Jan. 21, 2026

Hours Update

Hours Update: Heritage Park is open year-round! Gasoline Alley Museum, the Heritage Plaza shops, The Selkirk and the Railway Café are open Monday, March 23 for Spring Break. Historical Village reopens May 16, 2026. Click here for full operating hours.

 

Jan. 21, 2026

Hours Update

Hours Update: Heritage Park is open year-round! Gasoline Alley Museum, the Heritage Plaza shops, The Selkirk and the Railway Café are open Monday, March 23 for Spring Break. Historical Village reopens May 16, 2026. Click here for full operating hours.


 


Plains, Trains and Immigrants

Using an interactive game book, students will assume one of several possible identities of a newly arrived person in 1910 Alberta.


About the Program

Using an interactive game book, students will assume one of several possible identities of a newly arrived person in 1910 Alberta. As they tour the Park they collect points that correspond to their health, wealth and survival; discovering how luck, opportunity, hard work, ethnicity and prejudicial practices combined to create the immigrant’s experience.

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All Heritage Park school programs are aligned with the Alberta Program of Studies. Click the button below to view this program’s curriculum connections.

Curriculum

Additional Information

  • Class size is up to 175
  • Pre-visit activities are required.
  • Drop-off and pick up from Parking Lot “D”
  • Please contact us for subsidized rates if needed for your school.
  • Exploring the Park before or after a school program is NOT permitted.

Please See Below for Availability – Updated March 13, 2026. If you do not see a date available – you may consider our “Living History Program” for your day here.

May 19thFull, no spots available

May 20thFull, no spots available

May 21stFull, no spots available

May 22nd – 10 Spots available

May 25thFull, no spots available

May 26thFull, no spots available

May 27thFull, no spots available

May 28thFull, no spots available

May 29th – 33 Spots available

June 1st – 20 Spots available

June 2nd – 26 Spots available

June 3rdFull, no spots available

June 4thFull, no spots available

June 5th – 16 Spots available

June 8thPatroller Picnic – no spots available

June 9thPatroller Picnic – no spots available

June 10th15 Spots available

June 11th – 11 Spots available

June 12thFull, no spots available

June 15thFull, no spots available

June 16th – 10 Spots available

June 17thFull, no spots available

June 18th – 14 Spots available

June 19thFull, no spots available

June 22nd – 29 Spots available

June 23rd – 20 Spots available

June 24thFull, no spots available

June 25thFull, no spots available

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Program Details

Cost

14.25 per student

Program Times

9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Program Dates

May 19 - June 30, 2026

Class Size

175

Grade(s)

Grade 7

Ratio

Meet the ratio required by your School Board

Visit Heritage Park

1900 Heritage DR. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2V 2X3

Email: info@heritagepark.ca
Phone: 403.268.8500

There are plenty of ways to get to the Park, whether that be on foot, via transit, or driving. Click here to find the way that works for you!