The Trans Canada Trail, which spans Canada coast-to-coast, has gotten a $55 million commitment in new Canadian government funding for enhancements and expansion as well as maintenance.
The budget commitment is spread over five years, and was announced earlier this week as part of Canada’s Budget 2022.
The idea for the trail came in 1992, when an Albertan and a Quebec resident proposed it and began advocating for connecting existing trails around the country with new links where necessary. A first complete cross-country connection was made by 2017. The trail, which now includes 28,000 km on land and water, is the world’s longest multi-use trail.
Over 80% of Canadians live within 30 minutes of a trail segment. It passes through 32 Parks Canada sites and near 30 other national historic sites and parks, as well as passing through every provincial and territorial capital, as well as 15,000 other communities.
