The Great Canadian Hike and much more!

Temperatures are dropping, days are shorter and trails from coast to coast to coast are slowly being covered by colorful autumn leaves. However, Canadians across the country were still motivated to get outside and participate in our first Great Canadian Hike Challenge.

We are thrilled to announce that together, we went the whole distance and completed the length of The Great Trail of Canada during the Great Canadian Hike, which took place in October. Congratulations! Read more about the total distance we covered, and take a look at some amazing photos from our challenge.

This month also brought us an incredible story from our partners at the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. New Canadian citizen Amjad Baig shares stories of his cross-Canada adventure with his family using the Canoo mobile app. Download it – who knows, you might just end up on an adventure yourself.

Finally, the global pandemic has forced many Canadians to cancel holiday or vacation plans; well, Lauran, Steph, Annie and Claire succeeded in completing the best backup plan earlier in the year. A cross-province bicycle journey across British Columbia. Also, our friends at Toque & Canoe remind us that the Trail is open and safe to use during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight five reasons to get on the Trail.

As always, we are grateful to everyone who’s been sharing their stories about how they’ve used the Trail in the past few months. It’s been wonderful to learn that so many of you have been enjoying nature safely, and discovering new hobbies along the way. So, keep those stories coming!

We went the distance on the Great Canadian Hike!
Read more about the winners, scroll through photos of participants and discover the shared achievements of our first physically distant challenge!

Meet Canoo member Amjad Baig!
New Canadian citizen Amjad shares stories of his explorations across Canada – from Toronto’s Casa Loma to the trails of Whistler – using the Canoo app from our partners, the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

Backyard bliss
Our friends at Toque & Canoe recently stepped out on The Great Trail in their backyard and it was a pile of fun. Check out five solid reasons why you, too, should step out on Canada's greatest trail.

Earlier this year, Laura Brown, Steph Roorda, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Claire Cameron followed trails on an incredible cross-province journey in British Columbia. Let’s follow them!

Trans Canada Trail promotes and assists in the development and use of The Great Trail of Canada by supporting success at the local level in the continued improvement and enhancement of this national network. Trans Canada Trail is a not-for-profit organization that depends on the generosity of individual and corporate donors.