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Travel to Canada

Flying to Canada

The principal national airline is Air Canada (AC) (www.aircanada.com).

Flight times:

From London to Calgary is 9 hours, to Halifax is 7 hours, to Montréal is 7 hours 20 minutes, to Toronto is 8 hours and to Vancouver is 9 hours 45 minutes. From New York to Montréal is 1 hour 15 minutes, to Toronto is 1 hour 30 minutes and to Vancouver is 5 hours.

Departure tax:

Included in the air fare.

Travel 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 and Cleveland-Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Toronto. For details of ticket prices and reservations, contact VIA Rail in Canada (tel: (514) 989 2626 or 1 888 842 7245/VIA RAIL; www.viarail.ca) or its UK representative 1st Rail (tel: 0844 499 0771 or 0161 877 0432; www.1strail.com).

Getting to Canada by boat

Canada has many ports served by international shipping lines.

Montréal (www.port-montreal.com) is a popular port for cruise ships.

The port of Vancouver (www.portmetrovancouver.com), Canada's busiest port, is on the west coast and is a common start point for cruise ships travelling to Alaska.



Ferry operators:

Toronto's port (www.torontoport.com) is on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, (www.portofhalifax.ca), Saint John, New Brunswick (www.sjport.com) and St John's, Newfoundland (www.sjpa.com) are the principal ports on the Atlantic coast.

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