Trans Canada Trail

The Trans Canada Trail is the world’s longest recreational trail at a length of 21,500 kilometers.  The trail visits all ten Canadian provinces and all three territories and is used for hiking and other recreational activities such as cycling, skiing, horseback riding, canoeing or on some sections.

The Trans Canada Trail is made up of more than 500 local and regional hiking trails which will join to form one trail. Today, the trail is 70 percent complete. When the trail is finished you will be able to hike all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. There is also a section heading up to the Arctic Ocean as well along sections of the Mackenzie River and Overland Trails.

In the Toronto region there are plenty of opportunities to experience different sections of the of the Trans Canada trail. For example in the Caledon Hills to the north: Coopers Falls in Muskoka even further north; Glen Major conservation area to the northeast and even along the waterfront.

In other provinces such as Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island  the Trans Canada Trail will take you along rail trails down the center of each island. The Fundy Trail in New Brunswick and Blueberry Run Trail are also part of the network. In Quebec you hike along sections of La Route Verte (Green Route) which is a combined cycling and hiking trail across the entire province.

Heading west of Ontario into Alberta you hike along the Iron Horse Trail. And in central British Colombia along the Kettle Valley Rail Trail in the Okanagan region with its many bridges rebuilt after a forest fire destroyed it a few years ago.

Although the Trans Canada Trail is not yet totally completed you might want to get started now hiking today, after all it is the longest long distance trail in the world.