bedrock]]; the first was converted to [[The Smurfs|Smurf Village]] in 1984 and the last also had a [[Marine mammal park|marine mammal show]] held at the Bedrock Aquarium. In 1993, the Smurf area transitioned to Kids Kingdom, which became KidZville in 1998. In 2003, Bedrock became [[Nickelodeon Central]]; Bedrock Aquarium and its marine mammal show closed down as well. The park replaced Nickelodeon Central and Hanna Barbera Land with Planet Snoopy for the 2010 season, standardizing the park with the rest of the Cedar Fair chain. Planet Snoopy is a section of the park themed after the comic strip ''[[Peanuts]]''.

[[File:Charlie Brown's Pirate Adventure, Canada's Wonderland.jpg|thumb|A ''[[Peanuts]]'' character at the Playhouse Theatre in KidZville, one of two children's areas at the park]]

The Zoom Zone subsection of KidZville was created in 2001 with the debut of Silver Streak; it also contains the small rides Blast Off and Jumpin' Jet. One of the KidZville rides, and originally a Kids Kingdom ride, Jumbo Bumps, was removed to make way for these three rides and the new section. Starting in 2004, Zoom Zone was no longer shown on park maps as an independent section. However, since Cedar Fair's acquisition, each of the three rides are depicted in Zoom Zone, and park signage continues to use the name.<ref name="CW History" />

The [[Incidents at Cedar Fair parks#Canada's Wonderland|first ride accident in the park's history]] occurred on 23 August 2003, when the Jimmy Neutron Brainwasher (later renamed Woodstock Whirlybirds due to Cedar Fair's contract with ''Peanuts'') fell apart. Three children were sent to hospital as a precautionary measure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accidents at Canada's Wonderland |url=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews/canada%27s_wonderland/accidents/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528162543/http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews/canada%27s_wonderland/accidents/ |archive-date=28 May 2007 |access-date=9 September 2011 |publisher=Theme Park Inside }}</ref>

Rides located within these children's areas include:<ref name="Planet Snoopy announcement">{{Cite news |date=21 August 2009 |title=Planet Snoopy to open in 2010 |url=http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2009/08/canadas-wonderland-2010-planet-snoopy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416184651/http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2009/08/canadas-wonderland-2010-planet-snoopy.html |archive-date=16 April 2014 |access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Ghoster Coaster at Canadas Wonderland.jpg|thumb|Entrance to [[Ghoster Coaster (Canada's Wonderland)|Ghoster Coaster]], a children's roller coaster that debuted at Wonderland in 1981]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Manufacturer
!Location
!Year opened
|-
|Blast Off!
|[[S&S Worldwide]]
|KidZville
|2001
|-
|Flying Eagles
|Larson International
|KidZville
|2016
|-
|Frequent Flyers
|Bradley & Kaye
|KidZville
|1981
|-
|Jokey's Jalopies
|Bradley & Kaye
|KidZville
|1981
|-
|Jumpin' Jet
|[[Zamperla]]
|KidZville
|2001
|-
|KidZville Station
|[[Mack Rides]]
|KidZville
|1981
|-
|Maple Park Treehouse (formerly ''Candy Factory'' and ''Kids Kingdom'')
|
|KidZville
|1993
|-
|[[Silver Streak (Canada's Wonderland)|Silver Streak]]
|[[Vekoma]]
|KidZville
|2001
|-
|Sugar Shack (formerly ''Flavourator'')
|[[Zamperla]]
|KidZville
|1998
|-
|Swing Time
|[[Zamperla]]
|KidZville
|1998
|-
|Taxi Jam
|[[E&F Miler Industries]]
|KidZville
|1998
|-
|Treetop Adventure (formerly ''Chopper Chase'')
|Caripro Amusement Technology
|KidZville
|1998
|-
|Beagle Brigade Airfield
|[[Zamperla]]
|Planet Snoopy
|2021
|-
|[[Boo Blasters on Boo Hill]]
|[[Sally Corporation]]
|Planet Snoopy
|2000
|-
|Character Carrousel
|[[Chance Rides]]
|Planet Snoopy
|1981
|-
|[[Ghoster Coaster (Canada's Wonderland)|Ghoster Coaster]]
|[[Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters]]
|Planet Snoopy
|1981
|-
|Joe Cool's Dodgem School
|Lusse Brothers Incorporated
|Planet Snoopy
|1981
|-
|Lucy's Tugboat
|[[Zamperla]]
|Planet Snoopy
|2010
|-
|Peanuts 500
|[[Zamperla]]
|Planet Snoopy
|2010
|-
|The Pumpkin Patch
|SBF Visa Group
|Planet Snoopy
|2003
|-
|Sally's Love Buggies
|Preston & Barbieri
|Planet Snoopy
|2003
|-
|Snoopy vs Red Baron
|Bradley & Kaye
|Planet Snoopy
|1981
|-
|[[Snoopy's Racing Railway]]
|ART Engineering
|Planet Snoopy
|2023
|-
|Snoopy's Revolution
|[[Zamperla]]
|Planet Snoopy
|2010
|-
|Snoopy's Space Race
|[[Intamin]]
|Planet Snoopy
|1981
|-
|Swan Lake
|Bradley & Kaye
|Planet Snoopy
|1981
|-
|Woodstock Whirlybirds
|SBF Visa Group
|Planet Snoopy
|2003
|}

