List of tunnels in Canada
This list of tunnels in Canada includes any road, rail or waterway tunnel in Canada.
Alberta
- 97 Avenue Tunnel, Edmonton, under Alberta Legislature Grounds
- Airport Tunnel, Calgary under Calgary International Airport
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society Tunnel (Old CPR Rail Tunnel), Edmonton under 109 Street.
British Columbia
Road tunnels:
- Cassiar Tunnel, Vancouver
- Elko Tunnel, near Fernie
- Fraser Canyon Tunnels
- Saddle Rock Tunnel
- Sailor Bar Tunnel
- Hell's Gate
- China Bar Tunnel
- Yale Tunnel
- Alexandra Tunnel
- Ferrabee Tunnel
- George Massey Tunnel, Vancouver
- Iron Gates Tunnel, near Radium Hot Springs
Railway tunnels:
- Big Hill Spiral Tunnels
- Bulldog Tunnel, West Kootenay
- Connaught Tunnel, under Selkirk Mountains
- Dunsmuir Tunnel, Vancouver
- Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Tunnel, located between Langford and Malahat
- Lonsdale Tunnel, Vancouver
- Mount Macdonald Tunnel, near Rogers Pass
- Quintette Tunnels, near Hope
- Thornton Tunnel, Burnaby
- Wolverine Tunnel, Tumbler Ridge [1]
- Table River Tunnel, Tumbler Ridge [2]
- Various tunnel sections of Canada Line
- Tunnel section of the Evergreen Extension between Burquitlam and Port Moody stations
Ontario
Road tunnels:
- Highway 401- Hurontario Street Interchange Tunnel, Mississauga
- Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Windsor
- Cst. Robert C. Carrick and Sr. Cst. John Atkinson Memorial Tunnels, Windsor
- Highway 404-401 Interchange Tunnel, Toronto[3]
- Main Street Tunnel, Welland
- Simcoe Street Tunnel, Toronto
- Thorold Tunnel
Railway tunnels:
- Brockville Tunnel
- Michigan Central Railway Tunnel, Windsor
- Mink Tunnel, Marathon, Ontario
- St. Clair Tunnel
- Townline Tunnel
Pedestrian tunnels:
- Pedestrian tunnel at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
- An extensive system of tunnels links the buildings of Carleton University
- Pedestrian tunnels connecting various buildings at York University
- Pedestrian tunnel connecting Spadina (TTC) stations.
- The PATH in Downtown Toronto.
Quebec
Road tunnels:
- Airport Tunnel, Montreal under Montréal–Trudeau International Airport
- Atwater Tunnel, Montreal
- Joseph Samson Bridge–Tunnel, Quebec City
- Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel, Montreal
- Melocheville Tunnel, Beauharnois
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Tunnel, Montreal
- Robert Bourassa Tunnel, Quebec City
- Rue St.-Marc and Rue du Fort tunnels, Montreal
- Saint-Rémi Tunnel, Montreal
- Saint-Nicolas Tunnel, near Franquelin[4]
- Soulanges Canal Tunnel, Les Cèdres[5]
- Ville-Marie and Viger Tunnels, Montreal
- Wellington Street Tunnel, Montreal
Railway tunnels:
- Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal
- Wolfe’s Cove Tunnel, Quebec City[6]
Pedestrian tunnels:
- The Underground City (RÉSO)
- Tunnels of Laval University
| Type | Name | Location | Length | Year | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path | Granduc Tunnel | Stewart  British Columbia |
17,000 m | 1968 | Former mining rail tunnel, currently empty |
| Hydro Electric | Kemano T1 and T2 | Kemano British Columbia |
16,000 m | 1954; 2022 | T1 was completed in 1954 and T2 was completed in May, 2022 |
| Rail | Mount Macdonald Tunnel | Revelstoke British Columbia |
14,660 m | 1988 | Mostly handles westbound trains |
| Hydro Electric | Niagara Tunnel Project | Niagara Falls  Ontario |
10,200 m | 2013 | - |
| Rail | Table River Tunnel | Tumbler Ridge British Columbia |
9,600 m | 1983 | Used for coal transport |
| Rail | Connaught Tunnel | Revelstoke British Columbia |
8,082 m | 1916 | Mostly handles eastbound trains |
| Rail | Wolverine Tunnel | Tumbler Ridge British Columbia |
5,500 m | 1983 | Used for coal transport |
| Rail | Mount Royal Tunnel | Montreal  Quebec |
5,300 m | 1918 | Renovated and reopened in 2025 |
| Hydro Electric | Mission Ridge Tunnels | Seton Portage British Columbia |
4,000 m | 1930 | Twin tunnels |
| Rail | Thornton Tunnel | Burnaby British Columbia |
3,200 m | 1968 | |
| Rail | SkyTrain Millennium Line Tunnel | Coquitlam and Port Moody British Columbia |
2,000 m | 2016 | |
| Road | Ville-Marie and Viger Tunnels | Montreal Quebec |
1,940 m | 1972 | |
| Rail | Mount Shaughnessy Tunnel | Rogers Pass British Columbia |
1,830 m | 1987 | |
| Road | Detroit-Windsor Tunnel | Windsor Ontario |
1,570 m | 1930 | International Tunnel to  USA
|
| Road | Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel | Montreal Quebec |
1,400 m | 1967 | |
| Rail | Dunsmuir Tunnel | Vancouver British Columbia |
1,396 m | 1932 | |
| Rail | Shalalth Tunnel | Seton Portage British Columbia |
1,200 m | 1989 | Tsal'alh Seton Train
|
See also
References
- ^ "BC Rail Tumbler Ridge Branch Line". Underhill. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "BC Rail Tumbler Ridge Branch Line". Underhill. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "New Southbound High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane & Tunnel on Highway 404!" (PDF). Road Talk. 12 (1): 1. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Saint Nicolas Tunnel (Franquelin, 1960)". Structurae. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Tunnel du canal de Soulanges (Les Cèdres, 2011)". Structurae. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Wolfe's Cove Tunnel Québec City, Québec". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 22 May 2021.