Canada can be a perfect tourist destination, with its magnificent vistas, wild life assets, beautiful roads and cosmopolitan culture. No matter if you are a first timer, or have been Canada a number of times, the following tips will help you in making your journey smooth in all ways:

Tip #1: Make sure that you bring a Good Travel Guide to Canada
It becomes very important to take a guise with you, specially when you are traveling to new places. Canada is no exception. If you can not afford to do so, then you can print out a travel guide on line, or purchase a travel guide for Canada. My recommendation would be Lonely Planet

Tip #2: Climate Factor
As far as the climate is concerned, you can search the Internet to know more about the climate of the place that you are going to visit for your vacation. This would help you to pack your wardrobe in a better way. For example, if you are planning to have a visit to Maritime Provinces, then you must know that the climatic condition of the place are humid. In the case of  Halifax, Nova Scotia, the weather is extremely cold and the temperature touches the freezing point in winters and is temperate in the summer.

Tip # 3: Plan for the Border Crossing
A lot of restrictions have been implemented on the border entry in the past few years. It is because of this fact that travel to Canada has become a very complicated task in recent years. The documents that are required to travel to Canada keeps on changing at a regular duration of time. So it is necessary that you must have an up to date knowledge of the documents.

Tip #4: Know more about the Currency
Don't just depend on your travel guide and expect that he will help you in your money related manner. You yourself should have a basic knowledge of the currency, so that no one should cheat on you. So it is important to have a thorough understanding the currency before you go.
Canada uses the Canadian dollar, but the fact is that a lot of locations that are located at the border  will accept American dollars as well. I would recommend that you should always carry traveler's checks in the Canadian dollar with you. They are accepted almost everywhere.

Tip #5: Sales Tax
Sales tax rates depend on the province. So it is recommended that you should check the current sales tax rates for the provinces

Tip #6: Tip
In order to give tips for a restaurant service, normally a tip of 12% to 15%  is given for good service.