====Splash Works====
{{Main|Splash Works}}

[[File:Canada's Wonderland (6176923756).jpg|thumb|Opened in 1992, [[Splash Works]] is an {{convert|20|acre||round=5|adj=on}} water park located within Canada's Wonderland.]]

Opened in 1992, Splash Works is an {{convert|20|acre||round=5|adj=on}} water park. The water park is home to Whitewater Bay, the largest outdoor [[wave pool]] in Canada,<ref name="largest wave pool">{{Cite news |last=Vermond |first=Kira |date=19 June 2004 |title=Where the wild rides are |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040619/THEMEPARKS/TPTravel/TopStories |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624091902/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040619/THEMEPARKS/TPTravel/TopStories |archive-date=24 June 2004 |access-date=12 September 2011 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Toronto}}</ref> and 16 water slides. It is included with the price of admission to Canada's Wonderland and is open from late May to early September.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ride
!Year opened
!Manufacturer
!Description
|-
| Barracuda Blaster
| 2002
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| A bowl slide that leads into the Lazy River.
|-
| Lakeside Lagoon
|2018
|N/A
| A kid's splash area featuring a zero depth pool, new children's slides and a Canadian theme. Replaced the Splash Island Kid's Pool.
|-
| Lazy River
| 1992
| Water Technology
| A {{convert|400|m|ft|round=5}} [[lazy river]].
|-
| Moosehorn Falls
| 2024
| [[WhiteWater West]]
| A Boomerango-style waterslide featuring six-person rafts, small drops and turns before plummeting down a large drop towards a 13-metre (42&nbsp;ft) wall.
|-
| Mountain Bay Cliffs
| 2021
|N/A
| A cliff-jumping style attraction, featuring platforms of various heights, the highest of which being {{convert|7.5|m|ft}}.
|-
| Muskoka Plunge
| 2017
| SplashTacular
| A {{convert|18|m|ft|round=5|adj=mid|-tall}} waterslide complex featuring four "trap-door" style speed slides.
|-
| Riptide Racer
| 2002
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| [[Multi-lane racer water slide]]
|-
| Splash Island Waterways
|1990s
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| A tube slide for adults and children.
|-
| Splash Station
| 2015
|Unknown
|A children's interactive play area that features two serpentine water slides, jet sprays, a large tipping bucket, and water guns. Relocated from [[Ontario Place]].
|-
| Super Soaker
| 1999
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| A family raft water slide.
|-
| The Black Hole
| 1996
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| Two four-story enclosed water slides.
|-
| The Plunge
| 1999
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| A three-seater raft ride featuring free-fall plunges in three drops totalling {{convert|15.3|m|ft}}.
|-
| The Pump House
| 1999
| Specialized Component Supply Co.
| A children's play area.
|-
| Typhoon
| 2015
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| Two partially enclosed tube slides with funnels located where Wipe Out was once located. Relocated from [[Ontario Place]].
|-
| Whirl Winds
| 1992
| [[ProSlide Technology]]
| Two open-air water slides.
|-
| White Water Bay
| 1996
| Aquatic Amusements Associates Ltd.
| A [[wave pool]]. The largest outdoor wave pool in Canada.
|}

