Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) is a series of provincial highways which join all ten provinces of Canada. Following 8,030 km (just under 5,000 miles) of Trans-Canada Highway across all ten provinces is one of the three longest single-country highway journeys in the world.
UnderstandCanada is the second largest country in the world by area and a cross-country trip overland was no small obstacle for early travellers to overcome.
PrepareGreyhound Canada, once Canada's major interprovincial coach operator, ended operations in 2021. Crossing Canada with a single ticket is, for now, a thing of the past.
Get inThis trip can be started almost anywhere in Canada. The highway runs from Victoria, British Columbia to St.
DriveThe trip is listed from west to east (from Victoria), but obviously could be done in either direction.
Stay safeThe weather in parts of Canada can be extreme in winter. In much of northwestern Ontario, distances are long, settlements few and far between and cellular telephone coverage incomplete or sporadic.
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