Cookie Policy
Last Updated: May 19, 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the website more useful to you.
2. How We Use Cookies
When you use and access our website, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To enable certain functions of the website
- To provide analytics
- To store your preferences
We use both session and persistent cookies on the website and we use different types of cookies to run the website:
- Essential cookies. We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
- Preferences cookies. We may use preferences cookies to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as the "remember me" functionality.
- Analytics cookies. We may use analytics cookies to track information about how the website is used so that we can make improvements.
- Marketing cookies. We may use marketing cookies to display advertisements that are relevant and engaging for the individual user.
3. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website, deliver advertisements on and through the website, and so on.
4. How to Control Your Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
5. Our Cookie Preferences Tool
We offer cookie preference settings through our cookie banner, which appears when you first visit our website or after you clear your cookies. You can also reopen this banner at any time by clicking on the "Manage Cookies" link in the footer of our website.
Through our cookie preferences tool, you can:
- Accept all cookies
- Accept only necessary cookies
- Customize your cookie preferences by category
6. Specific Cookies We Use
6.1 Essential Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookie_preferences | Stores your cookie preferences | 180 days |
6.2 Analytics Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
6.3 Marketing Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver advertisements | 3 months |
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookie Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Explore Canada
1100 René-Lévesque Blvd W
Montreal, QC H3B 4X9
Canada
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (514) 555-2345