Hitchhiking in Canada
Hitchhiking to Canada
Recent reviews in Canada
45.5691, -73.40965
Friday afternoon. Took a city bus to get there. A lot of local people but some long distance traveller passing there, had a sign saying that i'm going east (EST in french). Dernier lift direct vers lévis apres 5 mois de voyage. J'ai fait vancouver québec en moin de 7 jours en hitchhiking.
―Mick, September 2026
45.77753, -74.02305
With a sign "MTL". A nice guy took me to the city center
―Mick, September 2026
46.11675, -74.56211
A nice lady took me in no Time and dropped me closer to montreal. Easy peasy
―Mick, September 2026
49.78607, -92.81992
Waited a bit but got extremely lucky and hitched a ride direct to Mt-tremblant. Really nice guy who let me drive during the night and we drived 20hours streight. It was like a teleportation.
―Mick, September 2026
49.81956, -96.93541
Best of the best spot to go east. In 45 minutes, 5 cars stopped and offered me rides farther east, but I turned them down because my minimum destination was Kenora. Got a direct ride to Dryden after 45 minutes.
―Mick, September 2026
44.19064, -77.39702
Good spot to Montreal
―dolenkov, September 2026
49.87949, -97.32738
Got deopped there, was lucky and a guy stopped for me and offered a lift on the perimeter hwy to the a end of the city where i wanted to hitchhike in direction of kenora
―Mick, September 2026
50.66842, -120.46268
Good spot 👌
―SamVagabond, September 2026
50.47651, -104.28103
After a day lost in regina, i tried the second morning at Balgonie where there is a flying J. A trucker took me all the way to winnipeg after a short time. Good spot for long distance, good visibility , large shoulder and people are going slow after the roundabout
―Mick, September 2026
50.47651, -104.28103
After a day lost in regina, i tried the second morning at Balgonie where there is a flying J. A trucker took me all the way to winnipeg after a short time. Good spot for long distance, good visibility , large shoulder and people are going slow after the roundabout
―Mick, September 2026
50.47651, -104.28103
After a day lost in regina, i tried the second morning at Balgonie where there is a flying J. A trucker took me all the way to winnipeg after a short time. Good spot for long distance, good visibility , large shoulder and people are going slow after the roundabout
―Mick, September 2026
50.47651, -104.28103
After a day lost in regina, i tried the second morning at Balgonie where there is a flying J. A trucker took me all the way to winnipeg after a short time. Good spot for long distance, good visibility , large shoulder and people are going slow after the roundabout
―Mick, September 2026
50.44742, -104.51045
Too much local traffic, tried a couple of place but it doesn't worked, nobody stopped in 8 hours. Shithole or maybe i was just very unlucky
―Mick, September 2026
50.42557, -105.55705
I'm not sure if it is a good spot but it worked after 30 min, best bet is to be on the side of the highway where the speed limit is 60kmh so people from the hwy can see you and the people entering too
―Mick, September 2026
50.42557, -105.55705
I'm not sure if it is a good spot but it worked after 30 min, best bet is to be on the side of the highway where the speed limit is 60kmh so people from the hwy can see you and the people entering too
―Mick, September 2026
50.42557, -105.55705
I'm not sure if it is a good spot but it worked after 30 min, best bet is to be on the side of the highway where the speed limit is 60kmh so people from the hwy can see you and the people entering too
―Mick, September 2026
51.0373, -113.37572
Got very very lucky, a men who were traveling to moose jaw stopped for me because he saw me earlier in calgary. A lot of long distance driver there.
Good spot at all, traffic light, good visibility and large shoulder
―Mick, September 2026
51.06684, -113.93531
Waited after the stop light on the left side. There is a shouder. A lot of local traffic, waited a bit and a old men took me out of the city. The best is to stop to stratmore for a longer lift. There is traffic lights
―Mick, September 2026
50.71062, -119.229
Got a ride all the way to calgary, i think i was very very lucky. Good spot with a traffic light ans a large shoulder. People are going fast when the light is green but there is good visibility
―Mick, September 2026
50.70704, -119.24949
A old hitchhiker saw me and took me outside of the town at the junction of the 97. He said that spot is not good, it paid i got another ride in 5 minutes
―Mick, September 2026
Recent reviews mentioning Canada
54.51861, -128.64889
Good spot all people taking that road go to Prince Rupert, keep in mind it's sketchy bit of road as it is super remote especially for women as bad thing happen there , hitch in pairs never hitch at night , one of the only place in Canada you will see no hitchhiking sings
―Cigarettesbum, August 2026
54.5187, -128.65045
Good spot people taking that are sure to get to Prince Rupert , keep in mind that spot could be particularly sketchy for a single women as this road is extremely remote and got bad history concerning women safety hitch in pairs , never hitch at night , this road is one of the only spot in Canada where you will see no hitchhiking street signs
―Cigarettesbum, August 2026
47.96991, -84.78509
well probably the most notorious place to hitch in Canada...the o.p.p. are super shitty as well...but the only time I hitchhiked here i got a ride to jasper in 17 minutes...wouldn't try it again I just got super lucky
―Anonymous, July 2026
66.16866, 22.80666
Not the best spot as cars go pretty fast even tho there is a speed camera. And visibility is pretty shit. But a guy from Canada who was driving for Nordkapp to Stockholm nonstop took me to Tore. Sadly I wasnt going to Stockholm :///. But a bit of strange guy just casually doing 20 hour of driving.
