Welcome to CYCLE CANADA!

Cycle Canada offers supported bicycle tours throughout Canada.

Make 2012 the year you discover Canada by bicycle. For a listing of our events visit: Cycle Canada Events. Please also visit our Event Availability page for updates on these events.

In 2012 Cycle Canada will offer supported tours that explore Canada from coast to coast to coast. Our popular annual events will again attract cyclists of all ages and from all regions of the world. We welcome old and new friends to our growing community of bicycling travellers.

Choose from our one week, two to four week and 10 week supported tours

One Week Vacations and Short Get-aways: One-week tours with indoor accommodation in historic inns, motels, B&Bs and university residences. A leisurely pace of between 81 and 110 km (50 - 68 mi). Quiet roads and friendly villages. Choose your tour:

• Southern Ontario Century Ride: 100 km or 100 miles per day
• The By-Cycle Ride, From Toronto, join the Canada Day festivities on July 1. 
• BiQue Ride Our 17th annual ride from Toronto to Montreal. 
• Voyageur Route, now in its 6th year, we explore the quiet roads, paths and villages between Canada's capital and historic Quebec City, with a stopover in Montreal. 
• Tour Vert.  Ride from Montreal to Quebec City via les Cantons Est — the Eastern Townships of Quebec. 
• Niagara Vineyards: Explore Ontario's wine and orchard country..
• Fall Colours: The Grand River with a spectacular finish at Niagara Falls

Two to Four Week Challenge: You'll take in some of Canada's most stunning scenary. Mainly camping on these two - to four-week tours. Support vehicle and we provide breakfasts and dinners on riding days. Average daily riding distances range between 102 and 117 kilometres (63 - 72 miles). Choose your tour:

• Tour Pacific (Vancouver to Calgary via the Icefields Parkway)
• Tour Atlantic (Halifax to Baddeck including P.E.I. and the Cabot Trail) and
• Tour Arctic (Vancouver to Inuvik in Canada's north, including the Dempster Highway).

Across Canada: Ten Weeks. Cycling across Canada is a dream shared by people around the world. Since 1988, we have made this dream a reality for cyclists. These are challenging rides with great rewards and riders can choose from two levels of support. Choose your tour:

• Tour TransCanada.  Travel through all 10 Canadian provinces.  10 weeks with average daily distances of about 130 kilometres (80 miles). A mix of camping and indoor stays, support vehicle with catered meals. Can't get 10 weeks off? Join us part way on Tour TransCanada!
• Tour du Canada Winner of numerous awards, 2012 will be our 24th year! 10 week tour with average daily distances of about 130 kilometres (80 miles). Travel to all 10 Canadian provinces.. Accommodation on Tour du Canada is mainly camping.  Support vehicles and staff accompany the groups.  Riders share in meal preparation. 

You can register for our rides by using this form: Registration Form (except Tour du Canada which is here: Tour du Canada Application)

In 2012 Cycle Canada is celebrating its third decade of involvement in the Canadian cycling scene.

We offer opportunities to explore Canada by bicycle, in ways not possible with other forms of transportation. We organizate short getaway tours of 2 days to 10 weeks, all great ways to see explore Canada, get fit and make new friends. Our shorter tours include indoor accommodation and our longer tours, of two to ten weeks include accommodation that is mainly camping with some indoor stays. The cycling on these longer tours is generally more challenging with greater average daily distances.

The quality and affordability of our trips attract a wide range of cyclists. We route our tours on paved roads and shared use paths, except that on Tour Arctic includes the 750-kilometre (450-mile) Dempster Highway through Arctic tundra. Participants in our events come as solo riders, couples or in small groups and we regularly have customers who have done other trips with us. Our events attract cyclists from across Canada and around the world. Age range for all tours has been 7 to over 80.   Group size on all our tours is intimate, mainly 10-40 riders.

For more information about Cycle Canada's operations, including employment opportunities, visit: About Us

Bud Jorgensen - September 2011

Cycle Canada offers supported bicycle tours throughout Canada.

We've busy doing what we love but will have a new installment soon, read our previous entry here: Blog. and our current Newsletter here: November Newsletter