Bus companies in Ontario

ToorBus is an Ontario based charter and group transportation company providing coach bus, shuttle, and limousine services for weddings, corporate events, airport transfers, and private group travel. The company serves cities across Ontario and has expanded its operations to accommodate growing demand for event and group transportation. == Gray Line Toronto ==

Toronto Based Tour and Charter company, with over 100 years in the industry. Gray Line Toronto is locally owned by Crystal Sheriff, owner of VIP Ontario Tours, with a large fleet of luxury coach busses spanning across Ontario. ==417 Bus Line==

417 Bus Line is a coach and school bus operator in Casselman, a small village on Ontario Provincial Highway 417 between Ottawa and Montreal. The company began as Laplante Bus Line in 1958, which became Casselman Bus Line in 1965 and was incorporated in 1974 as 417 Bus Line Ltd. The founder, Jean-Paul Laplante, started with a single vehicle transporting students to the local school. Steady growth of the fleet lead to expansion with a bus route between Casselman and Ottawa. The family continues to operate the company today. In 2023, 417 Bus Line Ltd. was acquired by Switzer-Carty Transportation, the formal acquisition began in the summer of 2024. 417 Bus Line Ltd. includes Lalonde Bus Line, Matte Bus Line, Larocque Bus Line and Bergeron Bus Lines as part of its operations, which have a combined fleet of over 150 units. Public transit operations : Transit Eastern Ontario operated under the authority of the former North Glengarry Prescott Russell (NGPR) Transport Board. : Clarence-Rockland Transpo is operated by Lalonde Bus Line ==Aboutown==

Aboutown Transportation was a diversified transportation company based in the city of London, serving southwestern Ontario for over 60 years. 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. Local services provided in the London area included taxis, limousines, school buses, paratransit services, minibus charters, shuttle services and airport services. 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. Aboutown entered into receivership in Sept 2013, citing over $2 million in debts. Operations ceased after 60 years of service in Southwestern Ontario. NorthLink This intercity bus service once connected communities throughout southwestern Ontario, with no more than thirteen scheduled routes. • NL-1: Owen Sound - Kincardine - Clinton - London • NL-2: Owen Sound - Hanover - Listowel - Kitchener • NL-3: Wingham - Listowel - Stratford • NL-4: St. Thomas - London - Port Stanley • NL-5: Sarnia - Strathroy-Caradoc - London • NL-7: London - Stratford - Kitchener • NL-8: Guelph - Hamilton • NL-9: Goderich - Clinton - Stratford • NL-10: St. Catharines/Niagara Falls - St. Thomas - London • NL-11: Muskoka - Barrie - Toronto • NL-13: Toronto - Brampton - Orangeville - Owen Sound • NL-15: Windsor - Chatham • NL-16: Guelph - Cambridge - Brantford • All Services Now Suspended Public transit operations :CK Transit(now operated by CitiLinx Transit) :St. Thomas Transit (now Voyageur Transportation) ==Attridge Transportation==

Attridge is a Burlington based school bus company providing bus service in the Golden Horseshoe area. Attridge also has a separate operating division, Attridge Coach Lines. They operate a fleet of Prevost and Volvo coaches offering charter services. ==AVM Max 2000==

AVM Max 2000 is a Toronto based charter bus rental company providing chartered bus rental experience in Greater Toronto Area. Its fleet consists of 21 to 24 passenger mini buses, 48 to 58 passenger coaches, school buses and passenger vans. It offers chartered bus rental service from Toronto to anywhere in North America. ==Ayr==

Ayr Coach Lines is a small family-owned business which provides charter services in the southwestern Ontario cities of Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge. It has a diverse fleet of motor coaches, activity coaches and mini coaches. ==Badder==

Badder Bus Service is a charter bus company that started in 1950 in Thamesville as a school bus company. In 1978, due to the demand for charter service, it acquired highway coaches. In 2006 the company was split, with Badder Bus Service Limited becoming a charter oriented company, with the integration of the newly acquired coach operations of 'Gino's Bus Lines of Ingersoll, and The Badder Group Incorporated being created out of their school bus operations which had expanded with the addition of Waylin Bus Lines of Aylmer in 1995 and Elgin Bus Service in 1997. Services 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. ==Bergeron Bus Lines==

