Featured Destinations
Good news backpackers! Vancouver Island offers one of the best places in Canada to travel and see a large area without needing a car.
In British Columbia, hot springs abound, but commercialized ones can take a toll on your bank balance.
The secret to Montreal’s success is found in the pavement at Place Royale, the heart of the old quarter. It’s a copy of an 18th century peace treaty between the First Nations and the French settlers.
The Drive - Where the Locals Go in Vancouver
The lively 16-block area of Commercial Drive (between Broadway and Venables) is an enormously popular district with locals, but is often overlooked by tourists.
The lively 16-block area of Commercial Drive (between Broadway and Venables) is an enormously popular district with locals, but is often overlooked by tourists.
Top 10 Summer Adventures in Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is blessed with an amazing landscape—The Pacific Ocean to the West, the United States to the South, the Coastal Mountains to the north and the Rockies in the East.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is blessed with an amazing landscape—The Pacific Ocean to the West, the United States to the South, the Coastal Mountains to the north and the Rockies in the East.
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
By Aneep Dhade Looking for adventure? Want to try something different? We’ve all heard and seen these questions before as we’ve looked through traditional...
By Aneep Dhade Looking for adventure? Want to try something different? We’ve all heard and seen these questions before as we’ve looked through traditional...
Cool Canadian Destinations
Don't miss these five lesser-frequented destinations that offer loads of outdoor activities, skiing and summertime fun.
Don't miss these five lesser-frequented destinations that offer loads of outdoor activities, skiing and summertime fun.
Ten Free Things to do in Toronto
Toronto can be a pricey place: cool bars generally mean expensive drinks, the museums and main attractions charge a day’s backpacker budget just to enter and cheap accommodation is tough to come by.
Toronto can be a pricey place: cool bars generally mean expensive drinks, the museums and main attractions charge a day’s backpacker budget just to enter and cheap accommodation is tough to come by.
Thunder Bay: an Outdoor Enthusiast’s Paradise
by Kathryn A Lyzun No matter which direction you come from, you will know you’re there when you can see nothing but golden trees and sparkling open water.
by Kathryn A Lyzun No matter which direction you come from, you will know you’re there when you can see nothing but golden trees and sparkling open water.
Rejection and Relaxation in BC, Canada
by Nicole Kobie Consider this: a small seaside town, its main street—populated, of course, with intimate shops and tiny diners—running parallel a long, sandy beach.
by Nicole Kobie Consider this: a small seaside town, its main street—populated, of course, with intimate shops and tiny diners—running parallel a long, sandy beach.
Exploring the Queen Charlotte Islands
by Melanie A Chambers Flying into an archipelago of some 150 islands, you feel like you left behind the world. There are alcoves of dinosaur size ferns and haunting shorelines that haven’t been touched...
by Melanie A Chambers Flying into an archipelago of some 150 islands, you feel like you left behind the world. There are alcoves of dinosaur size ferns and haunting shorelines that haven’t been touched...
There's more to Victoria than Afternoon Tea
by Sheila Taylor Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is best known as a “piece of Olde England”. Forty years ago visitors may have wanted this to be an accurate and charming view, but today...
by Sheila Taylor Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is best known as a “piece of Olde England”. Forty years ago visitors may have wanted this to be an accurate and charming view, but today...
3 Reasons to go to Whitehorse
by Mark W Freeman Even the most ardent city slicker will beg to stay in Whitehorse after only spending a couple of days there. Whitehorse, the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory, is no longer just a toilet break for the RV crowd or a refuge for disaffected hippies.
by Mark W Freeman Even the most ardent city slicker will beg to stay in Whitehorse after only spending a couple of days there. Whitehorse, the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory, is no longer just a toilet break for the RV crowd or a refuge for disaffected hippies.
Bear River, Nova Scotia
By Hannah Guy While a large portion of Nova Scotia boasts huge tourist draws during the island’s summer months, many visitors find themselves searching for those...
By Hannah Guy While a large portion of Nova Scotia boasts huge tourist draws during the island’s summer months, many visitors find themselves searching for those...
Old Strathcona, Edmonton
By Miriam Joly It’s mid-August, and I’m sitting in the sun at a café in Old Strathcona, a district of Edmonton, Alberta. I’m sipping iced-tea while watching a menagerie...
By Miriam Joly It’s mid-August, and I’m sitting in the sun at a café in Old Strathcona, a district of Edmonton, Alberta. I’m sipping iced-tea while watching a menagerie...
USA/Canada Hostels Guide
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