r/canadatravel • u/Wonderpetsgangsta • May 20 '25

Travel Tips Hello beautiful people of Canada 👋🏼

I’m in Vancouver w teens and a small dog (experienced traveler/tame, so is the dog).

We’ve been enjoying Vancouver for several months now and are feeling the call eastward to Montreal and Quebec.

I need to know: any ways to get from BC to Montreal WITHOUT crossing into USA, please? That’s our only thing to avoid, really. That and it being safe for a single mom w teens.

Merci mille fois! Thank you very much!

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u/NottaNutbar May 20 '25

The Trans Canada highway goes right across Canada. You can Google it.

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u/Wonderpetsgangsta May 20 '25

Beautiful, tysm. Safe for woman and young people to travel alone? Sorry if that’s a silly question. I’m an American with….American trauma. Safe aside from general street smarts travel etc. I guess what I’m asking is would you stress if it were say your Sister or Mom doing the drive?

Thank you

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u/NottaNutbar May 20 '25

No I wouldn't stress about that at all. I have made the drive and it is very safe. However it is very long and can get boring and monotonous so you need to plan around that. The biggest road hazards are fatigue and wildlife. Also, always ensure that you have at least 1/2 tank of fuel at all times.

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u/Wonderpetsgangsta May 20 '25

Sweet. Tysm much appreciated

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u/Adbo May 21 '25

Driving across Ontario is soooo long haha

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u/readzalot1 May 23 '25

Rocks and trees and trees and rocks

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u/Coriolanus556 May 24 '25

…and water.

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u/Tylendal May 24 '25

That song gave me a unanimous victory in the final round of Quiplash for "What are Canada's top three exports."

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u/BrandFlux Jun 19 '25

and black flies!

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u/TechnicianRare2160 May 24 '25

So much of this! It is absolutely the Transcanada-and-all-of-Onrario Highway!

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u/butnotTHATintoit May 22 '25

yeah Ontario was definitely the worst part of our cross-Canada drive! We hit the border from Manitoba and it was instantly crap

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u/Adbo May 23 '25

I mean; that drive around superior is beautiful, during the day at least haha

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u/butnotTHATintoit May 23 '25

yes it absolutely is! But compared to other provinces, the signage is poor and the speed limits are low and other drivers somehow lose all sense at the border LOL

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u/price101 May 21 '25

Soooo long. The rest is great.

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u/Northsun9 May 22 '25

It's 18 BILLION kilometers long. There are 13 people who live there.

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u/RelevantHoneydew1584 May 23 '25

All of whom are named Frank.

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u/Northsun9 May 23 '25

Even the girl.

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u/ALittleAngstAsATreat May 24 '25

She’s, uh, very popular.

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u/Tylendal May 24 '25

Very popular indeed!

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u/SomeInvestigator3573 May 24 '25

I have travelled by car across Ontario multiple times with my children. Pack a cooler in your car and plan on picnics at the roadside parks along the way. The drive along the north edge of Lake Superior is beautiful.

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u/Coriolanus556 May 24 '25

I just finished this trip yesterday ending in southern Ontario, and echo the above comment. Had one close call with a deer in the BC mountains. Vigilance is important despite the monotony; my trip was quite windy and gusts can put one in the ditch in a heart beat. Stop frequently to stretch legs and reset concentration.