Travelodge by Wyndham Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Drive-up rooms in this compact downtown motel are clean; they come equipped with microwaves and fridges.
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British Columbia
Spotless rooms and enormous beds are the main attractions. All rooms have microwave, kettle and fridge.
Labrador
All 20 rooms here have a kitchenette. There's also a dining room with proper meals and a pub.
Taamarvik Territorial Park Campground
Nunavut
Basic campground with tent platforms, firepits and windbreaks, a 30-minute stroll from town.
Barachois Pond Provincial Park
Western Newfoundland
Has 150 sites with picnic tables, showers, laundry and dump station. With wheelchair access.
Labrador
This large, 25-room lodge and its restaurant (meals $15 to $22) is your best bet in Nain.
Taqaiqsirvik Territorial Park Campground
Nunavut
This campground has simple tents sites, plus fire pits, pit toilets and picnic tables.
Newfoundland & Labrador
Provides spacious, standard-furnished rooms; even-numbered ones have harbor views.
Jasper National Park
A basic hut on the Wapta Traverse hike between Bow Lake and Peyto Lake. Sleeps 30.
Saskatchewan
For simple style, this motel has tidy rooms on the eastern approach to town.
Dawson City
Convenience trumps atmosphere at this 83-site gravel parking lot for RVs.
Edmonton
As if West Edmonton Mall wasn't surreal enough, this adjoining hotel is something to behold. There are standard rooms, but the real draws are the themed…
Jasper Town & Around
With its gabled Bavarian roof rising kitty-corner from the train station, the Astoria is one of the town's most distinctive pieces of architecture and one…
Port Mouton International Hostel
Nova Scotia
This extremely basic hostel five minutes from the park's Seaside Adjunct is run by the local community in a former school. There are 30 super-cramped bunk…
Lake Louise
While this large, sprawling resort near the village is feeling rather dated, it nonetheless offers an indoor pool, three restaurants, a ski waxing and…
Protection Mountain Campground
Banff National Park
This basic campground along the Bow Valley Pkwy between Castle Mountain and Lake Louise has 72 first-come, first-served sites, but with no hookups or…
Tadoussac
This guesthouse has simple, comfortable rooms with excellent views of the fjord and the estuarine point of impact where the Saguenay hits the St Lawrence…
Nunavut
Picturesquely situated atop town by the rushing Duval River, this little-used campground has wooden shelter platforms to help with the howling wind,…
Banff Town
A marginal drop in price and quality on the upper reaches of Banff Ave lands you in Irwin's, where the rooms are clean and comfortable (but nothing fancy)…
Jasper National Park
This dull motel is one of only a handful of accommodations options on the Icefields Pkwy. The bog-standard units are arranged around a central courtyard,…
Gaspé Peninsula
It's a little musty, but damn, this 19th-century hotel has character. It's not the best spot for fussy travelers, but if you don't mind the odd bit of…
British Columbia
There are two Alpine Club of Canada Huts at Lake O’Hara: the Abbot and Elizabeth Parker. Reservations are mandatory, and include a seat on one of the…
Québec
This central HI hostel in an old house has small dorms with attached bathrooms, as well as private rooms, some with their own showers. The long-term staff…
Eastern Townships & Mauricie
You can sleep in four- to 10-person dorms in one of two outdoor lodges. They are 3.5km from the nearest parking lots, so you must come in by foot, bike,…
Newfoundland & Labrador
Located at the park's northern end, Malady Head is smaller, quieter and more primitive (though it does have showers) than the main Newman Sound Campground.
Jasper National Park
This is the northernmost hut on the Wapta Icefield, allowing adventurers to complete the so-called Wapta Traverse. Sleeps 18 in summer and 16 in winter.
Gaspé Peninsula
This campground southwest of downtown has 124 secluded, private sites among the trees. From town, head south toward Amqui, on Rue Henri Dunant.
Gaspé Peninsula
This sprawling no-frills motel complex is centrally located, with 96 large units and a bar and restaurant. It's now managed by Rodeway Inn.
Banff National Park
Little more than a tin shack, this ACC hut sleeps six and is located halfway up Castle Mountain. It’s mainly used by rock climbers.
Gaspé Peninsula
This well-equipped campground south of the village comes with laundry facilities, a pool and a tennis court.
Newfoundland & Labrador
For camping reservations, on summer weekends in particular, call Parks Canada or visit its website.
Camping & Motel des Flots Bleus Sur Mer
Québec
This small, quiet campground, 7km west of Trois Pistoles, includes a very bare-bones motel.
New Brunswick
Simple, clean one- and two-bedroom cottages with million-dollar views. All have kitchens.
Québec
A functional campground for those so inclined, operated by the local government.
