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Itinerary · Coast to coast to coast
Ultimate Canada Bucket List
Three weeks. Five provinces. Every coast.
- Duration
- 21 days
- Pace
- Active
- Best months
- Late June – early September
- Suggested cadence
- Fast — built for once-in-a-lifetime
The journey
The big one. A 21-day itinerary that combines the Rockies, the Yukon, the St. Lawrence corridor, and the Atlantic coast into a single ambitious trip. Best with internal flights between regions.
Day by day
The full itinerary.
Day
01
Overnight
Vancouver
Arrive Vancouver
Settle in, dinner at Granville Island.
Day
02
Overnight
Whistler
Sea-to-Sky
Drive Highway 99 to Whistler.
Day
03
Overnight
Whistler
Whistler
Peak 2 Peak Gondola and alpine trails.
Day
04
Overnight
Banff
Fly to Calgary
Pick up rental car, drive 90 min to Banff.
Day
05
Overnight
Banff
Lake Louise & Moraine
Sunrise at Moraine, canoe at Louise.
Day
06
Overnight
Jasper
Icefields Parkway
230 km drive to Jasper.
Day
07
Overnight
Jasper
Jasper
Maligne Lake, Athabasca Falls.
Day
08
Overnight
Whitehorse
Fly to Whitehorse
Backtrack to Calgary, fly via Vancouver to YT.
Day
09
Overnight
Dawson
Tombstone TP
Dempster Highway day trip.
Day
10
Overnight
Toronto
Whitehorse → Toronto
Long travel day.
Day
11
Overnight
Toronto
Toronto + Niagara
Falls + city dinner.
Day
12
Overnight
Ottawa
Ottawa
Train east. Rideau Canal.
Day
13
Overnight
Montréal
Montréal
Old Montréal, Mile End.
Day
14
Overnight
Quebec City
Quebec City
Petit-Champlain, Frontenac.
Day
15
Overnight
Quebec City
Île d'Orléans
Cider houses, farm tables.
Day
16
Overnight
Halifax
Fly to Halifax
Settle in waterfront.
Day
17
Overnight
Lunenburg
South Shore
Peggy's Cove, Mahone Bay.
Day
18
Overnight
Baddeck
Cape Breton
Drive to Baddeck.
Day
19
Overnight
Baddeck
Cabot Trail
The full loop.
Day
20
Overnight
Halifax
Return Halifax
Final dinner at Bar Kismet.
Day
21
Overnight
Halifax
Depart Halifax
Fly home.
Pack smart
What to bring.
- 01
Soft luggage that survives small planes
- 02
Carry-on with two weeks of essentials
- 03
A flexible attitude — weather will rearrange things
- 04
A second memory card
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