The Lake Superior Route of the TCH is entirely part of the mainline route of the TCH and is entirely in ON 17. You see, ON 17 and ON 417 form the TCH Mainline in Ontario.
Absolutely I drove all the way through Lake Superior provincial park and then finally reaching Manitoba and Saskatchewan and very boring but sort of nice at the same time all the way to Golden BC
@@MrWhatisalthough, highway 11 does have the advantage of much higher fuel efficiency given how much flatter the terrain of it is, if you’re in a truck or towing something like a boat you can save a good amount of money by using 11 over 17. But obviously 17 is much more scenic.
Quebec's highway numbering system is based on the US interstate highway numbering system, using the St-Lawrence as the East-West reference. Even the Quebec highway markers bear a striking resemblance to the US interstate highway markers. This is why highway 85 changes to highway 20 in Rivière-Du-Loup. 85 is perpendicular to the St-Lawrence while 20 is parallel to the St-Lawrence.
The major North-South hwys in bc (Routes 101, 99-93) are a continued pattern of the federal hwys in the US. Most meet at the border and follow the same geographic positions, starting off the coast from route 101, some ending in Mexico!
Technically speaking highway 1 doesn't go through the center of Vancouver, it just touches the edge of it along the Vancouver/Burnaby Border. That being said the entire Metro Vancouver region is one giant urban sprawl and the highway does go through the center of that (although mostly through the centers of Burnaby, and Langley
I blocked the 17 for a few hours just west of Marathon a couple years ago when I fell asleep driving and went left of center and hit an oncoming semi. The rescue workers were amazing, super nice and got me cut out of my car in no time and the ambulance driver that took me back to Marathon... That dude could wheel an ambulance! I've since driven from Sault Ste Marie to Thunder Bay successfully a few times, LOL. Some of the prettiest scenery I've ever seen. I want to do the northern route some day yet. And that new bridge outside Nipgon is pretty nice IMO.
@@PatricenotPatrick Thanks! I tell people my guardian angels were working overtime that day and airbags, lots and lots of airbags. The Honda engineers who designed the Accord I was driving that day did a fine job too! :-)
The reason the Transcanada was built was because as late as the 1960's, it was easier for Canadians living in southern Ontario and Quebec to cross into the US at Windsor-Detroit, and drive the US 10 or US 2 route to Washington and then north into British Columbia. Prior to the Covid Political Cytokine Storm, Canadians might take this route, Interstate 90, to use the cheaper American gasoline.
It is still easier and shorter to go to the States and use their highway, however I would rather take the trans-canada to see the places along the way in canada
Saying that Quebec doesn't do its road system logically is a matter of perspective. If compared to the rest of the country, indeed it is. But if you compare it with the US interstate system, then it's probably the one that makes the most sense. When most of the network was built in the 1960's, anticipating a lot of visitors from the US for Montreal's 1967 world fair, the government opted for a system modeled on the interstate system. That means main express ways with controlled access are numbered 1-100 and 400 +, with even numbers for east-west roads and odd numbers for north-south roads. It also uses the same kind of red and blue shield sign for them, keeping the white and green trans canada sign next to them to indicate you are on a trans canada highway.
But Quebec is just one province, not the same as doing that on a national scale. Quebec's system is akin to the New York State Thruway system, with the order reversed.
We traversed the Trans Canada Highway from PEI to just into BC before heading south to the United States. That was over 50 years ago. Wish I could do itagain, today.
I have to admit I knew every part he talked about but I'm a geography and map nerd. I've travelled about 75% of it, haven't done the Newfoundland part or the northern section of the west.
At the 40sec mark he uses a picture taken at exit 21 on highway 104 West in New Glasgow NS. As a Nova Scotian who travels that highway regularly, I find that pretty neat!
Being from Toronto, I never really considered highway 7 and 12 highways because they aren't expressways. But it's interesting to see that they are part of TransCanada highway network. I would have considered the most viable route to be the 401 lol
The 401 would make more sense, but even then, the Toronto-Windsor section would still not be the TCH. The piggybacking over sections (not even the whole thing) of provincial highways is stupid. Canada should have a regular federal highway network.
Same in BC. The Coquihalla, a much shorter, freeway alignment between Vancouver and Kamloops, doesn't get the #1 designation despite it being the much higher-quality, more driven route. This is probably because it was built in the 80s, way after the Trans-Canada had originally been established.
Hey there! The TransCanada actually goes through Saint John NB rather than bypassing it. The line is a little off there. Also, the name of the city is Saint John which differentiates it from St.John’s NFLD. People can get confused and end up in the wrong place.
Ontario-7 is very busy, I have been stuck in traffic a few times, as 401 to 115 to 7 is the quickest way to Ottawa from Toronto and 12 to 7 is for other areas such as Western Canada, and the Barrie-Newmarket area. Also Ontario highways do not use Trans Canada Shields for its numbers, they put a blank Trans Canada one underneath the Crown. Also that 85 section in the 39 km section is known as 185 as it is not divided.
@@Scientician.BovineUniversity It's more direct, but since the TCH follows the 417 already, why even have it? Why not stay on the 400 to Toronto and then follow the 401 east? A national highway should connect a country's most important cities.
I expect that the reason it doesn't go to Toronto and Windsor is that the TCH is a route designated for federal funding. There is enough traffic between Montreal/Toronto/London/Windsor that there is no need for federal subsidies.
Between those, basically, ON 401 and QC A-20 are the routes between Windsor and Quebec City and they both form the "Quebec City-Windsor Corridor Freeway (I made up that name and it's just a made-up name for those two forming a heavily traveled freeway in one.)".
Plus, A-20 bypasses Quebec City and crosses through it's neighbor aka Levis. A-40 crosses Quebec City and ends in the east of the city near the St. Lawrence River at an interchange with Routes 138 and 168.
Bullshit. Just make the TCH the Canadian equivalent of the US Interstate already. We should be able to drive from Vancouver to Sydney, Nova Scotia; from Prince Rupert to Edmonton to Regina to Winnipeg, on a freeway.
Good video. Not many people think of the oddities of the Trans-Canada's odd designation. Two things you got wrong though: Quebec and Ontario put the numbers in provincial shields, not TCH shields. Also, the 17,041 km number for freeways is wrong as it's only 4000 at most.
