Canada 2026 Complete Guide: Banff, Lake Louise, Vancouver, Niagara Falls, Quebec City and Beyond
Browse more guides: Canada travel | North America destinations Canada 2026 Complete Guide: Banff, Lake Louise, Vancouver, Niagara Falls, Quebec City and Beyond TL;DR Canada is the second-largest country in the world, and I planned my 2026 trip the way you plan a continent rather than a country. The headline destinations split cleanly into three regions for me. The Canadian Rockies in Alberta hold Banff National Park, which was established in 1885 as Canada's first national park, plus Lake Louise at 1,750 metres elevation, Moraine Lake, and Jasper National Park. The four Rocky Mountain parks (Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay) were inscribed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. The Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper runs 230 kilometres and is the single most beautiful paved drive I have ever done. British Columbia gives me Vancouver, Whistler, Vancouver Island with Victoria and Tofino, and a coastline that feels closer to Norway than to the United States. Easte...