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National Gallery of Canada
Canada’s national art museum is renowned for Indigenous, Canadian, and international works in a landmark glass building.
Cheapest price on Oct 05
$42
Average ticket price on Oct 05
$67
Fastest journey on Oct 05
9 h 5 m
Average journey duration on Oct 05
9 h 36 m
Buses on Oct 05
7
Distance
517 km
The best way to find a cheap bus ticket from London, ON to Ottawa, ON is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
The average ticket from London, ON to Ottawa, ON will cost around $67 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only $42.
On Mon, Oct 05, we found 7 buses from London, ON to Ottawa, ON, including 7 direct services.
On Mon, Oct 05 the direct buses cover the 517 km distance in an average of 9 h 36 m but if you time it right, some buses will get you there in just 9 h 5 m .
On Mon, Oct 05 the slowest buses will take 9 h 45 m and usually involve a change or two along the way, but you might be able to save a few pennies if you’re on a budget.










Buses from London, ON to Ottawa, ON run on average 36 times per day, taking around 9h 15m. Cheap bus tickets for this journey start at $32 if you book in advance.
There are 15 buses per day. The earliest bus runs at 00:25, the last at 23:40. The fastest bus covers the 321 miles (517 km) distance in 4h 45m.
Distance 321 miles (517 km) |
Average bus duration 9h 15m |
Cheapest ticket price $32 |
Buses per day 36 |
Direct buses 15 |
Fastest bus 4h 45m |
First bus 12:25 AM |
Last bus 11:40 PM |
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| Operator | Departure Time | Arrival Time | Duration | Departure days | Cheapest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 12:45AM | Arrival Time 10:45AM | Duration 10h00 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $50 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:40AM | Arrival Time 05:00PM | Duration 14h20 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $65 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:45AM | Arrival Time 11:50AM | Duration 9h05 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $66 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:55AM | Arrival Time 12:30PM | Duration 9h35 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $65 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 04:45AM | Arrival Time 02:20PM | Duration 9h35 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 05:00AM | Arrival Time 02:20PM | Duration 9h20 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 05:45AM | Arrival Time 04:20PM | Duration 10h35 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 06:00AM | Arrival Time 04:10PM | Duration 10h10 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 06:35AM | Arrival Time 08:40PM | Duration 14h05 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 06:50AM | Arrival Time 04:30PM | Duration 9h40 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $63 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 07:45AM | Arrival Time 05:00PM | Duration 9h15 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 08:00AM | Arrival Time 05:00PM | Duration 9h00 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 08:10AM | Arrival Time 06:50PM | Duration 10h40 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $56 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 08:30AM | Arrival Time 06:50PM | Duration 10h20 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $56 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 08:45AM | Arrival Time 06:25PM | Duration 9h40 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $50 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 09:00AM | Arrival Time 08:20PM | Duration 11h20 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $131 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 09:15AM | Arrival Time 08:20PM | Duration 11h05 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $131 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 09:45AM | Arrival Time 08:05PM | Duration 10h20 | Departure days Tue, Wed | Cheapest price $57 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 10:10AM | Arrival Time 08:25PM | Duration 10h15 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $65 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 10:30AM | Arrival Time 08:25PM | Duration 9h55 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $65 |
Operator Infobus | Departure Time 10:40AM | Arrival Time 09:20PM | Duration 10h40 | Departure days Thu, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $41 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 11:00AM | Arrival Time 09:05PM | Duration 10h05 | Departure days Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 11:15AM | Arrival Time 10:35PM | Duration 11h20 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $56 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 11:40AM | Arrival Time 09:40PM | Duration 10h00 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $68 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 12:00PM | Arrival Time 11:35PM | Duration 11h35 | Departure days Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 12:15PM | Arrival Time 11:35PM | Duration 11h20 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 12:25PM | Arrival Time 09:40PM | Duration 9h15 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $68 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 12:30PM | Arrival Time 10:15PM | Duration 9h45 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $70 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 12:45PM | Arrival Time 10:30PM | Duration 9h45 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $69 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 01:15PM | Arrival Time 12:05AM | Duration 10h50 | Departure days Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $47 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 01:30PM | Arrival Time 11:15PM | Duration 9h45 | Departure days Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $56 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:15PM | Arrival Time 01:05AM | Duration 10h50 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $54 |
