Year-round
Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls
Falls Illumination
Every evening beginning at dusk, Niagara Falls is transformed into an incredible, multi-coloured water and light masterpiece.
Experience the Lights on Niagara Falls
Every evening beginning at dusk, Niagara Falls is transformed into an incredible, multi-coloured water and light masterpiece.
Special lights are housed in the Illumination Tower, next to Queen Victoria Place; on the roof of Table Rock Centre, at the brink of the Horseshoe Falls; and deep in the Niagara Gorge, across from the American Falls. Together, these lights work to create a breathtaking view not to be missed. The falls are also lit in custom colours for short durations to mark significant dates in support of charitable causes. Special colour illuminations are provided courtesy of The Niagara Falls Illumination Board.
This special illumination display features colour palettes and movements inspired by nature, including the sunrise, aurora borealis, rainbow and sunset. The mighty American and Canadian Horseshoe Falls come alive every evening with this tribute to the natural beauty all around us.
“Inspired by Nature” display is part of the regular nightly illumination of the Falls, with the five-minute lighting display playing through three times on the half hour, beginning at 9:30 each evening, with additional displays at 10:30, 11:30, and 12:30am.
The New Falls Illumination
In 2016, almost 20 years since the last major investment in falls lighting, the existing Xenon lights were replaced with new, energy-efficient LED lighting technology. These new lights provide more than twice the previous lighting levels, programmable lighting, and a wider spectrum of colour. The new lights also fill gaps to provide a more consistent lighting effect.
The ‘Illumination of the Falls’ has been financed and operated by The Niagara Falls Illumination Board since 1925.
Falls Illumination Schedule
| January 1 – January 31 | 5 PM – 1 AM | ||||||||
| February 1 – March 11 | 5:30 PM – 1 AM | ||||||||
| March 12 – March 31 | 7:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| April 1- May 14 | 8:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| May 15 – July 31 | 8:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| August 1 - August 15 | 8:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| August 16 - August 31 | 7:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| September 1 - 19 | 7:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| September 20 - 30 | 6:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| October 1 - 15 | 6:15 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| October 16 - October 31 | 6:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| November 1 - December 31 | 4:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
The Niagara Falls are often lit in special colours for many registered charities marking a significant date in support of their cause. Special Colour Illuminations are provided courtesy of The Niagara Falls Illumination Board.
Special Illumination Calendar
| Date | Time | Cause | Colour(s) |
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| May 1 | 9:30 - 9:45 | Mercy Flight Helicopter | Orange, Blue |
| May 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | OMA Doctors Day | Blue |
| May 1 | 10:15 - 10:30 | ALS Awareness Month | Blue, White, Blue |
| May 1 | 10:30 - 10:45 | World Lyme Day | Green |
| May 2 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Travel Week | Red |
| May 3 | 9:30 - 9:45 | Polish Heritage Month / Polish Constitution Day | White, Red |
| May 3 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Anti-Vaping Awareness Day | Yellow |
| May 3 | 10:15 - 10:30 | VHL Awareness | Red, Purple, Blue |
| May 3 | 10:30 -10:45 | Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week | Blue |
| May 4 | 9:45 - 10:00 | International Firefighters’ Day | Red |
| May 4 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Children's Mental Health Awareness Week | Green |
| May 4 | 10:15 - 10:30 | OLANA 2022 | Blue, Teal, Green |
| May 4 | 10:30 - 10:45 | National Foster Care Month | Blue |
| May 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Red Dress Campaign | Red |
| May 5 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Israel's Independence Day | Blue, White |
| May 5 | 10:30 - 10:45 | Dutch National Heritage Day | Orange |
| May 6 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Light it Up for Huntington Disease | Blue, Purple |
| May 6 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Go Purple for Berkshire | Purple |
| May 6 | 10:30 - 10:45 | Go Public Gardens Days | Green |
| May 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) week | Yellow |
| May 8 | 9:00 - 9:15 | International Women's Day | Purple |
| May 8 | 10:00 - 10:15 | WorldLitTeal - World Ovarian Cancer Day | Teal |
| May 8 | 10:15 - 10:30 | International Thalassemia Day | Red |
| May 9 | 9:45 - 10:00 | EU Day | Blue |
| May 9 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Europe Day | Blue, Yellow |
| May 9 | 10:15 - 10:30 | American Lung Association's Turquoise Takeover | Teal |
| May 10 | 9:30 - 10:00 | VIP Tour | TBD |
| May 10 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Lupus Day | Purple |
| May 10 | 10:15 - 10:30 | National Nursing Week | Blue |
