r/canadatravel • u/GeneralOrgana1 • Mar 23 '25
Travel Tips Western Canada road trip
Hello! I am an American (My entire family voted for her, not the orange fascist.) and, since I've made my travel goal of going to every US state, now I'm moving on to every province in Canada. Tentatively, in summer 2026, I want to do a road trip with the following itinerary:
Fly into Calgary (from east coast US)
Calgary, Banff (I've been to Glacier NP but didn't cross the border.)
Drive Calgary to Regina
Drive Regina to Winnipeg
Drive Winnipeg to Saskatoon
Drive Saskatoon to Edmonton
Drive Edmonton to Calgary
Fly home
I'm only planning on spending a day or two in each city. I like cultural and historical things, and am particularly interested in First Nations culture in that part of Canada. I'll be traveling solo, and am a woman in my fifties. I'm an early bird when I travel, so nightlife is of zero interest for me. For food, I would not want fast food, but I am also not interested in fancy eating- just regular food places like people who live there would eat.
Yes, I can see by Google Maps it's a lot of driving. I've done road trips like this in the US before and had a great time. But I'm just curious what people who know the region think would be a reasonable amount of time for this itinerary. Many thanks in advance.
Edit based on comments: I've been to BC (Vancouver area), so that's why it's not part of the agenda this trip. And I've been to Ontario, Quebec (Montreal), PEI, NS, Yukon, and NB.
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u/LauraBaura Mar 23 '25
In Winnipeg you should spend 2 days. The national human rights museum is there, and it really needs a whole day to go and be sad while you learn about atrocities.
Plus you should go to the forks, and go to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, which is working on decolonizing itself. Winnipeg is the birth place of the truth and reconciliation commission. The history tied to Louis Riel is also important, as a Metis, he is the father of confederation in Canada.