Montreal to Ottawa runs about 28 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 20:06. One passenger pays between €10.08 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 55m over 168 km, on services run by 6 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.08 to €31.41
- 93%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Montreal
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:34First departure
- 20:06Last departure
- 28Services per day
- 100%Run direct
VIA Rail Canada runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Montreal to Ottawa on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Orléans Express runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Montreal to Ottawa on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €19.43Mon14
- about €15.03Tue15
- about €17.23Wed16
- about €17.23Thu17
- about €16.68Fri18
- about €16.13Sat19
- about €15.03Sun20
- about €11.73Mon21
- about €11.18Tue22
- about €12.28Wed23
- about €15.03Thu24
- about €12.83Fri25
- about €13.93Sat26
- about €12.83Sun27
- about €10.08Mon28
- about €10.08Tue29
- about €10.63Wed30
- about €11.73Thu1
- about €11.18Fri2
- about €11.18Sat3
- about €10.63Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Ottawa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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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When to book Montreal to Ottawa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.6321 days
- €12.8314 days
- €15.037 days
- €17.233 days
- €19.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 93 percent. The dearest point is €19.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Montreal 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
168 km
165 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,762,949 → 1,017,449
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/6
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 168 km against 165 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
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 Montreal 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 Montreal to Ottawa?
The fastest journey from Montreal to Ottawa takes 1h 55m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 18m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Montreal to Ottawa?
The cheapest fare from Montreal to Ottawa is €10.08, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.41. 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 Montreal to Ottawa?
The cheapest way from Montreal to Ottawa is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 59m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Montreal to Ottawa?
The fastest way from Montreal to Ottawa is by train, at 1h 56m door to door. Only 1h 12m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €22.34.
When should I book Montreal to Ottawa?
Fares from Montreal to Ottawa bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 93 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Montreal to Ottawa?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Montreal to Ottawa, at €11.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Montreal to Ottawa?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Montreal to Ottawa, at €10.07 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 Montreal to Ottawa?
6 operators sell services from Montreal to Ottawa across 3 modes: Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air Transat, Orléans Express, PAL Airlines (Canada), VIA Rail Canada. 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 Montreal to Ottawa?
Every service we sell from Montreal to Ottawa is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 1h 55m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Montreal to Ottawa produce?
Travelling from Montreal to Ottawa by coach produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 41.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Montreal to Ottawa use?
Services from Montreal to Ottawa by train leave from Montreal Gare Centrale and arrive at Ottawa. Allow about 44m 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 Montreal to Ottawa?
2 of the 6 operators we sell from Montreal to Ottawa allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Montreal to Ottawa on 13 September 2026: 168 km of route against 165 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €10.08, and 1h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Ottawa a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
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
Montreal reaches 137 places in 35 countries on services we hold, over distances from 123 to 10,622 km. Ottawa reaches 59 places in 9 countries, from 145 to 5,983 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Montreal
- 137Places you can leave for
- 35Countries
- 48Operators
Arriving in Ottawa
Leaving Ottawa
- 59Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 19Operators