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Had a friend from SE Asia that wanted to visit me in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She found a flight to Canada alright. To VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. She asked if I could come pick her up if I wasn't too busy.
Lol.
3? I had a few crewmates cross the country in about 5 and they said that was a gruelling task that they should have slowed down for.
If you go through the US, Google Maps tells me about 56 hours, or 18-19 hours/day if you're doing it in 3. If you go through Canada only, add about 3 hours. I think Google Maps estimates are a bit generous on time esp. if you're comfortable exceeding the speed limit a bit, so maybe you could do it in 50 hours.
It's doable in 3, but it wouldn't be fun at all. I've done 14+ hours driving in a day (so 4 days?), and it sucks, so yeah, 5 might be a bit too much as well.
The most I've done continuously is 12. No stops but for gas, visiting my GF at college decades ago.
I've done 18 with the kids in the car. We made it to Disney at sun up and I lost the first day being to tired to go to the damn park. The kids slept overnight, but my wife and I were cooked.
I've done 14 fairly often but doing that every day would suck. I'm usually fine the next day (I do all the driving because I'd otherwise get carsick), but I don't think I'd be fine for 3 days.
A family member went ottawa-vancouver in 54 hours of driving - and this was using i-90 in America. The time estimates can be a bit off.
I'm guessing it doesn't count time at the border crossing or breaks, and assumes continuous driving.
The driver will need a nap at the end. I think it can be 72 hours if one doesn't sleep.
According to Google Maps, it's about 56 hours. Can't quite squeeze it into two days, but you could get close. If you're able to sustain 50% over the speed limit, you could maybe do it in 48 hours, with fuel refills.
You will need a cannonball run setup. But it's been done outrageously faster than you would think.