Canada Road Trip Planning - Seeking Advice
Hello all! I'm currently in the planning stages of a Canadian road trip and wanted to seek advice from those who have done a similar trip before. I'm starting my third year in University this year and wanted to start planning out this trip I would like to take in two years when I graduate, as I've never actually left Ontario ever and thought seeing more of Canada would be a great way to celebrate.
I may be planning this way too early, but I figure it's better to have a plan sooner rather than later lol.
I know there are already a lot of resources online and probably quite a few posts in this subreddit about cross-country trips, but I thought I’d ask anyway and get some opinions/advice directly from people who’ve done it.
The rough plan I have right now is to start in the GTA area, drive towards the west coast, passing through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC. I was thinking of taking a month to do this trip. I think that's more of a realistic timeline since Canada is quite massive.
While I've heard great things about the provinces to the east of Ontario, I think I'll skip those this time around. I don't particularly want to backtrack through Ontario before the westward part of the trip.
My current plan is to have a little camp setup with me so I can stay in campsites along the way instead of hotels. I know the campgrounds I've stayed at in Ontario have had shower setups and other facilities, so I'd want to try to find similar campgrounds in other provinces.
So yeah, that's the basic idea that I have right now. I've done some research on it, but wanted to get people's opinions and ask some questions:
- Does this seem realistic or more like a pipe dream?
- Would it be doable in the way I'm describing it?
- Are there any places I should be sure to see that are a must-see?
- Is there any advice that you guys have that I should consider?
- How much should I be planning to drive daily so the trip is still enjoyable?
- Are there parts of Canada I should be careful around? Like highway stretches and such?
- Are there places I should be avoiding?
I'm open to hearing any and all advice that you guys may have for this sort of trip! Thanks!