==Priority queuing==
{{main|Fast Lane (Six Flags)|l1 = Fast Lane}}

Fast Lane is Canada's Wonderland's two-line system since 2012, which is also implemented at other Six Flags parks. For an additional cost, visitors receive a wrist band that enables them to bypass the 'normal-wait' line and enter the Fast Lane. Opting for this benefit essentially allows purchasers to cut in at the front of the line on 21 of the most popular attractions without waiting. In 2013, the park introduced Fast Lane Plus, which allowed purchasers to bypass the lines of two additional attractions (later three with the addition of [[Yukon Striker]] in 2019 and four with [[AlpenFury]] in 2025) that standard Fast Lane users would otherwise not have access to. An unspecified limited amount of both types of passes are sold each day.<ref name="fastlane">{{Cite web |title=Fast Lane at Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531211215/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=7 August 2014 |publisher=Cedar Fair}}</ref>

===Boarding pass for guests with disabilities===
Similar accommodations are given to guests with restricted mobility issues and guests with cognitive impairments. Guests with these disabilities receive paper boarding passes in which ride operators provide wait times equal to those in the queue. These guests enter at the ride's exit. Boarding passes are not valid at any upcharge attraction (SlingShot and Speed City Raceway). Lazy River is the only attraction in Splash Works that accepts boarding passes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guests with Disabilities – Canada's Wonderland |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/help/accessibility |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012632/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/help/accessibility |archive-date=9 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2018 |website=www.canadaswonderland.com}}</ref>

==Timeline==
Today, Canada's Wonderland has over 200 attractions (including games), with over 60 thrill rides. The park holds a number of Canadian records, among them the most roller coasters, with 17.<ref name="coasters">{{Cite web |date=28 August 2011 |title=Canada Roller Coaster Records |url=http://cec.chebucto.org/Rec-Hold.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011111531/http://cec.chebucto.org/Rec-Hold.html |archive-date=11 October 2011 |access-date=9 September 2011 |publisher=Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada}}</ref> The park encompasses eight themed areas on {{convert|134|ha|acre}} of land, with an artificial mountain as the central feature. In the southwestern quadrant, an {{convert|8|ha|acre|adj=on}} waterpark called Splash Works has over {{convert|7,570,000|L|usgal}} of heated water, Canada's largest outdoor [[wave pool]], measuring {{convert|3300|m2|ft2}}, a lazy river, and 16 water slides.<ref name="CW History" />

In 1983, Canada's Wonderland added the [[Kingswood Music Theatre]], a 15,000 seat amphitheatre that has hosted many concerts. After the [[Budweiser Stage]] (then known as Molson Amphitheatre) opened on the grounds of [[Ontario Place]] in 1995, itself replacing The Forum, cultural festivals at the theatre became less prominent.<ref name="CW History" />

