This is a list of all rail trails and major long-distance hiking and cycling routes in Canada.
| Trail name | Length in km (mi) | Western/northern terminus | Eastern/southern terminus | Communities served | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ausable Trail | 4.7km (02.9miles) | Arkona | Thedford | Arkona, Thedford | hiking trail |
| Avon Trail | 121km (75miles) | 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 |
| Beltline Trail | 9abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Toronto | Toronto | Toronto | Urban rail trail on the right of way of the former Toronto Belt Line Railway. |
| 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 |
| Caledon Trailway | 35km (22miles) | 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 |
| Cambridge-Paris Trail | 19 km | Galt (in Cambridge) | SC Johnson Trail in Paris | Galt, Paris | biking trail, provides connection from Hamilton to Cambridge via Brantford and Paris |
| Cataraqui Trail | 104km (65miles) | Newburgh | Smiths Falls | Newburgh, Harrowsmith, Smiths Falls | former CP Rail line |
| Chedoke Radial Trail | 2.7km (01.7miles) | Hamilton | Hamilton | Hamilton | Part of the Bruce Trail. Follows a part of the right of way of the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway. |
| 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 |
| Don Mills Trail | 3km (02miles) | Toronto | Toronto | Don Mills | Rail trail |
| Elgin Trail | Thames Valley Trail at Talbotville Royal | Port Stanley | Port Stanley, St. Thomas, Talbotville Royal | connects to Thamesville Trail | |
| Elora-Cataract Trail | 47 km | Grand Valley Trail at Elora | Trans-Canada Trail at Cataract | Elora, Fergus, Elmira, Hillsburgh, Erin | |
| Feeder Canal Trail | North of Lowbanks | Welland | Welland | connects to Welland municipal trail network (Welland Canal Parkway East Side Trail) along Welland Recreational Waterway | |
| 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)[23] |
| G2G Rail Trail | 127km (79miles) | Goderich | Guelph | Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank, Milverton, Monkton, Walton, Goderich | Rail trail composed of three major segments: the Kissing Bridge Trailway at the far east end, the Perth Harvest Pathway in the middle, and the Lake Huron Route in the west. |
| Ganaraska Hiking Trail | 500km (300miles) | 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 |
| 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 (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 | |
| Georgian Bluffs Trail | 16km (10miles) | Park Head | Bruce Trail at Benallen, Ontario | Park Head, Benallen | bicycle-friendly trail |
| Georgian Trail | 34km (21miles) | Meaford | Collingwood | Meaford, Thornbury, Collingwood | connects to Collingwood municipal trail network |
| Goderich-Auburn Trail | Goderich | Auburn | Goderich, Auburn | bicycle-friendly trail | |
| 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 | 275.3km (171.1miles) | 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 |
| Grey County CP Rail Trail | Owen Sound | Dundalk, Ontario | Dundalk, Flesherton, Markdale, Chatsworth, Owen Sound | former CP Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail | |
| Haliburton County Rail Trail | 35km (22miles)[24] | Victoria Rail Trail at Kinmount | Haliburton | Haliburton | long cycling 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 |
| Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail | 32 km | Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway in Brantford | Hamilton, Ontario | Brantford, Hamilton | longest of the Cambridge-Brantford-Hamilton Trail network |
| Howard Watson Trail | Sarnia | Camlachie | Sarnia, Brights Grove, Errol, Camlachie | bicycle-friendly trail | |
| Humber Valley Trail | Palgrave | Bolton | Palgrave, Cedar Mills, Bolton | hiking trail, connects to Bruce Trail and Caledon Trailway | |
| Iron Horse Trail | 5.5km (03.4miles) | Uptown Waterloo | Kitchener | Kitchener and Waterloo | Urban rail trail between the two adjacent cities. |
| Kissing Bridge Trailway | 44km (27miles) | Millbank | Guelph | Guelph, Ariss, West Montrose, Elmira, Wallenstein, Linwood, Millbank | The trail surface is stone chip for much of the trailway. Because the trailway runs along former rail lands, it is 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. It is a part of the G2G Rail Trail. |
| 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 |
| La Cloche Silhouette Trail | 78km (48miles) | Killarney Provincial Park | Killarney Provincial Park | (Wilderness trail) | Steep grades |
| Lang-Hastings Trail | 33 km | Peterborough | Hastings | Peterborough, Assumption, Keene, Hastings | Multi-use trail that is a section of the Trans-Canada Trail. Mostly flat with a crushed limestone surface. |
| Lynn Valley Trail | 11.8km (07.3miles) | Simcoe | Port Dover | Simcoe, Port Dover | bicycle-friendly trail |
| Maitland Trail | Goderich | Auburn | Goderich, Auburn | hiking trail | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| North Simcoe Railtrail | 31.7km (19.7miles) | Elmvale | Minesing Wetlands | Elmvale, Phelpston, Anten Mills | hiking, cycling, snowmobiling, ATV-ing, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing |
| Saugeen Bluffs Trail | 2.5km (01.6miles) | ||||
| Rideau Trail | 387km (240miles) | Ottawa | Kingston | Partially overlaps the K&P Rail Trail, Cataraqui Trail, and Trans Canada Trail | |
| Saugeen Rail Trail | 11km (07miles) | Southampton | Port Elgin | Port Elgin, Southampton | former CN Rail line, bicycle-friendly trail |
| 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[25] |
| Seguin Trail | 61km (38miles) | Rose Point | Fern Glen | Rose Point, Parry Sound, Fern Glen | former Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway segment, closely follows Highway 518 |
| Spurline Trail | 2.4km (01.5miles) | Uptown Waterloo | Kitchener | Kitchener and Waterloo | Urban rail with trail corridor between the two adjacent cities. The trail runs alongside a freight-only section of the CN Waterloo Spur. |
| Thornton-Cookstown Trail | Thornton | Cookstown | Thornton, Cookstown | bicycle-friendly trail, terminates at Georgian Downs near Innisfil Heights and Highway 400 | |
| Thames Valley Trail | 110km (70miles) | 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 |
| The Crack | 7.5 km | Killarney Provincial Park | Killarney Provincial Park | (Wilderness trail) | hiking trail, known for the view at the top and the cliff creating what appears to be a crack in the mountain filled with boulders |
| Upper Canada Heritage Trail | 10.6km (06.6miles) | 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[26] |
| Victoria Rail Trail | 85km (53miles) | 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 |
| Wainfleet Rail Trail | 13km (08miles) | Lowbanks | Port Colborne | Port Colborne | former CN Rail spur, biking trail |
| Walter Bean Grand River Trail | 76km (47miles) | Waterloo | Cambridge | Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo | Runs alongside the Grand River. Connects to the Trans Canada Trail at its southern end in Cambridge. Forms a component of the Grand Valley Trail. |
| Waterfront Trail[27] | 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 |
| 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 |
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