Getting There

Getting There by Air

The principal national airline is Air Canada (AC) (website: www.aircanada.ca).

Departure Tax

Included in the air fare.

Main Airports

Canada has 13 international airports. All have full banking and catering facilities, duty-free shops and car hire. Airport-to-city bus and taxi services and, in some cases, rail links, are available.

Calgary (YYC) (website: www.calgaryairport.com) is 20km (12.5 miles) from the city (journey time – 45 minutes).

Montréal (YUL) (Dorval) (website: www.admtl.com) is 25km (16 miles) from the city (journey time – 25 minutes).

Ottawa (YOW) (Macdonald-Cartier) (website: www.ottawa-airport.ca) is 15km (8 miles) from the city (journey time – 20 to 45 minutes).

Toronto (YYZ) (Lester B Pearson) (website: www.gtaa.com) is 27km (17 miles) from the city (journey time – 30 minutes).

Vancouver (YVR) (website: www.yvr.ca) is 13km (8 miles) from the city (journey time – 20 to 45 minutes).

Getting There by Water

Main ports: Canada has many ports which are all served by international shipping lines.
Montréal (website: www.port-montreal.com) is the only port for passenger liners from Europe.
Toronto’s port (website: www.torontoport.com) is on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, (website: www.portofhalifax.ca), St John, New Brunswick (website: www.sjpa.com) and St John’s, Newfoundland (website: www.sjport.com) are the principal ports on the Atlantic Ocean.
The port of Vancouver (website: www.vancouverport.com) is on the west coast.

Getting There by Rail

The Canadian rail system connects to the USA at several points. Major routes are: New York-Montréal, New York-Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Toronto, Chicago-Sarnia-London-Toronto, Cleveland-Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Toronto and Detroit-Windsor-Toronto. For details of ticket prices and reservations, contact VIA Rail in Canada (tel: 1 888 842 7245; website: www.viarail.ca) or their UK representative 1st Rail (tel: 0845 644 3552/3; website: www.1strail.com).

Rail Passes

North American Rail Pass: allows 12 days’ unlimited travel within a 30-day period on VIA trains in Canada and practically any Amtrak train in the USA, with direct access to over 900 Canadian and US cities and towns.

Getting There by Road

The only road access to Canada is through the southern border with the USA or from the west through Alaska. Apart from private motoring, the most popular way of travelling by road is by bus. Contact Greyhound Canada (tel: (403) 265 9111 or 1 800 661 8747; website: www.greyhound.ca) for details. There are many crossing points from the USA to Canada, but some of the most common are: New York to Montréal/Ottawa; Detroit to Toronto/Hamilton; Minneapolis to Winnipeg; and Seattle to Vancouver/Edmonton/Calgary.

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