===Major attractions by year===
''Current name in (parentheses)'' ''*Additions to Splash Works are italicized''
{{Hidden begin|title=1981–1990|titlestyle=text-align: center; background:#CCC}}
* 1981: Park opens with:
:::Antique Carrousel, Balloon Race (Frequent Flyers), Bayern's Curve, Bedrock Dock "then operated at [[Carowinds]] as "Snoopy's Yacht Club" until its closure in 2017, Blauer Enzian (Thunder Run-Opened in Wonder Mountain 1986), [[Dragon Fyre]], Flintstone's Flyboys, [[Ghoster Coaster (Canada's Wonderland)|Ghoster Coaster]], Great Whale of China "now operates at [[Carowinds]] as "PEANUTS Pirates", Happy Landing (Swan Lake), Hot Rock Raceway, Klockwerks, Krachenwagen, [[Mighty Canadian Minebuster]], Pharaoh's Eye, [[Wilde Beast]], Quixote's Kettles (Spinovator), Scooby Choo (KidZville Station), Shiva's Fury (The Fury), Sol-Loco (Orbiter), Swings of the Century, Wilde Knightmares (Night Mares), Viking's Rage, Wonder Tour, and Zumba Flume.
* 1982: Kings Courtyard (The Courtyard)
* 1983: [[Kingswood Music Theatre]]
* 1984: [[White Water Canyon]], [[The Smurfs merchandising|Smurf Forest]] (until the 1990s)
* 1985: [[Freestyle (roller coaster)|SkyRider]]
* 1986: [[Thunder Run (Canada's Wonderland)|Thunder Run]] (formerly Blauer Enzian)
* 1987: The Bat
* 1988: Racing Rivers
* 1989: [[Timberwolf Falls]]
* 1990: Jet Scream
{{clear}}{{Hidden end}}
{{Hidden begin|title=1991–2000|titlestyle=text-align: center; background:#CCC}}
* 1991: [[Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)|Vortex]]
* 1992: ''[[Splash Works]]'': Whirl Winds, Body Blast, Splash Island Kiddy Slides
* 1993: Kid's Kingdom play area (later renovated and renamed Maple Park Treehouse)
* 1994: "Days of Thunder"&nbsp;– Motion Simulator Movie Ride ([[Action Theater|Action Theatre]])
* 1995: [[Flight Deck (Canada's Wonderland)|Top Gun]] (Flight Deck)
* 1996: [[Xtreme Skyflyer]], Speed City Raceway; ''Splash Works'': Wave Pool (White Water Bay), The Pump House, Black Hole
* 1997: [[Drop Tower (Six Flags)|Drop Zone: Stunt Tower]] (later renamed Drop Tower: Scream Zone)
* 1998: KidZville, James Bond&nbsp;– "License To Thrill" (feature at Action Theatre), Taxi Jam, The Edge Climbing Wall
* 1999: The Fly; ''Splash Works'': Super Soaker and The Plunge; "Dino Island II: Escape from Dino Island 3D" (feature at Action Theatre)
* 2000: [[Riptide (Canada's Wonderland)|Cliffhanger]] (Later renamed Riptide), [[Boo Blasters on Boo Hill|Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion]] (Boo Blasters on Boo Hill)
{{clear}}{{Hidden end}}
{{Hidden begin|title=2001–2010|titlestyle=text-align: center; background:#CCC}}
* 2001: [[Shockwave (Canada's Wonderland)|Shockwave]]; ''Zoom Zone (new kids area) including:'' [[Silver Streak (Canada's Wonderland)|Silver Streak]], Blast Off and Jumpin' Jet; "Stan Lee's 7th Portal 3D" (feature at the Action Theatre)
* 2002: [[Psyclone (Canada's Wonderland)|Psyclone]]; ''Splash Works'': Riptide Racer, Barracuda Blaster and Kids Sprayground
* 2003: Sledge Hammer, [[Nickelodeon Central]] (replacing Bedrock), "Warrior of the Dawn" (in Action Theatre), "SpongeBob SquarePants 3-D" (feature in Action Theatre), Launch Pad (trampolines; requires separate fee)
* 2004: [[Time Warp (roller coaster)|Tomb Raider: The Ride]] (later renamed Time Warp); The return of "Days of Thunder" (feature at Action Theatre)
* 2005: [[Backlot Stunt Coaster|Italian Job: Stunt Track]] (later renamed Backlot Stunt Coaster)
* 2006: "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" (feature at the Action Theatre), Nickelodeon Celebration Parade, Hollywood Stunt Spectacular
* 2007: Coasters 50s Diner, International Marketplace Buffet, Picnic Pavilion
* 2008: [[Behemoth (roller coaster)|Behemoth]]
* 2010: [[Planet Snoopy]] (New Rides: Lucy's Tugboat, Peanuts 500, Snoopy's Revolution)
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* 2011: [[WindSeeker]], [[Starlight Spectacular (Canada's Wonderland)|Starlight Spectacular]]
* 2012: [[Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)|Leviathan]], [[Dinosaurs Alive! (attraction)|Dinosaurs Alive!]],<ref name="Dinosaurs Alive!" /> [[Starlight Spectacular (Canada's Wonderland)|Starlight Spectacular]], "Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 3D" (feature at the Action Theatre),<ref name="CW2012shows">{{Cite web |title=Canada's Wonderland Live Entertainment |url=http://www.canadaswonderland.com/things-to-do/live-entertainment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205140724/http://www.canadaswonderland.com/things-to-do/live-entertainment |archive-date=5 February 2012 |access-date=20 March 2011 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref> [[Fast Lane (Cedar Fair)|Fast Lane]]
* 2013: "Monsters of the Deep 3D" (feature at the Action Theatre)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monsters of the Deep 3D |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/what-s-new/monsters-of-the-deep-3d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809114012/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/what-s-new/monsters-of-the-deep-3d |archive-date=9 August 2013}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Wonder Mountain's Guardian]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wonder Mountain's Guardian |url=https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Wonder-Mountains-Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531163017/https://www.canadaswonderland.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Wonder-Mountains-Guardian |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=24 September 2014 |publisher=Canada's Wonderland}}</ref>
* 2015: SlingShot, ''Splash Works'': Typhoon and Splash Station, VIP Cabanas
* 2016: Flying Eagles and Skyhawk, "Robinson Crusoe 3D" (feature at the Action Theatre), "Stars of the Peking Acrobats" (show at Wonderland Theatre), VR on Thunder Run
* 2017: Soaring Timbers, "Our Canada" (feature at the Action Theatre), Cirque Canadien (show at Canterbury Theatre), ''Splash Works'': Muskoka Plunge
* 2018: Lumberjack, Flying Canoes, ''Splash Works'': Lakeside Lagoon
* 2019: [[Yukon Striker]], Frontier Canada and WinterFest, Peanut's Putt Putt removed for Beagle Brigade Airfield
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* 2021: Beagle Brigade Airfield, ''Splash Works'': Mountain Bay Cliffs
* 2022: Lazy Bear Lodge (Multi-level rustic lodge-restaurant), International Food Festivals
* 2023: Tundra Twister, Snoopy's Racing Railway
* 2024: ''Splash Works'': Moosehorn Falls
* 2025: [[AlpenFury]]