I drove from Halifax to Vancouver once and from Toronto (where I live) to Calgary 5 times it was a nice experience passing by all the different routes... Tip, North of Ontario (after Thunder Bay until the border with Manitoba) and the Calgary to Vancouver are amazing. So beautiful! everything else just boring lol. Anyway, you got good videos man. Really like them. Keep it up
Drove this a couple years ago beautiful but the government’s over the years should be ashamed of themselves , this highway should have been twinned from coast to coat to coast years ago , it’s 2021 and still no plan in place to have the sections not twinned completed
Technically the Trans Canada Hwy does not pass through the center of the City of Vancouver, but through the Metro Vancouver Region instead 😌 in actuality this hwy barely enters the north-eastern corner of the City.
There’s also the southern route trans-Canada route thru Alberta and B.C. - Highway 3 that starts at Medicine Hat and ends at Hope. I thought that was a federal highway.
3:23 ok, I lived in BC the first 25 years of my life, and I never knew that as Graham Island. I've only ever referred to the island group as Haidi Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlottes). What's more, that red line in your map seems to not just be on Graham Island, but Moresby Island below it. In fact, these islands are all pretty close together (I'm guessing there's bridges), which I'm guessing is why most people that aren't local just refer to the group.
Question: when I was in Quebec I was told the TCH wasn’t numbered. It overlaps with 85 but isn’t 85. There is no number. That’s what Montrealers said 🤷🏾♀️
Quebec's highway numbering system mimics the US Interstate numbering system. Assigning the TCH a custom number would break the highway numbering scheme. Highways parallel to the St-Lawrence are even-numbered while highways perpendicular to the St-Lawrence are odd-numbered. Even Quebec's highway identification badges are a close copy of the US interstate badges. This is why you have Quebec highways changing numbers at certain spots such as 20/85 at Rivière-Du-Loup and 10/55 at Sherbrooke. The same highway is literally changing its orientation and needs to change its number so that it remains easy to find on a map.
@@Milnoc I get that. But I was more surprised that it is numbered in other provinces. Since it’s a trans national highway and not a QC route, the numbering shouldn’t be affected. No biggie just a lil quirk I found traveling across provinces over the year.
Funny enough how there is no official confirmation of 17000 km of Expressways and they are usually mentioned as Highways in various sources. Also, if you watch the dashcam video of the Trans Canada trip, half of the way is a single lane both ways road with traffic lights, passing through many cities and villages. Also on so-called Expressways there are many turns and intersections with the field roads.
If you compare Canadian, American, Chinese and Russian highways, what about Germany's highways and autobahns? Autobahn/Bundesautobahn: 13 183 km Bendesstraßen: approx. 40K km
It can be scary when you're not familiar with its design and you take one of those short exits at night for the first time, not realising it ain't a normal off-ramp! GUESS HOW I LEARNED THIS! 😂
Many Canadians still think that they still need an old foreign king hovering over them who lives on a little island on the far side of the Atlantic ocean.
8:54 I can't tell if this was a reference to the time that something actually happened to that bridge. Canada was literally separated by road for a little bit.
Kelowna BC is named Kalowna on the map but the most glaring error is Sault St Marie being called Sault St Catherine Which company published this need to take a Canadian Geography Course
Also "Graham Island" is Haida Gwaii and that is not how Nanaimo is pronounced. Having covered most of this on my motorcycle for national highway it is an embarrassment.
@@thomascragg783I had to look that one up because I was surprised as well. Haida Gwaii is the name of the group of islands (when I was growing up it was the Queen Charlotte Islands, just to emphasize its multiple). If you zoom in on Google maps, the large North island is Graham. But I think the highway isn't isolated to that island, and I'd bet only locals refer to the individual islands since they're so close I think there are bridges between them
I'm just going to put this here but past Parry Sound it mixes from hyw400 and hwy69 till you pass French river then it stays as Hwy 400 till you hit Sudbury
@@mickycarter2365 The sign says 69 South Toronto, not 400, unless they changed it to 69 To 400 since I was last there. It's not going to be called 400 all the way to Sudbury until the four-laning is complete.
@@ALuimesI mean, the old name is the Queen Charlotte Islands. But it appears if you zoom in enough on Google maps, each island has a name as well, though I'd be surprised if anybody but locals use them
Since the growth of both countries is stunted by a border, Canada and America should unify. Just think of the number of Canadains who have gone to America to seek their fame and wealth and have achieved their dreams. The reverse has not happened.
You would think Canada would take more pride in their one major highway. I drove it, and it’s a total embarrassment. I avoid at all costs and go through the US. It needs to be upgraded with proper rest stops and divided sections. Where has our vision and pride of country gone ?
There should be a number-signed Canadian national inter-provincial highway network with the white number placed on the red maple leaf of a Canadian national flag that goes like this: 1-Main Trans-Canada Highway-from Victoria, BC to Saint John's, Newfoundland. 2-Yellowhead Highway- rom Prince Rupert, BC to Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba. 3- Alaska Highway and most of Alberta highway 2-from the US border at Sweetgrass, Montana to the US border at Port Alcan, Alaska, 4-MaCKinzie-Hart-Caribou highways-from Peace arch Park at Blaine, WA USA to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 5-Crowsnest-Buffalo Trail Highway-from Vancouver, BC through Medicine Hat, Alberta, to La Corey, Alberta(where it would intersect Canada #9).. 6-Trans-Labrador Highway-MacDonald-Carter Freeway-from Windsor, Ontario through Toronto, Montreal, Quebec-Ville, Sept-Iles and Labrador City, to Forteau, Newfoundland. 7-Ontario Highway 11-Quebec routes 117-113-167-169-175-173 from Nipigon, Ontario, through Chibougamau, Quebec and Quebec-Ville to US border at Jackman, Maine. 8-Cassiar-Campbell-North Klondike-Dempster Highways-from Inuvik NWT to Kitwanga, BC.(where it would intersect Canada Highway #2). 9-Northern Woods and Water Route-from Pembina ND on the US border to Rycroft, Alberta(where it would intersect Canada Highway #4). 10-New Brunswick 1-106-132-15-16-Prince Edward Island Highway-from Cape Bear, PEI through Moncton, NB to Calais, Maine on the US Border. 11-New Brunswick 11-Quebec Route 132-from Moncton, NB to Riviere-du-Loup(where it would intersect Canada #10. 12-Quebec Routes 117-105-Autoroute 5-Ontario 417 from Ogdensburg, NY on the US Border through Ottawa to junction of Route 113 at Lac Wyeth, Quebec. 13-Highways 9 and 7 from Calgary to Saskatoon. 14-Highways 13 and 14 from Alder Flats, Alberta to Saskatoon. 15-Alberta Highways 11, 12, 93 plus Saskatchewan Highways 51 and 14 from Jasper, Alberta to Saskatoon. 16-Highway 93 from Banff National Park to Cranbrook, BC. 17-Red Coat Trail from Stirling, Alberta to Winnipeg. 18-Manitoba Route 3 and Saskatchewan Route 13 from Winnipeg to Robsart, Saskatchewan. 19-Manitoba 6, 60 and 10 and Saskatchewan Highway 106 from Eriksdale, Manitoba to Smeaton, Saskatchewan. 20-Liard Highway BC 77 and NWT Highway 7 and 1 from the Alaska Highway to the Yellowknife Highway Junction. 21-Atlin Highway from Jake's Corner Yukon to Atlin, BC (and eventually to Juneau, Alaska USA). 22-Klondike Highway from South Whitehorse(or Carmacks where it would intersect Canada #8) to US Border near Skagway, Alaska 23-Haines Highway from Haines Junction, Yukon to Dalton cache, US border near Haines, Alaska. 24-Enterprise, NWT to south of Fort Smith NWT.(it may be entended through Fort McMurray, Alberta to Edmonton).
