Driving across Canada
 

We are considering driving our cars, huge dogs, and kids from Vancouver to Halifax at the end of November.
Do you think it is doable?
Which route is best?
Will there be lots of snow ? Weather and storms are our major safety concern.
It would be far far cheaper to drive and as we both are not working we could take 2 to 3 weeks ?
What does everything think ? I have no idea as only been here in Vancouver and flown once to Halifax to buy the house !

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You must be crazy.

6,000kms and 63hrs of driving in November would be hell for you and all your poor passengers. After you have paid gas, accommodation, food, speeding tickets etc, how much are you actually saving? Once you have that figure, decide if it is worth it.

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I would like to do it once. I've driven to and from the US west coast umpteen times and found Nebraska agonising (except the time when we were in a tornado). I would expect Canada from Calgary to Montreal to be a lot like Nebraska. I'd like to know if I'd get to the other end or take the easy way out and shoot myself somewhere above the Dakotas.

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Oh so funny - thats why i am asking - dont think we would ever have the opportunity or inclination to do it again - thats why we are considering it.

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Go to Google Maps and put in directions from Vancouver BC to Halifax NS. You should get 3 x routes. Pick the 2 days 8 hrs 6228 kms I-90 route which should be the 1st one. That time of year the US Interstate is a no brainer compared to the Trans Canada.

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I would drive across Canada by cutting down into the US and taking their interstate system.

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What will the weather be like?

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https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...acf4e43d2f.jpg
which route??

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The blue, southerly, one will be as weathery as I'd want to deal with.

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In November, I would head a long way south, travel west in the sunshine and back up the west coast to Vancouver.

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Far enough south to turn into a boomerang?

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we are going to halifax :-)
leaving the very overpriced and overcrowed vancouver

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I would do the 6141 km route all across the US. I have driven back that route and the US Interstates are quicker and safer.

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That means giving up the chance to visit Quebec City in favour of seeing more trees. I wouldn't do that.

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Concur with the others - the time to do this is the summer, not end of November.

Weather will be a huge concern, and also as Danny B noted I doubt this will actually be cheaper (and, will probably be vastly more expensive).

Sure it's feasible but likely to be miserable.

The prairies are underrated, but you have to see them when they aren't covered with a metre of snow.