Trains in Canada
3,000 routes and 7 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Pick the two ends and a date, and a journey in Canada is priced by the same engine that filled the table below.
We sell 3,000 Trains routes in Canada, serving 149 places through 7 operators. 684 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 216 km.
Trains in Canada, in numbers
- £10.18 to £52.59Fare range
- 06:07 to 10:13First and last departure
- 3,000Routes we sell
- 149Places served
- 7Operators
- 2,316Domestic routes
- 684Cross border routes
- 216 kmMedian route
- 4,619 kmLongest route
£10.18 to £52.59
06:07 to 10:13
3,000
149
7
2,316
684
216 km
4,619 km£10.18 to £52.59 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.
06:0711:475h 40m
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Ottawa → Québec
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Montréal → Toronto
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Montréal → Toronto
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The busiest Trains routes in Canada
12Go fares in Canada
12Go fares in CanadaThese 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.
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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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 1,424 | 47% | Guelph, 25 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 1,416 | 47% | Bellevue, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 84 | 3% | Chatham, 617 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 76 | 3% | Moncton, 1509 km |
Where Canada connects to
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 664 | 97% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 1% |
| Guyana | 8 | 1% |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1% |
Train operators
Train destinations
Common questions about Trains in Canada
What Trains routes are there in Canada?
We sell 3,000 Trains routes in Canada, serving 149 places run by 7 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 Trains tickets in Canada cost?
The cheapest Trains fare in Canada is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 3,000 routes we sell there. The median route runs 216 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 Trains?
684 of the Trains routes we sell touching Canada cross a border and 2,316 stay inside it, reaching 4 other countries including United States, United Kingdom, Guyana. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
Which operators run Trains services in Canada?
7 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in Canada: Alstom, Amtrak, CNR, Ontario Northland Railway, Rocky Mountaineer. 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 Trains route in Canada?
The longest Trains route we sell touching Canada runs from Georgetown to Guelph, 4,619 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 216 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.
Other ways to travel here
The wider region
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A room in Toronto for the night the train gets in
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