A scenic view of Ottawa's Parliament buildings and the Ottawa River on a clear day.

Detroit to Ottawa

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Detroit to Ottawa. From £67.86, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £67.86, every fee included. Services cover 693 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 21 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £67.86, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 21 October 2026

£67.86

  • 110%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £130.03Wed7
  2. about £174.00Thu8
  3. about £135.08Fri9
  4. about £140.64Sat10
  5. about £118.40Sun11
  6. about £105.76Mon12
  7. about £77.46Tue13
  8. about £91.11Wed14
  9. about £98.18Thu15
  10. about £110.32Fri16
  11. about £104.24Sat17
  12. about £87.06Sun18
  13. about £81.50Mon19
  14. about £73.92Tue20
  15. about £67.86Wed21
  16. about £94.14Thu22
  17. about £77.46Fri23
  18. about £84.03Sat24
  19. about £82.51Sun25
  20. about £70.89Mon26
  21. about £72.41Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Ottawa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ottawa for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Ottawa and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Detroit to Ottawa

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

  1. £64.3290 days
  2. £85.5460 days
  3. £73.9245 days
  4. £84.5330 days
  5. £72.4121 days
  6. £73.9214 days
  7. £77.467 days
  8. £135.083 days
  9. £130.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £64.32.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is £135.08, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£135.08£64.32137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Detroit to Ottawa and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

693 km

681 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

645,705 → 1,017,449

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 693 km against 681 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Toronto. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Ottawa

Most of the points near Ottawa open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Detroit 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 it take to get from Detroit to Ottawa?

Detroit to Ottawa covers 693 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Detroit to Ottawa?

The cheapest fare from Detroit to Ottawa is £67.86, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £91.11. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Detroit to Ottawa?

The cheapest way from Detroit to Ottawa is by flight, at £67.86 for one passenger on 21 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Detroit to Ottawa?

Fares from Detroit to Ottawa bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £64.32. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 110 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Detroit to Ottawa?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Ottawa, at £73.92. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Detroit to Ottawa?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Detroit to Ottawa, at £56.74 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Detroit to Ottawa?

2 operators sell services from Detroit to Ottawa across 1 mode: Endeavor Air, Ontario Northland Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Detroit to Ottawa?

0 percent of the services we sell from Detroit to Ottawa are direct. The rest connect at Toronto, with about 72 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Detroit to Ottawa use?

Services from Detroit to Ottawa by flight leave from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport DTW and arrive at Ottawa. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Detroit to Ottawa?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Detroit to Ottawa allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

Being on the water gives Ottawa a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ottawa and across Canada

Day trips that leave Ottawa in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Detroit reaches 50 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 12,754 km. Ottawa reaches 40 places in 4 countries, from 145 to 11,337 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Detroit

  • 50Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 22Operators

Arriving in Ottawa

Leaving Ottawa

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 13Operators

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