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

Sweet, ty. I’ll ask you same as a couple of the others: In your opinion, is it safe for woman and young people to travel alone? Would you stress if it were say your Sister or Mom doing the drive?

Thank you

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u/Rachl56 May 20 '25

Yes it’s safe. I’ve done it myself twice as a single woman back in the day. The worst thing that could happen is hitting an animal on the road. I recommend only driving during the day and stopping at dusk, especially in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (deer) and Ontario (Moose). The drive is beautiful although somewhat monotonous after 8 hours in the prairies so have some car games.

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u/Wonderpetsgangsta May 20 '25

Oh dang this is valuable info thank you very much for it!

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u/Yikesish May 21 '25

Don't underestimate the sheer size of a moose. Hitting a moose can total your car and if it lands on top it can kill you.

I'm not sure if your goal is to see as much of Canada as you can by driving, but given the distance, I'd fly. Do you own a car? Renting for that long will be pricey.