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We’ve mapped 992 small communities across Canada. The last eight, we’d like to choose with you — tell us which town belongs on the map, and why it’s worth the trip.

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Canada’s tourism is supported by provincial and regional organizations across 13 provinces and territories. 1000towns complements their work by connecting travellers with small communities coast to coast — the towns that don’t have their own marketing budgets but deserve to be found.

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Castor’s Letters

“I travel small Canadian towns. The kind most people drive past. I send a letter every Monday about what I notice.”

PEOPLE of small towns

The people who put small towns on the map

Olympic champions, literary legends, artists, and trailblazers — all from towns you can visit today

Glen Sharpley | Hockey Center
📍 Huntsville, Ontario
Glen Sharpley | Hockey Center
From Huntsville, Ontario Glen Stuart Sharpley was an ice hockey player who played only 286 games in NHL with the Minnesota North Stars and Chicago…
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Elijah McCoy | Railroad Engineer
📍 Colchester, Ontario
Elijah McCoy | Railroad Engineer
From Colchester, Ontario Elijah J. McCoy was an inventor and engineer whose 57 patents and the invention of the locomotive lubrication cup led to the…
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Alice Wilson | Palaeontologist
📍 Cobourg, Ontario
Alice Wilson | Palaeontologist
From Cobourg, Ontario Alice Evelyn Wilson was the first female geologist in Canada and the first woman to become a member of the Royal Society…
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Nickelback | Rock Band
📍 Hanna, Alberta
Nickelback | Rock Band
Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful rock bands in Canadian history — and it was formed in an east-central Alberta town of about…
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Peter Mansbridge | Broadcaster
📍 Churchill, Manitoba
Peter Mansbridge | Broadcaster
Got his start at Churchill Airport — a CBC station manager heard his voice over the PA and offered him a job on the spot.
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Mark Carney | Prime Minister of Canada
Mark Carney | Prime Minister of Canada
Born in Fort Smith. Governor of the Bank of Canada, Governor of the Bank of England — the first non-Briton to hold the role in…
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Travel guides

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Interactive Route Guides

The trips you can't plan from a search engine. One painter's Ontario. A waterway traced lock by lock. The birthplace of Cirque du Soleil. Curated Canadian stories, mapped for the modern road-tripper — with interactive routes, stop-by-stop plans, and the places search engines miss.

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Trent-Severn Waterway

A lock-by-lock guide to Ontario’s 386 km National Historic waterway — by boat, or visited town-by-town by car.

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Tom Thomson’s Ontario
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.

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Wellington County guide
Limestone gorges, Scottish stone streets, rich history, and a luxury hotel on the Grand River — two days west of the city.

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Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
Mennonite markets, artisan cheese, and the Stratford Festival — two days west of the city.

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Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
Seventy kilometres of gravel road through the Spray Valley — the quiet way around the Rockies, with a famous afternoon tea in the middle.

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Kananaskis Country Guide
A slow weekend drive through Canada’s quietest Rockies, ending at the highest paved road in the country.

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Bow Valley Parkway Guide
A slow 48-km Rockies drive past waterfalls, castle peaks, and wildlife corridors.
Fall Interactive Map Summer
Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
An interactive map of Stratford & Mennonite Country, Ontario — Mennonite markets, artisan cheese, and the Stratford Festival — two days west of the city.
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Interactive Map Summer
Kananaskis Country Guide
Kananaskis Country Guide
An interactive map of the Kananaskis Country — A slow weekend drive through Canada’s quietest Rockies, ending at the highest paved road in the country.
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Interactive Map
Bow Valley Parkway Guide
Bow Valley Parkway Guide
An interactive map of the Bow Valley Parkway — 48 km from Banff to Lake Louise, every stop pinned: waterfalls, wildlife, and Castle Mountain.
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Interactive Map Summer
Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
An interactive map of the Smith-Dorrien Trail — Canmore to the Kananaskis Lakes: Seventy kilometres of gravel road through the Spray Valley — the quiet…
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All-season
Top 10 Towns with Postcard Views
Top 10 Towns with Postcard Views
Plan your first spring drive to a town that looks like it belongs on a postcard.
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All-season
Top 10 Towns with Delightful Cafes
Top 10 Towns with Delightful Cafes
A small-town café, a quiet main street, and nowhere you need to be. That's a spring weekend.
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