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Ten legendary drives, each a self-contained adventure. Roll the windows down, and let the country choose your soundtrack.
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12
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Route 01 / 30Alberta
The most scenic drive in the world, according to almost everyone who's done it.
Lake Louise to Jasper through a corridor of glaciers, turquoise lakes, and roadside grizzlies.
Route 02 / 30Nova Scotia
Where the Highlands meet the Atlantic, and Celtic music spills out of every pub.
A loop around Cape Breton's wild northern coast, with whale-watching, hikes, and lobster suppers.
Route 03 / 30British Columbia
From cruise-ship harbour to ski-town gondola in a single, cinematic afternoon.
Vancouver to Whistler along the Howe Sound fjord — waterfalls, granite walls, and ocean on one side.
Route 04 / 30Québec
A French-speaking coastline of fishing villages, sea cliffs, and lighthouse-flecked headlands.
A grand loop around Québec's eastern peninsula where the St. Lawrence meets the open Atlantic.
Route 05 / 30New Brunswick
The world's highest tides, on a schedule you can plan a road trip around.
From St. Stephen to Aulac along the Bay of Fundy — sea stacks, whale watching, and tidal bores.
Route 06 / 30Yukon & NWT
Gravel, tundra, and the only public road in Canada that crosses the Arctic Circle.
Dawson City to Inuvik — a wilderness drive through the Tombstone Range and across the Arctic Circle.
Route 07 / 30Newfoundland
From a UNESCO geological wonder to the only confirmed Norse settlement in North America.
Deer Lake to L'Anse aux Meadows along Route 430 — fjords, fossils, and Viking longhouses on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula.
Route 08 / 30British Columbia & Alberta
The quieter southern alternative to the Trans-Canada — Rockies, wineries, and ghost towns.
Hope to Medicine Hat along Highway 3 — through the Okanagan, the Kootenays, and the Crowsnest Pass.
Route 09 / 30Ontario
Winston Churchill called it the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world.
Niagara-on-the-Lake to Fort Erie along the Niagara River — wineries, the Falls, and Loyalist heritage.
Route 10 / 30Yukon & Alaska
A ridge-top gravel road from Dawson City to Alaska — closed half the year, surreal the other half.
The Yukon River ferry, the highest border crossing in Canada, and one of the most photographed drives in the North.
Route 11 / 30British Columbia
Two coasts, one island — from British garden capital to storm-battered surf beaches.
Victoria to Port Hardy via Tofino — a full loop of the Pacific coast, old-growth forests, and orca waters.
Route 12 / 30British Columbia
Canada's most concentrated wine country, wrapped around a chain of warm lakes.
Osoyoos to Vernon along Highways 97 and the Naramata Bench — 200+ wineries, lake beaches, and desert vineyards.
Route 13 / 30Alberta
The foothills highway where the Rockies meet the ranchlands of the Old West.
Waterton Lakes to Mayerthorpe along Highway 22 — cattle country, foothills panoramas, and rodeo towns.
Route 14 / 30Ontario
The wild north shore of the world's largest freshwater lake.
Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay on Highway 17 — through Lake Superior Provincial Park, Pukaskwa, and the Group of Seven's landscape.
Route 15 / 30Québec
From Québec City through a UNESCO Biosphere to Canada's only true fjord.
Québec City to Tadoussac via Baie-Saint-Paul and the Saguenay Fjord — art villages, whales, and cliffside auberges.
Route 16 / 30Prince Edward Island
Three signature loops around Canada's smallest province — beaches, lighthouses, and Anne of Green Gables.
The Points East, Central Coastal, and North Cape drives — red-sand cliffs, oyster villages, and PEI National Park.
Route 17 / 30British Columbia & Yukon
The great WWII engineering feat — 1,900 km of northern British Columbia and the Yukon.
Dawson Creek to the Alaska border via Fort Nelson, Muncho Lake, Liard Hot Springs, and Whitehorse — bison, hot springs, and the Signpost Forest.
Route 18 / 30British Columbia
The road across Vancouver Island to Canada's Pacific edge.
Parksville to Tofino on Route 4 — Cathedral Grove, surf beaches, and the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
Route 19 / 30Alberta
Alberta's quieter Rockies — Highway 40 through the highest paved pass in Canada.
Canmore to Longview via Highway 40 and the Highwood Pass — alpine meadows, larch groves, and grizzly country half an hour from Calgary.
Route 20 / 30British Columbia & Alberta
Four national parks in a single mountain crossing on the Trans-Canada.
Calgary to Revelstoke on Highway 1 through Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Mount Revelstoke — the mainline Rockies drive.
Route 21 / 30Ontario
Ontario's freshwater coast — from the Bruce Peninsula to Killarney's white quartzite hills.
Collingwood to Killarney via Tobermory and Parry Sound — the world's largest freshwater archipelago, painted by the Group of Seven.
Route 22 / 30Ontario
A scenic parkway along the St. Lawrence past 1,864 islands and Canada's smallest national park.
Gananoque to Brockville — the free scenic alternative to the 401 through Thousand Islands National Park.
Route 23 / 30Québec
Québec's wine and cheese country, on the Vermont border.
Bromont to North Hatley via Sutton, Magog, and Mont-Orford — Loyalist villages, monastic cheese, and Lake Memphrémagog.
Route 24 / 30New Brunswick
The living coast of Acadian New Brunswick, from Shediac lobsters to Caraquet's tricolour villages.
Shediac to Campbellton via Bouctouche, Kouchibouguac National Park, and the Acadian Peninsula — French-speaking villages, warm-water beaches, and the world's largest lobster.
Route 25 / 30Alberta
The Alberta Badlands where the Cretaceous still lies open at the surface.
Drumheller loop via the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Horseshoe Canyon, and Dinosaur Provincial Park (UNESCO).
Route 26 / 30Saskatchewan
Canada's darkest sky, the last mixed-grass prairie, and bison at large.
Regina to Val Marie via Grasslands National Park and the Cypress Hills — dark-sky preserves, prairie coulees, and the T. rex fossil belt.
Route 27 / 30Manitoba
Icelandic Manitoba between two great lakes.
Winnipeg to Hecla Island via Gimli and Grand Beach — Nordic heritage, warm-water beaches, and Lake Winnipeg's fishing communities.
Route 28 / 30Ontario
The Ottawa River road that trades urban Ottawa for Algonquin's eastern gate.
Ottawa to Barry's Bay via Arnprior and Pembroke — the Ottawa River, Polish heritage villages, and the wild eastern approach to Algonquin.
Route 29 / 30Newfoundland
Newfoundland's southern shore where Irish accents survive and puffins arrive by the tens of thousands.
St. John's loop via Witless Bay, Ferryland, and Cape Race — puffins, icebergs, and a 17th-century Colony of Avalon dig.
Route 30 / 30Northwest Territories
Yellowknife's back-door road to Precambrian lakes and canoe country.
Yellowknife to Tibbitt Lake — waterfalls, canoe-country lakes, and the Cameron Falls trail 50 km from the capital.
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