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==Attendance==
{{Sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Attendance
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Rank|North America Rank}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2000 || 2,970,000 || 20th || <ref name="2000 Report">{{Cite web |date=1 January 2001 |title=Park Attendance Rose In 2000 For Many Amusement Parks |url=http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/news/archives/2001/stories/010101_02.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011742/http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/news/archives/2001/stories/010101_02.shtml |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=3 June 2017 |publisher=Ultimaterollercoaster.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2001 || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || <ref name="2001 Report">{{Cite web |year=2001 |title=Amusement Business/ERA 2001 North American Theme Park Attendance Figures |url=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=304 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181009/http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=304 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |publisher=Amusement Business/[[AECOM|ERA]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2002 || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || <ref name="2002 Report">{{Cite web |year=2002 |title=Amusement Business/ERA 2002 North American Theme Park Attendance Figures |url=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=882. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406081409/http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=882. |archive-date=6 April 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |publisher=Amusement Business/ERA}}</ref>
|-
| 2003 || 2,620,000 || 21st || <ref name="2003 Report">{{Cite web |year=2003 |title=Amusement Business/ERA 2003 North American Theme Park Attendance Figures |url=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1427 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182726/http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1427 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |publisher=Amusement Business/ERA}}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || <ref name="2004 Report">{{Cite web |year=2004 |title=Amusement Business/ERA 2004 North American Theme Park Attendance Figures |url=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1921 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201816/http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1921 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |publisher=Amusement Business/ERA}}</ref>
|-
| 2005 || 3,600,000 || 14th || <ref name="2005 Report">{{Cite web |year=2005 |title=Amusement Business/ERA 2005 North American Theme Park Attendance Figures |url=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200512/2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526203658/http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200512/2/ |archive-date=26 May 2016 |access-date=31 May 2016 |publisher=Amusement Business/ERA}}</ref>
|-
| 2006 || 3,230,000 || 14th || <ref name="2006 Report">{{Cite web |year=2007 |title=TEA/ERA 2006 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2006_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713094309/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2006_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]]/ERA |page=4}}</ref>
|-
| 2007 || 3,250,000 || 14th || <ref name="2007 Report">{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=TEA/ERA 2007 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2007_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713024126/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2007_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/ERA |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || 3,380,000 || 14th || <ref name="2008 Report">{{Cite web |year=2009 |title=TEA/ERA 2008 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2008_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223030608/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2008_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/ERA |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || 3,160,000 || 14th || <ref name="2009 Report">{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=TEA/AECOM 2009 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2009_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625183414/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2009_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/[[AECOM]] |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || 3,380,000 || 14th || <ref name="2010 Report">{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=TEA/AECOM 2010 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2010_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625151112/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2010_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM |page=23}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || 3,481,000 || 14th || <ref name="2011 Report">{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=TEA/AECOM 2011 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2011_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625200715/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2011_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || 3,655,000 || 13th || <ref name="2012 Report">{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=TEA/AECOM 2012 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2012_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224120943/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2012_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM |page=9}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || 3,582,000 || 14th || <ref name="2013 Report">{{Cite web |year=2014 |title=TEA/AECOM 2013 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2013_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115095034/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2013_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2015 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || 3,546,000 || 14th || <ref name="2014 Report">{{Cite web |year=2015 |title=TEA/AECOM 2014 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2014_Theme_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115095028/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2014_Theme_Index.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2015 |access-date=27 May 2016 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM |page=7}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || 3,617,000 || 13th || <ref name="2015 Report">{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=TEA/AECOM 2015 Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2015_Theme_Index__Museum_Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703150307/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2015_Theme_Index__Museum_Index.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2016 |access-date=2 June 2017 |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM |page=12}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || 3,723,000 || 13th || <ref name="2016 Report">{{Cite web |date=1 June 2017 |title=TEA/AECOM 2016 Theme Index & Museum Index: Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-ThemeMuseum-Index.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118160233/http://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-ThemeMuseum-Index.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2017 |access-date=26 July 2017 |website=aecom.com |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || 3,760,000 || 13th || <ref name="2017 Report">{{Cite web |date=17 May 2018 |title=TEA/AECOM 2017 Theme Index & Museum Index: Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_268_653730_180517.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602201150/http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_268_653730_180517.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2017 |access-date=17 May 2018 |website=aecom.com |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || 3,798,000 || 13th || <ref name="2018 Report">{{Cite web |date=22 May 2019 |title=TEA/AECOM 2018 Theme Index & Museum Index: Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/328_669153_190522.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607222921/http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/328_669153_190522.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2019 |access-date=23 May 2019 |website=aecom.com |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || 3,950,000 || 13th || <ref name="2019 report">{{Cite web |date=16 July 2020 |title=TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index & Museum Index: Global Attractions Attendance Report |url=https://aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2019-Theme-Index-web.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717045157/https://aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2019-Theme-Index-web.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2020 |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || 0{{efn|The park did not open in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].}} || {{N/a}}{{efn|name=RankingCovid|No rankings were done for the year due to the worldwide impacts on park attendance caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.}} || <ref>{{Cite web |year=2020 |title=TEA/AECOM 2020 Theme Index and Museum Index |url=https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717045157/https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2020.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2020 |access-date=26 November 2021 |publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 || 587,000{{efn|The park only opened from July to September 2021 with limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}} || {{N/a}}{{efn|name=RankingCovid}} || <ref>{{Cite web |year=2021 |title=TEA/AECOM 2021 Theme Index and Museum Index |url=https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014215312/https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2021.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2022 |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 || 3,768,000 || 13th || <ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=TEA/AECOM 2022 Theme Index and Museum Index |url=https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628171310/https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2022.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2023 |access-date=13 June 2023 |publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || 3,232,000 || 18th || <ref>{{Cite web |year=2023 |title=TEA/AECOM 2023 Theme Index and Museum Index |url=https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911074210/https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2023.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]]}}</ref>
|}
{{notelist}}

