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We’ve mapped 993 small communities across Canada. The last seven, 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

Rupert Michell | Antarctic Surgeon
Rupert Michell | Antarctic Surgeon
The Perth doctor who sailed with Shackleton to the bottom of the world.
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Earl Thomson | Olympic Champion
📍 Birch Hill, Saskatchewan
Earl Thomson | Olympic Champion
From Birch Hill SK Earl John “Tommy” Thomson was an athlete, a specialist in the high hurdles; the first Olympic gold medalist in 110 m…
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William Dodge Lovitt | Shipowner
📍 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
William Dodge Lovitt | Shipowner
From Yarmouth, Nova Scotia In the late 1800s, William D. Lovitt was one of Yarmouth’s most prominent shipowners. Born in 1834 Died in 1894 William…
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Norman Bethune | Hero of China
📍 Gravenhurst, Ontario
Norman Bethune | Hero of China
From Gravenhurst, Owen Sound, Ontario Dr. Norman Bethune’s statues and photographs of him can be found everywhere in China. More than 250 schools, hospitals and…
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Marie Dressler | Hollywood’s Star
📍 Cobourg, Ontario
Marie Dressler | Hollywood’s Star
From Cobourg, Ontario Marie Dressler is one of the greatest comediennes of her generation and one of Hollywood’s best-loved stars. Born in 1868 in Cobourg,…
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The People of Gander | Community
📍 Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
The People of Gander | Community
On September 11, 2001, Gander took in 6,700 stranded passengers from 38 diverted planes. Their story became the Broadway musical Come From Away.
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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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Cirque du Soleil’s Quebec
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.

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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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