Niagara Falls To Quebec

There is a lot of info that can be provided with a bit more about you.
What size unit are you driving, what type of camping do you plan, how much time do you have, what are your interests?

The 401 is the major highway through southern Ontario. It is very, very busy getting from Niagara Falls to East of Toronto. You will want to chose the day and time very carefully when going through Toronto.

Are you aware of gas costs in Canada? Gas is much more expensive than in the US and particularly when you get into Quebec.

You should get lots of advice on this forum. You could also do a search for postings about Niagara Falls.

Big city expressway. Fuel costs much higher so fill to the gills before leaving USA. Drivers are...unforgiving in the Toronto area.

Many years ago, on this forum, someone wrote that they were making their first foray into Canada. They asked if the 401 was a good road or whether it was 'A narrow track that wound its way through the wilderness'.
In fact the 401 was the busiest road in the world!

When I traveled from Montreal to Niagara Falls, I took Hwy 2 through Kingston. I enjoyed it very much - very pretty.

And in Kingston, you can visit the penitentiary museum (right across the street from the penitentiary) and eat at Chez Piggy.

Hwy 401 can be a "bit of a bear" at times, we live north of Toronto and try to avoid it when we can. Can't speak about LA freeways but transiting Dallas/Fort Worth is a piece of cake compared to the 401.

An alternative is the 407 ETR, a toll road that parallels the 401 to the north. It's expensive, could cost $50CDN or more one way to get across. They have agreements with most states so you will probably get a bill (don't know what happens if you don't pay it, here we can't renew our plates if we don't pay).

Diesel is about the same cost as it is here in California taking the exchange in.

You may want to look at campsites early, the parks get busy in the summer in Ontario, most provincial parks are fully booked in advance. Upper Canada Village is a nice historic stop east around the Kingston area.

Almcc-I just checked Gas Buddy for the San Francisco area for diesel and found under $4/gal. Near Quebec City the price was 1.27 per liter. That comes out to over $6 (American) per gallon. That looks like a 50% difference to me. These numbers came from Gas Buddy with the conversion being computed by frugal rv travel.com I did not do the conversion myself.

Maybe my calcs are wrong but here goes! A US gallon is 3.85 liters. At $3.99 per US gallon US$ that is $1.03 US per liter. At our 73 cent Canadian dollar compared to your US dollar that diesel is costing me $1.41 c$ per liter.So that $1.27 Quebec diesel is cheaper!

I think Bara, whoever did that $ conversion did it back asswards!
3.78l per US gal. so at 1,27 per gal. a US gallon in Quebec would be $4.80 CAN at 73 US cents per US dollar, that equals $3.50 US!

In answer to a response, I need to clarify my question. I travel in a c-class 31 ft Quantum motorhome. I pul a Honda Element behind. We try to always stay in good family campgrounds and we love seeing the beautiful country side. We don't get in a hurry and usually try to spend 6-8 weeks on the road at a time. we want to see and tour Canada then cross over into prince Edward Island, then on to Nova Scotia, then over to Bar Harbor, Me. Any helpful suggestions or places to see are greatly appreciated.

Wayne,

Unless there is some reason to go through Toronto, I'd stay in the states and then go into Canada just east of Kingston, Ontario. Follow US highway 81.

Once in Canada I'd use highway 2 instead of the 401.