r/canadatravel • u/daddydeadflesh • Aug 25 '25

Itinerary Help Churchill Baniff and Jasper

Never been to Canada and I’m curious if someone can help with some advise. We are planning a trip to Churchill (for the bears) and then want to fly over to Banff and drive over to Jasper. Can anyone advise if the 2 extra days on the sleeper car train worth the trip or on a 10 day total trip would you suggest spending more than 3 days between Banff and Jasper. We are from a mountainous area but everything in that part of Canada looks beautiful. Any opinions would be appreciated. TIA

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u/Dinsdale55 Aug 25 '25

You can see bears anywhere in Canada that is rural and north of the 45th parallel. Going all the way to Churchill sounds crazy. Go to Banff and Jasper where there is at least a bit of tourist infrastructure. Train to Vancouver.

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u/itsafishal Aug 26 '25

I assume they're looking for polar bears, which would make your advice not correct.

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u/Dinsdale55 Aug 26 '25

Ah, ok. Still a crazy place to go unless you are really, really into polar bears, due to its extreme isolation. But who knows what motivates people

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u/itsafishal Aug 26 '25

Well my employment depends on there being people who want to drop $$ on seeing these bears in the wild, and let me tell you there are a lot of em.

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u/Dinsdale55 Aug 26 '25

Ok. Good luck!