List of trails in Canada
This is a list of all rail trails and major long-distance hiking and cycling routes in Canada.
National[]
- Trans Canada Trail[1]
Alberta[]
British Columbia[]
- Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail
- Centennial Trail
- Columbia & Western Rail Trail[2]
- Great Divide Trail
- Cowichan Valley Trail
- Galloping Goose Regional Trail
- Interurban Rail Trail
- Kettle Valley Rail Trail
- Kludahk Trail[3]
- Lochside Regional Trail
- Slocan Valley Rail-Trail[4]
- Vancouver Island Spine Trail
- West Coast Trail
New Brunswick[]
Newfoundland[]
Nova Scotia[]
- Atlantic View Trail[7]
- Back Harbour Trail[8]
- Barrington Bay Trail[9]
- Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Trail[10]
- Blueberry Run Trail
- Bridgewater Centennial Trail[11]
- Chain of Lakes Multipurpose Trail
- Cobequid Trail[12]
- Crowbar Lake Hiking Trails
- Gaetz Brook Greenway
- Jitney Trail[13]
- Jordan Falls Community Trail[14]
- Judique Flyer Recreational Nature Trail
- Kentville Rail Trail
- Lunenburg Front Harbour Walk[15]
- Musquodoboit Trailway[16]
- Old Guysborough Line
- Oyster Pond Trail
- Salt Marsh Trail[17]
- Shearwater Flyer Trail
- Shelburne Rail Trail[18]
- Ship Railway
- St. Margarets Bay Trail[19]
- Trestle Trail[20]
Ontario[]
- Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails[21]
- , Embrun-Russell
- Riverfront Trail, Windsor, uses some former CN rail lines' right-of-way along the Detroit River
- West Toronto Railpath, Toronto
Trail name | Length in km (mi) | Western/northern terminus | Eastern/southern terminus | Communities served | Notes |
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4.7 km (2.9 mi) | Arkona | Thedford | Arkona, Thedford | hiking trail | |
121 km (75 mi) | Thamesville Trail in St. Marys | Grand Valley Trail in Conestogo | St. Marys, Stratford, Waterloo, Conestogo | hiking trail, provides connection from London to Grand Valley Trail in the Waterloo area | |
Beltline Trail | 9 km (6 mi) | Toronto | Toronto | Toronto | Urban rail trail on the right of way of the former Toronto Belt Line Railway. |
Bruce Trail | 820 km? | at Queenston | Tobermory | Queenston, Niagara Falls, Thorold, Hamilton, Palgrave, Creemore, Owen Sound, Wiarton, Tobermory | bicycles are not allowed on trail; among the longest hiking-only trails in Ontario |
35 km (22 mi) | Terra Cotta | in Palgrave | Cheltenham, Inglewood, Palgrave | biking trail; has a newly created overpass over Highway 10 near , carries Bruce Trail from Inglewood to Palgrave; connected to via Bruce Trail and Trans-Canada Trail | |
19 km | Galt (in Cambridge) | SC Johnson Trail in Paris | Galt, Paris | biking trail, provides connection from Hamilton to Cambridge via Brantford and Paris | |
Cataraqui Trail | 104 km (65 mi) | Newburgh | Smiths Falls | Newburgh, Harrowsmith, Smiths Falls | former CP Rail line |
2.7 km (1.7 mi) | Hamilton | Hamilton | Hamilton | Part of the Bruce Trail. Follows a part of the right of way of the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway. | |
Chrysler Canada Greenway | 42 km (25 mi) | Windsor, Ontario | Ruthven, Ontario | Windsor, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, McGregor, Harrow, Kingsville, Ruthven | bicycle-friendly trail; extensions are planned |
Thames Valley Trail at Talbotville Royal | Port Stanley | Port Stanley, St. Thomas, Talbotville Royal | connects to | ||
47 km | Grand Valley Trail at Elora | Trans-Canada Trail at Cataract | Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Hillsburgh, Erin | ||
North of Lowbanks | Welland | Welland | connects to Welland municipal trail network () along Welland Recreational Waterway | ||
24 km | Port Colborne | at Fort Erie, Ontario | Port Colborne, Fort Erie | provides continuous link from Port Colborne to Trenton, via Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake (), Hamilton, Toronto, and Port Hope (Waterfront Trail)[22] | |
G2G Rail Trail | 127 km (79 mi) | Goderich | Guelph | Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank, Milverton, Monkton, Walton, Goderich | Rail trail composed of three major segments: the Kissing Bridge Trailway at the far east end, the Perth Harvest Pathway in the middle, and the Lake Huron Route in the west. |
