MEET THE OWNERS OF THE MAPLE INN

For so many in Canada and around the world, the year 2020 was a year of change and challenges.  The same was true for Dr. Paul & MacKenzie Aitken who purchased The Maple Inn in November 2020.  The purchase of an inn was an optimistic & positive reaction to a year of dramatic changes for their family: in early January 2020 MacKenzie had a debilitating stroke during a surgery to repair a brain aneurysm, then six weeks later they lost their youngest of four boys to depression.  Once Covid19 hit in March, they were ready for a complete life reboot & restart -- and so they sold nearly everything they had and moved to Nova Scotia in search of a healing place to recover and renew.

Parrsboro, and The Maple Inn, has already been a special place of healing in their lives -- and we hope that it will be for you, too.

Paul grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada and, after achieving a degree in music education from the University of Western Ontario, moved to the USA where he ultimately achieved a doctor of musical arts degree in choral music.  It was during his tenure as a choir director at the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise that he met MacKenzie, a real estate broker, and together they raised four boys.  The two oldest boys, Michael and Zach, continue to live in Idaho and Wyoming with their spouses, respectively; both are adults and busy with full time jobs of their own.  Another of their boys, Wilson, moved to Canada with them, married a wonderful gal from Parrsboro, and is now a residential building manager in Halifax.

In the off-season, Dr. Aitken continues to focus on his work as a headlining composer/conductor and has produced 2 gala concerts at Carnegie Hall since moving to Canada: one in May of 2023, and the other in March of 2025. Paul’s next big project is developing a gala concert of his newest work, his Missa Pro Terra, in Reykjavik, Iceland in October of 2027. Visit www.paulaitkenmusic.com for more info.

The Aitkens are tremendously grateful you have come to visit and hope that your visit to The Maple Inn is a relaxing one.  We invite you to kick back, lounge about the inn (or in the local area), and let us know what we can do to make your stay evermore enjoyable. 

Wishing you health and happiness from The Maple Inn,

Paul & MacKenzie Aitken & family