I am a single 33-year-old with ton's of travel experience and travel mileage under my belt. I am literally exhausted just thinking about the thought of the travel and some of the situations being expressed. Good luck regardless.
I don't know if this is an option or not but what about asking VERY nicely if there's anyway you can be bumped onto a later flight in Calgary or an earlier flight to the east coast? 5-hour layover seems VERY long considering how frequent flights are from YYC to Toronto. I am sure if you explain you have a 3-year-old you may get SOME assistance. I understand the flight is on points but you may have some luck in shortening the trip. It doesn't cost you anything to ask.
Good luck and I hope you and your family enjoy the time together and that part of the country, it's a shame due to a variety of factors, we as Canadian's don't travel enough within our border.
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