Tour TransCanada - Vancouver to St. John's

On Tour TransCanada cyclists ride across Canada in 10 weeks, or in segments. In 2012 we will take a maximum of 18 cyclists.

Accommodation is a mix of indoor stays and camping. Rest days and indoor stays are in major city centres, including Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City.

Full Tour

• Vancouver, B.C. to St. John's, Newfoundland

• Dates: June 13 to August 24, 2012
  

Segments

• Vancouver, B.C. to Toronto, Ontario

• Dates: June 13 to July 29, 2012

• Toronto, Ontario to St. John's, Newfoundland

• Dates: July 30 to August 24, 2012

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Included in your Tour TransCanada package:

• Trip preparation guide, including training trips, route and routine overviews and safety information. Full-day trip orientation on the first day of schedule.
• Pre-booked accommodation, Iindoor accommodation at hotels, motels and university summer hotels and ferry cabins with double accommodaiton. Camping in serviced campgrounds, including private, provincial and federal parks. Double accommodation with some single accommodation. Guranteed single available as a suppemental cost. Rest day accommodation is indoor plus additional indoor stays on some riding days.
• Daily maps and route instructions. Luggage service to overnight stays. Major Ferry fees are included. Tour Jersey (Full Tour Participants), CycleCanada Water Bottle, Safety Triangle to wear while riding.
• Support staff, cook and driver. Meals included in the package are prepared by our staff or in restaurants. Participants bring mess kits and are only responsible for cleaning their own mess kits. Fruit and snacks will be available to take with you on riding days. Dinners and hot breakfasts are provided on all riding days when we are camping, except for dinner on the night before a rest day. For indoor stays on riding days there will be some additional meals included in the package. Farewell group meal in St. John’s.
• Support Vehicle: Full tool kit and work stand on support vehicle, support vehicle is equipped with power outlets for charging phones and computers and for pumping up sleeping mats. Riders have individual storage shelves for gear. There is a fridge, coffee maker, shelter tent, tool kit and floor pump.

Being part of a group provides individuals with the confidence and resources to meet their goals and makes possible a trip that many would not contemplate on their own. Participants become part of a small, close-knit community that moves across the continent during ten weeks of summer.

A common question is how fit or athletic must you be to begin the Tour. In contemplating a cross-continent bike tour, a mental toughness is as important as physical toughness. A fit person is capable of doing this trip but you will need discipline to do the necessary training and a determination to keep going on those days when riding conditions are less than ideal.

Yes - you can join the ride for segments!

On Tour TransCanada we'll travel from Vancouver, B.C., to St. John's, Newfoundland, through all 10 Canadian Provinces. Rest days are in major cities along the way.

From Vancouver we follow the Fraser River to Hope and take the Manning Park pass route through the Coast Mountains to follow the Okanagan Lakes to Kelowna. At the north end of the Okanagan District we take the Rogers Pass and Kicking Horse Pass routes to cross the Rockies into Alberta. Past Calgary we follow a route north of the TransCanada Highway to Regina, then north of the TransCanada again to Winnipeg, and again to the Manitoba-Ontario boundary.

To Kenora there is only one road and then we go south through Fort Frances to reach Thunder Bay. Around Lake Superior we follow Route 17 through Sault Ste. Marie and then go south to Manitoulan Island. After a ferry crossing to Tobermory we are on local roads in southern Ontario to go through Toronto and then on to Ottawa. We follow the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers through Montreal and Quebec City and then go overland to reach the Saint John River valley in New Brunswick.

From Fredericton we go overland to Moncton and on to the Acadian coast. Our route takes Confederation Bridge onto Prince Edward Island and we go through Charlottetown to get to the ferry to Nova Scotia. We go through Cape Breton to reach the ferry dock and a ship that takes us to Newfoundland. In St. John's the ride concludes with a climb up Signal Hill.

Tour TransCanada

Full Tour

• Vancouver, B.C. to St. John's, Newfoundland
• Dates: June 13 to August 24, 2012
• indoors and camping accommodation, 1 Ferry night, double cabin
• Fee: $7,975.00
• Guaranteed Single Supplement:$1,075.00
• Deposit: $1,000.00

Segments (Deposit for all segments is $1000.00

• Vancouver, B.C. to Toronto, Ontario
• Dates: June 13 to July 29, 2012
• Fee: $5,640.00
• Guaranteed Single Supplement:$575.00
  
  
• Toronto, Ontario to St. John's, Newfoundland
• Dates: July 30 to August 24, 2012
• Fee: $3,120.00
• Guaranteed Single Supplement:$500.00

**Many of the indoors stays (those in university residences) have single bedrooms and this is included in the package fee. To guarantee all indoor nights as single rooms we offer this single supplement. On some nights there may be limited availability on this option and we offer it as a first come basis.

Fees are per person in Canadian Funds
Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is in addition to above fees.
A discount on this tax applicable to non-residents of Canada. We recommend you obtain travel, medical and personal insurance. Please read our policy statement for Cycle Canada events: Policies

You'll find information on other great cycling tours in Canada here: Cycle Canada Events.