This is a list of all rail trails and major long-distance hiking and cycling routes in Canada.
National
Trans Canada TrailTrans Canada Trail Great Divide Trail
Alberta Iron Horse Trail, Alberta
British Columbia Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail Centennial Trail Columbia & Western Rail TrailColumbia & Western Rail Trail Cowichan Valley Trail Galloping Goose Regional Trail Interurban Rail Trail Kettle Valley Rail Trail Kludahk Trail Lochside Regional Trail Okanagan Rail Trail Slocan Valley Rail-TrailSlocan Valley Rail-Trail Vancouver Island Spine Trail West Coast Trail
New Brunswick Dobson Trail Riverfront Trail Sentier NB TrailSentier NB Trail
Newfoundland Newfoundland T'RailwayNewfoundland T'Railway
Nova Scotia Atlantic View Trail Back Harbour Trail Barrington Bay Trail Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Trail Blueberry Run Trail Bridgewater Centennial Trail Chain of Lakes Multipurpose Trail Cobequid Trail Crowbar Lake Hiking Trails Gaetz Brook Greenway Jitney Trail Jordan Falls Community Trail Judique Flyer Recreational Nature Trail Kentville Rail Trail Lunenburg Front Harbour Walk Musquodoboit Trailway Old Guysborough Line Oyster Pond Trail Salt Marsh Trail Shearwater Flyer Trail Shelburne Rail Trail Ship Railway St. Margarets Bay TrailSt. Margarets Bay Trail Trestle Trail
Ontario Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails New York Central Recreational Trail, Embrun–Russell Riverfront Trail, Windsor, uses some former CN rail lines' right-of-way along the Detroit River West Toronto Railpath, Toronto Beltline Trail, Toronto
Trail name Length in km (mi) Western/northern terminus Eastern/southern terminus Communities served Notes Ausable Trail Arkona Thedford Arkona, Thedford hiking trail Avon Trail Thamesville Trail in St. Marys Grand Valley Trail in Conestogo St. Marys, Stratford, Waterloo, Conestogo hiking trail, provides connection from London to Grand Valley Trail in the Waterloo area Beltline Trail Toronto Toronto Toronto Urban rail trail on the right of way of the former Toronto Belt Line Railway. Bruce Trail 820 km? Niagara Recreational Trail at Queenston Tobermory Queenston, Niagara Falls, Thorold, Hamilton, Palgrave, Creemore, Owen Sound, Wiarton, Tobermory bicycles are not allowed on trail; among the longest hiking-only trails in Ontario Caledon Trailway Terra Cotta Humber Valley Trail in Palgrave Cheltenham, Inglewood, Palgrave biking trail; has a newly created overpass over Highway 10 near Sligo Hill, carries Bruce Trail from Inglewood to Palgrave; connected to Elora-Cataract Trail via Bruce Trail and Trans-Canada Trail Cambridge-Paris Trail 19 km Galt (in Cambridge) SC Johnson Trail in Paris Galt, Paris biking trail, provides connection from Hamilton to Cambridge via Brantford and Paris Cataraqui Trail Newburgh Smiths Falls Newburgh, Harrowsmith, Smiths Falls former CP Rail line Chedoke Radial Trail Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Part of the Bruce Trail. Follows a part of the right of way of the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway. Chrysler Canada Greenway 42 km (25 mi) Windsor, Ontario Ruthven, Ontario Windsor, Ontario, Essex, Ontario, McGregor, Harrow, Kingsville, Ruthven bicycle-friendly trail; extensions are planned Don Mills Trail Toronto Toronto Don Mills Rail trail Elgin Trail Thames Valley Trail at Talbotville Royal Port Stanley Port Stanley, St. Thomas, Talbotville Royal connects to Thamesville Trail Elora-Cataract Trail 47 km Grand Valley Trail at Elora Trans-Canada Trail at Cataract Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Hillsburgh, Erin Feeder Canal Trail North of Lowbanks Welland Welland connects to Welland municipal trail network (Welland Canal Parkway East Side Trail) along Welland Recreational Waterway Friendship Trail 24 km Port Colborne Niagara Recreational Trail at Fort Erie, Ontario Port Colborne, Fort Erie provides continuous link from Port Colborne to Trenton, via Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake (Niagara Recreational Trail), Hamilton, Toronto, and Port Hope (Waterfront Trail) G2G Rail Trail