Buses in Canada

1,304 routes and 2 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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We sell 1,304 Buses routes in Canada, serving 63 places through 2 operators. 40 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £8.63 and the median route runs 171 km.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Buses in Canada, in numbers

  • £8.63 to £30.78Fare range
  • 06:07 to 10:13First and last departure
  • 1,304Routes we sell
  • 63Places served
  • 2Operators
  • 1,264Domestic routes
  • 40Cross border routes
  • 171 kmMedian route
  • 3,446 kmLongest route

£8.63 to £30.78 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

What the operators filed inside Canada on 12 October 2026, taken from the busiest routes we sell there. Real times, and a fare only where an operator published one.

Departures on 12 October 2026

Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.

  1. 06:0711:475h 40m

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    Ottawa → Québec

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  2. 10:1316:125h 59m

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    Ottawa → Québec

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Routes

The busiest Buses routes in Canada

The routes we sell in Canada, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Kitchener to Toronto bus£8.632h 7m95 km
Toronto to Kitchener bus£8.632h 5m95 km
Brampton to Hamilton bus£8.631h 38m49 km
Hamilton to Brampton bus£8.631h 39m49 km
Hamilton to Toronto bus£8.631h 55m62 km
Toronto to Hamilton bus£8.631h 48m62 km
Etobicoke to Hamilton bus£8.631h 35m49 km
Hamilton to Etobicoke bus£8.631h 39m49 km
Brampton to Markham bus£8.631h 32m45 km
Markham to Brampton bus£8.631h 35m45 km
Montreal to Ottawa bus£9.112h 57m165 km
Ottawa to Montreal bus£9.112h 58m165 km
Laval to Ottawa bus£10.053h 10m157 km
Ottawa to Laval bus£10.053h 14m157 km
Gatineau to Laval bus£10.053h 14m157 km
Laval to Gatineau bus£10.053h 27m157 km
Gatineau to Montreal bus£10.523h 28m165 km
Montreal to Gatineau bus£10.523h 36m165 km
Montreal to Québec bus£11.473h 51m233 km
Québec to Montreal bus£11.473h 50m233 km
Laval to Québec bus£13.824h 35m235 km
Québec to Laval bus£13.824h 50m235 km
Markham to Ottawa bus£16.185h 16m330 km
Ottawa to Markham bus£16.185h 41m330 km
Ottawa to Québec bus£17.595h 49m379 km
Québec to Ottawa bus£17.595h 47m379 km
Gatineau to Markham bus£18.066h 2m334 km
Markham to Gatineau bus£18.065h 52m334 km
Markham to Montreal bus£21.837h 12m484 km
Montreal to Markham bus£21.837h 16m484 km
Markham to Québec bus£30.7810h 20m709 km
Québec to Markham bus£30.7810h 41m709 km

12Go fares in Canada

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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

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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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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km71255%Mississauga, 25 km
200 to 600 km52840%Kingston, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km605%Markham, 607 km
Over 1,500 km40%Ontario, 3446 km
Across the border

Where Canada connects to

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States40100%
Carriers

Bus operators

  • Orléans Express
  • Go Transit

Bus destinations

Common questions about Buses in Canada

What Buses routes are there in Canada?

We sell 1,304 Buses routes in Canada, serving 63 places run by 2 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Buses tickets in Canada cost?

The cheapest Buses fare in Canada is £8.63 for one passenger, across the 1,304 routes we sell there. The median route runs 171 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Canada by Buses?

40 of the Buses routes we sell touching Canada cross a border and 1,264 stay inside it, reaching 1 other countries including United States. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Buses services in Canada?

2 operators run Buses services on routes we sell in Canada: Go Transit, Orléans Express. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Buses route in Canada?

The longest Buses route we sell touching Canada runs from Ontario to Toronto, 3,446 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 171 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

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.

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 Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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

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A room in Toronto for the night the coach gets in

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