Fact-Check: Old Video From Water Park in Kanpur Viral as One From Canada

We found Google Street View images that showed the viral video was from Kanpur and not Canada.

Fact-Check: The clip is from Kanpur not from Canada.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video clip showing a waterpark with a huge crowd is going viral on social media. The caption said, "Is that REALLY Canada’s Wonderland? Either way, YUCK." (sic.)

Claim: Those sharing the video claim that it is from Canada’s Wonderland water park on 18 May near Brampton.

• The clip shows a band of people standing in a jam-packed wave pool, and most of them appear to be Indian.

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X)

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is this claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• The viral video dates back to 19 May 2024 and shows a crowd in the wave pool of Kanpur's Blueworld Park - a water park in the city.

What we found?: We ran a reverse image search on Google and the visuals from the video matched with the several posts shared online which tagged the Blueworld waterpark in Kanpur, India.

• We also found a post by Blueworld Park on their Instagram page which shows similar visuals from the viral video.

• We have contacted Blueworld Park in Kanpur and the story will be updated once we get a response from them.

Google Maps Street View: We searched for the location of Blueworld Park on Google Maps and found the same visuals as the viral video.

Here is the location of the water park in Kanpur.

(Source: Google Maps)

Conclusion: The viral is not from Canada and shows a waterpark in Kanpur.

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