Canada Bucket List Holidays

Canada has a habit of making you feel small in the best possible way. We've stood at the foot of the Rockies more times than we can count, and it never quite stops being humbling. Ride VIA Rail's Canadian out of Toronto and onto the Rocky Mountaineer for the run through Banff to Vancouver, tack on an Alaska cruise if the glaciers are calling, or take the wheel yourself on a fly drive that winds from Vancouver through Whistler and out to Pacific Rim's wild coastline. Time it right and you can catch the Calgary Stampede in full swing, all cowboy hats and chuckwagon races, or head north instead to Churchill, where polar bears wander the tundra as if they own the place, which, frankly, they do. Whichever way you go, this is a country built on scale and patience, and every trip below can be tailor made to suit exactly how much of it you'd like to see.