Planning to visit Canada need help!

[Erskine]

Hi everyone, I was planning a trip to Canada with my family. I don’t have much idea on that place and I am still preparing my plans to visit the country. I would like to know from the travelers as what are the places I should be visiting there and any suggestions and advices would be welcome.

Thanks in advance!

 

[laura001]

Which part of Canada would you like to visit and how long do you have to vacation? Are you driving??

 

[redrosesix]

It's a pretty big country...

How about a little more info on what your interests are.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Canada's huge and many Canadians haven't seen most of it. I live in BC (most western province) and have been in 4 other provinces. One day I hope to make it out to the Maritimes (east coast).

What type of experience are you hoping for? Where are you coming from? Friends from Holland, don't enjoy the big cities, but love to tour around Jasper and Banff National Parks. They've also really enjoyed Barkerville which is a tourist attraction of an old gold mining town. Are you planning to come to one area or to drive around?

-Toronto, Ontario is a nice city, and I enjoyed my week there as a tourist. The Hockey Hall of Fame was very interesting and I don't particularly like hockey.
-Vancouver, BC is another nice large city.
-Victoria BC is on Vancouver Island and is very old British atmosphere in the main downtown area.
-On either end of the country you can do whale watching.
-Jasper and Banff National Parks are in the Rocky Mountains, and have lots to see.
-Edmonton AB has nice science center and what was once the world's largest shopping mall.

Other areas which I personally haven't gotten to yet, but will eventually get to are:
Montreal and Quebec City, for the French part of Canada
Prince Edward Island, to see Anne of Green Gables tourist place.

 

[laura001]

Canada's huge and many Canadians haven't seen most of it. I live in BC (most western province) and have been in 4 other provinces. One day I hope to make it out to the Maritimes (east coast).

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ITA...it is funny how a lot of people don't realize the size of Canada, have actually heard of people that thought they could do all of Canada in a week When I told them that they literally couldn't even drive across the Country in a week they were dumb founded.

I always use the example.....I live in Southern Ontario and can drive to Florida faster than I can drive out east or west...that usually does it!

 

[redrosesix]

ITA...it is funny how a lot of people don't realize the size of Canada, have actually heard of people that thought they could do all of Canada in a week When I told them that they literally couldn't even drive across the Country in a week they were dumb founded.

I always use the example.....I live in Southern Ontario and can drive to Florida faster than I can drive out east or west...that usually does it!

My husband used to be a travelling musician and has seen a lot of Canada. And, as he says, Canada is taller than it is wide.

I actually live closer to England than I do to my cousin in BC.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Between the sheer size, and the fact that our roads aren't always the best, it takes some major time to cover it. From my home in BC, I've driven to Florida. We looked into driving to PEI, but it would take a lot longer.

I was an exchange student years ago, and lived with a family in Holland. They really didn't understand my concept of distance. I think you can fit their whole country into BC at least 7 times. I grew up driving either to Edmonton or Vancouver, with each one being about an 8hour drive. Going to Jasper was a 4hour drive, and as college students that was just a long, fun day trip. My host family thought it was crazy; for them, 2 hours was a long drive and they'd be half way across their country.

Many people also don't understand the amount of nothing we have. Once you get into the less densely populated areas, there is no restaurants/gas stations every 10 min.

I hope the OP will come back and get some ideas, as Canada is a marvelous country to visit (at least the parts I've seen )

 

[tjbaggott]

I live in Ottawa, our Nation's Capital, and the only other province I've been to is Quebec (since it's on the other side of the river from us).
Ottawa too, is a beautiful City to visit, lots to see and do. From here we are a 4 1/2 hr (my kind of driving) drive to Toronto, and 2 hours from Montreal (if you wanted to do some side trips).

I would love to make it out to B.C. some day but it's easier to get to Disney World!
Where ever you choose to visit, I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time!

 

[Montague]

Canada is a great country and you could really enjoy yourself out there if you have got a well planned trip. Any trip needs to be well-planned if you want to enjoy it completely. The unspoiled beauty of Canada's wilderness has been the playground for adventurers and vacationers alike for generations. It's exactly the kind of natural majesty that continually has visitors returning north of the border. I would recommend a visit to Montreal from the cities there as that is quite a good one. One more thing that I would advice would be getting a good accommodation there prior to your visit, as you would not be in trouble later.


montrealstays.com

 

[redrosesix]

Just wondering if the OP started this thread and then lost it (that's happened to me) since it was their first post.

Or...

 

[SydneyFalco]

1. If you're an outdoorsie person, there's tons of it up here. Feel free to take some of it home with you. Please.

(Other folks, who actually like trees and such, will be able to tell you where exactly you might want to go.)

2. If you like history and such, Quebec City and Montreal have cobblestone streets, stone buildings, the whole schmeer. It's like going to Boston, but with more Jazz clubs and baguettes.

3. If you find rocks and waves and that sort of thing majestic, and you like eating seafood for some reason, I understand there are small provinces to the East somewhere.

4. Get your shots. We do a good job of hiding our many incipient viruses from the World Health Organization. Among them is a retrovirus that will actually make CBC programming and curling seem interesting.

5. Look out for flying pucks.