Road trips in Canada

Explore 74 itineraries through national parks, wildlife reserves and wild landscapes.

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Road Trip Halifax to Lunenburg – UNESCO Heritage
Halifax Lunenburg

Lunenburg, founded in 1753 by German, Swiss and French settlers, is UNESCO World Heritage (1995) for its perfe...

100 km 1h30 All seasons
heritage unesco ocean
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Road Trip Bruce Peninsula – Wiarton, Lion's Head, Tobermory
Wiarton Tobermory

The Bruce Peninsula, a limestone finger between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron, is one of Ontario's most prized n...

100 km 1h30 Summer
national-park grotto escarpment
Road Trip Saint John – Reversing Falls, Uptown Loyalist & City Market
Saint John Reversing Falls

Saint John, Canada's oldest incorporated city (1785), built by British Loyalists expelled from the United Stat...

5 km 0h30 All seasons
loyalist heritage victorian
Road Trip Winnipeg – The Forks & Exchange District
Winnipeg Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba's capital, is one of Canada's most underrated cities. The Forks (confluence of the Red and...

8 km 0h18 All seasons
city heritage museum
Road Trip Edmundston – Republic of Madawaska, Brayonne Fair & Botanical Garden
Edmundston Saint-Jacques

Edmundston, in northwestern New Brunswick at the Quebec, Maine and rest-of-NB borders, proclaims itself "capit...

12 km 0h30 Summer
francophone festival garden
Road Trip Moncton – Magnetic Hill, Zoo & Petitcodiac Tidal Bore
Moncton Magnetic Hill

Moncton, hub of the Maritimes and unofficial capital of Acadia, packs three iconic family attractions into a 1...

15 km 0h42 Summer
family illusion zoo
Road Trip Selkirk to Lockport – Catfish Capital & St. Andrews Locks
Selkirk Lockport

Selkirk (10,200 inhabitants), 30 km north of Winnipeg on the Red River's west bank, proclaims itself "World Ca...

15 km 0h24 All seasons
fishing heritage dam
Road Trip Halifax – Citadel & Waterfront
Halifax Halifax

A day in the city: Halifax Citadel (1856 star fort, noon-gun firing by costumed 78th Highlanders) dominates th...

15 km 0h30 All seasons
city heritage history
Road Trip Northumberland Shore – Pictou, Warm Beaches, Hector
Pictou Caribou

The Northumberland Strait separating Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island offers the warmest swimming beaches...

15 km 0h30 Summer
beach scottish ferry
Road Trip Austin – Manitoba Agricultural Museum & Threshermen's Reunion
Portage la Prairie Austin

The Manitoba Agricultural Museum at Austin (160 inhabitants, 100 km west of Winnipeg) is the largest agricultu...

25 km 0h30 Summer
agriculture museum pioneer
Road Trip Sydney → Glace Bay – Marconi & Miners' Museum
Sydney Glace Bay

Eastern Cape Breton around Sydney and Glace Bay is the Maritimes' industrial cradle — first through undersea c...

25 km 0h30 All seasons
mine history radio
Road Trip Marathon → Pukaskwa – Lake Superior Coastal
Marathon Hattie Cove

Pukaskwa National Park (Parks Canada), east of Marathon in Ontario, protects 1,880 km² of wild Lake Superior c...

25 km 0h30 Summer
national-park lake-superior hiking
Road Trip Niagara Falls to Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls Niagara-on-the-Lake

The Niagara Parkway follows the Canadian bank of the Niagara River for roughly 30 km, from the falls downstrea...

30 km 0h30 All seasons
day trip family heritage
Road Trip Lunenburg to Mahone Bay – South Shore Loop
Lunenburg Mahone Bay

The Lunenburg-Mahone Bay-Chester loop is the quintessence of Nova Scotia's south shore: two villages rated "Ca...

30 km 0h30 Summer
ocean sailing heritage
Road Trip Winnipeg to Lower Fort Garry – Fur Trade Fort
Winnipeg Lower Fort Garry

Lower Fort Garry (1830) is the oldest intact stone Hudson's Bay Company fort still standing in North America....

35 km 0h30 Summer
heritage fort indigenous
Road Trip Moncton to Hopewell Rocks
Moncton Hopewell Rocks

The shortest route to Hopewell Rocks: 40 min from Moncton, New Brunswick's metropolitan capital. Combine with...

40 km 0h30 Summer
ocean family day trip
Road Trip Sydney to Louisbourg – Reconstructed French Fortress
Sydney Louisbourg

The Fortress of Louisbourg, North America's largest historical reconstruction, takes visitors back to 1744. Bu...

40 km 0h30 Summer
heritage history fort
Road Trip Halifax to Peggy's Cove – Iconic Lighthouse
Halifax Peggy's Cove

Peggy's Cove is the iconic image of Nova Scotia: a white-and-red lighthouse on grey granite rocks meeting the...

45 km 0h48 All seasons
ocean lighthouse day trip