Travel to Canada

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

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.

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) (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).

Included in the air fare.

Main ports: Canada has many ports served by international shipping lines.

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.

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).

The only road access to Canada is through the southern border with the USA or from the west through Alaska.

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.