| May 11 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Food Allergy Awareness Month | Teal |
| May 11 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Light Up for McHappy Day | Red, Yellow |
| May 12 | 10:00 - 10:15 | MCS Awareness Day | Yellow, Green |
| May 12 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Fibromyalgia Awareness Day | Purple |
| May 12 | 10:30 - 10:45 | National Nurses Month/International Nurses Day | Blue, White |
| May 12 | 10:45 - 11:00 | Moose Hide Campaign Day | Orange |
| May 13 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Brother Sister Community Day | Blue, Pink |
| May 13 | 10:15 - 10:30 | In Memory of the local Niagara resident, Katrina Blagdon | Green |
| May 14 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Apraxia Awareness Day | Blue |
| May 14 | 10:15 - 10:30 | 60th Anniversary of the Grand Priory in Canada | Yellow, Green |
| May 15 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Support Pack | Green |
| May 15 | 10:15 - 10:30 | International MPS Awareness Day | Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow |
| May 16 | 10:00 - 10:15 | International Celiac Disease Awareness Day | Green |
| May 16 | 10:15 - 10:30 | National Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day | Purple |
| May 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World NF Awareness Day | Blue, Green |
| May 17 | 10:15 - 10:30 | National Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day | Blue, Green |
| May 17 | 10:30 - 10:45 | Syringomyelia Awareness Month | Blue |
| May 18 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of Haiti | Red and Blue |
| May 18 | 10:15 - 10:30 | National Eosinophil Awareness Week | Magenta |
| May 19 | 10:00 - 10:15 | PSW Day | Green, Blue |
| May 19 | 10:15 - 10:30 | World IBD Day | Purple |
| May 21 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Victoria Day | Purple |
| May 21 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Lyme Disease Awareness Month | Green |
| May 21 | 10:30 - 10:45 | Save Soil Movement | Green, Blue, Green, Blue |
| May 22 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Food Allergy (Anaphylaxis) Awareness Month | Teal |
| May 22 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Tourette Canada's Light It Teal for Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month | Teal, Blue, Yellow, Teal, Blue, Yellow |
| May 23 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Paramedic Services Week | Orange |
| May 24 | 10:00 - 10:15 | VON Week | Blue, White, Blue, White |
| May 24 | 10:30 - 10:45 | University of Illinois | Blue, Orange |
| May 26 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Independence Day of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | Red, Green, White, Black |
| May 28 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Memorial Day | Red, White, Blue |
| May 28 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Rankin Cancer Run | Orange |
| May 28 | 10:30 - 10:45 | Menstrual Health Day | Red |
| May 29 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of the Republic of Croatia | Red, White, Blue |
| May 29 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Walk to Make CF History | Teal, Blue, Teal, Blue |
| May 30 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Multiple Sclerosis Day | Orange |
| May 31 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Tourism Week | Green |
| May 31 | 10:15 - 10:30 | ADEM Awareness Month | Orange |
| June 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | LGBTQ2S+ Pride | Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple |
| June 1 | 10:15 - 10:30 | National Deafblind Awareness Month | Blue |
| June 1 | 10:30 - 10:45 | World Infertility Awareness Month | Pink, Blue |
| June 2 | Hourly 8:00 - 11:00 | Queen Elizabeth's 70th Anniversary | Purple |
| June 3 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 12 Annual Italian Heritage Month | Green, White, Red |
| June 3 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Wear Orange 2022 | Orange |
| June 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Environment Day | Green |
| June 6 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Awareness Week | Purple |
| June 9 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Brig's 60th Anniversary and Recommissioning of Pathfinder | Blue, White, Teal |
| June 9 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Wound Healing Month | Red, White, Red, White |
| June 10 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Action Anxiety Day | Blue, Orange |
| June 12 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Mountainview LemonAID Day | Yellow |
| June 13 | 10:00 - 10:15 | reserved | |
| June 14 | 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 | Shine a Light for Canada's Lifeline | Red |
| June 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | CDKL5 Awareness Day | Green |
| June 19 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Juneteenth Freedom Day | Red, Green, Black |
| June 19 | 10:15 - 10:30 | World Sickle Cell Day | Red, White |
| June 20 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Refugee Day | Blue |
| June 21 | 10:00 - 10:15 | ALS Awareness Month & Global ALS Awareness Day | Purple |
| June 21 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Migraine Solidarity Day | Purple |
| June 23 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Global HHT Awareness | Red, Blue |
