Voyageur Hiking Trail, Wilderness hiking trail in Northern Ontario, Canada

The Voyageur Hiking Trail is a public hiking trail between Sudbury and Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada. About 500 km of the linear route is completed, plus side trails, crossing private and public forests of the Canadian Shield. The largest city on the completed trail is Sault Ste. Marie, between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, and the route passes near Blind River, Iron Bridge, Wawa, Marathon, Terrace Bay, Schreiber, Rossport and Nipigon.

The trail began taking shape in 1973, when Harold Brain brought together a group of volunteers to build a hiking path across the Canadian Shield. Since then, the Voyageur Trail Association has maintained and gradually extended the route over the following decades.

The trail is named for the voyageurs and coureurs des bois, the European fur traders who travelled the region largely by canoe. The Voyageur Trail Association adopted the name on 24 October 1973, when Paul Syme led the newly formed group. Local clubs still run scheduled outings so members can meet other hikers and explore new sections.

Much of the route passes through remote forest, so it is worth downloading offline maps before heading into areas without mobile signal. Members of the Voyageur Trail Association can access the Ondago app, which helps with navigation along the trail.

The trail's name honours the voyageurs and coureurs des bois, the canoe-travelling fur traders of the region. The first hikeable section, the Rainbow Section near Espanola, opened in 1973 but was later abandoned when its local club folded. The Saulteaux Section officially opened on 21 September 1975.