The Ultimate Canadian Road Trip

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Behold the ultimate cross-Canada journey according to an algorithm devised by Randy Olson, a computer science PhD candidate at Michigan State University.

According to Olson, this entire route is 16,226 kilometres long. It would take 8.13 days straight of non-stop driving to do the whole drive — or roughly 32 days, if you only drove six hours per day.

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Here is the full list of stops on this road trip:

British Columbia

- Stanley Park

- Haida Gwaii (ferry from Prince Rupert)

Alberta

- Lake Louise in Banff National Park

- Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park

Saskatchewan

- Fort Battleford

- Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Manitoba

- Riding Mountain National Park

- Riel House

Yukon

- Dawson Historic Complex

- Kluane National Park

Northwest Territories

- Kittigazuit Archaeological Sites

- Wood Buffalo National Park

Ontario

- Niagara Falls

- Parliament Buildings

- Pukaskwa National Park

Quebec

- Old Montreal

- Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé

New Brunswick

- Hartland covered bridge

- Hopewell Rocks

Nova Scotia

- Cabot Trail

- Peggy's Cove

P.E.I.

- Cavendish and Green Gables

- Province House

Newfoundland and Labrador

- Signal Hill

- Gros Morne National Park