Guests: For adults and youth

Duration: 1 hour

Tickets: One ticket admits one person on the tour

Tours are geared towards adults and children aged 11+ years, but everyone is welcome. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

Come visit the Canadian Light Source (CLS), Canada’s only synchrotron research facility. During your on-site visit of the CLS, our tour guides will lead you through our history, how our machine works, and will tell you stories about how scientists have used our facility to conduct ground-breaking research in the fields of health, agriculture, the environment, and advanced materials.

Need-to-know information

Please read our frequently asked questions below before registering for a public tour.

Tours, parking and accessibility.

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