Bergeron Bus Lines was a commuter and school bus operator based in Vars. Public transit operations Begeron operated a commuter bus service for the Township of Russell Transit Service, as part of the Rural Partners Transit Service of OC Transpo. Bergeron Bus Lines was purchased by 417 Bus Line in 2013. ==Can-Am Express==

Bus and coach charter company located in Toronto. Fully licensed to travel in Canada and United States. Providing shuttle, casino, shopping and tourism travel. ==Cha-Co Trails==

Cha-Co Trails provided charters and regional bus services throughout Ontario and to Detroit until being acquired by Laidlaw in 2000. The Charter buses are operated under Penetang Midland Coach Lines Ltd. (PMCL), Chatham Coach Lines (J. I. DeNure (Chatham) Limited) and Detroit based Chatham Coach Lines Inc., which are all subsidiaries of Greyhound Canada. All buses kept their Cha-Co Livery and some Greyhound bus were also converted to the Cha-Co Fleet. The majority of the buses were used in line runs between Detroit and Toronto. Chatham Coach Lines was started in 1948 by J.I. 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). Through the 80's and 90's acquired many Coach companies throughout Southern Ontario to becomes one of the biggest Charter Companies in the country. The operating name was changed to Cha-Co-Trails in 1988. In the 1990's the city transit was taken over by the city of Chatham with the company providing storage, maintenance and drivers. The company continued to be a pillar in the transit community in Ontario before it was acquired by Laidlaw in 2000. The School bus and Charter parts where split and the Charter buses became part of Greyhound Canada's local operations, while the school bus part continues to this day(now First Student Canada) ==Cherrey Bus Lines==

Cherrey Bus Lines was a Listowel and Stratford based operator of motorcoaches, activity buses, school buses, and passenger vans. It provides day trips, sightseeing, and tours through their Maxey Travel and Robin Hood Tours divisions. Cherrey and its subsidiaries were purchased by Badder Bus Lines in late 2018 and early 2019. ==Coach Canada==

Coach Canada started out in 1956, originally as Trentway Bus Lines. 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. Coach Canada operates charter services with motorcoaches, school buses, activity buses and mini-coaches with one of the largest pick-up area authority in Ontario with a combined fleet of over 200 vehicles. It operates throughout the urban areas of southern Ontario and Quebec, with intercity service extending as far as New York City. Intercity services are operated by Coach Canada, under the brand of Megabus. Coach Canada also owns and operates Gray Line Montreal Sightseeing, offering day tours in Montreal and Quebec. ==Dallas Coach==

Dallas Coach, was based in Mississauga, provides bus charters, shuttle services and tours, mainly in the Greater Toronto Area. ==Delaney Bus Lines==

Delaney Bus Lines was a charter, tour, and school bus company headquartered in Avonmore. Founded in 1948, it provides school services for the Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. It also offers several casino tour packages. Delaney is the operator of three routes for OC Transpo's Rural Partnership Services. Route 515 connects the city of Cornwall with Ottawa and the government offices in Gatineau, Quebec; it also serves the villages of St. Andrew's West and Bonville in South Stormont, and the villages of Monkland and Moose Creek in North Stormont. Route 516 connects the North Stormont villages of Finch, Berwick, and Crysler with the nation's capital. Route 517 runs between Ottawa/Gatineau and the North Glengarry villages of Alexandria and Maxville. In July 2018, Delaney Bus lines sold their school bus fleet to Roxborough Bus Lines and their highway coaches to 417 Bus Lines, after 70 years of service. ==Farr's Coach Lines==

'''Farr's Coach Lines''' was a charter, tour and school bus company headquartered in Dunnville, ON. Farr's operated a fleet of Highway Coaches, School Buses and offered tours through their sister company Cardinal Tours. The company ceased operations in the early 2000's. ==First Student==

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. ==Franklin==

Franklin Coach Lines of Belleville ==Groupe Galland==

Groupe Galland is a company providing school, coach, charter, commuter, and parcel services. Headquartered in Laval, Quebec, it was founded as a school bus operator in 1941. The business runs OC Transpo Rural Partnership Service Route 538. This line connected Carleton Place with Ottawa and Gatineau. ==Great Canadian Coaches==

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, VanHool and MCI coaches have unique Canadian themed paint schemes. It is a member of the Trailways Transportation System. ==Greyhound Canada==