Ottawa South to Toronto runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €41.59 and €48.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 30m over 401 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€41.59 to €48.19
- 104%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ottawa South
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.
- 06:05First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
VIA Rail Canada runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Ottawa South to Toronto 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 €87.24Wed16
- about €116.94Thu17
- about €81.19Fri18
- about €103.74Sat19
- about €75.69Sun20
- about €71.29Mon21
- about €54.24Tue22
- about €69.09Wed23
- about €72.94Thu24
- about €69.64Fri25
- about €75.69Sat26
- about €61.39Sun27
- about €57.54Mon28
- about €48.19Tue29
- about €46.54Wed30
- about €57.54Thu1
- about €52.04Fri2
- about €55.89Sat3
- about €46.54Sun4
- about €41.59Mon5
- about €42.69Tue6
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 train gets you into Toronto. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Toronto for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Toronto Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ottawa South to Toronto
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.1890 days
- €42.6960 days
- €48.7345 days
- €54.2430 days
- €42.6921 days
- €48.1914 days
- €54.247 days
- €81.193 days
- €87.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 104 percent. The most expensive point is €87.24, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ottawa South to Toronto 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
401 km
349 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
125,090 → 2,794,356
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 401 km against 349 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Whitby, Kingston, Oshawa, Peterborough. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Toronto Union Station
Most of the points near Toronto Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ottawa South to Toronto
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 it take to get from Ottawa South to Toronto?
The fastest journey from Ottawa South to Toronto takes 3h 30m door to door, of which 3h is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 40m, 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 Ottawa South to Toronto?
The cheapest fare from Ottawa South to Toronto is €41.59, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €72.12. 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 Ottawa South to Toronto?
The cheapest way from Ottawa South to Toronto is by train, at €48.19 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 44m 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.
When should I book Ottawa South to Toronto?
Fares from Ottawa South to Toronto bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €42.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 104 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ottawa South to Toronto?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ottawa South to Toronto, at €48.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ottawa South to Toronto?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ottawa South to Toronto, at €37.19 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 service from Ottawa South to Toronto?
2 operators sell services from Ottawa South to Toronto across 1 mode: Ontario Northland Railway, 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 Ottawa South to Toronto?
33 percent of the services we sell from Ottawa South to Toronto are direct. The rest connect at Whitby, Kingston, Oshawa, Peterborough, with about 58 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 Ottawa South to Toronto use?
Services from Ottawa South to Toronto by train leave from Ottawa South station and arrive at Toronto Union Station. 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 Ottawa South to Toronto?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Ottawa South to Toronto 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Ottawa South to Toronto on September 15, 2026: 401 km of route against 349 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €41.59, and 3h 30m 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 Toronto a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Toronto and across Canada
Day trips that leave Toronto in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ottawa South reaches 29 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 144 to 486 km. Toronto reaches 197 places in 61 countries, from 42 to 12,548 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ottawa South
- 29Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Toronto
Leaving Toronto
- 197Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 68Operators