500 km (310 mi) | at Feir Mill | Waterfront Trail at Port Hope | Port Hope, Omemee | hiking trail, indirectly connected to "other" Ganaraska Hiking Trail segments via | |
Highway 12 at Old Fort/Midland | north of Burnt River | Midland, Orillia, Kawartha Lakes | hiking trail | ||
at Wyevale | at Copeland Forest REsources Management Area near Martinville | Wasaga Beach, Creemore, Angus, Midhurst | giant loop hiking trail, has a 5-km spur linking it to Bruce Trail | ||
16 km (9.9 mi) | Park Head | Bruce Trail at Benallen, Ontario | Park Head, Benallen | bicycle-friendly trail | |
34 km (21 mi) | Meaford | Collingwood | Meaford, Thornbury, Collingwood | connects to Collingwood municipal trail network | |
Goderich | Auburn | Goderich, Auburn | bicycle-friendly trail | ||
Cambridge-Paris Trail at Paris | Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Brantford | Brantford | entirely urban bike trail constructed by the City of Brantford as a link between the SC Johnson Trail and the Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail | ||
Grand Valley Trail | 275.3 km (171.1 mi) | Alton | Port Maitland (East) | Dunnville, Cayuga, Caledonia, Brantford, Paris, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Alton | very long hiking trail; biking segments are concurrent with , , , and |
Owen Sound | Dundalk, Ontario | Dundalk, Flesherton, Markdale, Chatsworth, Owen Sound | former CP Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail | ||
at Kinmount | Haliburton | Haliburton | long biking trail; combined with its extension (Victoria Rail Trail), the total distance from one end to the other is 89 km; former CP line, abandoned in 1981 | ||
32 km | in Brantford | Hamilton, Ontario | Brantford, Hamilton | longest of the Cambridge-Brantford-Hamilton Trail network | |
Sarnia | Camlachie | Sarnia, Brights Grove, Errol, Camlachie | bicycle-friendly trail | ||
Palgrave | Bolton | Palgrave, Cedar Mills, Bolton | hiking trail, connects to Bruce Trail and | ||
Iron Horse Trail | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) | Uptown Waterloo | Kitchener | Kitchener and Waterloo | Urban rail trail between the two adjacent cities. |
Kissing Bridge Trailway | 44 km (27 mi) | Millbank | Guelph | Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank | The trail surface is stone chip for much of the trailway. Because the trailway runs along former rail lands, it is largely flat and even and is well-suited for a number of uses: hiking, running, cycling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing. Snowmobiling is permitted certain sections, otherwise no motorized vehicles or horses. It is a part of the G2G Rail Trail. |
K&P Rail Trail | 40 km | at Sharbot Lake | Renfrew | Snow Road Station | very remote, has nearby swamps, bike trail serves as a driveway to residences in remote areas |
Lynn Valley Trail | 11.8 km (7.3 mi) | Simcoe | Port Dover | Simcoe, Port Dover | bicycle-friendly trail |
Goderich | Auburn | Goderich, Auburn | hiking trail | ||
45 km | Waterfront Trail at St. Catharines | Friendship Trail at Port Colborne | St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne | closely follows Welland Canal Trail | |
56 km | Waterfront Trail at Niagara-on-the-Lake | Friendship Trail at Fort Erie, Ontario | various segments have separate names, such as "General Brock Trail", biking trail | ||
North Simcoe Railtrail | 31.7 km (19.7 mi) | Elmvale | Minesing Wetlands | Elmvale, Phelpston, Anten Mills | hiking, cycling, snowmobiling, ATV-ing, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing |
2.5 km (1.6 mi) | |||||
11 km (6.8 mi) | Southampton | Port Elgin | Port Elgin, Southampton | former CN Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail | |
18 km | Cambridge Rail Trail at Paris | Gordon Glaves Pathway at Brantford | Paris, Brantford | inter-urban cycling trail, sponsored by SC Johnson, CKCO-TV and others; part of the Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails[23] | |
Seguin Trail | 61 km (38 mi) | Rose Point | Rose Point, Parry Sound, Fern Glen | former Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway segment, closely follows Highway 518) | |
