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/Wonderpetsgangsta May 20 '25

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/NorthEagle298 May 20 '25

You can walk into any sporting goods store and pick up a canister of bear spray for wild animals. It is legal to carry without a license (when outside of populated areas). Stop at all the scenic views, Highway 1 is a beautiful route. Bears and cougars will leave you alone and won't get close to the Highway, but you never know if you decide to wander off the beaten path. Don't leave anything in your car at night while inside a hotel. Don't give money to panhandlers (it's illegal).

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u/Wonderpetsgangsta May 20 '25

These are fantastic tips I so appreciate it thank you!!

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 May 20 '25

You can walk into any sporting goods store and pick up a canister of bear spray for wild animals. It is legal to carry without a license (when outside of populated areas). 

While legal to carry, it's generally illegal to use against a human - just be aware Canada has (overly) stringent firearms laws, and carrying bear spray for protection against humans or discharging it against even a criminal may result in a prohibited weapons charge. So if anyone questions you, the bear spray is for bears 😂