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We’ve mapped 992 small communities across Canada. The last eight, we’d like to choose with you — tell us which town belongs on the map, and why it’s worth the trip.

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Canada’s tourism is supported by provincial and regional organizations across 13 provinces and territories. 1000towns complements their work by connecting travellers with small communities coast to coast — the towns that don’t have their own marketing budgets but deserve to be found.

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Castor’s Letters

“I travel small Canadian towns. The kind most people drive past. I send a letter every Monday about what I notice.”

PEOPLE of small towns

The people who put small towns on the map

Olympic champions, literary legends, artists, and trailblazers — all from towns you can visit today

Henry Wolsey Bayfield | Great Lakes Surveyor
📍 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Henry Wolsey Bayfield | Great Lakes Surveyor
Charted the Great Lakes and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Spent his final decades in Charlottetown, where he's buried.
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Glenn Howard | Curler
📍 Tiny, Ontario
Glenn Howard | Curler
From Midland & Tiny, Ontario Glenn William Howard is Four-time Canadian and World Curling Champion. 2019. Best Curling Shot by Glenn Howard Born in 1962 in…
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Rosie MacLennan | Trampoline Champion
📍 King, Ontario
Rosie MacLennan | Trampoline Champion
From King, Ontario Rosannagh “Rosie” MacLennan is a World and Olympic Trampoline champion. Born in 1988 in King, Ontario At age 11, Rosie began competing…
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Sidney Crosby | Golden Goal Author
📍 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
Sidney Crosby | Golden Goal Author
Born and raised in Cole Harbour — three Stanley Cups, two Olympic golds, and a hockey school back home every summer where it all started.
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Billy Bishop | Flying Ace
📍 Owen Sound, Ontario
Billy Bishop | Flying Ace
From Owen Sound, Ontario Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop was the top-scoring Canadian and Imperial ace of World War 1, credited with 72 victories…
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Peter Mansbridge | Broadcaster
📍 Churchill, Manitoba
Peter Mansbridge | Broadcaster
Got his start at Churchill Airport — a CBC station manager heard his voice over the PA and offered him a job on the spot.
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Interactive Route Guides

The trips you can't plan from a search engine. One painter's Ontario. A waterway traced lock by lock. The birthplace of Cirque du Soleil. Curated Canadian stories, mapped for the modern road-tripper — with interactive routes, stop-by-stop plans, and the places search engines miss.

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Trent-Severn Waterway

A lock-by-lock guide to Ontario’s 386 km National Historic waterway — by boat, or visited town-by-town by car.

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Tom Thomson’s Ontario
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.

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Wellington County guide
Limestone gorges, Scottish stone streets, rich history, and a luxury hotel on the Grand River — two days west of the city.

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Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
Mennonite markets, artisan cheese, and the Stratford Festival — two days west of the city.

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Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
Seventy kilometres of gravel road through the Spray Valley — the quiet way around the Rockies, with a famous afternoon tea in the middle.

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Kananaskis Country Guide
A slow weekend drive through Canada’s quietest Rockies, ending at the highest paved road in the country.

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Bow Valley Parkway Guide
A slow 48-km Rockies drive past waterfalls, castle peaks, and wildlife corridors.
Fall Interactive Map Summer
Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
An interactive map of Stratford & Mennonite Country, Ontario — Mennonite markets, artisan cheese, and the Stratford Festival — two days west of the city.
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Interactive Map Summer
Kananaskis Country Guide
Kananaskis Country Guide
An interactive map of the Kananaskis Country — A slow weekend drive through Canada’s quietest Rockies, ending at the highest paved road in the country.
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Interactive Map
Bow Valley Parkway Guide
Bow Valley Parkway Guide
An interactive map of the Bow Valley Parkway — 48 km from Banff to Lake Louise, every stop pinned: waterfalls, wildlife, and Castle Mountain.
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Interactive Map Summer
Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
An interactive map of the Smith-Dorrien Trail — Canmore to the Kananaskis Lakes: Seventy kilometres of gravel road through the Spray Valley — the quiet…
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All-season
Top 10 Towns with Postcard Views
Top 10 Towns with Postcard Views
Plan your first spring drive to a town that looks like it belongs on a postcard.
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All-season
Top 10 Towns with Delightful Cafes
Top 10 Towns with Delightful Cafes
A small-town café, a quiet main street, and nowhere you need to be. That's a spring weekend.
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