O' Canada

O'Canada is an attraction located within the Canada pavilion in World Showcase.

Attraction History

When working on a film for the Canada pavilion, Disney Imagineers decided that they wanted to use Circle Vision 360 to film the various Canadian landscapes. Circle Vision 360 was chosen, because the scope of the scenes (especially the Canadian wilderness) was so broad. After much research, Imagineers went to Canada to shoot the film. They filmed for almost two years, capturing scenes in all twelve of Canada's provinces and territories. After filming was complete, Disney had shot over 250,000 feet of film. The film was then edited down to an 18 minute movie.

In the year 2000, the Canadian Tourism Commission began to lobby for an update of O’ Canada. Although initially hesitant, Disney finally updated the film in 2007. On August 6, 2007, the original O’Canada closed. Although Disney did not announce the reason for its closure, when the attraction reopened on September 1, it had in fact received an update. The new version of O' Canada features a combination of old and new footage, as well as a new narration by comedian Martin Short. The attraction's popular theme song, "Canada - You're a Lifetime Journey" was also rerecorded by Canadian sing Eva Avila, who won the singing completion Canadian Idol. The current version of O'Canada has been shortened to 14 minutes long.