I agree with some of what you said. I would probably use the #2 designation as this one. From Windsor ON, to Halifax NS using Ontario 401, Quebec Autoroutes 20, and 85, New Brunswick 2, and NS 104 and 102. 2 already exists in NB, and Ontario's 401 replaces the route which was originally 2 and I believe the 102 in NS was also originally 2, and it is a continuous route anyway. As for #1` I would use the current #1 in the Western Provinces, (with a few exceptions like using the Coquihalla instead of the Canyon and north Stoney Trail, instead of 16 Ave.) 17/417 in Ontario, and instead of cutting off of Autoroute 40 in Montreal, continue on Autoroute 40 for it's entire length continue on Quebec 138, and complete 138 to Labrador, then build a fixed link from Labrador to Newfoundland, therefore making a continuous, fixed link route to St. Johns. I would keep the Yellowhead at 16, but instead of terminating it at Portage La Prairie, I would run it concurrently with 1, and in Ontario, designate the 71 and 11 routes as 16, then come across to Chicoutimi. I would use 3 as the Crowsnest route as it is now but with a TCH designation As for Red Deer to Saskatoon, A new route has to be built between Castor, AB to Landis, SK. SK 51 is not in good shape and that route is a long ways out of the way. West of Red Deer, 11 is currently being twinned to Rocky Mountain House. I think instead of using 93, build the route through the Howse Pass which will join #1 near Golden. That is being considered, and that Highway really should be built. Another route which should be part of the TCH is the 5 Between Kamloops and Tete Jaune Cache where it joins with 16. However, it wouldn't have to end there. It could truly be a Trans continental route as it may be able to be extended using the Robson Pass to Grande Prairie, then on to Yellowknife. I'm not sure what it will take to build a road through the Robson Pass, though. Some of the you mentioned I wouldn't give a TCH designation to such as the Red Coat Trail.
what one is the real mile 0 n Canadas weird, has mile makers even a town called 100 mile house at a 100 mile marker but uses kilometers lol ohh Canada is all mixed up like this with everything too from weight to distance lol.
Still blows my mind that the two halves of our nation are held together with a dinky single-lane connection in either direction in 2023... Perhaps twinning this should be SOMEONE'S legacy project...
I travelled from St John's 0 mile to Sudbury. I took the ferry and travelled through NS, NB and QC. It took me 3 days and really enjoyed the driving. NS and NB has the best stretch of the highway. Wish to explore further West on this high way one day. Thanks for the awesome video.
Unfortunately, the entire Fraser Canyon section from Hope to Lytton is currently closed due to multiple landslides or mudslides. It's magnificent, can't wait to do that trip again when it reopens.
Most of my life has been about traversing stretches of it across Alberta... Mostly Highway 16 from east of Edmonton to Jasper as well as the Calgary-Banff corridor. I once did a summer road trip in my Smart Fortwo all the way to Portland from Edmonton using Highway 16/1 and then I-5... So much fun!
A great production except for quite a lot of mispronounciations of cities in Atlantic Canada and even of the province of PEI! PLEASE ASK IF YOU'RE NOT SURE! People don't like to hear the name of their hometown butchered by an outsider! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦
The Trans Canada is a substandard highway. It was substandard when it was built and way substandard now. Much of it is 2 lanes. If one was driving across the country it's cheaper and faster to take I-90 across. Granted there are some very scenic stretches like western Ontario, Alberta, and BC, but I found myself disappointed and saying to myself, is this the best they could do? AB has a modern stretch as does BC west of Kamloops.
It's a bit much to compare the highways in Canada with those in the US. It has 10 times the population, with 10 times the GDP. It's like standing in downtown Thunder Bay and wondering where all the skyscrapers are.
the reason it was built that way is because, in school in the 70;s we were taught buy the 21 century we would have flying cars. so why spend a lot of money on something that will not be used in the near future.
@@hhiippiittyyNo. Fuck that. Upgrade the Trans-Canada to full freeway status. Make it the Canadian equivalent of the US Interstate. Let's be able to drive from Vancouver to Halifax on a good freeway.
What a clusterfück of naming. Seems they wanted to make it seem like more than it is. Here, I'll fix it. Route 1 runs across the whole country. And the spurs get name like 101...
We took a two week road trip from Quebec City to Niagara Falls in 2019 and had such a great time, only down side of Road tripping in Canada is the speed limit!
Yeah, it always amazes me that the TCH is designated to be as long as possible for pedantic reasons by including islands in BC, but the true definition of a highway designation--a single number--is seen as unimportant.
If you plan to travel east to Ontario, beware of multiple Moose crossings and oncoming vehicle on the single lane TransCanada highway. The TC highway from Kenora to Barrie takes about 2-3 days to cross. You will be surrounded by huge Boreal Forest and Scattered Lakes so visibility is limited. Take your time, check out Kakabeka Falls, visit the Terry Fox memorial, and enjoy the trip!!