Spurline Trail | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) | Uptown Waterloo | Kitchener | Kitchener and Waterloo | Urban rail with trail corridor between the two adjacent cities. The trail runs alongside a freight-only section of the CN Waterloo Spur. |
Thornton | Cookstown | Thornton, Cookstown | bicycle-friendly trail, terminates at near Innisfil Heights and Highway 400 | ||
110 km (68 mi) | at Talbotville Royal | at St. Marys | Talbotville Royal, Delaware, London, St Marys | hiking trail, provides link between Thames Valley Trail and Avon Trail, and London's municipal bike trail network | |
10.6 km (6.6 mi) | Waterfront Trail at Niagara-on-the-Lake | St. David's Golf and Country Club, St. David's | Niagara-on-the-Lake | former Michigan Central Railway/New York Central Railroad passenger line until abandonment in 1973, purchased by Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1979, and turned into a trail in 1984[24] | |
85 km (53 mi) | /Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton County boundary at Kinmount (Continues as ) | , near Bethany | Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, Kinmount | long biking trail; combined with its extension (Haliburton County Rail Trail), the total distance from one end to the other is 89 km; former CP line, abandoned in 1981 | |
13 km (8.1 mi) | Lowbanks | Port Colborne | Port Colborne | former CN Rail spur, biking trail | |
Walter Bean Grand River Trail | 76 km (47 mi) | Waterloo | Cambridge | Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo | Runs alongside the Grand River. Connects to the Trans Canada Trail at its southern end in Cambridge. Forms a component of the Grand Valley Trail. |
Waterfront Trail[25] | 1300+ km | Windsor | Quebec border (east of Cornwall) | Leamington, Port Stanley, Dunnville, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls (CA), Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, Grimsby, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Port Hope, , Brighton, Trenton, Picton, Kingston, Gananoque, Cornwall | one of the longest trails in Ontario, the longest single inter-urban trail in the province |
Welland Canal Trail | 60 km | Waterfront Trail at St. Catharines | Friendship Trail at Port Colborne | St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne | travels along Welland Canal |
Prince Edward Island[]
- Confederation Trail[26]
Quebec[]
- Route Verte trails
Route 1:
Route 2:
Route 4:
Route 6:
Route 8:
Regional trails:
- Sentier Nature Tomifobia
References[]
- ^ Trans Canada Trail
- ^ Columbia & Western Rail Trail
- ^ "The Kludahk Outdoors Club". Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Slocan Valley Rail-Trail
- ^ Sentier NB Trail
- ^ Newfoundland T'Railway
- ^ "Atlantic View Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Back Harbour Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Barrington Bay Trail". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Trail". Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Bridgewater Centennial Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Cobequid Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Jitney Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Jordan Falls Community Trail". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Lunenburg Front Harbour Walk". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Musquodoboit Trailway". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Salt Marsh Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Shelburne Rail Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ St. Margarets Bay Trail
- ^ "Trestle Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails
- ^ "Friendship Trail, Ontario".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Welcome to the Map, Data & GIS Library".
- ^ http://www.waterfronttrail.org/
- ^ Confederation Trail
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to |
- Terrance J. Norman, Canadian Trails Study: A Comprehensive Analysis of Managed Trails and Trail Uses, National Trails coalition, December 2010
- Hike Ontario
- Canada Trails - guide to bicycling, hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and multi-use trails in Canada, including the Trans Canada Trail
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