Yenziwe okokuqala ngo-1953 njengesinyathelo seBhodi Yezokuhweba yase-Ottawa, ngaphansi kokuphefumulelwa ngumthwebuli wezithombe owaziwa umhlaba wonke uKarsh Malak, Umkhosi we-Canadian Tulip Sekuwumkhosi omkhulu kunayo yonke elolu hlobo emhlabeni.
Lo mkhuba waminyaka yonke wasentwasahlobo wamukela izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezi-500.000 unyaka nonyaka ukuze zibabaze ama-tulips ayisigidi esiyoqhakaza enhlokodolobha yaseCanada kusuka ngoMeyi 1-4.
I-Canadian Tulip Festival igubha uhlelo lwayo lwesikhumbuzo lwama-60. I-tulip kwakuyisipho esiphakade kubantu baseCanada ngokunikeza isiphephelo emndenini wasebukhosini waseDashi phakathi neMpi Yezwe II.
Inhloso yalo mkhosi ukugcina leli gugu nokugubha i-tulip njengophawu lobungani bamazwe ngamazwe ngokubamba iqhaza kwabahleli bendawo, amavolontiya, abaculi, abadlali, izivakashi kanye nemicimbi yamasiko eyaziwayo.
Imicimbi ka-2012 ibanjelwa eByWard Market, eLittle Italy, eChinatown nakwezinye izindawo ezidumile. Lapho isivakashi sizothola umculo ezitaladini, ukudla, indawo yeshashalazi, umbukiso wezithombe, umculo namakhonsathi obuciko.