I drove the transcanada hwy from Montreal to Calgary TWICE. The longest and most boring part of it was going through Ontario. I've drive the Yellowhead and Hwy 1 from Calgary to Sicamous (i was headed to the okanagan). Before the Kickinghorse pass was constructed near Golden, BC the road was single lane and pretty dangerous through the mountains. Now its a double lane hwy and really fast. :)
As I learned during the Covid shutdowns of 2020-21, If I am not mistaken there are only 3 roads in total that connect Manitoba and Ontario, and only the T-Can and Ontario Province Route 312 are paved. The T-Can is the main route, and only real way thru from one province to the other for most drivers. Provincial Road 312 connects to some cottages on the ON side of the line, but is not in the best of shape and I do not believe there is a way from there to connect to the main T-Can route. (The only other route x the provincial line is on the Shoal Lake Indian Reservation further south, which is not paved and dead ends when the peninsula it is on ends at one of the parts of the Lake in the Woods. ) Canada is a very spread out country with some really think connections between its areas
FYI, according to The Daily Guadian Russia has 85,500km of railway system vs 48,000km only in Canada. No one asked your opinion how to develop their country. Why showing soldiers and tanks while you are talking about roads comparison!?
Your continued use of the phrase "mighty US" caused me to abandon watching only a few moments in. It gives the impression that we should all bow down to the US, promoting an insulting arrogance. Since your header says this is about the Trans Canada Highway, maybe you should focus on that. 1:12 in and I'm out of here.
America's interstate highway system is far superior to Canadas small network of roads. When truck drivers are criss cross the continent, they prefer driving on American highways.
If you think ON 11 in Northern Ontario sucks, ON 17 is way cooler on the Lake Superior Route and Georgian Bay Route. Also, the entirety of ON 17 is the TCH Mainline, but please count the 417 and combine them as the TCH Mainline in Ontario.
Since there's no Hwy 1 in Ontario, do you remember Hwy 2 is mostly replaced by the 401 for most of it's length? However, the 401 bypasses Hwy 2 between Woodstock and Eastern Toronto while Hwy 2 was parallel by the 403, QEW and the Gardiner Expressway.
@@ALuimes, I said about ON 2, even though it's not part of the TCH Network. I'm sorry. I don't know why Ontario doesn't have a Hwy 1, but starts with Hwy 2.
The drive from Sault Ste Marie to thunder Bay along lake superior hwy #17 is one of the most beautiful in Canada
The Lake Superior Route of the TCH is entirely part of the mainline route of the TCH and is entirely in ON 17. You see, ON 17 and ON 417 form the TCH Mainline in Ontario.
Absolutely I drove all the way through Lake Superior provincial park and then finally reaching Manitoba and Saskatchewan and very boring but sort of nice at the same time all the way to Golden BC
i agree, drove it lots of time. i would avoid hwy 11 if i could
@@MrWhatisalthough, highway 11 does have the advantage of much higher fuel efficiency given how much flatter the terrain of it is, if you’re in a truck or towing something like a boat you can save a good amount of money by using 11 over 17. But obviously 17 is much more scenic.
@@WanukeX i drove truck. but still took hwy 17 over 11.17 is a lot more scenic as you said.makes a long driver shorter.
Quebec's highway numbering system is based on the US interstate highway numbering system, using the St-Lawrence as the East-West reference. Even the Quebec highway markers bear a striking resemblance to the US interstate highway markers. This is why highway 85 changes to highway 20 in Rivière-Du-Loup. 85 is perpendicular to the St-Lawrence while 20 is parallel to the St-Lawrence.
The major North-South hwys in bc (Routes 101, 99-93) are a continued pattern of the federal hwys in the US. Most meet at the border and follow the same geographic positions, starting off the coast from route 101, some ending in Mexico!
Technically speaking highway 1 doesn't go through the center of Vancouver, it just touches the edge of it along the Vancouver/Burnaby Border.
That being said the entire Metro Vancouver region is one giant urban sprawl and the highway does go through the center of that (although mostly through the centers of Burnaby, and Langley
I blocked the 17 for a few hours just west of Marathon a couple years ago when I fell asleep driving and went left of center and hit an oncoming semi. The rescue workers were amazing, super nice and got me cut out of my car in no time and the ambulance driver that took me back to Marathon... That dude could wheel an ambulance! I've since driven from Sault Ste Marie to Thunder Bay successfully a few times, LOL. Some of the prettiest scenery I've ever seen. I want to do the northern route some day yet. And that new bridge outside Nipgon is pretty nice IMO.
Jesus 😳 glad you’re okay.
@@PatricenotPatrick Thanks! I tell people my guardian angels were working overtime that day and airbags, lots and lots of airbags. The Honda engineers who designed the Accord I was driving that day did a fine job too! :-)
The reason the Transcanada was built was because as late as the 1960's, it was easier for Canadians living in southern Ontario and Quebec to cross into the US at Windsor-Detroit, and drive the US 10 or US 2 route to Washington and then north into British Columbia. Prior to the Covid Political Cytokine Storm, Canadians might take this route, Interstate 90, to use the cheaper American gasoline.
As well as following highway numbering that makes sense!
It is still easier and shorter to go to the States and use their highway, however I would rather take the trans-canada to see the places along the way in canada
Saying that Quebec doesn't do its road system logically is a matter of perspective. If compared to the rest of the country, indeed it is. But if you compare it with the US interstate system, then it's probably the one that makes the most sense. When most of the network was built in the 1960's, anticipating a lot of visitors from the US for Montreal's 1967 world fair, the government opted for a system modeled on the interstate system. That means main express ways with controlled access are numbered 1-100 and 400 +, with even numbers for east-west roads and odd numbers for north-south roads. It also uses the same kind of red and blue shield sign for them, keeping the white and green trans canada sign next to them to indicate you are on a trans canada highway.
But Quebec is just one province, not the same as doing that on a national scale. Quebec's system is akin to the New York State Thruway system, with the order reversed.
This is one of very few occasions where I've heard someone properly pronounce the name of the City of Portage La Prairie. Bravo.
