what is camping like in Canada? and do many people camp with tents or do they prefer caravans & cabins?

i love camping (with a tent) and plan to do it a lot in summer (mostly in Alberta and BC i guess) and want to take the dogs too.

any recommendations?

nice set of wheels! but i always associate those 'homes on wheels' with pensioners, Germans and the Dutch. can you really call that camping?

seriously, does anyone still camp with a tent?

Yes tonnes of people camp with tents. Camping is HUGE here. Lots of people upgrade to something more luxurious when they can afford it as many sites only have eco toilets - saying that many more have more faciilities too. One thing I have noticed with tenting is that the tarp is put over the the tent (suspended in the trees), I suppose it helps keep the tent dry. Have a look at the Woodalls site.

thanks for the tip. i've bookmarged the Woodalls site

If you are thinking of BC take a look at www.discovercamping.ca It is the site for advance booking camp sites in the BC Provincial Parks. Not sure how they feel about dogs - would guess ok if on leash. The site doesn't start taking bookings until April 1st so gives you some time to research....You don't HAVE to book in advance but if you know a great place it does help!

Have fun
Lisa

excellent, thanks! I'm jumping the gun a bit with my research. We will only move to Alberta (hopefully) towards the end of this year, so the camping will have to wait until 2011

Camping in Canada is meant to be a big thing for them but I've found their campsites are really quite crap and not very pleasant at all. In the UK the campsites are much better. Some have swimming pools, fish and chip shops, pubs, discos and even amusement rides for the kids. My Dad would even get his morning paper delivered to our caravan. Over here they don't have half the facilities you got back home.

Depends. There are plenty of Butliz type campsites in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Generally the federally run ones are of that nature; people packed tightly together, kept docile by massive consumption of drugs and alcohol, while the provincially run ones are geared more to people who want space. There are exceptions, of course, some provincial sites near
Toronto have the charm of Coney/Canvey Island or Wasaga Beach.

Maybe its just BC that has crap ones.

We go camping ( In a tent) 3-4 times during the summer and love it , We are in Ontario and like Algonquin Park the best. Check them out at ... www.ontarioparks.ca

actually, that doesn't appeal to me at all! I like to camp in nature, with space and without crowds. A toilet & shower will do me fine.

http://www.discovertherockies.com/Wh...y/Campgrounds/

There is a great selection of campsites, within two hours driving from Calgary.

I think this thread is about camping.

In BC there are a number of 'walk in' campsites in the Provincial Parks....Obviously they don't let in the big monster campers......Another way to avoid the masses - if that is what you want is to go for the campsites with minimun amenities - i.e no showers and no hook ups.....! The Pr Park campsites that I have stayed in have been pretty nice with hedges separating each spot....You do have to get your booking in for those ones though as they vanish pretty quickly!
L