Bus companies in Ontario
Bus companies in Ontario range in scale from small family-run businesses to subsidiaries of large international transportation groups.
The founder, Jean-Paul Laplante, started with a single vehicle transporting students to the local school.
[2] Bus services that it operated included charters, intercity routes and public transit systems in Chatham-Kent and St. Thomas.
During the school year it once operated six transit bus routes between Kings and Brescia Colleges, and the main campus at the University of Western Ontario.
It also operated Foot's Bay Marina on Lake Joseph in Muskoka, and Trillium Sport Aviation Inc., a 50 percent owned affiliate, based at London International Airport.
Ayr Coach Lines is a small family-owned business which provides charter services in the southwestern Ontario cities of Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge.
[7] Badder is licensed to operate charter buses from the cities of Hamilton and Toronto, the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York, the municipality of Chatham-Kent, the counties of Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Haldimand, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth and Wellington.
Cha-Co Trails provided charters and regional bus services throughout Ontario and to Detroit until being acquired by Laidlaw in 2000.
DeNure in Chatham, Ontario after failed attempts at having a transit service In the spring of 1949 he expanded into charter service and in the summer of 1949 purchased Thames View Bus Lines to also start carrying students on school bus routes In 1950 obtained an I.C.C number to be able to run charters to the U.S.A. By the end of 1970's Chatham Coach was the largest carrier for school buses and Charters in Southern Ontario expanding to garages in both Windsor(Ont) and London(Ont).
It is licensed to provide coach services from: Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph, Cambridge, Chatham-Kent; regions of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York; counties of Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Haldimand, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth and Wellington.
It was later acquired by Coach USA, and is part of the North American operations of Stagecoach, the international transport group.
The Canadian subsidiary is independently operated, headquartered in Peterborough with locations in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Kingston and Montreal.
It operates throughout the urban areas of southern Ontario and Quebec, with intercity service extending as far as New York City.
Dallas Coach, based in Mississauga, provides bus charters, shuttle services and tours, mainly in the Greater Toronto Area.
Farr's Coach Lines was a charter, tour and school bus company headquartered in Dunnville, ON.
First Student Canada, a subsidiary of the UK company FirstGroup, is a major provider of school bus services which used to be operated as Laidlaw Transit and Cardinal.
Great Canadian Coaches is a Kitchener provider of motorcoach charters and tours which began as Travel Ventures in 1984, and changed its name in 1998.
Many of its fleet of over 40 Prevost, Setra and MCI coaches have unique Canadian themed paint schemes.
The 5 vehicle limousine service was purchased by Shawn Geary January 1, 1993 and is still owned and managed by him today.
McCoy keeps the majority of their transportation equipment in Kingston but also has buses and vans located in Pembroke, Oshawa, Ajax and Ottawa.
The company has contract shuttle services in Kingston, Ottawa, Pembroke, Oshawa, Ajax and Peterborough.
McCoy has their own repair facility attached to their office that operates under a separate name, Kingston Fleet & Auto Service Limited.
Ontario operations of Pacific Western are concentrated in the Toronto area, with a large fleet of charter coaches.
The company is based in Toronto and has a fleet of buses, well-equipped to handle mid-size to large groups (15 to 56 passengers).
Transport Thom was a charter, tour, and commuter bus operator headquartered in Gatineau, Quebec.
[20] It operated three lines as part of OC Transpo's Rural Partner Services, which are now run by Classic Alliance Motorcoach.
Route 502 connects the villages of Pakenham and Almonte in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, and the town of Carleton Place with Ottawa and Gatineau.
Route 503 also terminates in the two city centres, after originating in Perth; the line also serves Innisville in Drummond/North Elmsley and Carleton Place.
Trott Transit was a Canadian owned and operated, full service bus company with its headquarters in Mississauga.
Founded in 1976, it is a contractor of regular school bus services, private parent-funded bussing, and public charters.
