We’ve seen many “wimpy” bucket lists for visitors to and around Canada. This is the ULTIMATE ONE, the only one worthy of Canada’s size, expanse, and diversity! Things to see, do, or experience on, along, just off (*), or a side trip from (**) the Trans-Canada Highway…
The Maritimes, with their coasts, their mountains, and their history. More Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island (PEI), and New Brunswick.
Signal Hill
Iceberg Alley
Whale Watching (east coast)
Gander Airport
L’anse aux Meadows**
Gros Morne National Park
Ferry to-from Newfoundland
Cape Breton Highlands
Fort Louisbourg
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site (Baddeck)
cross the Canso Causeway
Fundy Tidal Bore
Joggins Fossil Beds*
Halifax Citadel**
Bluenose Schooner**
Peggy’s Cove**
Lunenburg Waterfront**
Annapolis Royal Historical Site**
Wood Islands-Pictou Ferry
Fort Amherst
Anne of Green Gables
PEI National Park beaches
Confederation Bridge
Fundy National Park
Fredericton’s Garrison District
Boyce Farmers Market
Kings Landing Historical Park
Hartland Covered Bridge
The history, charm, and natural splendour of Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario)
Whale watching (St Lawrence)
Ile d’Orleans**
Montmorency Falls**
Quebec City Lower Town*
Take a toboggan Ride
Quebec City Walls & Plains of Abraham*
Route 132 Old seigneurial villages*
Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel
Montreal View Care (Old Town)
Ride the Montreal Subway
See Montreal from Mount Royal
Canadian Museum of History
Parliament Hill Tour & Peace Flame
National Gallery
Belvedere Lookout in Gatineau Park
Ride the locks on the Rideau Canal
White Water Raft the Ottawa River (Beachburg)*
canoe on Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park**
Upper Canada Village*
Thousand Island Boat Tour**
Old Fort Henry**
Sand Banks Provincial Park**
Peterborough Lift Lock**
Canadian Canoe Museum**
Peterborough Petroglyphs Provincial Park**
Ride up the CN Tower**
Take a Toronto Islands Ferry**
Royal Ontario Museum**
Take the Toronto subway**
St Lawrence Market**
Toronto Zoo**
Historic Fort York**
Maid of the Mist boat ride**
Walk around Niagara on the Lake**
Visit a Niagara winery**
Climb the Niagara Escarpment, in Hamilton**
Royal Botanical Gardens Arboretum**
McMichael Gallery (Group of 7 collection)**
Holland Marsh**
Ste Marie Among the Hurons, Midland
Wasaga Beach*
Fathom Five Marine Park**
MS Chi-Cheemaun Ferry**
Drive around Manitoulin Island**
Sudbury see the Superstack
Underground tour of a nickel mine
Cross the International Bridge into Michigan (passport required)
Ride the Agawa Railroad (in fall!)
See the midpoint of the Trans-Canada, Batchwana Bay
Cross the Nipigon River Bridge
Hike the Sleeping Giant
Ouimet Canyon
Historic Fort William
Kakabeka Falls
Boat Tour on Lake of the Woods (Kenora)*
The Prairies, the Mountains, and the West Coast. More about Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia (BC).
Mennonite historical Village, Steinbach
Mid point of Canada
Winnipeg Floodway
Winnipeg The Forks
National Museum of Human Rights
Wascana Lake, Regina
RCMP Museum
Underground Tunnels, Moose Jaw
Snowbirds home base CFB Moose Jaw
Great Sand Hills Provincial Park*
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park**
Blackfoot Crossing (Gleichen)
Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller
Horseshoe Canyon, Drumheller
Heritage Park
Calgary Zoo & Dinosaur Park
Calgary Tower
Glenbow Museum
Canadian Olympic Museum and Sports Hall of Fame
Ride the luge at Canada Olympic Park
Buffalo Jump Museum**
Frank Slide**
Wind Turbines (Pincher Creek)**
Sulphur Mountain Gondola
Bathe in the Banff Upper Hot Springs (in period costume)
Teahouse hike at Lake Louise
Icefields Parkway
Columbia Glacier
Jasper Tram
West Edmonton Mall (and waterslide park)**
Spiral Tunnels National Historic Site
Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Naiional Park*
White water raft on the Kicking Horse River
Rogers Pass National Historic Site
Hike the Giant Cedars trail (easy)
Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre & BC Forestry Museum*
Drive up the Meadows in the Sky Parkway
Craigellachie Last Spike Museum
Houseboating at Sicamous
cross the Bennett floating Bridge (Kelowna)**
Skaha Beach (Osoyoos)**
Osoyoos Desert**
Visit an Okanagan winery**
Hope Slide*
Steam Train ride in Kamloops
Drive the Fraser Canyon (highway 1)
Hells Gate Tram
Cultus Lake Waterslide (in summer)*
Lynne Canyon Suspension Bridge (its free!)*
Walk over the Lions Gate Bridge
Walk/blade/ride the Stanley Park Seawall*
Stanley Park Aquarium*
Take the Seabus to North Vancouver*
Granville Island Market*
UBC Museum of Anthropology*
Wreck Beach (nude beach, at UBC)*
Steam Clock in Gastown*
Drive up Burnaby Mountain*
Ferry to Vancouver Island
Horse Drawn Carriage Ride in Victoria
Visit CFB Esquimalt**
Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse**
Whiffen Spit, Sooke**
See totems in Chemainus
Nanaimo waterfront
Cathedral Gove at MacMillan Provincial Park**
McLean Mill Historical Site, Port Alberni**
Sproat Lake Mars waterbomber visitor centre**
Long Beach at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve**
Whale watching in Tofino**
Off the Trans-Canada, but still accessible by roads. See more about the spectacular Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
Watch the Caribou migration, Yukon
Pan for gold at the MacBride Musum
SS Klondike II paddlewheeler
Yukon Transportation Museum
Takhini Hot Springs
Miles Canyon
Dawson City
Ride the White Pass and Yukon Railroad
Hike Chilkoot Pass (from Skagway, Alaska)
Visit Sign Post Forest, Alaska Highway @ Watson Lake
Canoe on Nahanii River
Virginia Falls, Nahanni Nt. Park
Mackenzie River delta @Inuviik
Diavik Diamond Mine Tour
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife
See Northern Lights @ Yellowknife
See the midnight sun @Yellowknife
Deh Cho Bridge, over Mackenzie River @Fort Smith
Visit Barkerville Historic Town & Park, BC
tour the Fort McMurray Oil Sands
See Buffalo at Wood Buffalo Nation Park, AB /NWT
See Polar Bears (Churchill, MB)
Not a complete list (by far) but these are iconic, for your bucket list. More Flora (plants), Fauna (Animals), Agriculture (Plants & Animals), Geography & Geology.
Loon
Bluebird
Cardinal
Whiskey Jack
Canada Goose
Snowy Owl
Moose
Mountain Goat
Marmot
Dahls Sheep
Porcupine
Elk
Wolf
White Tailed Deer
Cariboo
Brown Bear
Grizzly Bear
Polar Bear
Narwhale
Beluga Whale
Killer Whale
