YOUR one-stop information source about travel by road along the Trans-Canada Highway
We launched in 1999, when we started building the sister FoundLocally.com local business directories. The site includes TONS of travel information about the provinces, and communities along the way. We also include lots of travel planning tips
You can access common data with keyboard shortcuts in the format transcanadahighway.com/#### (shortcuts are entered lower-case):
· Access provinces with their 2 letter code (/bc, /ab, /sk) and/or 3 for /pei and /nwt
· Access major cities by name (/calgary /vancouver /saskatoon ) to jump to that page directly
· Access major features /history /weather /roads /wine /beer /movies
The site provides route itineraries of short (200-300 kilometre) segments between major communities, so you can combine them into one-day driving plans. Each itinerary has an overview of what to see and do and details of (literally) every street, highway, river, and lake you pass, with clickable exit maps, to show businesses and facilities around that exit. The itineraries go from Victoria on Vancouver Island, all the way to St John’s on Newfoundland
The data on our community & our exit maps shows the local facilities, using the extensive data submitted by businesses to FoundLocally.com (there, we provide FREE LISTINGS for local businesses) in layers to reduce clutter: one layer for shopping & dining, one layer for travel & attractions (and hotels), one layer for sports & recreation, one layer for homes & neighbourhoods, and one layer for emergency responders (F, P and H)
in 2008, we added integration with Facebook, Twitter and other social media, so you can get updates on weather and road conditions through those networks as well as from our website.
In 2010, we added a mobile version of our site, to make the content accessible on smartphones using WiFi or phone network access. In 2015, we upgraded to “Responsive Design” so it works flexibly on ALL devices (and for us, we benefited by having only ONE set of code to manage and update!)
In 2012, we added Google Translate so users in 57 languages can view our content in their native language. Since then they have expanded that capability to 120 languages.
In 2017, for the Canada 150 celebrations, we added the History of the Trans-Canada Highway, linked to & from each route segment and provincial overview pages.
In 2020, we merged in key content from our thirty sister FoundLocally.com community directory websites, and shifted the brand focus from the #1 national highway to all about travel in and across Canada. We have already added significant local content, and will add other major routes (Ontario’s 401)) and other Trans-Canada routes, including Ontario’s #7 southern route, #11 northern route, and in the west the #3 Crowsnest Route, and the #16 Yellowhead Route.
