An app for iPhone and Apple Watch
Across Canada.
Walk or wheel the whole country, from the Pacific in Tofino, British Columbia, all the way to the Cape Spear Lighthouse in Newfoundland, the most easterly point in North America. Take it one day at a time and learn a little about Canada as you go.
The grand journey
27,266 km
Requires iPhone; the Apple Watch app is optional.
Journeys
Three ways to go
Coast to coast, province by province, or the Marathon of Hope.
Province by province
10 + 3
Ten provinces and three territories, each one its own journey.
Accessible
Walk or wheel
Steps on foot and pushes in a wheelchair both count.
Apple Watch
On your wrist
A companion app for Apple Watch, so your journey comes along on every walk.
Pick your journey.
Three ways to make your way across the map.
01
Walk Across Canada
The big one. Start on the Pacific coast in Tofino, British Columbia, and keep going until you reach the Cape Spear Lighthouse on the Atlantic in Newfoundland.
02
Province by Province
Pick one province or territory and walk it end to end. Prince Edward Island makes a lovely first weekend; Ontario is a little more of a commitment.
03
Marathon of Hope
Follow the whole route Terry set out to run: from St. John's, where he dipped his leg in the Atlantic on April 12, 1980, all the way across the country to Victoria, British Columbia, where he hoped to dip it in the Pacific.
Go at your own pace.
It's a long way to Cape Spear. Speed things up, or catch up on the walking you've already done.
PACE
Set your pace
Walk at 1x, or give every step a boost at 2x, 3x or 5x. Tap one to see how long the grand journey takes at 10,000 steps a day.
9.7 years
Tofino to Cape Spear at 1x
About 3,541 days of walking.
BACK-DATING
Count the days you've already walked
Started the app today? Back-date your journey and the walking you did earlier counts too, so you make even more progress.
Coast to coast.
Canada is a ridiculously beautiful country. There's surf and old-growth rainforest on the west coast, snow-capped mountains, prairie skies that go on forever, a vast Arctic, glacier-carved lakes, and rugged, beautiful coastlines. There's so much to love and celebrate about this beautiful country, and that's why I made Across Canada. It's my little tribute to a place I'm so proud to call home, with so much beauty to appreciate and so much still to discover.
Learn as you go.
Every so often you reach somewhere new, and the app tells you a little about it. A bit of history, a bit of geography, or something you never knew about Canada.
Newfoundland and Labrador
On Signal Hill in St. John's, Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal in 1901.
Ontario
Just outside Thunder Bay, the Terry Fox Monument looks out over Lake Superior, close to where the Marathon of Hope ended.
Manitoba
The Forks in Winnipeg, where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet, has been a meeting place for over 6,000 years.
App features.
Everything you need to make the trip, and a few nice extras along the way.
Your progress on the map
See exactly where you are, how far you've come and how far it is to the next town.
Works with Apple Health
Your steps or wheelchair pushes move you forward automatically, no logging needed.
Milestones along the way
Cross into a new province and the app marks the moment.
Walk it or wheel it
Built so everyone can take part, on foot or in a wheelchair.
Widgets
Keep an eye on your journey right from your Home Screen.
Apple Watch app
Check today's distance on your wrist, with complications for your watch face.
Privacy
No ads, no tracking.
Across Canada reads your steps from Apple Health, moves you along the map, and that's it. Nothing about you is collected or sold.
Companion app
On your wrist.
Across Canada comes with an Apple Watch app, so you can check in on your journey without reaching for your phone.
A closer look.
Questions?
Feedback, ideas or something not working? Send me an email at hello@basicappleguy.com.