Funding Boost For Trail Network That Crosses 32 Parks Canada Spots

By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2022

The funding announcement for the Trans Canada Trail was made at Lachine Canal National Historic Site in Quebec/Trans Canada Trail

Alongside the Trans Canada Trail and Lachine Canal National Historic Site in Montréal, the federal government announced $55 million ($40 million USD) over five years for the world’s longest recreational trail network.

The multi-use trail links 15,000 communities and passes through every provincial and territorial capital across 28,000 kilometres (17,400 miles) of land and water routes through rural, urban and Indigenous communities. It links the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

The trail crosses 32 spots administered by Parks Canada, including Lachine Canal in Quebec, Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, the Rideau Canal National Historic Site in Ontario, Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area in Ontario, Pukaskwa National Park in Ontario and Banff National Park in Alberta. It’s also within one kilometre (0.6 miles) of 30 more national historic sites, national parks and national marine conservation areas.

"The more time we spend outdoors, the more likely we are to conserve and protect nature,” Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, said in a news release.

The trail’s story began in 1992 when Albertan Bill Pratt and Quebecker Pierre Camu envisioned a national trail connecting the people of Canada to nature and to one another. Eighty per cent of Canadians now live within 30 minutes of a trail section.

This new funding will:

• Help expand connections of local and regional trails.

• Improve trail infrastructure.

• Enhance accessibility and strengthen inclusive use of the trail.

• Support local trail organizations and managers who steward the trail.

• Better integrate the trail into local, regional and national tourism offers and marketing.

The Trans Canada Trail and Destination Canada recently forged a partnership to elevate the trail network, noting that trails tourism is an underleveraged opportunity.

“As the home to the longest trail network in the world, Canada is uniquely positioned to meet the growing demand for outdoor experiences and sustainable tourism offerings,” Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, said in a news release.

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