232 km · 3 days
Icefields Parkway
Meilleure saison : May – October. The most scenic drive in the world, according to almost everyone who's done it.
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50 circuits routiers canadiens.
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Les distances
Les trajets se comptent en heures, pas en kilomètres. Prévoyez des journées de conduite plus courtes que prévu et des arrêts fréquents.
Les saisons
Plusieurs routes de montagne et du Nord ferment ou deviennent difficiles hors saison. Pneus d'hiver obligatoires sur certains axes.
Les services
Dans le Nord et les Prairies, faites le plein dès que vous le pouvez : les stations peuvent être espacées de centaines de kilomètres.
Région
Alberta
640 km · 5 days
Cowboy Trail (Highway 22)
Meilleure saison : May – October. The foothills highway where the Rockies meet the ranchlands of the Old West.
230 km · 3 days
Kananaskis Country Loop
Meilleure saison : June – mid-October (Highwood Pass closed Dec 1–Jun 14). Alberta's quieter Rockies — Highway 40 through the highest paved pass in Canada.
220 km · 2–3 days
Dinosaur Trail (Alberta Badlands)
Meilleure saison : April – October. The Alberta Badlands where the Cretaceous still lies open at the surface.
≈ 560 km (est.) · 4 days
Prairie to Peaks: Southern Alberta
Meilleure saison : June – September. Where the grassland stops and the mountains start, with nothing in between.
≈ 235 km (est.) · 2 days
David Thompson Highway
Meilleure saison : June – September. The Rockies without the queue for parking.
Région
British Columbia
121 km (Vancouver–Whistler) · 2 days
Sea-to-Sky Highway
Meilleure saison : Year-round. From cruise-ship harbour to ski-town gondola in a single, cinematic afternoon.
1,050 km · 8 days
Vancouver Island Circle
Meilleure saison : May – October. Two coasts, one island — from British garden capital to storm-battered surf beaches.
260 km · 4 days
Okanagan Wine Route
Meilleure saison : April – October. Canada's most concentrated wine country, wrapped around a chain of warm lakes.
165 km · 3 days
Pacific Rim Highway
Meilleure saison : May – October (storm-watching Nov–Feb). The road across Vancouver Island to Canada's Pacific edge.
≈ 240 km driving (est.) + two ferry crossings · 4 days
Sunshine Coast Circle Route
Meilleure saison : May – October. A coastline you can only reach by boat, forty minutes from downtown Vancouver.
≈ 720 km (est.) · 6 days
Kootenay Rockies Hot Springs Loop
Meilleure saison : June – October. Mountain passes, silver-rush towns and a soak at the end of every day.
≈ 480 km (est.) · 4 days
Fraser Canyon & Gold Rush Trail
Meilleure saison : May – October. Follow the river that built British Columbia, one canyon wall at a time.
≈ 220 km driving (est.) + ferry or flight · 6 days
Haida Gwaii Explorer
Meilleure saison : May – September. An archipelago at the edge of the map, reached by an overnight crossing.
Région
British Columbia & Alberta
1,160 km · 7 days
Crowsnest Highway
Meilleure saison : May – October. The quieter southern alternative to the Trans-Canada — Rockies, wineries, and ghost towns.
530 km · 5 days
Trans-Canada Rockies
Meilleure saison : June – October. Four national parks in a single mountain crossing on the Trans-Canada.
Région
British Columbia & Yukon
1,900 km (Dawson Creek → Whitehorse continuing to border) · 7 days
Alaska Highway (Canadian section)
Meilleure saison : June – September. The great WWII engineering feat — 1,900 km of northern British Columbia and the Yukon.
Région
Manitoba
280 km · 3 days
Manitoba Interlake Route
Meilleure saison : May – September. Icelandic Manitoba between two great lakes.
≈ 620 km (est.) · 4 days
Riding Mountain & Manitoba Parkland
Meilleure saison : May – October. An island of forest and bison rising straight out of the wheat.
Région
New Brunswick
460 km · 5 days
Fundy Coastal Drive
Meilleure saison : May – October. The world's highest tides, on a schedule you can plan a road trip around.
740 km · 5 days
Acadian Coastal Drive
Meilleure saison : June – September. The living coast of Acadian New Brunswick, from Shediac lobsters to Caraquet's tricolour villages.
Région
Newfoundland
489 km · 6 days
Viking Trail
Meilleure saison : June – September. From a UNESCO geological wonder to the only confirmed Norse settlement in North America.
320 km · 2 days
Irish Loop
Meilleure saison : June – September (puffins Jun–Aug). Newfoundland's southern shore where Irish accents survive and puffins arrive by the tens of thousands.
≈ 480 km (est.) · 4 days
Bonavista & Discovery Trail
Meilleure saison : June – September. Puffins, icebergs and outport Newfoundland at its most photogenic.