We traversed the Trans Canada Highway from PEI to just into BC before heading south to the United States. That was over 50 years ago. Wish I could do itagain, today.
I have to admit I knew every part he talked about but I'm a geography and map nerd.
I've travelled about 75% of it, haven't done the Newfoundland part or the northern section of the west.
Some truly amazing views on the tch in Newfoundland, especially travelling through gros mourne national park
The Trans Canada doesn't go directly the Gros Morne National Park, but the views when driving through the Humber Valley are amazing too
At the 40sec mark he uses a picture taken at exit 21 on highway 104 West in New Glasgow NS. As a Nova Scotian who travels that highway regularly, I find that pretty neat!
Being from Toronto, I never really considered highway 7 and 12 highways because they aren't expressways. But it's interesting to see that they are part of TransCanada highway network. I would have considered the most viable route to be the 401 lol
The TCH is supposed to be a direct cross route. As a rural person they are highways, the stuff in New Brunswick is tiny.
The 401 would make more sense, but even then, the Toronto-Windsor section would still not be the TCH. The piggybacking over sections (not even the whole thing) of provincial highways is stupid. Canada should have a regular federal highway network.
Same in BC. The Coquihalla, a much shorter, freeway alignment between Vancouver and Kamloops, doesn't get the #1 designation despite it being the much higher-quality, more driven route. This is probably because it was built in the 80s, way after the Trans-Canada had originally been established.
@@slender_04f14 They should've changed it, especially since the tolls were dropped on the Coquihalla.
Hey there! The TransCanada actually goes through Saint John NB rather than bypassing it. The line is a little off there. Also, the name of the city is Saint John which differentiates it from St.John’s NFLD. People can get confused and end up in the wrong place.
No route 1 go’s thru Saint John the route 2 goes past route 1 at Salisbury
Ontario-7 is very busy, I have been stuck in traffic a few times, as 401 to 115 to 7 is the quickest way to Ottawa from Toronto and 12 to 7 is for other areas such as Western Canada, and the Barrie-Newmarket area. Also Ontario highways do not use Trans Canada Shields for its numbers, they put a blank Trans Canada one underneath the Crown. Also that 85 section in the 39 km section is known as 185 as it is not divided.
Why is the TCH Mainline quicker between the GTA and Ottawa? I mean, most drivers use the 401 and 416 between Toronto and Ottawa.
@@CrystalClearWith8BE it is a more direct route.
@@Scientician.BovineUniversity It's more direct, but since the TCH follows the 417 already, why even have it? Why not stay on the 400 to Toronto and then follow the 401 east? A national highway should connect a country's most important cities.
Trans Canada Highways are provincially owned and maintained, but they do receive some funding from the federal government.
they do.
I expect that the reason it doesn't go to Toronto and Windsor is that the TCH is a route designated for federal funding. There is enough traffic between Montreal/Toronto/London/Windsor that there is no need for federal subsidies.
Between those, basically, ON 401 and QC A-20 are the routes between Windsor and Quebec City and they both form the "Quebec City-Windsor Corridor Freeway (I made up that name and it's just a made-up name for those two forming a heavily traveled freeway in one.)".
Plus, A-20 bypasses Quebec City and crosses through it's neighbor aka Levis. A-40 crosses Quebec City and ends in the east of the city near the St. Lawrence River at an interchange with Routes 138 and 168.
Then why are there Interstates in the US then? They follow the busiest roads.
@@ALuimes, the busiest main Interstate is I-90 while the busiest auxillary Interstate is I-405 CA.
Bullshit. Just make the TCH the Canadian equivalent of the US Interstate already. We should be able to drive from Vancouver to Sydney, Nova Scotia; from Prince Rupert to Edmonton to Regina to Winnipeg, on a freeway.
Good video. Not many people think of the oddities of the Trans-Canada's odd designation. Two things you got wrong though: Quebec and Ontario put the numbers in provincial shields, not TCH shields. Also, the 17,041 km number for freeways is wrong as it's only 4000 at most.
I drove from Halifax to Vancouver once and from Toronto (where I live) to Calgary 5 times it was a nice experience passing by all the different routes... Tip, North of Ontario (after Thunder Bay until the border with Manitoba) and the Calgary to Vancouver are amazing. So beautiful! everything else just boring lol. Anyway, you got good videos man. Really like them. Keep it up
Between Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay too
My favourite Highway. Love the stretch in the Rockies
Drove this a couple years ago beautiful but the government’s over the years should be ashamed of themselves , this highway should have been twinned from coast to coat to coast years ago , it’s 2021 and still no plan in place to have the sections not twinned completed
Hard to twin in the Rockies.
@@ivorholtskog5506 Not enough traffic either
It's not a priority for most taxpayers.
WHY ARE THE NAMES ON THE MAP SPELLED INCORRECTLY ?
Technically the Trans Canada Hwy does not pass through the center of the City of Vancouver, but through the Metro Vancouver Region instead 😌 in actuality this hwy barely enters the north-eastern corner of the City.
There’s also the southern route trans-Canada route thru Alberta and B.C. - Highway 3 that starts at Medicine Hat and ends at Hope. I thought that was a federal highway.
I drove from Western New York State way back in 1974 to B.C. and in 1977 to Newfoundland but not Labrador and it was fantastic!
3:23 ok, I lived in BC the first 25 years of my life, and I never knew that as Graham Island. I've only ever referred to the island group as Haidi Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlottes). What's more, that red line in your map seems to not just be on Graham Island, but Moresby Island below it. In fact, these islands are all pretty close together (I'm guessing there's bridges), which I'm guessing is why most people that aren't local just refer to the group.
Question: when I was in Quebec I was told the TCH wasn’t numbered. It overlaps with 85 but isn’t 85. There is no number. That’s what Montrealers said 🤷🏾♀️
Quebec's highway numbering system mimics the US Interstate numbering system. Assigning the TCH a custom number would break the highway numbering scheme.
Highways parallel to the St-Lawrence are even-numbered while highways perpendicular to the St-Lawrence are odd-numbered. Even Quebec's highway identification badges are a close copy of the US interstate badges.
This is why you have Quebec highways changing numbers at certain spots such as 20/85 at Rivière-Du-Loup and 10/55 at Sherbrooke. The same highway is literally changing its orientation and needs to change its number so that it remains easy to find on a map.
