Québec to Ottawa bus

Buses from Québec to Ottawa start at €22.73 and take 5h 49m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Québec to Ottawa starts at €22.73 and takes 5h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 379 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 49mDoor to door
  • 5h 5mMoving
  • €22.73From
  • 10.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.88
  1. Orléans Express OE593509:225h 5m14:27Gare routièreOttawa Bus Central Station

Door to door 5h 49mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Orléans Express€18.885h 43m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • Orléans Express

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Rooms within reach of Ottawa

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Booking window

When to book Québec to Ottawa

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €17.7890 days
  2. €17.2360 days
  3. €18.8845 days
  4. €18.8830 days
  5. €19.4321 days
  6. €23.2814 days
  7. €29.887 days
  8. €40.333 days
  9. €51.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 198 percent. The dearest point is €51.33, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €24.93Sun
  2. €22.73Mon
  3. €22.73Tue
  4. €23.28Wed
  5. €31.53Thu
  6. €27.13Fri
  7. €27.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Québec

Coach
  • Gare routière
  • Place d'Youville

Ottawa

Coach
  • Ottawa Bus Central Station
  • Smyth
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 379 km against 379 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Québec at 06:00 and the last at 20:05, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 25m2h 41m44m€49.8412.5 kg6
Flight4h 5m55m3h 10m€44.3995.9 kg12
Coach5h 49m5h 5m44m€22.7310.2 kg6

Questions about Québec to Ottawa

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Québec to Ottawa take?

The Coach from Québec to Ottawa takes 5h 49m door to door, of which 5h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 379 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Québec to Ottawa cost?

The Coach from Québec to Ottawa starts at €22.73 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €23.01. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Québec to Ottawa?

1 operators run the Coach from Québec to Ottawa: Orléans Express. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Québec to Ottawa use?

The Coach from Québec to Ottawa leaves from Gare routière and arrives at Ottawa Bus Central Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Québec to Ottawa?

Travelling from Québec to Ottawa by Train costs €49.84 and takes 3h 25m door to door, against 5h 49m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Québec to Ottawa?

Fares for the Coach from Québec to Ottawa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Québec to Ottawa produce?

The Coach from Québec to Ottawa produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 379 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Québec to Ottawa?

Operators on the Coach from Québec to Ottawa publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 49m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Québec to Ottawa on 9 September 2026: 379 km of route against 379 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.73, and 5h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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