List of trails in Canada

This is a list of all rail trails and major long-distance hiking and cycling routes in Canada.

National

Alberta

British Columbia

New Brunswick

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Trail name Length in km (mi) Western/northern terminus Eastern/southern terminus Communities served Notes
Ausable Trail 4.7 km (2.9 mi) Arkona Thedford Arkona, Thedford hiking trail
Avon Trail 121 km (75 mi) Thamesville Trail in St. Marys Grand Valley Trail in Conestogo St. Marys, Stratford, Waterloo, Conestogo hiking trail, provides connection from London to Grand Valley Trail in the Waterloo area
Beltline Trail 9 km (6 mi) Toronto Toronto Toronto Urban rail trail on the right of way of the former Toronto Belt Line Railway.
Bruce Trail 820 km? Niagara Recreational Trail at Queenston Tobermory Queenston, Niagara Falls, Thorold, Hamilton, Palgrave, Creemore, Owen Sound, Wiarton, Tobermory bicycles are not allowed on trail; among the longest hiking-only trails in Ontario
Caledon Trailway 35 km (22 mi) Terra Cotta Humber Valley Trail in Palgrave Cheltenham, Inglewood, Palgrave biking trail; has a newly created overpass over Highway 10 near Sligo Hill, carries Bruce Trail from Inglewood to Palgrave; connected to Elora-Cataract Trail via Bruce Trail and Trans-Canada Trail
Cambridge-Paris Trail 19 km Galt (in Cambridge) SC Johnson Trail in Paris Galt, Paris biking trail, provides connection from Hamilton to Cambridge via Brantford and Paris
Cataraqui Trail 104 km (65 mi) Newburgh Smiths Falls Newburgh, Harrowsmith, Smiths Falls former CP Rail line
Chedoke Radial Trail 2.7 km (1.7 mi) Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Part of the Bruce Trail. Follows a part of the right of way of the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway.
Chrysler Canada Greenway 42 km (25 mi) Windsor, Ontario Ruthven, Ontario Windsor, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, McGregor, Harrow, Kingsville, Ruthven bicycle-friendly trail; extensions are planned
Don Mills Trail 3 km (1.9 mi) Toronto Toronto Don Mills Rail trail
Elgin Trail Thames Valley Trail at Talbotville Royal Port Stanley Port Stanley, St. Thomas, Talbotville Royal connects to Thamesville Trail
Elora-Cataract Trail 47 km Grand Valley Trail at Elora Trans-Canada Trail at Cataract Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Hillsburgh, Erin
Feeder Canal Trail North of Lowbanks Welland Welland connects to Welland municipal trail network (Welland Canal Parkway East Side Trail) along Welland Recreational Waterway
Friendship Trail 24 km Port Colborne Niagara Recreational Trail at Fort Erie, Ontario Port Colborne, Fort Erie provides continuous link from Port Colborne to Trenton, via Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake (Niagara Recreational Trail), Hamilton, Toronto, and Port Hope (Waterfront Trail)[23]
G2G Rail Trail 127 km (79 mi) Goderich Guelph Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank, Milverton, Monkton, Walton, Goderich Rail trail composed of three major segments: the Kissing Bridge Trailway at the far east end, the Perth Harvest Pathway in the middle, and the Lake Huron Route in the west.
Ganaraska Hiking Trail 500 km (310 mi) Victoria Rail Trail at Feir Mill Waterfront Trail at Port Hope Port Hope, Omemee hiking trail, indirectly connected to "other" Ganaraska Hiking Trail segments via Victoria Rail Trail
Ganaraska Hiking Trail (Midland Section) Highway 12 at Old Fort/Midland Victoria Rail Trail north of Burnt River Midland, Orillia, Kawartha Lakes hiking trail
Ganaraska Hiking Trail (Wasaga Section) Tiny Trail at Wyevale Ganaraska Hiking Trail (Midland Section) at Copeland Forest REsources Management Area near Martinville Wasaga Beach, Creemore, Angus, Midhurst giant loop hiking trail, has a 5-km spur linking it to Bruce Trail
Georgian Bluffs Trail 16 km (9.9 mi) Park Head Bruce Trail at Benallen, Ontario Park Head, Benallen bicycle-friendly trail
Georgian Trail 34 km (21 mi) Meaford Collingwood Meaford, Thornbury, Collingwood connects to Collingwood municipal trail network
Goderich-Auburn Trail Goderich Auburn Goderich, Auburn bicycle-friendly trail
Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway Cambridge-Paris Trail at Paris Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Brantford Brantford entirely urban bike trail constructed by the City of Brantford as a link between the SC Johnson Trail and the Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail
Grand Valley Trail 275.3 km (171.1 mi) Alton Port Maitland (East) Dunnville, Cayuga, Caledonia, Brantford, Paris, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Alton very long hiking trail; biking segments are concurrent with Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway, SC Johnson Trail, Cambridge-Paris Trail, and Elora-Cataract Trail
Grey County CP Rail Trail Owen Sound Dundalk, Ontario Dundalk, Flesherton, Markdale, Chatsworth, Owen Sound former CP Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail
Haliburton County Rail Trail 35 km (22 mi)[24] Victoria Rail Trail at Kinmount Haliburton Haliburton long cycling trail; combined with its extension (Victoria Rail Trail), the total distance from one end to the other is 89 km; former CP line, abandoned in 1981
Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail 32 km Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway in Brantford Hamilton, Ontario Brantford, Hamilton longest of the Cambridge-Brantford-Hamilton Trail network
Howard Watson Trail Sarnia Camlachie Sarnia, Brights Grove, Errol, Camlachie bicycle-friendly trail
Humber Valley Trail Palgrave Bolton Palgrave, Cedar Mills, Bolton hiking trail, connects to Bruce Trail and Caledon Trailway
Iron Horse Trail 5.5 km (3.4 mi) Uptown Waterloo Kitchener Kitchener and Waterloo Urban rail trail between the two adjacent cities.
Kissing Bridge Trailway 44 km (27 mi) Millbank Guelph Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank The trail surface is stone chip for much of the trailway. Because the trailway runs along former rail lands, it is largely flat and even and is well-suited for a number of uses: hiking, running, cycling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing. Snowmobiling is permitted certain sections, otherwise no motorized vehicles or horses. It is a part of the G2G Rail Trail.
K&P Rail Trail 40 km Central Frontenac Trail at Sharbot Lake Renfrew Snow Road Station very remote, has nearby swamps, bike trail serves as a driveway to residences in remote areas
La Cloche Silhouette Trail 78 km (48 mi) Killarney Provincial Park Killarney Provincial Park (Wilderness trail) Steep grades
Lang-Hastings Trail 33 km Peterborough Hastings Peterborough, Assumption, Keene, Hastings Multi-use trail that is a section of the Trans-Canada Trail. Mostly flat with a crushed limestone surface.
Lynn Valley Trail 11.8 km (7.3 mi) Simcoe Port Dover Simcoe, Port Dover bicycle-friendly trail
Maitland Trail Goderich Auburn Goderich, Auburn hiking trail
Merritt Trail 45 km Waterfront Trail at St. Catharines Friendship Trail at Port Colborne St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne closely follows Welland Canal Trail
Niagara Recreational Trail 56 km Waterfront Trail at Niagara-on-the-Lake Friendship Trail at Fort Erie, Ontario various segments have separate names, such as "General Brock Trail", biking trail
North Simcoe Railtrail 31.7 km (19.7 mi) Elmvale Minesing Wetlands Elmvale, Phelpston, Anten Mills hiking, cycling, snowmobiling, ATV-ing, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing
Saugeen Bluffs Trail 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Rideau Trail 387 km (240 mi) Ottawa Kingston Partially overlaps the K&P Rail Trail, Cataraqui Trail, and Trans Canada Trail
Saugeen Rail Trail 11 km (6.8 mi) Southampton Port Elgin Port Elgin, Southampton former CN Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail
SC Johnson Trail 18 km Cambridge Rail Trail at Paris Gordon Glaves Pathway at Brantford Paris, Brantford inter-urban cycling trail, sponsored by SC Johnson, CKCO-TV and others; part of the Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails[25]
Seguin Trail 61 km (38 mi) Rose Point Fern Glen Rose Point, Parry Sound, Fern Glen former Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway segment, closely follows Highway 518
Spurline Trail 2.4 km (1.5 mi) Uptown Waterloo Kitchener Kitchener and Waterloo Urban rail with trail corridor between the two adjacent cities. The trail runs alongside a freight-only section of the CN Waterloo Spur.