@@Milnoc I get that. But I was more surprised that it is numbered in other provinces. Since it’s a trans national highway and not a QC route, the numbering shouldn’t be affected. No biggie just a lil quirk I found traveling across provinces over the year.
Funny enough how there is no official confirmation of 17000 km of Expressways and they are usually mentioned as Highways in various sources. Also, if you watch the dashcam video of the Trans Canada trip, half of the way is a single lane both ways road with traffic lights, passing through many cities and villages. Also on so-called Expressways there are many turns and intersections with the field roads.
For those of us who live in northwestern Ontario we call highways 11 and 17 the highways of death.
If you compare Canadian, American, Chinese and Russian highways, what about Germany's highways and autobahns?
Autobahn/Bundesautobahn: 13 183 km
Bendesstraßen: approx. 40K km
Germany is tiny compared to those countries. Russia,Canada,China, and the US are the four largest countries (land area) in the world.
Thank you for perfect videos.
there's also a mile zero sign in Haida Gwaii
11 through central Ontario to North Bay has at grade intersections on the divided highway with limits of 100, and they have slightly less visibility.
It can be scary when you're not familiar with its design and you take one of those short exits at night for the first time, not realising it ain't a normal off-ramp! GUESS HOW I LEARNED THIS! 😂
Many Canadians still think that they still need an old foreign king hovering over them who lives on a little island on the far side of the Atlantic ocean.
It is a pipedream of mine to drive from coast to coast and it is finally happening in the summer of 2026 as graduation gife to myself
"Follow the only road" - South park
Wondering if their are any campgrounds and gas stations along this route in Canada!
8:54 I can't tell if this was a reference to the time that something actually happened to that bridge. Canada was literally separated by road for a little bit.
Tres bien fait!
Nicely done,
"There's only one road in Canada we call it the road, the only road, hip-hip-hooray let's hear it for our road!"
Hey dude, thanks a lot man! Loved it!
Great content, keep it up!!!
Kelowna BC is named Kalowna on the map but the most glaring error is Sault St Marie being called Sault St Catherine Which company published this need to take a Canadian Geography Course
Also "Graham Island" is Haida Gwaii and that is not how Nanaimo is pronounced. Having covered most of this on my motorcycle for national highway it is an embarrassment.
@@thomascragg783 Seriously, how could that be mispronounced? Didn't his mom ever make him Nanaimo Bars?
@@thomascragg783 I don't think the island section even needs to be TCH-16. It's a pedantic thing to make the TCH as long as possible.
@@thomascragg783I had to look that one up because I was surprised as well. Haida Gwaii is the name of the group of islands (when I was growing up it was the Queen Charlotte Islands, just to emphasize its multiple). If you zoom in on Google maps, the large North island is Graham. But I think the highway isn't isolated to that island, and I'd bet only locals refer to the individual islands since they're so close I think there are bridges between them
But if you lookmat land area, the US is bigger and for the most part, we don't build roads on water.
and you think canada includes water?
@@MrWhatis Uh, yeah...Canada is bigger than the US in Total Area. The US is bigger in Land Area.
What about cis Canada highway?
Russia protects its nature, so it don’t need so many highways. I rode the Transsiberian railway and the landscape is absolutely breathtaking. 🇨🇦🇷🇺
I'm just going to put this here but past Parry Sound it mixes from hyw400 and hwy69 till you pass French river then it stays as Hwy 400 till you hit Sudbury
It isn't the 400 up to Sudbury. The freeway north of the two-lane section south of Sudbury is still Hwy. 69.
So the Toronto sign that's right on Regent at the Hwy 17 cloverleaf that says Toronto with 400 is lieing?
@@mickycarter2365 The sign says 69 South Toronto, not 400, unless they changed it to 69 To 400 since I was last there. It's not going to be called 400 all the way to Sudbury until the four-laning is complete.
thank you
Kelowna is written incorrect on the map.
Trans canada is not rral highway. Spee is 90 kmh. 50mph and traffic sign in between
Wow.. so many typos on that map..
Canada's umbelical cord.
Trans get everything.
Petersborough… 😂
The world has become a sideshow to the point the trans Canada highway is trying to identify as something else? Wild…
No one here pronounces Portage La Prairie with a French accent. Also Nanaimo: you pronounce the I, not the A before it
Graham island??? It’s Haïda Gwaii
He's not woke enough to use the new name...
@@ALuimesI mean, the old name is the Queen Charlotte Islands. But it appears if you zoom in enough on Google maps, each island has a name as well, though I'd be surprised if anybody but locals use them
It's route (as in root), not route (as in out).
Petition to make the 401 trans Canada
The problem is the west end of the 401 is the Detroit River not the Pacific (Joke, I get your point)
Since the growth of both countries is stunted by a border, Canada and America should unify.
Just think of the number of Canadains who have gone to America to seek their fame and wealth and have achieved their dreams.
The reverse has not happened.
You would think Canada would take more pride in their one major highway. I drove it, and it’s a total embarrassment. I avoid at all costs and go through the US. It needs to be upgraded with proper rest stops and divided sections. Where has our vision and pride of country gone ?
There should be a number-signed Canadian national inter-provincial highway network with the white number placed on the red maple leaf of a Canadian national flag that goes like this:
1-Main Trans-Canada Highway-from Victoria, BC to Saint John's, Newfoundland.
2-Yellowhead Highway- rom Prince Rupert, BC to Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba.
3- Alaska Highway and most of Alberta highway 2-from the US border at Sweetgrass, Montana to the US border at Port Alcan, Alaska,
4-MaCKinzie-Hart-Caribou highways-from Peace arch Park at Blaine, WA USA to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories,
5-Crowsnest-Buffalo Trail Highway-from Vancouver, BC through Medicine Hat, Alberta, to La Corey, Alberta(where it would intersect Canada #9)..
6-Trans-Labrador Highway-MacDonald-Carter Freeway-from Windsor, Ontario through Toronto, Montreal, Quebec-Ville, Sept-Iles and Labrador City, to Forteau, Newfoundland.
7-Ontario Highway 11-Quebec routes 117-113-167-169-175-173 from Nipigon, Ontario, through Chibougamau, Quebec and Quebec-Ville to US border at Jackman, Maine.
