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The '''Transcanadian Highway''' is the main East-West connection road within [[Canada]]. It is managed by the Provinces and the Federal, and runs through all the provincial capitals cities of the country and three metropoles starting from [[St. John's]], [[NewFoundLand]] all the way to [[Victoria]], [[British Columbia]]. Though, the highway network system in itself is managed by the provinces and the road is having a very different design depending of the province crossed.
Bear in mind that except in around the most densely populated area, most the Transcanadian Highway is a simple 2 lanes collector road for most of its distance (when it is called 'Route'). It is usually considered as a motorway where the denomination is starting with 'H' or 'A' such as in [[Quebec]], [[Ontario]] and around [[Winnipeg]] for example.
==== [[Quebec]] Highway Network ====
[[BC highways]]
In [[British Columbia]], the Transcanadian follows the same path than in the Prairies. The Route 1(becoming the H-1 near [[Vancouver]] Area), quitting [[Banff National Park]] in [[Alberta]] heads South towards [[Vancouver]], through [[Kamloops]] all the way until [[Victoria]] on Vancouver Islands where the Transcanadian also become shortly the H-19.
The Route 16 quits [[Jasper National Park]] in [[Alberta]] heading West through [[Prince Georges]] until [[Prince Rupert]] where it reaches the Pacific Ocean.
[[Maritimes highways]]
In [[New Brunswick]], the Transcanadian consists of the H-2 stretching from [[Quebec]] onto [[Nova Scotia]] and passing through [[Fredericton]] and [[Moncton]]. Just before the [[Nova Scotia]] border, the Route 16 branch head East to reach the [[Confederation Bridge]] to [[Prince Edward Island]].
In [[Prince Edward Island]], the Transcanadian becomes the Route 1 on the [[Confederation Bridge]] in direction of [[Charlottetown]], the provincial capital, before continuing further South to [[Woods Island]] ferry crossing to [[Nova Scotia]].
In [[Nova Scotia]], the Route 104 stretches from the [[New Brunswick]] border further East, passing [[Truro]] (the junction to the Route 102 to [[Halifax]]), until [[Sydney (NS)|Sydney]] for the ferry to the [[NewFoundLand]].
Near [[New Glasgow]], the Route 106 branch of the Transcanadian reaches the coast near [[Pictou]] for the ferry to the [[Prince Edward Island]].
In [[NewFoundLand]], the Route 1 crosses the island as part of the Transcanadian from [[Channel-Port aux Basques]] where the ferry from [[Sydney (NS)|Sydney]], [[Nova Scotia]] arrives, all the way to [[St. John's]] the provincial capital.
==== Prairies and [[Alberta]] Highway Network ====
