Year-round
Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls
Falls Illumination
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 new 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.
As of November 14, 2020, the “Inspired by Nature” display will become 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 7:30 each evening, with additional displays at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30pm.
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 18 | 7:30 PM – 1 AM | ||||||||
| March 19 – March 31 | 7:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| April 1- May 14 | 8 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| May 15 – May 31 | 8:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| June 1 - 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | 9:15pm, 10:15pm & 11:15pm | May 4 National Tourism Week | Red |
| May 4 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Observance of International Firefighters’ Day | Red |
| May 5 | 9:45 - 10:00 | World Pulmonary Hypertension Day | Purple |
| May 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Children's Mental Health Awareness Week | Green |
| May 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | "Gone Green" for the former National Public Gardens | Green |
| May 8 | 9:45 - 10:00 | International Thalassemia Day | Red |
| May 8 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Ovarian Cancer Canada | Teal |
| May 9 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Europe Day in Canada | Yellow, Blue |
| May 10 | 9:30 - 9:45 | Turquoise Takeover | Teal |
| May 10 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Melanoma Awareness Month | Yellow, Blue |
| May 10 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Lupus Day | Purple |
| May 12 | 9:45 - 10:00 | SOS MCS | Yellow, Green |
| May 12 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Nurses Week (Floence Nightingale's Birthday) | Blue |
| May 14 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Independence Day of the Republic of Paraguay | Red, White, Blue |
| May 14 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Apraxia Awareness Day | Blue |
| May 15 | 9:45 - 10:00 | International MPS Awareness Day | Yellow, Blue |
| May 15 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Food Allergy Awareness Month | Teal |
| May 16 | 9:45 - 10:00 | International Celiac Disease Awareness Day | Green |
| May 16 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Awareness "Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day " | Purple |
| May 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World NF Awareness Day | Green, Blue |
| May 18 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Haitian National Day | Red, Blue |
| May 18 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Light up for Huntingtons Disease | Purple, Blue |
| May 19 | 9:45 - 10:00 | World IBD Day | Purple |
| May 19 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Honouring PSWs on PSW Day | Green, Blue |
| May 22 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Lite Up For Lyme disease | Green |
| May 23 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Paramedic Services Week | Orange |
| May 23 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Food Allergy (Anaphylaxis) Awareness Month | Teal |
| May 24 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Victoria Day | Purple |
| May 26 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Independence Day of Georgia | Red, White |
| May 26 | 10:00 - 10:15 | The Independence Day of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | Red, Green, White, Black |
| May 27 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Foster Care Month | Blue |
| May 28 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Menstrual Health Day | Red |
| May 28 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Memorial Day | Red, White, Blue |
| May 29 | 9:45 - 10:00 | VON Week 2021 | Blue |
| May 29 | 9:00 - 9:15 & 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of the Republic of Croatia | Red, White, Blue |
| May 30 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Light It Teal for Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month | Yellow, Teal |
| May 30 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World MS Day | Orange |
| June 2 | 10:00 - 10:15 | ALS Lou Gehrig Day | Purple |
| June 4 | 9:45 - 10:00 | National Gun Violence Awareness Day | Orange |
| June 4 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 11th Annual Italian Heritage Day | Red, Green, White |
| June 5 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Law Enforcement Torch Run For Special Olympics Virtual Torch Run Day | Red, White |
| June 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Environment Day | Green |
| June 6 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Sweden's National Day | Yellow , Blue |
| June 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Awareness Week | Purple |
| June 11 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Brain Injury Awareness Month | Green & Blue |
| June 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | CDKL5 Awareness Day | Green |
| June 19 | 9:15 - 9:30 | World Sickle Cell Day | Red, White |
| June 19 | Hourly 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 | Juneteenth Freedom Day | Red, Green, Black |
| June 20 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Refugee Day | Blue |
| June 21 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Make Music Day | Orange |