8-Cassiar-Campbell-North Klondike-Dempster Highways-from Inuvik NWT to Kitwanga, BC.(where it would intersect Canada Highway #2).
9-Northern Woods and Water Route-from Pembina ND on the US border to Rycroft, Alberta(where it would intersect Canada Highway #4).
10-New Brunswick 1-106-132-15-16-Prince Edward Island Highway-from Cape Bear, PEI through Moncton, NB to Calais, Maine on the US Border.
11-New Brunswick 11-Quebec Route 132-from Moncton, NB to Riviere-du-Loup(where it would intersect Canada #10.
12-Quebec Routes 117-105-Autoroute 5-Ontario 417 from Ogdensburg, NY on the US Border through Ottawa to junction of Route 113 at Lac Wyeth, Quebec.
13-Highways 9 and 7 from Calgary to Saskatoon.
14-Highways 13 and 14 from Alder Flats, Alberta to Saskatoon.
15-Alberta Highways 11, 12, 93 plus Saskatchewan Highways 51 and 14 from Jasper, Alberta to Saskatoon.
16-Highway 93 from Banff National Park to Cranbrook, BC.
17-Red Coat Trail from Stirling, Alberta to Winnipeg.
18-Manitoba Route 3 and Saskatchewan Route 13 from Winnipeg to Robsart, Saskatchewan.
19-Manitoba 6, 60 and 10 and Saskatchewan Highway 106 from Eriksdale, Manitoba to Smeaton, Saskatchewan.
20-Liard Highway BC 77 and NWT Highway 7 and 1 from the Alaska Highway to the Yellowknife Highway Junction.
21-Atlin Highway from Jake's Corner Yukon to Atlin, BC (and eventually to Juneau, Alaska USA).
22-Klondike Highway from South Whitehorse(or Carmacks where it would intersect Canada #8) to US Border near Skagway, Alaska
23-Haines Highway from Haines Junction, Yukon to Dalton cache, US border near Haines, Alaska.
24-Enterprise, NWT to south of Fort Smith NWT.(it may be entended through Fort McMurray, Alberta to Edmonton).
I agree with some of what you said. I would probably use the #2 designation as this one. From Windsor ON, to Halifax NS using Ontario 401, Quebec Autoroutes 20, and 85, New Brunswick 2, and NS 104 and 102. 2 already exists in NB, and Ontario's 401 replaces the route which was originally 2 and I believe the 102 in NS was also originally 2, and it is a continuous route anyway.
As for #1` I would use the current #1 in the Western Provinces, (with a few exceptions like using the Coquihalla instead of the Canyon and north Stoney Trail, instead of 16 Ave.) 17/417 in Ontario, and instead of cutting off of Autoroute 40 in Montreal, continue on Autoroute 40 for it's entire length continue on Quebec 138, and complete 138 to Labrador, then build a fixed link from Labrador to Newfoundland, therefore making a continuous, fixed link route to St. Johns.
I would keep the Yellowhead at 16, but instead of terminating it at Portage La Prairie, I would run it concurrently with 1, and in Ontario, designate the 71 and 11 routes as 16, then come across to Chicoutimi.
I would use 3 as the Crowsnest route as it is now but with a TCH designation
As for Red Deer to Saskatoon, A new route has to be built between Castor, AB to Landis, SK. SK 51 is not in good shape and that route is a long ways out of the way. West of Red Deer, 11 is currently being twinned to Rocky Mountain House. I think instead of using 93, build the route through the Howse Pass which will join #1 near Golden. That is being considered, and that Highway really should be built.
Another route which should be part of the TCH is the 5 Between Kamloops and Tete Jaune Cache where it joins with 16. However, it wouldn't have to end there. It could truly be a Trans continental route as it may be able to be extended using the Robson Pass to Grande Prairie, then on to Yellowknife. I'm not sure what it will take to build a road through the Robson Pass, though.
Some of the you mentioned I wouldn't give a TCH designation to such as the Red Coat Trail.
Peters borough 😂
what one is the real mile 0 n Canadas weird, has mile makers even a town called 100 mile house at a 100 mile marker but uses kilometers lol ohh Canada is all mixed up like this with everything too from weight to distance lol.
They were using miles when a lot of the TCH was built.
It's uninhabited because it's too cold nitwit
Can you please STOP saying, the MIGHTY U. S.?
What is your issue with him Calling it that?
For Canada's survival, it should unify with America.
Dude, what’s with the “rowt” and other incorrect pronunciations of multiple towns and cities!
Its not a real highway
You are misinformed.
Do you have any proof?
Can we change the official name of the United States to “the mighty U.S.”
Funny enough that bridge in northern Ontario did fail at one point and for a time east and west was severed
Still blows my mind that the two halves of our nation are held together with a dinky single-lane connection in either direction in 2023... Perhaps twinning this should be SOMEONE'S legacy project...
The only way to get through was to go all the way around Lake Superior.
The Trans Canada is not an expressway, there are many at grade intersections and 2 lane segments, it can't be called an expressway
I travelled from St John's 0 mile to Sudbury. I took the ferry and travelled through NS, NB and QC. It took me 3 days and really enjoyed the driving. NS and NB has the best stretch of the highway. Wish to explore further West on this high way one day. Thanks for the awesome video.
It wasn't that long ago that the highway through NS and NB was only two lanes.
Guess what. The TCH Main Route terminates on two provincial capitals, St. John's, NL on the east and Victoria, BC on the west.
Unfortunately, the entire Fraser Canyon section from Hope to Lytton is currently closed due to multiple landslides or mudslides. It's magnificent, can't wait to do that trip again when it reopens.
Cheers from Sudbury
I went to mile 0 in Victoria. Furthest east was Montréal. What a long beautiful road
Most of my life has been about traversing stretches of it across Alberta... Mostly Highway 16 from east of Edmonton to Jasper as well as the Calgary-Banff corridor. I once did a summer road trip in my Smart Fortwo all the way to Portland from Edmonton using Highway 16/1 and then I-5... So much fun!
A great production except for quite a lot of mispronounciations of cities in Atlantic Canada and even of the province of PEI!
PLEASE ASK IF YOU'RE NOT SURE!
People don't like to hear the name of their hometown butchered by an outsider!
