Information for hiking clubs, trail activists, environmentalists, and avid hikers.
Presentation Materials
Natural and Cultural Heritage of Ontario's Trails
An interactive guide to all the hiking trails in the province of Ontario.
Download the PowerPoint presentation (PPS)
Hiking with Kids
A PowerPoint presentation full of colour photos of hiking with kids.
Download the PowerPoint presentation (ZIP)
Environmental Websites
Ontario Trails Strategy
The Ontario Trails Strategy is a long-term plan that establishes strategic directions for planning, managing, promoting and using trails in Ontario.
www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/sport/recreation/trail_strategy.shtml
David Suzuki’s Nature Challenge
The David Suzuki Foundation challenges you to spend 30 minutes a day in nature for 30 days to kick-start a nature habit that lasts all year-round.
davidsuzuki.org/take-action/act-locally/one-nature-challenge/
The Nature Conservancy of Canada
This website provides information and opportunities to support environmental action in our country.
www.natureconservancy.ca
The Sierra Club
The Sierra Club website offers environmental information and opportunities for action.
www.sierraclub.org
Publications
Bruce Trail Association - Maintenance Guides for Trail Workers
Useful resources for volunteer trail maintenance workers.
https://brucetrail.org/pages/resources/volunteer-resources/trail-maintenance
E-Magazine
Environmental magazine for electronic information on the environment.
www.emagazine.com
Hiking Organizations
Hike Canada En Marche
The dream of a pedestrian trail across Canada lives here.
http://www.hikecanada.org
The Trans Canada Trail
A nation-wide organization dedicated to creating a multi-use trail across Canada by 2017.
http://www.tctrail.ca/
Hike Ontario Fact Sheet Archive
Hike Ontario has Fact Sheets on a variety of topics: where to hike, how to prepare for a hike, safety, poison ivy and more.
Walking, the Activity of a Lifetime
Suggestions for beginners on how to get started in walking and hiking.
Introduction to Backpacking
ackpacking how-tos and a useful checklist of things to pack.
Walking in Ontario's National Parks
The hikes and walks in five of Ontario's National Parks.
Best Backpacking in Provincial Parks
The several provincial parks which offer wilderness camping along hiking trails.
Best Walking in Provincial Parks
A sample of nine provincial parks which have good one-day hikes.
Best Walking in Conservation Areas
A sample of conservation areas with good one-day hikes.
Rail Trails for Walking
A sample of trails on abandoned railway lines.
The Benefits of Walking and the Importance of Trails in Ontario
A collection of facts and figures supporting hiking and trails.
Books for Walking and Hiking
Bibliography of books on walking and hiking.
Outdoor Skills Training
Course providers and programs in Ontario of interest to hikers.
Winter Walking and Hiking
Don't let the weather get you down! Winter can be the most enjoyable season.
Poison Ivy
It's all here. Pictures, stories, information, quiz, other sources...
Hike Ontario Risk Management Manual (PDF)
Safety on the Trail—Insurance & Risk Management
Links
Hike Ontario is not able to endorse or control the content of these websites but provides them in order to link walkers, hikers, environmentalist and trail promoters to services they may find useful.
Hiking in Ontario
- Ontario Parks
- Conservation Ontario
- Ontario Trails Council
- Trans Canada Trail (Ontario)
- Toronto Hiking
- Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance
- Waterfront Trail
- Ontario Travel
Hiking in Canada
Hiking Equipment
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Europe Bound, Toronto
- Trailhead Kingston
- Trailhead Ottawa
- Sojourn, Barrie & Collingwood