Goderich Guelph Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank, Milverton, Monkton, Walton, Goderich Rail trail composed of three major segments: the Kissing Bridge Trailway at the far east end, the Perth Harvest Pathway in the middle, and the Lake Huron Route in the west. Ganaraska Hiking Trail Victoria Rail Trail at Feir Mill Waterfront Trail at Port Hope Port Hope, Omemee hiking trail, connected to other Ganaraska Hiking Trail segments via Victoria Rail Trail Ganaraska Hiking Trail, Midland Section Highway 12 at Old Fort/Midland Victoria Rail Trail north of Burnt River Midland, Orillia, Kawartha Lakes hiking trail Ganaraska Hiking Trail, Wasaga Section Tiny Trail at Wyevale Ganaraska Hiking Trail, Midland Section at Copeland Forest Resources Management Area near Martinville Wasaga Beach, Creemore, Angus, Midhurst giant loop hiking trail, has a 5-km spur linking it to Bruce Trail Georgian Bluffs Trail Park Head Bruce Trail at Benallen, Ontario Park Head, Benallen bicycle-friendly trail Georgian Trail Meaford Collingwood Meaford, Thornbury, Collingwood connects to Collingwood municipal trail network Goderich-Auburn Trail Goderich Auburn Goderich, Auburn bicycle-friendly trail Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway Cambridge-Paris Trail at Paris Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Brantford Brantford entirely urban bike trail constructed by the City of Brantford as a link between the SC Johnson Trail and the Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail Grand Valley Trail Alton Port Maitland (East) Dunnville, Cayuga, Caledonia, Brantford, Paris, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Alton very long hiking trail; biking segments are concurrent with Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway, SC Johnson Trail, Cambridge-Paris Trail, and Elora-Cataract Trail Grey County CP Rail Trail Owen Sound Dundalk, Ontario Dundalk, Flesherton, Markdale, Chatsworth, Owen Sound former CP Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail Haliburton County Rail Trail Victoria Rail Trail at Kinmount Haliburton Haliburton long cycling trail; combined with its extension (Victoria Rail Trail), the total distance from one end to the other is 89 km; former CP line, abandoned in 1981 Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail 32 km Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway in Brantford Hamilton, Ontario Brantford, Hamilton longest of the Cambridge-Brantford-Hamilton Trail network Howard Watson Trail Sarnia Camlachie Sarnia, Brights Grove, Errol, Camlachie bicycle-friendly trail Humber Valley Trail Palgrave Bolton Palgrave, Cedar Mills, Bolton hiking trail, connects to Bruce Trail and Caledon Trailway Iron Horse Trail Uptown Waterloo Kitchener Kitchener and Waterloo Urban rail trail between the two adjacent cities. Kissing Bridge Trailway Millbank Guelph Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank The trail surface is stone chip for much of the trailway. Because the trailway runs along former rail lands, it is largely flat and even and is well-suited for a number of uses: hiking, running, cycling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing. Snowmobiling is permitted certain sections, otherwise no motorized vehicles or horses. It is a part of the G2G Rail Trail. K&P Rail Trail 40 km Central Frontenac Trail at Sharbot Lake Renfrew Snow Road Station very remote, has nearby swamps, bike trail serves as a driveway to residences in remote areas La Cloche Silhouette Trail Killarney Provincial Park Killarney Provincial Park (Wilderness trail) Steep gradesLang-Hastings Trail33 kmPeterboroughHastingsPeterborough, Assumption, Keene, HastingsMulti-use trail that is a section of the Trans-Canada Trail. Mostly flat with a crushed limestone surface. Lynn Valley Trail Simcoe Port Dover Simcoe, Port Dover bicycle-friendly trail Maitland Trail Goderich Auburn Goderich, Auburn hiking trail Merritt Trail 45 km Waterfront Trail at St. Catharines Friendship Trail at Port Colborne St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne closely follows Welland