This is a list of all rail trails in Canada.
Trail name | Length in km (mi) | Western/northern terminus | Eastern/southern terminus | Towns served | Notes |
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Grey County CP Rail Trail | Owen Sound | Dundalk, Ontario | Dundalk, Flesherton, Markdale, Chatsworth, Owen Sound | former CP Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail |
Saugeen Trail | Southampton | Port Elgin | Port Elgin, Southampton | former CN Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail |
Georgian Bluffs Trail | Park Head | Bruce Trail at Benallen, Ontario | Park Head, Benallen | bicycle-friendly trail |
Lynn Valley Trail | Simcoe | Port Dover | Simcoe, Port Dover | bicycle-friendly trail |
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 |
Howard Watson Trail | Sarnia | Camlachie | Sarnia, Brights Grove, Errol, Camlachie | bicycle-friendly trail |
Ausable Trail | Arkona | Thedford | Arkona, Thedford | hiking trail |
North Simcoe Railtrail | 32 km | Elmvale | Minesing Wetlands | Elmvale, Phelpston, Anten Mills | hiking, cycling, snowmobiling, ATV-ing, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing |
Maitland Trail | Goderich | Auburn | Goderich, Auburn | hiking trail |
Goderich-Auburn Trail | Goderich | Auburn | Goderich, Auburn | bicycle-friendly trail |
Thornton-Cookstown Trail | Thornton | Cookstown | Thornton, Cookstown | bicycle-friendly trail, terminates at Georgian Downs near Innisfil Heights and Highway 400 |
Elgin Trail | Thames Valley Trail at Talbotville Royal | Port Stanley | Port Stanley, St. Thomas, Talbotville Royal | connects to Thamesville Trail |
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 network |
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 |
Cambridge-Paris Trail | 19 km | Galt, Cambridge | SC Johnson Trail in Paris | Cambridge, Paris | biking trail, provides connection from Hamilton to Cambridge via Brantford and Paris |
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[22] |
Kissing Bridge Trailway | 42 km | Millbank | Guelph | Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank | trail surface is stone chip for much of the trailway. Because the trailway runs along former rail lands, it's 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. |
Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail | 32 km | Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway in Brantford | Hamilton, Ontario | Brantford, Hamilton | longest of the Cambridge-Brantford-Hamilton Trail network |
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 |
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 |
Elora-Cataract Trail | 47 km | Grand Valley Trail at Elora | Trans-Canada Trail at Cataract | Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Hillsburgh, Erin | biking trail association has memberships available at Elora-Caract Trailway site |
Georgian Trail | 35 km | Meaford | Collingwood | Meaford, Thornbury, Collingwood | connects to Collingwood municipal trail network |
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 |
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 | Victoria Rail Trail at Feir Mill | Waterfront Trail at Port Hope | Port Hope, Omemee | hiking trail, indirectly connected to "other" Ganaraska Hiking Trail segments via Victoria Rail Trail |
Humber Valley Trail | Palgrave | Bolton | Palgrave, Cedar Mills, Bolton | hiking trail, connects to Bruce Trail and Caledon Trailway |
Feeder Canal Trail | North of Lowbanks | Welland | Welland | connects to Welland municipal trail network (Welland Canal Parkway East Side Trail) along Welland Recreational Waterway |
Wainfleet Rail Trail | Lowbanks | Port Colborne | Port Colborne | former CN Rail spur, biking trail |
Upper Canada Heritage Trail | 10.6 km | 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[23] |
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 |
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)[24] |
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 |
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 |
Waterfront Trail[25] | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Haliburton County Rail Trail | Victoria Rail Trail at Kinmount | Haliburton | Haliburton | long biking 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 |
Seguin Trail | Rose Point | Fern Glen | Rose Point, Parry Sound, Fern Glen | former Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway segment, closely follows Highway 518) |
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 |
Lynn Valley Trail | 8 km | Simcoe | Port Dover | Simcoe, Port Dover | short trail connecting two small towns |
Cataraqui Trail | Newburgh | Smiths Falls | Newburgh, Harrowsmith, Smiths Falls | former CP Rail line |
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1. ^Trans Canada Trail
2. ^Columbia & Western Rail Trail
3. ^Slocan Valley Rail-Trail
4. ^Sentier NB Trail
5. ^Newfoundland T'Railway
6. ^Atlantic View Trail
7. ^Back Harbour Trail
8. ^Barrington Bay Trail
9. ^Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Trail
10. ^Bridgewater Centennial Trail
11. ^Cobequid Trail
12. ^Jitney Trail
13. ^Jordan Falls Community Trail
14. ^Lunenburg Front Harbour Walk
15. ^Musquodoboit Trailway
16. ^Salt Marsh Trail
17. ^Shelburne Rail Trail
18. ^St. Margarets Bay Trail
19. ^Trestle Trail
20. ^[https://archive.is/20070927162901/http://www.foundation.conservationhamilton.ca/trail_dev/thandb.asp Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails]
21. ^Iron Horse Trail
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/Asset/iu_files/RailTrailBrochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927162714/http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/Asset/iu_files/RailTrailBrochure.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-27 |df= }}
23. ^http://www.brocku.ca/maplibrary/guides/Trails_Niagara.htm
24. ^http://www.canadatrails.ca/tct/on/friendship.html
25. ^http://www.waterfronttrail.org/
26. ^Confederation Trail