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Every road tells a story.

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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Cirque du Soleil’s Quebec
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.

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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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Themed collections

Top 10 Lists

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Top 10 Towns for Ice Skating

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Top 10 Wineries in British Columbia

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Top 10 Small Canadian Towns for Romantic Getaways

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Top 10 Canadian Places for Fishing

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Top 10 Bird Watching Parks

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Top 10 Art Exhibits in Canadian Towns

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Top 10 Rock Climbing Canadian Towns

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Top 10 U-Pick Farms

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Top 10 Canadian Towns for Sailing

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Top 10 Picturesque Towns in Quebec

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Top 10 Maritime Beaches

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Top 8 Places for Biking

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What Should Town’s Nickname Be?
What Should Town’s Nickname Be?
1000 Towns of Canada help to create nicknames/slogans for Canadian Small Towns.   FAMOUS NICKNAMES Every city/town/village has a name. But only the most popular…
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Small Towns of Canada: What Makes Them Special?
Small Towns of Canada: What Makes Them Special?
Last week we, the 1000 Towns of Canada team, woke up and went to bed thinking about you – the 1000 Towns of Canada Project…
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How We Developed Small Towns Project
How We Developed Small Towns Project
Image: Defago “FIRST WORDS” Everyone working with words knows that the FIRST WORDS are the biggest challenge in creating a text. If you succeed in choosing…
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