―kiausiniuvagis, July 2026
22.26318, 113.99813
Got a ride with a woman from Canada that has now been living in Lantau Island for 10 years or so.
―Anettlee17, June 2026
49.01625, -115.04697
Took me 45 minutes to pass the border.
Customs asked a bunch of questions, but they didn't check my bag.
They were concerned if I had adapted gear for the cold. They also asked if I had a place to stay during my time in Canada. Saying I was couchsurfing in Vancouver and didn't have the address yet was enough (Although I had another place with a proper address and proofs that I was expected there.)
I also had to show I have enough funds for the length of my stay.
Probably easier to hitchhike directly at the border, but I wanted to walk and as border patrol was not the friendliest, I preferred taking my distances.
Few cars passed me (On a winter morning, the traffic was more important southbound) when one finally stopped. Two young adults on their way to Cranbrook. They were nice.
―Osparagus, February 2026
47.58682, -59.14171
If you don't ask people on the ferry because you fell asleep (like me), this is your best shot of getting a ride. This is where the trans canada begins again, the shuttle bus can take you fairly close. Try not to miss it though (like me), cause that will decrease your chances. If you miss all the cars coming off the ferry you'll have to wait til the next one comes. You can stand anywhere in the curve, the shoulder is very wide. Got a ride within 20 minutes.
―Anonymous, October 2015
44.32221, -78.39246
I started my cross-Canada hitchhike out of this spot. As soon as I stood out on the road with my thumb I got a ride.
―Anonymous, March 2015
47.95718, -84.82365
shittiest place in all of canada for hitching. it had a bad reputation. almost better to walk down the highway a couple ks until you are on a flatter, straighter section. you will get a ride but it will take a couple days. bring warm clothes
―Anonymous, February 2015
46.13517, -67.78124
No idea about hitching from here into Canada, though...
―Ofercarmon, November 2014
51.31946, -116.97412
Hitching west towards Vancouver. All the traffic going Trans Canada has to stop there at traffic lights, so it's a good spot. Also wide shoulders to pull over.
And there's a lot of gas stations and dining places around, you can go there and ask people.
―Anonymous, October 2014
63.3352, -142.98587
Got a ride to Alberta, Canada through Dawson City after half an hour :D
―K9f100, September 2014
63.3352, -142.98587
Gas station here where a lot of cars stop. Hitching to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Canada possible.
―Anonymous, September 2014
64.83399, -147.70872
After 15 minutes got a ride to North Pole. Then it got much harder and longer waits - going to Canada.
―K9f100, September 2014
64.83399, -147.70872
Hitching south-east to North Pole, Delta Junction, Tok, Valdez, Canada.
A lot of traffic, mostly locals, but some go out of Fairbanks. Good place to pull over, cars are slow after traffic lights and can see you.
―Anonymous, September 2014
45.42092, -73.94781
Quite a neat spot, though I had to wait a bit over an hour, which is longer than Quebec average for me. Maybe beacuse I started on the morning of Canada Day.
Easy to get to, $3 bus ride from the centre of Montreal. Great place to pull over, long straight stretch to get noticed from far, as though it was meant for hitching. Not so much traffic though.
―K9f100, September 2014
48.40013, -53.37459
I got stuck here for really long (around 3 hours), trying to hitch west to Trans Canada Highway. Empty road, especially in the evening (had luck next morning), most people going from Port Rexton turn to Trinity.
―Anonymous, June 2014
51.06653, -113.90799
2 of us waited about 45 minutes. Cars are fast, there's no much place to stop, but still after enough time someone will pull over. Whole Trans-Canada traffic goes here.
―K9f100, December 2013
56.24757, -120.87518
A fair bit of long-distance traffic stops at this Petro-Canada.
―Anonymous, July 2013
41.74031, -74.06188
With a sign for "CANADA", plenty of friendly cars stopped, though most were only going as far as Kingston. After under an hour got a ride to just south of Albany.
―Anonymous, July 2013