A list
In Canada
Trails in Canada, or crossing into it. 27 trails, 17 with a GPX here.
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17 tracks, simplified for display. Select one for its name. Each trail’s page names its source, credit and licence. Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
27 trails
- Official trail with a GPX here
- Route with a GPX here
- No GPX here: its page says where to get one
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The Great Trail (Trans Canada Trail) TCT
The Trans Canada Trail is the longest multi-use trail system in the world, a network that reaches every province and territory and connects all three of Canada's coastlines.
Across Canada Canada
- Length
- 28,000 km17,398 mi
- Time
- About 31 to 46 months estimate
- GPX
- See the official site
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Eastern Continental Trail ECT
Route by M. J. Eberhart (trail name Nimblewill Nomad)
The Eastern Continental Trail is a route of about 4,400 miles that M. J. Eberhart, who goes by Nimblewill Nomad, walked in 1998 from the Florida Keys to northern Quebec.
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- Length
- 7,081 km4,400 mi
- Time
- About 10 months
- GPX
- Free from its author
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Great Plains Trail GPT
Route by Steve Myers (Great Plains Trail Alliance)
The Great Plains Trail runs north to south through the shortgrass prairies of the Great Plains, from Grassland National Park on the Canada border to the summit of Guadalupe Peak in Texas.
- Length
- 3,540 km2,200 mi
- Time
- About 4 to 6 months estimate
- GPX
- Free from its author
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Sentier National (Quebec) SN
Le Sentier national au Québec runs from Gatineau to the tip of Forillon National Park in the Gaspésie, crossing nine tourist regions of Quebec.
QC Canada
- Length
- 1,500 km932 mi
- Time
- About 2 months estimate
- GPX
- Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
Track measures 788.8 km of 1,500 km published
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Sentier international des Appalaches (International Appalachian Trail, Quebec and New Brunswick) IAT-CA
The Sentier international des Appalaches listed here runs from Perth-Andover in New Brunswick to Forillon National Park in Quebec.
- Length
- 1,177 km731 mi
- Time
- About 6 to 8 weeks estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 29,499 m96,781 ftcomputed
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Great Divide Trail GDT
The Great Divide Trail follows the Continental Divide through Alberta and British Columbia, from Waterton Lakes National Park at the United States border to Kakwa Lake.
- Length
- 1,130 km702 mi
- Time
- About 8 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 37,307 m122,398 ftcomputed
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Voyageur Trail VT-ON
The Voyageur Trail is a work in progress along the northern Ontario shores of Lake Huron and Lake Superior, from Sudbury through Sault Ste.
ON Canada
- Length
- 1,100 km684 mi
- Time
- About 5 to 8 weeks estimate
- GPX
- Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
Track measures 2.0 km of 1,100 km published
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Bruce Trail BT-ON
The Bruce Trail runs along the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, from Niagara to Tobermory.
ON Canada
- Length
- 890 km553 mi
- Time
- About 4 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 15,049 m49,373 ftcomputed
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Vancouver Island Trail VIT
The Vancouver Island Trail runs the length of Vancouver Island in British Columbia from Victoria in the south to Cape Scott on the northern tip.
BC Canada
- Length
- 800 km497 mi
- Time
- 4 to 9 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 18,681 m61,289 ftcomputed
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The Island Walk IW
The Island Walk is a loop around Prince Edward Island through 32 sections, passing through the island's two cities, Charlottetown and Summerside, and many small communities.
PE Canada
- Length
- 700 km435 mi
- Time
- About 5 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 3,420 m11,220 ftcomputed
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Ganaraska Hiking Trail GHT
The Ganaraska Hiking Trail runs across southern Ontario from Port Hope on Lake Ontario to the Bruce Trail near Collingwood.
ON Canada
- Length
- 500 km311 mi
- Time
- About 2 to 4 weeks estimate
- GPX
- Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
Track measures 238.4 km of 500 km published
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Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail AMHT
The Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail follows the old Nuxalk-Carrier route across British Columbia from the Fraser River north of Quesnel to the Bella Coola Valley.
BC Canada
- Length
- 420 km261 mi
- Time
- About 4 weeks
- GPX
- Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
Track measures 322.4 km of 420 km published
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Rideau Trail RT
The Rideau Trail links Kingston and Ottawa in Ontario in the general area of the Rideau Canal.
