In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true Trans-Canada Train Trek.

A Mari Usque Ad Mare. From Sea to Sea. It’s the motto of Canada and it’s also what Maddie, Jozef, Sam,  and us, Danny and Timothy, did in May and June 2023. We travelled from Halifax in the East to Vancouver in the West. Mostly by train.

This is our journey in 37 posts. 

2023 Trans-Canada Train Trek

1. REVIEW | Brussels Airlines Brussels to Munich in Economy.
2. REVIEW | Lufthansa Premium Economy Munich to Montreal.
3. REVIEW | Air Canada Economy Montreal to Halifax.
4. Flying Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Air Canada Brussels – Munich – Montreal – Halifax in minimal economy.
5. HALIFAX | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
6. REVIEW | The Westin Nova Scotian Halifax.
7. NOVA SCOTIA | Sampling Halifax.
8. REVIEW | VIA Rail Canada night train 15 ‘The Ocean’ from Halifax to Montreal.
9. QUEBEC | Meandering Montreal.
10. REVIEW | InterContinental Montreal.
11. FORMULA 1 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal track walk.
12. MONTREAL | Dining solo at Monarque felt like being part of a tv show.
13. MONTREAL | Exporail – Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant.
14. REVIEW | VIA Rail train Montreal to Toronto in business class.
15. ONTARIO | Touring Toronto.
16. REVIEW | Little Canada museum in Toronto.
17. TORONTO | CN Tower.
18. REVIEW | Residence Inn by Marriott Toronto Downtown / Entertainment District.
19. CANADA | Train excursion to Niagara Falls.
20. THE CANADIAN | Day 1: boarding in Toronto and crossing Ontario.
21. THE CANADIAN | Days 2 & 3: Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
22. THE CANADIAN | From Jasper via the Rocky Mountains to Kamloops and Vancouver.
23. Life on board VIA Rail’s The Canadian: eating, sleeping, showering and keeping busy.
24. Is the four-day The Canadian night train journey something for you?.
25. REVIEW | VIA Rail’s The Canadian four-day night train from Toronto to Vancouver.
26. Discovering Vancouver.
27. REVIEW | Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront Vancouver.
28. BRITISH COLUMBIA | Introduction to Whistler.
29. REVIEW | Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre.
30. VANCOUVER | Granville Island.
31. VANCOUVER | St. Lawrence Restaurant.
32. REVIEW | Hotel Belmont M Gallery Vancouver.
33. Vancouver & Whistler 2023.
34. REVIEW | Lufthansa Premium Economy Vancouver to Frankfurt.
35. Flying on a Lufthansa Boeing 747 in economy from Vancouver to Frankfurt.
36. REVIEW | Lufthansa Economy Frankfurt to Brussels.
37. Canada 2023.