Road trips in Canada

Explore 16 itineraries through national parks, wildlife reserves and wild landscapes.

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Road Trip Digby Neck – Brier Island, Whale Watching

Digby Brier Island

Digby Neck, a 50 km peninsula jutting into the Bay of Fundy, is one of the world's best shore-based whale watc...

45 km 1h30 Summer

whales ferry island

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Road Trip Haida Gwaii – Prince Rupert Ferry, Graham Island

Prince Rupert Tow Hill

Haida Gwaii, formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, is a 150-island archipelago 100 km off northern British Col...

105 km 2h Summer

indigenous haida unesco

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Road Trip Vancouver to Victoria – Vancouver Island

Vancouver Victoria

The iconic road trip to the BC capital: 1h drive to Tsawwassen, 1h35 BC Ferries crossing to Swartz Bay (one of...

110 km 3h30 All seasons

island heritage garden

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Road Trip Kootenay – Kimberley, Creston, Nelson, Hot Springs

Kimberley Nelson

Southeast BC's Kootenay is one of Canada's best-kept secrets: a string of valleys between the Purcells and Sel...

280 km 4h All seasons

hot-springs village ski

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Road Trip Manitoulin – Island Loop & Anishinaabe Culture

Little Current South Baymouth

Manitoulin Island, the world's largest freshwater island (2,766 km²), is reached via Espanola (Highway 6) or b...

300 km 5h30 Summer

island indigenous hiking

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 Pelee Island – Ferry from Leamington, Canada's Southernmost

Leamington Pelee Island

Pelee Island, 24 km south of Leamington in Lake Erie, is Canada's southernmost inhabited place — at the same l...

35 km 2h Spring

island ferry wine

Road Trip Yarmouth to Pubnico – Acadian Villages & Cape Forchu Lighthouse

Yarmouth West Pubnico

Southwestern Nova Scotia around Yarmouth holds the oldest and largest Acadian community in the Maritimes: the...

55 km 1h Summer

acadian lighthouse ferry

Road Trip Nelson to Kaslo – Kootenay Lake

Nelson Kaslo

Nelson, dubbed "Queen of the Kootenays," is one of Canada's prettiest heritage towns: 350 heritage buildings d...

70 km 1h Summer

heritage lake summer

Road Trip Kingston to Prince Edward County

Kingston Prince Edward County

This is the shortest way into Prince Edward County, and it works best as an add-on to a night in Kingston rath...

75 km 1h Summer

heritage river ferry

Road Trip Saint John to Deer Island – Fundy Isles & Old Sow Whirlpool

Saint John Deer Island

The Fundy Isles, an archipelago at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay, include three main Canadian islands: Gra...

75 km 2h Summer

island fundy ferry

Road Trip Vancouver to Salt Spring – Gulf Islands

Vancouver Salt Spring Island

The Southern Gulf Islands (Salt Spring, Galiano, Pender, Mayne, Saturna) between Vancouver and Victoria offer...

100 km 4h Summer

island gastronomy cheese

Road Trip Yarmouth to Shelburne – Loyalist Coast

Yarmouth Shelburne

Nova Scotia's southwest coast, between Yarmouth and Shelburne, blends Acadian and Loyalist heritage. It's also...

100 km 1h30 Summer

acadian heritage ocean

Road Trip Saint John to Grand Manan – Bay of Fundy Island

Saint John Grand Manan Island

Grand Manan, the Bay of Fundy's largest island, is a hidden gem: 145 km² with cliffs, lighthouses and whales,...

130 km 3h Summer

island ocean whale

Road Trip Vancouver to Sunshine Coast

Vancouver Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast, paradoxically unreachable by road from the rest of BC, links to Vancouver via a 40-min fer...

140 km 4h Summer

ocean beach kayak

Road Trip Halifax to Pictou – Birthplace of New Scotland

Halifax Pictou

Pictou, dubbed "Birthplace of New Scotland," is where the Hector landed in 1773 with 189 Scottish immigrants —...

165 km 2h Summer

celtic heritage beach