Initially, Jayne Eastwood had some misgivings about her brief nude scene. Eastwood was not aware until the day of filming that she had to do one and refused; the very thought of it disgusted her. After coaxing from her co-stars and director Donald Shebib, she agreed, laughing later about her experience: "Then it came to Paul Bradley, who had been razzing me about being such a chicken. I think he left his underwear on or close by, so he could get them back on again. They said 'cut! Okay, Paul, you can put your underwear back on.' And Paul pulled his underwear up so fast it just rolled into a little ball and didn't even cover his private parts!"
The Toronto International Film Festival has published a list of the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time four times, in 1984, 1993, 2004 and 2015. Going' Down the Road appeared in these rankings all four times.
SCTV did a parody of this movie in 1982. It also featured Jayne Eastwood, who was Joe Flaherty's sister-in-law.
The car that Peter and Joey drive is a 1960 Chevrolet Impala convertible.
Jayne Eastwood's debut.