Cheapest€18.88
- Orléans Express OE593509:225h 5m14:27Gare routièreOttawa Bus Central Station
Door to door 5h 49mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Québec to Ottawa bus
Buses from Québec to Ottawa start at €22.73 and take 5h 49m at their fastest.
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 90 days before departure.
- 5h 49mDoor to door
- 5h 5mMoving
- €22.73From
- 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 |
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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.
- €17.7890 days
- €18.8860 days
- €19.4345 days
- €19.4330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €22.7314 days
- €25.487 days
- €41.983 days
- €39.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €17.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 136 percent. The most expensive point is €41.98, 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.
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
- €24.93Wed
- €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.
Québec
Bus
- Gare routière
- Place d'Youville
Ottawa
Bus
- Ottawa Bus Central Station
- Smyth
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.
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 25m | 2h 41m | 44m | €49.84 | 12.5 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 4h 5m | 55m | 3h 10m | €44.39 | 95.9 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 5h 49m | 5h 5m | 44m | €22.73 | 10.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Québec to Ottawa
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 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 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 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?
Traveling 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 90 days ahead, at €17.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on September 29, 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 kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 outlets, Restrooms, 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 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 Québec to Ottawa on September 8, 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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