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The best train tours in Canada
178 hotel-based trips in Canada had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
16-day rail crossing of Canada, Vancouver to Halifax, via the Rockies
- Rail share
- 56
- Value
- 58
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
16 days · from $8,697 ($544/day)
16-day rail crossing of Canada, Halifax to Vancouver, via the Rockies
- Rail share
- 56
- Value
- 57
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
16 days · from $8,801 ($550/day)
Eastern Canada rail loop from Toronto to Montreal with train, e-bike, boat
- Rail share
- 45
- Value
- 69
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
10 days · from $5,017 ($502/day)
Nine-day Rocky Mountaineer circle tour through the Canadian Rockies
- Rail share
- 44
- Value
- 45
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
9 days · from $5,410 ($601/day)
Two-day Rocky Mountaineer rail journey from Vancouver to Lake Louise and Banff
- Rail share
- 29
- Value
- 71
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
7 days · from $3,422 ($489/day)
Rocky Mountaineer circle tour from Vancouver through Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff
- Rail share
- 44
- Value
- 45
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
9 days · from $5,410 ($601/day)
6-day Rocky Mountaineer rail trip from Vancouver to Calgary, eastbound
- Rail share
- 33
- Value
- 63
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $3,177 ($530/day)
6-day Rocky Mountaineer rail trip from Banff to Vancouver, westbound
- Rail share
- 33
- Value
- 63
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $3,177 ($530/day)
12-day Rockies and Canadian rail journey, Vancouver to Niagara Falls
- Rail share
- 42
- Value
- 47
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $7,053 ($588/day)
12-day Canadian and Rockies rail journey, Toronto to Vancouver
- Rail share
- 42
- Value
- 44
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $7,238 ($603/day)