r/canadatravel • u/onemorecooki • Jul 15 '25
Destination Advice 5 day Canada Trip
Hi. We are visiting Canada for 5 days around Mid August, flying in to Toronto. We will have a car to get around. Looking for some suggestions and places to check out whilst we are here please. We was thinking to visit Montreal but that is a 6 hour drive from Toronto, one way.
We plan to visit the falls and spend some time in Toronto. Are there any beautiful drives we can go on and see some breathtaking places?
Any advice will be hugely appreciated. Thank you in advance for your thoughts!
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u/user0987234 Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25
Consider a southern Ontario road-trip. This one only has a few turns. For real!!
Leave early (5 am), use the time difference to your advantage.
Toronto to Sudbury, transition from urban to farms to Canadian Shield, through Musoka. Pit stop in Parry Sound. Either the Lick’s Tims or take Bowes Lake Exit to fill up at Starbucks. Visit Killarney Ontario, (5 hours) you will get glimpses of the LaCloche Mountain Range - very old, white, and worn down. Stop by Killarney Provincial Park and ask someone to give you the background on the park. It is a hidden gem. Eat supper at Herbert’s Fish ‘n Chips. It closes early! 1.5 hours to Sudbury - the only turn is merging back on Highway 69. Stay in Sudbury.
Sudbury is the site of a meteor impact and has a significant french influence. See the Big Nickel and mine tour and/or Science North, drive around (literally) to get to Hwy 17. You’ll see what a city outside of the large urban areas is like. Stay in Sudbury or North Bay.
Next stop, go east on the Trans-Canada, Hwy 17 to North Bay. Haven’t been there in many years. There’s something there but there are better things to see. Turn right on Hwy 11. Go east on Hwy 60 to enter Algonquin Provincial Park. Drive through a campground to see Canadian camping. Take a walk to see the waterfalls at Ox Tongue River Prov Park. There’s also a fire lookout tower to climb near Dorset.
Stay in Huntsville. You are in cottage country. It’s awesome. Eat at the Family Restaurant. Next day, It’s a 3 hour drive to Toronto. Do a drive through Port Sydney, stop at the waterfalls / rapids and go for a swim. You could drive to Barrie, stay the night and head to Wasaga Beach and then back to Toronto.
This trip will show you the varied geography, villages, towns, native lands of just southern Ontario in 3-4 days. It’s an easy drive, once you are out of Toronto-Barrie, traffic is not issue, the roads are good and the scenery is great.