After the second World War, Canada welcomed millions of new immigrants from around the world.At the time railways were still a big part of Canada, however, Canada was working to build roads.
By 1949 the Trans-Canada Highway act was passed by Parliament.
Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. It became important to connect all the provinces together by the highway.
The goal set out by the government was to connect all 10 provinces by paved road by 1967, Canada's centennial year.
As of 1997 Newfoundland had 948 km of paved road.
The Trans-Canada Highway is a transcontinental federal-provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada between its Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean coasts to the west and east respectively.
It has an overall length of 7,821 km.