Thornton-Cookstown Trail Thornton Cookstown Thornton, Cookstown bicycle-friendly trail, terminates at Georgian Downs near Innisfil Heights and Highway 400
Thames Valley Trail 110 km (68 mi) Elgin Trail at Talbotville Royal Avon Trail at St. Marys Talbotville Royal, Delaware, London, St Marys hiking trail, provides link between Thames Valley Trail and Avon Trail, and London's municipal bike trail network
The Crack 7.5 km Killarney Provincial Park Killarney Provincial Park (Wilderness trail) hiking trail, known for the view at the top and the cliff creating what appears to be a crack in the mountain filled with boulders
Upper Canada Heritage Trail 10.6 km (6.6 mi) Waterfront Trail at Niagara-on-the-Lake St. David's Golf and Country Club, St. David's Niagara-on-the-Lake former Michigan Central Railway/New York Central Railroad passenger line until abandonment in 1973, purchased by Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1979, and turned into a trail in 1984[26]
Victoria Rail Trail 85 km (53 mi) Bobcaygeon Historic Colonization Road/Kawartha Lakes–Haliburton County boundary at Kinmount (Continues as Haliburton County Rail Trail) Ganaraska Hiking Trail, near Bethany Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, Kinmount long biking trail; combined with its extension (Haliburton County Rail Trail), the total distance from one end to the other is 89 km; former CP line, abandoned in 1981
Wainfleet Rail Trail 13 km (8.1 mi) Lowbanks Port Colborne Port Colborne former CN Rail spur, biking trail
Walter Bean Grand River Trail 76 km (47 mi) Waterloo Cambridge Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo Runs alongside the Grand River. Connects to the Trans Canada Trail at its southern end in Cambridge. Forms a component of the Grand Valley Trail.
Waterfront Trail[27] 1300+ km Windsor Quebec border (east of Cornwall) Leamington, Port Stanley, Dunnville, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls (CA), Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, Grimsby, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Port Hope, Cobourg, Brighton, Trenton, Picton, Kingston, Gananoque, Cornwall one of the longest trails in Ontario, the longest single inter-urban trail in the province
Welland Canal Trail 60 km Waterfront Trail at St. Catharines Friendship Trail at Port Colborne St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne travels along Welland Canal

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References

  1. ^ Trans Canada Trail
  2. ^ Columbia & Western Rail Trail
  3. ^ "The Kludahk Outdoors Club". Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Okanagan Rail Trail – Where Will It Take You?". Okanagan Rail Trail -CA. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  5. ^ Slocan Valley Rail-Trail
  6. ^ Sentier NB Trail
  7. ^ Newfoundland T'Railway
  8. ^ "Atlantic View Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  9. ^ "Back Harbour Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  10. ^ "Barrington Bay Trail". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  11. ^ "Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Trail". Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  12. ^ "Bridgewater Centennial Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  13. ^ "Cobequid Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  14. ^ "Jitney Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  15. ^ "Jordan Falls Community Trail". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  16. ^ "Lunenburg Front Harbour Walk". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  17. ^ "Musquodoboit Trailway". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  18. ^ "Salt Marsh Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  19. ^ "Shelburne Rail Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  20. ^ St. Margarets Bay Trail
  21. ^ "Trestle Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  22. ^ Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails
  23. ^ "Friendship Trail, Ontario".
  24. ^ "Haliburton County Rail Trail". Ontario Trails Council. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  25. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^ "Welcome to the Map, Data & GIS Library".
  27. ^ "Home". waterfronttrail.org.
  28. ^ Confederation Trail
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