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The Trans Canada is a substandard highway. It was substandard when it was built and way substandard now. Much of it is 2 lanes. If one was driving across the country it's cheaper and faster to take I-90 across. Granted there are some very scenic stretches like western Ontario, Alberta, and BC, but I found myself disappointed and saying to myself, is this the best they could do? AB has a modern stretch as does BC west of Kamloops.
It's a bit much to compare the highways in Canada with those in the US. It has 10 times the population, with 10 times the GDP.
It's like standing in downtown Thunder Bay and wondering where all the skyscrapers are.
the reason it was built that way is because, in school in the 70;s we were taught buy the 21 century we would have flying cars. so why spend a lot of money on something that will not be used in the near future.
@@hhiippiittyyNo. Fuck that. Upgrade the Trans-Canada to full freeway status. Make it the Canadian equivalent of the US Interstate. Let's be able to drive from Vancouver to Halifax on a good freeway.
A better name instead of using Graham Island would be Haida Gwaii or Queen Charlotte Islands
Love the content... I'm from the UK hoping for Canzuk to become a reality
Not very popular in Canada but some people are would love that
@@sunny2355 I am from Canada and I give 100% support.
You wanna revive the British Empire basically?
@@PoweredByLS2 loool not really but at the same time I understand what ur getting at
@@sunny2355 it is not a typical "popular" movement but among people who ARE interested it IS well received regarding trade, travel and culture.
What a clusterfück of naming. Seems they wanted to make it seem like more than it is. Here, I'll fix it. Route 1 runs across the whole country. And the spurs get name like 101...
"Trans-Canada Network" was the original name of what is now known as CBC Radio One.
Hwy 104 in Nova Scotia is now twinned from the NB border to past Antigonish. The new section opened last year.
I love your videos about Canada. I’ve been to 4 provinces 1 territory. And driven across the border many times. I miss 🇨🇦
We took a two week road trip from Quebec City to Niagara Falls in 2019 and had such a great time, only down side of Road tripping in Canada is the speed limit!
So true! I’ve done that route on the 401. In Texas it’s 75mph/121kmh outside the cities. I’ve gotten spoiled.
Driving that distance in two weeks and then lamenting the speed limit is kind of funny, isn't it?
There are some US routes that run on ferries. Like US 10 across Lake Michigan.
It seems our highway naming system also makes no fucking sense like the interstate system where they just “forgot” to remember the numbering scheme
Yeah, it always amazes me that the TCH is designated to be as long as possible for pedantic reasons by including islands in BC, but the true definition of a highway designation--a single number--is seen as unimportant.
I have traveled west many times from Winnipeg...looking forward to traveling East....nice job making this informative video
If you plan to travel east to Ontario, beware of multiple Moose crossings and oncoming vehicle on the single lane TransCanada highway. The TC highway from Kenora to Barrie takes about 2-3 days to cross. You will be surrounded by huge Boreal Forest and Scattered Lakes so visibility is limited. Take your time, check out Kakabeka Falls, visit the Terry Fox memorial, and enjoy the trip!!
Same with me!
Who wants more roads. Too many now.
It's time to twin the whole system.
I drove the transcanada hwy from Montreal to Calgary TWICE. The longest and most boring part of it was going through Ontario. I've drive the Yellowhead and Hwy 1 from Calgary to Sicamous (i was headed to the okanagan). Before the Kickinghorse pass was constructed near Golden, BC the road was single lane and pretty dangerous through the mountains. Now its a double lane hwy and really fast. :)
This channel is a gem keep going
As I learned during the Covid shutdowns of 2020-21, If I am not mistaken there are only 3 roads in total that connect Manitoba and Ontario, and only the T-Can and Ontario Province Route 312 are paved. The T-Can is the main route, and only real way thru from one province to the other for most drivers. Provincial Road 312 connects to some cottages on the ON side of the line, but is not in the best of shape and I do not believe there is a way from there to connect to the main T-Can route.
(The only other route x the provincial line is on the Shoal Lake Indian Reservation further south, which is not paved and dead ends when the peninsula it is on ends at one of the parts of the Lake in the Woods. )
Canada is a very spread out country with some really think connections between its areas
In the winter, there is another road between Manitoba and Ontario running east from Gillam to Fort Severn.
@@llllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJust imagine if all of highway 17 got turned into a full length 417 and crossed from Manitoba to Ottawa
The TCH is not a federal highway but a series of Provincial highways. That's why the numbering is funny and not standardized.
FYI, according to The Daily Guadian Russia has 85,500km of railway system vs 48,000km only in Canada. No one asked your opinion how to develop their country.
Why showing soldiers and tanks while you are talking about roads comparison!?
There is a FUCKING BRIDGE to PEI? Holy shit, how come no one told me that.
TransCanada highway is so exhilarating and scary at the same time.
Russia probably doesn't have a lot of highways because they rely more on railroads for transportation.
Your continued use of the phrase "mighty US" caused me to abandon watching only a few moments in. It gives the impression that we should all bow down to the US, promoting an insulting arrogance. Since your header says this is about the Trans Canada Highway, maybe you should focus on that. 1:12 in and I'm out of here.
America's interstate highway system is far superior to Canadas small network of roads.
When truck drivers are criss cross the continent, they prefer driving on American highways.
Yeah 11 in Northern Ontario is remote and boring. Would not recommend unless you must take it.
If you think ON 11 in Northern Ontario sucks, ON 17 is way cooler on the Lake Superior Route and Georgian Bay Route. Also, the entirety of ON 17 is the TCH Mainline, but please count the 417 and combine them as the TCH Mainline in Ontario.
@@CrystalClearWith8BE Hwys 17 and 417 should've been numbered Hwy 1 (signed with TCH shields only) as Ontario didn't even have a Hwy 1 previously.
Since there's no Hwy 1 in Ontario, do you remember Hwy 2 is mostly replaced by the 401 for most of it's length? However, the 401 bypasses Hwy 2 between Woodstock and Eastern Toronto while Hwy 2 was parallel by the 403, QEW and the Gardiner Expressway.
@@CrystalClearWith8BE Why do you keep replying to comments by saying stuff unrelated to those comments?
@@ALuimes, I said about ON 2, even though it's not part of the TCH Network. I'm sorry. I don't know why Ontario doesn't have a Hwy 1, but starts with Hwy 2.
Nice of Canada to name this major highway in honor of the trans community....😒