Designated trailDeferredHeld

The Great Trail (Trans Canada Trail) TCT

Trans Canada Trail; a network of local trails, rail trails and roads · All provinces and territories, Canada

Published length: 28,000 km17,398 miabout 28,000 km
Measured line: Not measuredNo line was downloaded and measured
Line: Record onlyThe reason is given below
Tier: DeferredListed, but something about it is not settled; the record's note says what

Record only

No line in this dataset

Not downloaded because of the licence. Deferred: network of local trails, not a footpath; licence blocks.

A trail may be listed as a record only, with no line, when no line for it may be shared. The record says why.

The source

No map is drawn: the dataset holds no line for this trail, and does not guess one.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: Trans Canada Trail; a network of local trails, rail trails and roads
Tier: DeferredListed, but something about it is not settled; the record's note says what
Listing: HeldListed, but something about it is not settled. The record’s note: “Deferred tier: a 28,000 km network of local, rail and road trails; the licence also blocks a paid product.”
Where: All provinces and territories, Canada
Published length: 28,000 km17,398 miabout 28,000 km. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: TCT
Record ID: great-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification

Measured: NoNo line was downloaded and measured

Not downloaded because of the licence. Deferred: network of local trails, not a footpath; licence blocks.

Source and licence

Source status: FoundThe source was located but not downloaded
Publisher: Trans Canada Trail (account 'mappingtct')
Source: https://services2.arcgis.com/rDdKyyk7uludsLpI/arcgis/rest/services/ExploreTheMap_EN_2022/FeatureServer/15
Format: ArcGIS FeatureServer, 6,022 features
Main line: One network; each trail has 'ID_Trail', 'Name_Trail' and a surface column. Mostly multi-use, with long road and paddling parts.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Credit: Trans Canada TrailThe credit line to show, as the source asks
Source checked: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (edit 2026-10-29).How to tell whether the source has a newer release

What the source says

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0. Those terms do not allow commercial use or derivatives, so no line from this source is included. The trail is listed as a record only.

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 1642822
Note: Several incomplete relations.

Logo

Logo not included. No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

Field	Value
`id`	great-trail
`name`	The Great Trail (Trans Canada Trail)
`short_name`	TCT
`country`	CA
`regions[0]`	all provinces and territories
`length_km`	28000
`length_note`	about 28,000 km
`tier`	deferred
`designation`	Trans Canada Trail; a network of local trails, rail trails and roads
`wave`	held
`wave_note`	Deferred tier: a 28,000 km network of local, rail and road trails; the licence also blocks a paid product.
`source.status`	found
`source.publisher`	Trans Canada Trail (account 'mappingtct')
`source.url`	https://services2.arcgis.com/rDdKyyk7uludsLpI/arcgis/rest/services/ExploreTheMap_EN_2022/FeatureServer/15
`source.discovery`	arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (edit 2026-10-29).
`source.format`	ArcGIS FeatureServer, 6,022 features
`source.crs`	EPSG:3857
`source.licence`	CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
`source.licence_text`	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0. Those terms do not allow commercial use or derivatives, so no line from this source is included. The trail is listed as a record only.
`source.attribution`	Trans Canada Trail
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	One network; each trail has 'ID_Trail', 'Name_Trail' and a surface column. Mostly multi-use, with long road and paddling parts.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	false
`source.line_source`	none (no line included)
`source.line_file`	""
`source.line_absent_reason`	No line is included. Not downloaded because of the licence. Deferred: network of local trails, not a footpath; licence blocks.
`osm.relation`	1642822
`osm.note`	Several incomplete relations.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://thegreattrail.ca/
`shield.contact`	Trans Canada Trail
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	""
`shield.logo_owner`	Trans Canada Trail
`verification.verified`	false
`verification.note`	Not downloaded because of the licence. Deferred: network of local trails, not a footpath; licence blocks.