ON Canada
- Length
- 387 km240 mi
- Time
- 1 to 2 weeks
- GPX
- Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
Track measures 325.3 km of 387 km published
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Canol Heritage Trail CHT
The Canol Heritage Trail follows an abandoned Second World War pipeline route from Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories to the Yukon border, across the Mackenzie Mountains.
NT Canada
- Length
- 371 km231 mi
- Time
- 2 to 3 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 5,436 m17,835 ftcomputed
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East Coast Trail (Newfoundland) ECT
The East Coast Trail is a network of wilderness coastal paths on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, running south to Cappahayden.
NL Canada
- Length
- 336 km209 mi
- Time
- About 2 weeks estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 10,481 m34,386 ftcomputed
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Waskahegan Trail WT
The Waskahegan Trail runs through the countryside around Edmonton, Alberta, and the neighbouring areas east and south of the city.
AB Canada
- Length
- 309 km192 mi
- Time
- About 2 weeks estimate
- GPX
- See the official site
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Oak Ridges Trail ORT
The Oak Ridges Trail is a walking route along the Oak Ridges Moraine, from the Bruce Trail at Glen Haffy Conservation Area east of Caledon through forested tracts, conservation areas and country road allowances to the Castleton and Warkworth area of Northumberland County.
ON Canada
- Length
- 270 km168 mi
- Time
- About 9 to 14 days estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 3,153 m10,344 ftcomputed
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Sunshine Coast Trail SCT
The Sunshine Coast Trail stretches from Sarah Point in Desolation Sound to Saltery Bay on British Columbia's upper Sunshine Coast.
BC Canada
- Length
- 180 km112 mi
- Time
- About 6 to 9 days estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 8,804 m28,885 ftcomputed
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North Boundary Trail NBT
The North Boundary Trail is a remote wilderness route along the northern edge of Jasper National Park, from Rock Lake over Snake Indian Pass and down the Smoky River to Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia.
AB Canada
- Length
- 159 km99 mi
- Time
- 7 to 10 days
- GPX
- See the official site
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Avon Trail AT
The Avon Trail follows the Avon River and its streams through southwestern Ontario, from St. Marys to Conestogo.
ON Canada
- Length
- 130 km81 mi
- Time
- About 5 to 7 days estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
Track measures 163.8 km against 130 km published
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South Boundary Trail SBT
The South Boundary Trail is a remote wilderness route in Jasper National Park, Alberta, recommended only for experienced backpackers.
AB Canada
- Length
- 121 km75 mi
- Time
- 7 to 10 days
- GPX
- See the official site
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Traversée de Charlevoix TC
La Traversée de Charlevoix is a marked wilderness thru-hike in the Charlevoix backcountry of Quebec, run with booked cabins or campsites each night.
QC Canada
- Length
- 105 km65 mi
- Time
- 6 to 7 days
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 2,432 m7,979 ftcomputed
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Brazeau Loop BL
The Brazeau Loop is a backcountry loop in Jasper National Park in Alberta.
AB Canada
- Length
- 81 km50 mi
- Time
- 5 days
- GPX
- See the official site
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La Cloche Silhouette Trail LCS
The La Cloche Silhouette Trail is a loop in Killarney Provincial Park, a wilderness landscape of the La Cloche Mountains' white quartzite ridges, the pink granite coast of Georgian Bay and more than fifty exceptionally clear sapphire lakes.
ON Canada
- Length
- 80 km50 mi
- Time
- 7 to 10 days
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 2,079 m6,821 ftcomputed
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West Coast Trail WCT
The West Coast Trail runs 75 kilometres through Pacific Rim National Park Reserve in British Columbia, from Pachena Bay in the north to Gordon River in the south.
BC Canada
- Length
- 75 km47 mi
- Time
- 6 to 8 days
- GPX
- See the official site
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Pukaskwa Coastal Hiking Trail PCHT
The Coastal Hiking Trail follows the Lake Superior shore in Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario.
ON Canada
- Length
- 60 km37 mi
- Time
- About 2 to 3 days estimate
- GPX
- See the official site
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Fundy Footpath FF
The Fundy Footpath is a coastal wilderness trek in New Brunswick that runs between the Big Salmon River near St. Martins and Fundy National Park.
NB Canada
- Length
- 41 km25 mi
- Time
- 4 to 5 days
- GPX
- See the official site
Lists are picked out by rule from each trail’s facts, so they change as trails are added or corrected. A list is shown when it has at least 4 trails and no more than 75% of the 138.