This page provides a guide to abandoned railroad right-of-ways converted to rail-trails for hiking, cycling, horseback riding, snowmobiling, and recreation in Canada.
Alberta's Iron Horse Trail - 300km rail-trail in Alberta between Waskatenau, Cold Lake, and Heinsburg, part of the Trans Canada Trail
Atlantic View Trail - 10km rail-trail east of Dartmouth on Nova Scotia's eastern shore
Caledon Trailway - 36km rail-trail between Terra Cotta and Palgrave, Ontario, Canada
Cambridge to Paris Rail-Trail - 11-mile recreational hiking and bicycling trail along the Grand River between Cambridge and Paris, Ontario, Canada
Cataraqui Trail - 104km trail on a former Canadian National Railway grade between Strathcona and Smith Falls in eastern Ontario, Canada
Chrysler Canada Greenway - 42km rail-trail between Oldcastle (near Windsor) and Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Confederation Trail - 357km of rail-trails follow the route of the Prince Edward Island Railway on Prince Edward Island, Canada
Elora Cataract Trailway - 47km rail-trail on the route of the former Credit Valley Railway, later Canadian Pacific's Elora Subdivision, in south-central Ontario, Canada
Friends of West Toronto Railpath - Two-mile urban trail follows a former railroad grade from The Junction neighborhood toward downtown Toronto
Galloping Goose Regional Trail - 55-km rail-trail on a former Northern Pacific Railway grade from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Georgian Trail - 34km rail-trail between Collingwood and Meaford, Ontario, Canada
Grand Trunk Trail, The - Rail-trail on former Canadian National grade across the Sarnia Bridge in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada
Guelph to Goderich (G2G) Rail Trail - 127km rail-trail in Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Haliburton County Rail Trail - 35km rail-trail between Haliburton and Kinmount, Ontario, Canada, where it links with the Victoria Rail Trail
Halifax Urban Greenway - Aims to build a recreation trail along the active Canadian National Railway in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hamilton - Brantford Rail Trail - 20-mile trail consisting of the West Hamilton - Jerseyville Trail and the Jerseyville - Brantford Trail, originally the right-of-way of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway; Ontario, Canada
K&P Trail - 40km rail-trail between Snow Road Station and Barryvale, Ontario, Canada
Kettle Valley Railway, Cycling the - 600-km rail-trail from Midway to Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Le P’tit Train du Nord - 120-mile rail-trail between Saint-Jérôme and Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada
Lochside Regional Trail - 29km rail-trail between the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Lynn Valley Trail - 10km rail-trail between Simcoe and Port Dover in southern Ontario, Canada
Newfoundland T'Railway - 547-mile trail under construction following the route of the former Canadian National Railway from Port aux Basques in the west to St. John's in the east; Newfoundland, Canada
North Simcoe Rail Trail - 30km rail-trail between Barrie and Elmvale, Ontario, Canada, on the former North Simcoe Railway (later Canadian National)
Ontario Rail Trails - Trail information, photos, and maps including Hamilton-Brantford, Cambridge-Paris, Caledon, Georgian, Elora-Cataract, Niagara River, Beaver River Wetland, and other trails
Route Verte - Nearly 5,000km of bicycling trails in Quebec, many built on former railroad grades
SC Johnson Trail - 9-mile trail built on the abandoned Lake Erie & Northern Railway bed between Paris and Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Seguin Recreational Trail - 61km trail on a former Grand Trunk Railway grade at Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Slocan Valley Rail Trail - 50km rail trail on a former Canadian Pacific Railway grade that follows the Slocan River in West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada
Trans Canada Trail - Constructing an 18,000 kilometer trail across Canada
Uhthoff and Lightfoot Millennium Trails - 28km rail-trail between Orillia and Coldwater, Ontario, Canada, on a former Canadian Pacific Railway grade
Upper Canada Heritage Trail - 11km trail on the former New York Central Railroad grade in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Victoria & Haliburton Rail Trail - 90km rail-trail between Lindsay and Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, on the former Victoria Railway (later Canadian National)
Victoria Rail Trail - 55km rail-trail between Lindsay and Kinmount, Ontario, Canada
Wainfleet Rail Trail - 8-mile trail on the former Grand Trunk Railway grade in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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