Travel Reference
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signs in Canada give distances in kilometers and speeds in kilometers per hour (kph).
The speed limit on most major highways is 100 kph (62 mph).
Insurance
If entering Canada from the United States in your own vehicle, check that your insurance
covers travel in Canada. U.S. motorists are advised to obtain a Canadian Non-resident
Inter-provincial Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Card, available through U.S. insurance
companies, which is accepted as evidence of financial responsibility in Canada.
When renting a vehicle in Canada, you have the option of purchasing a Loss Damage
Waiver, along with other types of insurance, such as for your personal effects. Before leav-
ing home, find out if you're already covered. Many people are—through gold credit cards,
higher levels of motoring association membership, or home insurance (in the case of per-
sonal effects)—and additional coverage may be unnecessary.
Routes in Canada
The TransCanada Highway (Highway 1) stretches from one end of Canada to the other
and is the world's longest national highway (7,821 km/4,860 mi from end to end). It
passes through the Canadian Rockies towns of Canmore, Banff, and Golden. The first
major city east of the mountains is Calgary, 128 kilometers (80 miles) from Banff along
the TransCanada. The northern route across western Canada is the Yellowhead Highway,
which passes through the town of Jasper, in Jasper National Park, 364 kilometers (226
miles) east of Edmonton. From Vancouver, on the west coast of British Columbia and
the major air gateway from Asia, it's 836 kilometers (519 miles) west to Banff along the
TransCanada Highway and 781 kilometers (486 miles) northwest to Jasper along Highway
5. The TransCanada and Yellowhead Highways are linked within the Canadian Rockies by
the Icefields Parkway, which runs parallel to the Continental Divide between Lake Louise
and Jasper, a distance of 230 kilometers (143 miles).
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