| June 21 | 10:00 - 10:15 | ALS Awareness Month & Global ALS Awareness Day | Purple |
| June 23 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Gobal HHT Awareness Day | Red, Blue |
| June 28 | Hourly (30 minutes) 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 | Niagara Pride and Stonewall Commemorations | Rainbow |
| June 29 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Scleroderma Day | Blue |
| June 30 | 10:00 - 10:15 | AMC Awareness Day | Blue |
| July 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Canada Day | Red, White |
| July 4 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Independence Day | Red, White, Blue |
| July 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Injury Prevention Day | Green |
| July 14 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Bastille Day | Blue, White, Red |
| July 22 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Fragile X Day | Teal |
| July 23 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Egypt's National Day | Red, White, Black |
| July 25 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Julia's Journey (Help a Child Smile & Ronald McDonald House of Hamilton) | Green, Pink |
| July 28 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Bicentennial of the Peruvian Independence | Red, White |
| July 31 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Food Day Canada | Red, White |
| August 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Light it Up Green for MD | Green |
| August 10 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Ecuador Independence Day | Yellow, Blue, Red |
| August 13 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Brother Sister Community Day | Blue, Pink |
| August 31 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 60th Anniversary of the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago | Red, White |
| September 1 | 9:45 - 10:00 | National Day of the Slovak Republic | White, Blue, Red |
| September 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Chiari Malformation Awareness Month | Purple |
| September 6 | 9:00 - 10:00 | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | Yellow |
| September 6 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Duchenne Awareness Day | Red |
| September 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Brazillian Independence Day | Yellow, Green |
| September 9 | 10:00 - 10:15 | International FASD Awareness Day | Red |
| September 11 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Ovarian Cancer Walk of Hope | Teal |
| September 15 | 9:30 - 9:45 | World Lymphoma Awareness Day | Red |
| September 15 | 9:45 - 10:00 | 200 Central America Independence Celebration | Blue, White, Blue |
| September 15 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Mexico Independence Day | Green, White, Red |
| September 16 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Bicentennial celebration of Honduras Independence | Blue, White, Blue |
| September 17 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Conquer Chiari Walk/5K Across America | Purple |
| September 18 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Jumpstart Day | Red, White |
| September 18 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Day of Chile | Red, Blue, White |
| September 25 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Franco-Ontarian Day | Green, White |
| September 30 | 9:45 - 10:00 | National Day of the Republic of Cyprus | Yellow, White |
| September 30 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Day | Green |
| October 6 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World CP Day | Green |
| October 7 | 10:00 - 10:15 | International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day | Teal |
| October 12 | 10:00 - 10:15 | World Thrombosis Day | Red & Blue |
| October 13 | 10:00 - 10:15 | #LightUpMBC - Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day | Green, Teal, Pink |
| October 15 | 9:45 - 10:00 | Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day | Yellow, Purple |
| October 15 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Shine a Light on Breast Cancer Day | Pink |
| October 15 | 10:15 - 10:30 | International Wave of Light on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day | Blue, Pink |
| October 21 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Light It Up for NDEAM | Blue , Purple |
| October 23 | 8:45 - 9:00 | Commemoration of the "65th" Anniversary of the Hungarian | Red, White, Green |
| November 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | MADD Canada's 2021 Project Red Ribbon | Red |
| November 2 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Color The World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness | Orange |
| November 5 | 10:00 - 10:15 | CRPS Awareness (Ian Potts Foundation) | Orange |
| November 11 | Hourly 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 & 11:00 | Remembrance Day | Red |
| November 11 | Hourly 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 & 11:15 | Veterans Day | Red, White, Blue |
| November 18 | 9:30 - 9:45 | Latvian Independence Day | Red, White, Red |
| November 18 | 9:45 - 10:00 | World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day | Purple |
| November 18 | 10:00 - 10:15 | National Children's Grief Awareness Day | Blue |
| November 24 | 10:00 - 10:15 | 16 Days of Activism | Orange |
| December 2 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Women’s Brain Health Initiative and Women’s Brain Health Day | Purple |
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