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Farming in the Wind

According to statistics, about half of Canada’s farmland is in Saskatchewan.  Sure enough, most towns along the railway have a grain elevator. Through Couchsurfing, we had the opportunity to stay with...

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The Fickle Heart of Canada

After biking 100km, what better way to spend the evening than to get a tour of Winnipeg – on bikes?! Yep! That’s what we did and we loved it. Our host, Aaron, told us he’d been a cycling tour guide in...

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Superior Swimming

Okay, I’ll just spit it out. All this biking is too hard, so we decided to fly to Mexico and enjoy the beautiful beaches. Just kidding, that’s Bathtub Island. You can wade out to this place from the...

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Fruits and Vegetables du Terroir

After two culture filled rest days in Montreal,  we stayed with Cedric and Anika in Joliette. Cedric works at the farm market and gets fresh local vegetables, which we got to try in the form of tasty...

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The Fertile Banks of the St. Lawrence

Cycle touring is great because you often stay in rural places. Our St-Vallier hosts, Dany and Maïté, live in a part of town that’s not even connected to the town’s water supply. The house’s water comes...

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L’Acadie Sur Mon Bike, C’est Awesome

Tour de Sustainability’s team has temporarily increased in numbers. Amanda, one of the original team members, joined us for the weekend. As luck would have it, just then we hit three consecutive days...

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Setting Sail for Nova Scotia

Avast ye, mateys! Lower the sails and drop the anchor. We approach a new land. Aye aye, captain! Though we did not land in the port city of Halifax, we did spend a few days there. Anya’s friend Hamdi...

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Coasting Along the Cabot Trail

The day we hit our 8,000km mark we also arrived on Cape Breton Island. The highway loop around the northern part of the island is called the Cabot Trail. Like Anya’s bike, it is named after the...

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Moose-ion: Impossible

In Vancouver, when you have a ferry reservation you need to show up a half hour before it leaves. In North Sydney, it’s two hours! We became aware of this minor difference 70 minutes before scheduled...

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The Sustainability Picture

After cycling all across the country, what did we find out about sustainability in Canada? We spoke with over 50 people across the 10 provinces. Our encounters were amazingly varied, and each story was...

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