Canada Getting There
Getting There by Air
Approximate Flight Times
From New York to Montréal is 1 hour 15 minutes, to Toronto is 1 hour 30 minutes and to Vancouver is 5 hours.
Main Airports
Calgary (YYC) (www.calgaryairport.com) is 20km (12.5 miles) from the city (journey time - 30 minutes).
Montréal (YUL) (Pierre Elliott Trudeau) (www.admtl.com) is 25km (16 miles) from the city (journey time - 30 to 45 minutes).
Ottawa (YOW) (Macdonald-Cartier) (www.ottawa-airport.ca) is 14km (8 miles) from the city (journey time - 20 minutes).
Toronto (YYZ) (Lester B Pearson) (www.gtaa.com) is 27km (17 miles) from the city (journey time - 30 to 45 minutes).
Vancouver (YVR) (www.yvr.ca) is 15km (9 miles) from the city (journey time - 25 to 45 minutes).
Getting There by Water
Montréal (www.port-montreal.com) is a popular port for cruise ships.
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.
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.
Getting There by Rail
Getting There by Road
Coach: Apart from private motoring, the most popular way of travelling by road is by bus. Contact Greyhound Canada (tel: 1 800 661 8747; www.greyhound.ca) for details. There are many routes from the USA to Canada, but some of the most popular are New York to Montréal/Ottawa, Detroit to Toronto/Hamilton, Minneapolis to Winnipeg, and Seattle to Vancouver.
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