Trans Canada trip: Nova Scotia to Calgary

The really good scenery is West of Calgary, Bannif, Lake Louise, Jasper & all of BC. You will see a lot of Wheat fields after you get out of Ontario.

Many private RV open the beginning of May in the Halifax area. Provincial campgrounds open the Victoria Day weekend (reservations required for water and electric sites open 02 April) I recommend Graves Island Provincial Park in Chester and MacLeod's Beach Campground in Cape Breton (Near the Cabot Trail)

Most Canadian campgrounds open on the Victoria Day weekend, which varies around May 18-24....Provincial Parks and conservation areas, usually earlier

As for the cities, Montreal and Toronto are quite easily bypassed

trailerbikecamper wrote:
It's easily done. My parent left Alberta (Edmonton) in mid July, drove to North Sydney. From there they walked onto the Newfoundland ferry. Myself, DW and parents the spent about 4 weeks touring Newfoundland. We dropped them off back at the ferry in mid-August. From there, they have so far spent another month going back to Alberta.

The last email from them said they were in Manitoba. Easily 2-3 days drive from there to Calgary.

Sounds like a great trip. Thanks for the info.

It's easily done. My parent left Alberta (Edmonton) in mid July, drove to North Sydney. From there they walked onto the Newfoundland ferry. Myself, DW and parents the spent about 4 weeks touring Newfoundland. We dropped them off back at the ferry in mid-August. From there, they have so far spent another month going back to Alberta.

The last email from them said they were in Manitoba. Easily 2-3 days drive from there to Calgary.

Update:

Got a phone call from Mom tonight. They made it home safe after almost 3months of travel across Canada and back again. They stopped and saw almost everything they wanted to. Even had time to visit the train station where Mom caught with her family when they first came to Canda in 'the late '40's, just after the war.

So to answer your question again. You will have lots of time. But a word of advice: Be self sufficient. Almost all of the campgrounds will be closed on the way home.

Hi Magnus,

My concern would be finding RV parks that are open in May. You could boondock of course. If the snow is gone, then dumping can be done at Husky gas stations for a fee.