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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

Graham Fraser | Industrialist
📍 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Graham Fraser | Industrialist
From New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Graham Fraser was an industrialist and community leader from Nova Scotia. Born in 1846 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Died…
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David Suzuki | Scientist, TV Host
📍 Leamington, Ontario
David Suzuki | Scientist, TV Host
Grew up in Leamington, Ontario David Takayoshi Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. Born in 1936 in Vancouver, British Columbia Grew up in…
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Joseph Boyd Martin | Dean of Harvard Medical School
📍 Bassano, Alberta
Joseph Boyd Martin | Dean of Harvard Medical School
From Bassano AB Joseph Boyd Martin is the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He served as…
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Roman Kroitor | IMAX Founder
📍 Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Roman Kroitor | IMAX Founder
From Yorkton, Saskatchewan Roman Kroitor was a filmmaker known as a co-founder of IMAX and as the creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic animation system.…
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Liz Pettapiece-Phillips | CBC Project Manager
📍 Manitouwadge, Ontario
Liz Pettapiece-Phillips | CBC Project Manager
📍 The First Person Born in Manitouwadge — and a Career Affiliated with Some of Canada’s Biggest Broadcasts Before Manitouwadge had a hospital, before it…
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Diana Krall | Jazz Singer
📍 Nanaimo, British Columbia
Diana Krall | Jazz Singer
From: Nanaimo, British Columbia Diana Jean Krall is a jazz pianist and singer — the only jazz artist to have nine albums debut at number…
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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