Ottawa to Montréal

Ottawa to Montréal by private chauffeur

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Ottawa and Montréal are about 200 km apart by road, which makes this the shortest of the three long intercity routes this site publishes in the east and the one most often done as a same-day return.

It is also the route where the booking rule works in your favour. Online booking currently needs one end of the trip to be in Ontario - and Ottawa is. So this run books and pays online in both directions, while a trip that stays inside Québec does not.

Ottawa to Montréal in brief

Road distance and drive time

About 200 km

Typically 2 h, traffic permitting.

Booking

Bookable online

One end of the trip is in Ontario.

Four airports sit on this route, which is more than the distance suggests. At the Ottawa end, Macdonald-Cartier handles the airlines, Carp is the general aviation field with jet fuel, and Gatineau-Ottawa Executive - across the river, and therefore in Québec - is the business aviation field. At the Montréal end there are now two passenger airports, Trudeau and MET, on opposite sides of the city.

That last detail catches people out. A car booked to meet somebody at Trudeau is no use if they land at MET, and the two are a long way apart. Give us the flight number or the airport code and the problem disappears.

The fare is fixed in Canadian dollars and confirmed before you pay, with HST (13%) shown as its own line in both directions. Nothing about it changes with how close to departure you book: there is no surge pricing and no short-notice surcharge on any trip.

Typical drive time: about 2 h, traffic permitting. The price is fixed regardless.

Questions about this route

Can I book Ottawa to Montréal online?

Yes, in both directions. Online booking needs one end of the trip in Ontario, and Ottawa provides it. A Montréal to Québec City trip, by contrast, has both ends in Québec and is arranged by quote.

Which Montréal airport should the car go to?

Whichever is on the ticket. YUL is Montréal-Trudeau, west of the centre; YHU is MET – Montréal Metropolitan Airport in Longueuil on the south shore. Both now take scheduled passengers and they are on opposite sides of the city.

Is a same-day return practical?

It is one of the more common ways this route is booked. You can do it as two one-way trips, or as hourly hire if you want the car to wait through a meeting rather than leave and come back.

Will my chauffeur speak French?

Say so on the booking: on a cross-provincial run like this one it is worth stating which language you would rather the day happened in, French or English, and the preference is noted against the trip.

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