Canal Trail Niagara Recreational Trail 56 km Waterfront Trail at Niagara-on-the-Lake Friendship Trail at Fort Erie, Ontario various segments have separate names, such as "General Brock Trail", biking trail North Simcoe Railtrail Elmvale Minesing Wetlands Elmvale, Phelpston, Anten Mills hiking, cycling, snowmobiling, ATV-ing, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing Saugeen Bluffs Trail Rideau Trail Ottawa Kingston Partially overlaps the K&P Rail Trail, Cataraqui Trail, and Trans Canada Trail Saugeen Rail Trail Southampton Port Elgin Port Elgin, Southampton former CN Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail SC Johnson Trail 18 km Cambridge Rail Trail at Paris Gordon Glaves Pathway at Brantford Paris, Brantford inter-urban cycling trail, sponsored by SC Johnson, CKCO-TV and others; part of the Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails Seguin Trail Rose Point Fern Glen Rose Point, Parry Sound, Fern Glen former Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway segment, closely follows Highway 518 Spurline Trail Uptown Waterloo Kitchener Kitchener and Waterloo Urban rail with trail corridor between the two adjacent cities. The trail runs alongside a freight-only section of the CN Waterloo Spur. Thornton-Cookstown Trail Thornton Cookstown Thornton, Cookstown bicycle-friendly trail, terminates at Georgian Downs near Innisfil Heights and Highway 400 Thames Valley Trail Elgin Trail at Talbotville Royal Avon Trail at St. Marys Talbotville Royal, Delaware, London, St Marys hiking trail, provides link between Thames Valley Trail and Avon Trail, and London's municipal bike trail networkThe Crack7.5 kmKillarney Provincial ParkKillarney Provincial Park(Wilderness trail)hiking trail, known for the view at the top and the cliff creating what appears to be a crack in the mountain filled with boulders Upper Canada Heritage Trail Waterfront Trail at Niagara-on-the-Lake St. David's Golf and Country Club, St. David's Niagara-on-the-Lake former Michigan Central Railway/New York Central Railroad passenger line until abandonment in 1973, purchased by Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1979, and turned into a trail in 1984 Victoria Rail Trail Bobcaygeon Historic Colonization Road/Kawartha Lakes–Haliburton County boundary at Kinmount (Continues as Haliburton County Rail Trail) Ganaraska Hiking Trail, near Bethany Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, Kinmount long biking trail; combined with its extension (Haliburton County Rail Trail), the total distance from one end to the other is 89 km; former CP line, abandoned in 1981 Wainfleet Rail Trail Lowbanks Port Colborne Port Colborne former CN Rail spur, biking trail Walter Bean Grand River Trail Waterloo Cambridge Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo Runs alongside the Grand River. Connects to the Trans Canada Trail at its southern end in Cambridge. Forms a component of the Grand Valley Trail. Waterfront Trail 1300+ km Windsor Quebec border (east of Cornwall) Leamington, Port Stanley, Dunnville, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls (CA), Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, Grimsby, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Port Hope, Cobourg, Brighton, Trenton, Picton, Kingston, Gananoque, Cornwall one of the longest trails in Ontario, the longest single inter-urban trail in the province Welland Canal Trail 60 km Waterfront Trail at St. Catharines Friendship Trail at Port Colborne St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne travels along Welland Canal
Prince Edward Island Confederation TrailConfederation Trail
Quebec Route Verte trails
Route 1: Cycloparc PPJ L'Estriade La Montagnarde, uses a former rail line for a short distance in Eastman La Vagabonde La VéloRoute d'Argenteuil, uses a former rail line for 5 km from Brownsburg-Chatham to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Montée du Chemin de Chambly, uses a former rail line in Carignan and Chambly, and runs along it in Longueuil Montérégiade Parc linéaire de la MRC de Lotbinière Parc linéaire des Bois-Francs