Cheapest€18.88
- Orléans Express OE325309:225h 9m14:31Ottawa Bus Central StationGare routière
Door to door 5h 53mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ottawa to Québec bus
Buses from Ottawa to Québec start at €19.98 and take 5h 46m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ottawa to Québec starts at €19.98 and takes 5h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 379 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 46mDoor to door
- 5h 2mMoving
- €19.98From
- 10.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Orléans Express | €18.88 | 5h 43m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Gare du Palais. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Ottawa to Québec
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €17.2360 days
- €18.8845 days
- €18.8830 days
- €19.4321 days
- €19.9814 days
- €24.937 days
- €33.183 days
- €44.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €44.73, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €24.93Sun
- €22.73Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €19.98Wed
- €31.53Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €27.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ottawa
Bus
- Ottawa Bus Central Station
- Smyth
Québec
Bus
- Gare routière
- Place d'Youville
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 Ottawa 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.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 22m | 2h 38m | 44m | €44.34 | 12.5 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 4h 5m | 55m | 3h 10m | €42.03 | 95.9 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 5h 46m | 5h 2m | 44m | €19.98 | 10.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Ottawa to Québec
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Ottawa to Québec take?
The Coach from Ottawa to Québec takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 5h 2m 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 Ottawa to Québec cost?
The Coach from Ottawa to Québec starts at €19.98 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 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 Ottawa to Québec?
1 operators run the Coach from Ottawa to Québec: 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 Ottawa to Québec use?
The Coach from Ottawa to Québec leaves from Ottawa Bus Central Station and arrives at Gare routière. 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 Ottawa to Québec?
Traveling from Ottawa to Québec by Train costs €44.34 and takes 3h 22m door to door, against 5h 46m 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 Ottawa to Québec?
Fares for the Coach from Ottawa to Québec bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ottawa to Québec produce?
The Coach from Ottawa to Québec produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 379 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Ottawa to Québec?
Operators on the Coach from Ottawa to Québec publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 46m 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 modeled 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 Ottawa to Québec on September 9, 2026: 379 km of route against 379 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 5h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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