Région
Northwest Territories
70 km · 2 days
Ingraham Trail
Meilleure saison : May – October (winter ice road extends it to Tibbitt Lake). Yellowknife's back-door road to Precambrian lakes and canoe country.
Région
Nova Scotia
298 km · 4 days
Cabot Trail
Meilleure saison : June – October. Where the Highlands meet the Atlantic, and Celtic music spills out of every pub.
≈ 400 km (est.) · 4 days
Annapolis Valley & Digby Neck
Meilleure saison : May – October. Orchards, tidal bores and the highest tides on Earth.
≈ 340 km (est.) · 3 days
South Shore Lighthouse Route
Meilleure saison : May – October. Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg and every fishing harbour in between.
Région
Ontario
55 km · 1 day
Niagara Parkway
Meilleure saison : April – November. Winston Churchill called it the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world.
710 km (Ontario shore) · 6 days
Lake Superior Circle Tour
Meilleure saison : June – early October. The wild north shore of the world's largest freshwater lake.
350 km · 4 days
Georgian Bay Coastal Route
Meilleure saison : May – October. Ontario's freshwater coast — from the Bruce Peninsula to Killarney's white quartzite hills.
40 km · 1–2 days
Thousand Islands Parkway
Meilleure saison : May – October. A scenic parkway along the St. Lawrence past 1,864 islands and Canada's smallest national park.
230 km · 3 days
Ottawa Valley Route
Meilleure saison : May – October (peak: fall colours late September). The Ottawa River road that trades urban Ottawa for Algonquin's eastern gate.
≈ 430 km (est.) · 3 days
Algonquin & Haliburton Fall-Colour Drive
Meilleure saison : Late September – mid October. The best three weeks of the Ontario year, driven end to end.
≈ 640 km (est.) + one ferry · 5 days
Bruce Peninsula & Manitoulin Circle
Meilleure saison : June – September. Caribbean water, limestone cliffs and the world's largest freshwater island.
≈ 380 km (est.) · 3 days
Niagara Wine Country & Lake Erie North Shore
Meilleure saison : May – October. Canada's warmest growing season, one tasting room at a time.
≈ 720 km (est.) · 5 days
Northwest Ontario Lakes & Shield
Meilleure saison : June – September. Thunder Bay to the Manitoba line, through more lakes than you can count.
Région
Ontario, Québec & Atlantic Canada
≈ 2,100 km (est.) · 14 days
Great Lakes to the Atlantic
Meilleure saison : June – early October. Four provinces, three languages of hospitality, one continuous road.
Région
Prince Edward Island
700 km (three loops) · 5 days
PEI Coastal Drive
Meilleure saison : May – October. Three signature loops around Canada's smallest province — beaches, lighthouses, and Anne of Green Gables.
Région
Québec
885 km · 7 days
Gaspé Peninsula
Meilleure saison : June – September. A French-speaking coastline of fishing villages, sea cliffs, and lighthouse-flecked headlands.
480 km · 5 days
Charlevoix & Saguenay Fjord
Meilleure saison : May – October. From Québec City through a UNESCO Biosphere to Canada's only true fjord.
300 km · 4 days
Eastern Townships (Cantons-de-l'Est)
Meilleure saison : May – October (peak: late September foliage). Québec's wine and cheese country, on the Vermont border.
≈ 700 km (est.) · 6 days
Côte-Nord Whale Route
Meilleure saison : June – September. Follow Route 138 until the road runs out.
≈ 320 km (est.) · 3 days
Laurentians Weekend Escape
Meilleure saison : Year-round. An hour from Montréal, and a different century.
≈ 360 km (est.) · 4 days
Bas-Saint-Laurent & Route des Navigateurs
Meilleure saison : June – October. The south shore, where the river becomes the sea.
Région
Saskatchewan
500 km · 4 days
Saskatchewan Grasslands Route
Meilleure saison : May – September. Canada's darkest sky, the last mixed-grass prairie, and bison at large.
≈ 700 km (est.) · 5 days
Northern Saskatchewan Lakes Route
Meilleure saison : June – September. The prairie province nobody pictures: granite, pine and a thousand lakes.
Région
Yukon
≈ 700 km (est.) · 5 days
Klondike Highway: Skagway to Dawson City
Meilleure saison : June – September. The gold-rush route, from a coastal port over the pass to the Klondike.
Région
Yukon & Alaska
127 km · 2 days
Top of the World Highway
Meilleure saison : Late May – mid-September. A ridge-top gravel road from Dawson City to Alaska — closed half the year, surreal the other half.
Région
Yukon & NWT
740 km · 6 days
Dempster Highway
Meilleure saison : Late June – early September. Gravel, tundra, and the only public road in Canada that crosses the Arctic Circle.