Royal Canadian Mint

I had the pleasure of visiting the mint this past weekend for my birthday, & I had an absolutely amazing time. I fell in love with coin collecting earlier this year when I got an advertisement on Instagram for the magic of the northern lights 3oz fine silver coin; so my brother thought it would be a fun excursion to go and do a tour of the mint. It was my second time at the mint, as my elementary school senior trip took us there, but seeing as I was only 13 years old at the time, I didn’t appreciate it nearly as much as I did this weekend. My group had an amazing tour guide named Christopher. He was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, & witty the entire time. He taught us about the machinery, along with some cool fun facts. It was so cool to see the manufacturing machinery for the amazing numismatics that Canada is capable of. All of the staff working in the shop were helpful and friendly as well. Hopefully I can make a trip to Winnipeg one day to check out where they make all of the circulation coins next !!

What an amazing tour! Quite glad we did it a well worth the admission. The fellow we had doing the tour was personable and knowledgeable. Gave great overviews and shows the process. If we had questions and wanted to get deeper on things (like how it is refined to 5 9s) he gave detailed explanations. Bought the kids a couple 1oz silver investment coins for their souvenir. All in all a great time. No pics from the tour as they weren’t permitted. You should try getting an appointment online - they email you back right away. That said, some people that were visiting the gift shop were able to buy and hop on to the tour while we were there.

Cool info about coins, definitely worth visiting. Wish the ticket was a bit cheaper as our tour ended in less than 50 mins or at least the somehow made it interactive. In europe almost all of the museums are turning into interactive museums instead of only being informative. But i enjoyed it very much.

Always a great place to visit when in Ott. Make sure you reserve in advance for your spot they fill up very fast. Lots of cool info about our coins 🪙 and the prosses. The gift shop has a great selection 👌🏽 The only thing is no photos or video on the tour,

The tour of the mint was okay. You are inside a gallery for the 45 minute tour and are not allowed to take any pictures and it is difficult to see what is going on at times. The only other thing is the gift shop so there is not much to do outside of the tour, which I felt left something to be desired. It did book up fast so I would recommend booking a tour in advance.

Great experience visiting the making of Canadian coins, the guided tour really worth it. You pretty much could see all the process involved in coin making. The guides were so informative and answered all the questions. You could also buy investment coins collectable coins from the mint.

What a cool experience! Book in advance and arrive early! This tour was so informative and interesting. I would recommend visiting during the week as there is no coin production on the weekend. Though we didn’t see any actual work being done, the views from above were so fascinating. Seeing rolls of gold and silver in rolls to blanks and the purest coins were amazing. The TV videos were great as it shows the production line up close and the tour guide knew so much and was able to answer all questions. Totally worth it, visit if you can! Parked across the road on the street for free (July 2025).

Very interesting and informative tour. Well worth the price and took around 2 hours including looking through gift shop of coins you can purchase. Pre book on line. I showed up on a Monday but they were closed and so booked on line for next day.