Operator Infobus | Departure Time 02:40PM | Arrival Time 03:15AM | Duration 12h35 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $76 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:55PM | Arrival Time 01:00AM | Duration 10h05 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $67 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 03:00PM | Arrival Time 03:59AM | Duration 12h59 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $85 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 03:15PM | Arrival Time 01:00AM | Duration 9h45 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $67 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 03:30PM | Arrival Time 01:20AM | Duration 9h50 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $42 |
Operator Infobus | Departure Time 03:40PM | Arrival Time 02:35AM | Duration 10h55 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $71 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 03:55PM | Arrival Time 01:50AM | Duration 9h55 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $82 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 04:00PM | Arrival Time 04:59AM | Duration 12h59 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $52 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 05:30PM | Arrival Time 03:40AM | Duration 10h10 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $89 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 05:50PM | Arrival Time 05:25AM | Duration 11h35 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $55 |
Operator Infobus | Departure Time 06:30PM | Arrival Time 04:30AM | Duration 10h00 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $99 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 07:25PM | Arrival Time 05:25AM | Duration 10h00 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $63 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 07:45PM | Arrival Time 05:25AM | Duration 9h40 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $63 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 10:10PM | Arrival Time 07:35AM | Duration 9h25 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $90 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 10:30PM | Arrival Time 07:35AM | Duration 9h05 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $90 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 10:45PM | Arrival Time 07:35AM | Duration 8h50 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $90 |
The table below shows live departures for London, ON to Ottawa, ON buses for today, Sunday, October 4. You can also manually refresh the results below to see updated bus journeys.
| Provider | Departs | Duration | Arrives | Transfers | Tickets |
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FlixBus · FlixBus | 7:45 PM London, York St (Greyhound Canada), ON | 10h05 | 5:50 AM Ottawa, St-Laurent station, ON | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 7:45 PM London, York St (Greyhound Canada), ON | 9h40 | 5:25 AM Ottawa, Hudson's Bay (Bayshore Shopping Centre), ON | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 7:45 PM London, York St (Greyhound Canada), ON | 10h15 | 6:00 AM Ottawa, Gloucester Centre, ON | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus | 10:10 PM London, University Dr (Elgin Hall), ON | 9h15 | 7:25 AM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:10 PM London, University Dr (Elgin Hall), ON | 9h30 | 7:40 AM Ottawa, St-Laurent station, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:10 PM London, University Dr (Elgin Hall), ON | 9h25 | 7:35 AM Ottawa, VIA Rail, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:30 PM London, York St (Greyhound Canada), ON | 9h10 | 7:40 AM Ottawa, St-Laurent station, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:30 PM London, York St (Greyhound Canada), ON | 9h05 | 7:35 AM Ottawa, VIA Rail, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:30 PM London, York St (Greyhound Canada), ON | 8h55 | 7:25 AM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:45 PM London, (white Oaks Mall), ON | 8h50 | 7:35 AM Ottawa, VIA Rail, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:45 PM London, (white Oaks Mall), ON | 8h40 | 7:25 AM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 10:45 PM London, (white Oaks Mall), ON | 8h55 | 7:40 AM Ottawa, St-Laurent station, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
| Monday, October 5 | |||||
![]() | 2:45 AM London, ON | 9h05 | 11:50 AM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
![]() | 8:45 AM London, ON | 9h40 | 6:25 PM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
![]() | 12:30 PM London, ON | 9h45 | 10:15 PM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
![]() | 12:45 PM London, ON | 9h45 | 10:30 PM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
![]() | 1:30 PM London, ON | 9h45 | 11:15 PM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
![]() | 3:30 PM London, ON | 9h50 | 1:20 AM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
![]() | 5:30 PM London, ON | 10h10 | 3:40 AM Ottawa, ON | 0 transfersDirect | |
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Discover the best of Ottawa, ON — top attractions, local food, transport tips, budget advice, and currency essentials. Plan your perfect Ottawa, ON trip today.
Canada’s national art museum is renowned for Indigenous, Canadian, and international works in a landmark glass building.
This major national museum explores Canada’s human history, cultures, and civilizations across expansive permanent galleries.