==Logos==
The park, from its opening in 1981, was known as Canada's Wonderland. In 1994, when [[Paramount Pictures]] (later [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]]) purchased the property, the name of the park changed to include the word Paramount, a practice [[Paramount Parks]] implemented with all of its parks in 1993. Prior to that, none of the Paramount-owned parks included Paramount in the name.

In 2003, Viacom updated the logo of Paramount Parks, and all its theme parks, including Wonderland, to include an updated Paramount logo, even though the logo for Paramount Pictures, the film studio, remained unchanged.

In 2006, [[CBS Corporation]] (split from Viacom in 2005) sold all of its theme park properties to [[Cedar Fair]], which in turn, dropped the Paramount prefixes from all five parks (and thus reverted to their original names), and adopted a Cedar Fair logo and typeface. The logo and typeface have been retained even after Cedar Fair merged with Six Flags in 2024.

<gallery heights="85" mode="packed">
File:Original Canada's Wonderland logo.png|1981–1993
File:Original Paramount Canada's Wonderland logo.png|1994–2003
File:Paramount Canadas Wonderland logo.png|2003–2006
File:Canada's Wonderland logo.svg|2007–present
</gallery>

==In popular culture==
The park was the location used in ''[[The Littlest Hobo#1979–1985 series|The Littlest Hobo]]'' episode "Forget Me Not" aired 4 March 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMDb The Littlest Hobo (TV Series) Forget Me Not |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0633209/reference/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121002318/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0633209/reference/ |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Ontario}}
* [[Incidents at Six Flags parks#Canada's Wonderland|Incidents at Canada's Wonderland]]
* [[List of amusement parks in the Americas]]
* [[List of amusement park rankings]]

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://www.sixflags.com/canadaswonderland}}
* {{RCDB|4539}}

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