| June 23 | 10:15 - 10:30 | XLH Awareness Day | Purple, White |
| June 24 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Brain Injury Awareness Month | Green, Blue |
| June 29 | 10:00 - 10:15 | #Teal for Scleroderma | Teal, White, Blue |
| June 30 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Pride | Rainbow |
| June 30 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Annual Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita Awareness day | Blue |
| July 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Canada Day | Red, White |
| July 3 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Balls 4 Eyeballs | Yellow |
| July 4 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Independence Day | Red, White, Blue |
| July 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Injury Prevention Day | Green |
| July 10 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Nikola Tesla Day | Red, Blue, White |
| July 14 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Bastille Day | Blue, White, Red |
| July 20 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Colombian National Day | Yellow, Blue, Red |
| July 22 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Fragile X Day | Teal |
| July 28 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Hepatitis Alliance | Green |
| August 5 | Hold Evening | ||
| August 6 | 10:00 -10:15 | Jamaica's 60th Anniversary of Independence | Black, Yellow, Green |
| August 6 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Bolivia Independence Day | Red, Yellow, Green |
| August 6 | 10:30 - 10:45 | Yellow Heart Memorial Covid March to Remember | Yellow |
| August 6 | 10:45 - 11:00 | Fundavir USA | Red, Blue, White, Green, Orange |
| August 10 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Ecuador Independence Day | Yellow, Blue, Red |
| 44785 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness | Purple, Orange |
| August 13 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Canada Summer Games - 13 for 13 Cultural Event | Aurora Borealis |
| August 21 | Hold Evening | ||
| August 31 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 60th Anniversary of the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago | Red, White, Black |
| September 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of the Slovak Republic | White, Blue, Red |
| September 15 | 9:00 - 9:15 | Canada and Women in Policing | Red, White |
| September 15 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Costa Rica Independence | Blue, White, Red |
| September 15 | 10:15 - 10:30 | World Lymphoma Awareness Day | Red |
| September 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Conquer Chiari Walk Across America | Purple |
| September 18 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of Chile | Red, Whtie, Blue |
| September 20 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of the Republic of Cyprus | Yellow, White |
| September 24 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Light Up for Mito - World Mitochondrial Disease Week | Green |
| October 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 10th International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day | Teal |
| October 12 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of Spain | Waiting to hear back from the Embassy |
| October 13 | 10:00 - 10:15 | #LightUpMBC/Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day | Green, Pink, Teal |
| October 13 | 10:15 - 10:30 | World Thrombosis Day | Blue, Red |
| October 15 | 10:00 - 10:15 | International Wave of Light on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day | Pink, Blue |
| October 22 | 10:00 - 10:15 | International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) | Green |
| November 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | International LGS Awareness Day | Green, Purple, Green, Purple |
| November 1 | 10:15 - 10:30 | MADD Canada's 2022 Project Red Ribbon | Red |
| November 1 | 10:30 - 10:45 | National Hospice and Palliative Care Month | Teal, Yellow |
| November 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Colour the World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness | Orange |
| November 7 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Eczema Awareness Month | Blue |
| November 8 | Hourly 6:00 - 11:00 | National Indigenous Vetrans Day | Orange |
| November 9 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Azerbaijan National Flag Day | Blue, Red, Green |
| November 11 | Hourly 6:00 - 11:00 | Remembrance Day | Red |
| November 11 | Hourly 6:15 - 11:15 | Vetrans Day | Red, White, Blue |
| November 12 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Light for Education and Prevention of Pneumonia | Blue |
| November 12 | 10:15 - 10:30 | Centennial Celebration - 100 years of Greater Service, Greater Progress around the world | Royal Blue, Gold, Gold, Royal Blue |
| November 14 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Diabetes Day | Blue |
| November 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Children's Grief Awareness Day | Blue |
| November 18 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Independence Day of Latvia | Red, White, Red |
| November 28 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 100th Birthday of Easter Seals Ontario | Red, White |
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