This national museum presents military history, artifacts, and immersive galleries from early conflicts to modern service.
Ottawa’s best-known market district mixes heritage streets, shops, culture, and lively public spaces near major landmarks.
This linear waterfront park along the Rideau Canal is ideal for walking, cycling, and iconic city views in every season.
A broad ceremonial boulevard linking downtown to the National Gallery, known for embassies, monuments, and classic capital views.
BeaverTails are hand-stretched fried pastries topped with cinnamon sugar or sweets. They became an Ottawa icon through the original ByWard Market stand.
Shawarma is a city staple in Ottawa, shaped by a large Lebanese community. Expect spit-roasted meat, garlic sauce, pickles, and turnips in wraps or plates.
Poutine is fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. In Ottawa it is a beloved late-night comfort food, often found in chip trucks and casual diners.
Acclaimed fine dining restaurant focused on seasonal Canadian ingredients and polished tasting menus. Elegant setting for a high-end Ottawa meal.
Long-running casual spot known for generous Ottawa-style shawarma, garlic potatoes, and wraps. A reliable choice for one of the city’s defining foods.
Famous ByWard Market counter serving the city’s signature fried pastry. Casual, fast, and essential for a classic Ottawa snack stop.
Moderate for Canada. Hotels can be pricey in peak periods, but dining and transit are manageable for most visitors.
Tip 15-20% at restaurants. Taxis usually get 10-15%. For cafes, rounding up or $1-2 is common for counter service.
Find answers to the most common questions about traveling from London, ON to Ottawa, ON by bus. From journey times and ticket prices to direct connections, first and last departures, and even whether the route is scenic, our FAQs cover everything you need to plan your trip. Whether you’re looking for the fastest bus, the cheapest option, or tips for making the most of your visit at Ottawa, ON, this guide helps you travel smarter and with confidence.

Most London, ON to Ottawa, ON buses use the London, York St (Greyhound Canada) to Ottawa, VIA Rail station pair, with some services arriving at Ottawa, Gloucester Centre. Use this guide to compare London, ON and Ottawa, ON bus stations on this route, check city-centre transport, alongside checking practicalities like bus station facilities and services.
London, University Dr (Elgin Hall) is 3 km from London city centre. Public transport options include:
London, University Dr (Elgin Hall) has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, Shower, and Ticket Office.
Wi-Fi is available at London, University Dr (Elgin Hall). ATMs are available at London, University Dr (Elgin Hall).
Ticket office support is available at London, University Dr (Elgin Hall).
Available at London, University Dr (Elgin Hall): Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at London, University Dr (Elgin Hall): Accessible for passengers with limited mobility.
Ottawa, VIA Rail is 3 km from Ottawa city centre. Public transport options include:
Ottawa, VIA Rail has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, Shower, and Ticket Office.
Wi-Fi is available at Ottawa, VIA Rail. ATMs are available at Ottawa, VIA Rail.
Ticket office support is available at Ottawa, VIA Rail.
Available at Ottawa, VIA Rail: Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Ottawa, VIA Rail: Ramp access available.
Ottawa, Gloucester Centre is 7 km from Ottawa city centre. Public transport options include:
Ottawa, Gloucester Centre has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, Dining, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, Shower, and Ticket Office.
Food options include: Various restaurants available within the shopping center.
Wi-Fi is available at Ottawa, Gloucester Centre. ATMs are aTM services available in the shopping center.
Ticket office support is available at Ottawa, Gloucester Centre.
Available at Ottawa, Gloucester Centre: Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Ottawa, Gloucester Centre: Facility is wheelchair accessible.
Ottawa, Hudson's Bay (Bayshore Shopping Centre) is 11 km from Ottawa city centre. Public transport options include:
Ottawa, Hudson's Bay (Bayshore Shopping Centre) has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, Dining, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, Shower, and Ticket Office.
Food options include: Several dining options inside the shopping centre.
Wireless internet available in the shopping centre. ATMs are aTMs available within the shopping centre.
Ticket office support is available at Ottawa, Hudson's Bay (Bayshore Shopping Centre).
Available at Ottawa, Hudson's Bay (Bayshore Shopping Centre): Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Ottawa, Hudson's Bay (Bayshore Shopping Centre): Shopping centre has wheelchair accessible entrances.
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