10/09/2026
American writer Paul Theroux has spent more than 50 years travelling the world, but his latest journey takes him somewhere closer to home: Canada.
In True North: On the Road in Canada, Theroux sets out on a road trip from Newfoundland to Vancouver, following the country’s highways and back roads and meeting the people who live along them. Farmers, fishermen, writers, immigrants and locals all feature as he looks beyond Canada’s famous landscapes to explore the country itself.
There’s a personal connection, too. Theroux’s ancestor Antoine left Gascony for New France in 1693 and eventually settled in Yamaska, Quebec, where members of the family still live today.
For anyone considering their own Canadian journey, True North promises a different way of seeing the country: not simply a collection of spectacular places, but a vast, varied landscape shaped by the people who call it home.
So, where to next? Perhaps it’s time to take the road north.
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