Airports
Canada have 13 international airports in the following
cities: Calgary, Edmonton, Gander, Halifax, Hamilton,
Montreal-Dorval, Montreal-Mirabel, Ottawa, St. John's,
Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. Other many
cities have airports for local destinies.
Airline
The main national companies are Air
Canada and Canadian-Airlines
International. They cover domestic flights
and the international destinies towards America and Europe,
mainly. Also numerous airline companies offer domestic
flights: Air Nova and Air
Atlantic in the east coast, Time Air and Air
BC in the west coast and Air Alliance, Air Ontario and
West-Jet in the central regions of the country. Altogether,
there are 75 local airline companies that cover regular
lines between the different populations.
Cars
Most of the European driving license are valid in Canada,
although it’s advisable to obtain the international
card. The speed limit in the freeways is of 100 to 110
km/h., depending on the State.
The Transcanada freeway connects the Atlantic coast with
the Pacific coast; it crosses the country by the southern
and unites the cities of Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Winnipeg,
Regina and Vancouver. In the northern regions the road
network is smaller and there are zones that do not even
have asphalted access.
Rent: In
addition to the great international companies exist a
multitude of national, regional or local agencies that
offer good prices and conditions. It is necessary to consider
that the tariffs for renting vehicles can have a great
difference between those of an agency and another.
Buses
There are several transport companies of passengers by
highway. Two of the more important are Greyhound
Lines of Canada Ltd. and Colonial
Voyageur Bus Lines. It’s quite economic
and very recommendable transportation to know the most
recondite places of the country.
Train
Due to the enormous extension of the country, the train
is the fastest and economic transport. Like it happens
with the road network, exists a railway line that crosses
the country from east to west, uniting the two coasts.
The trip lasts 69 hours and it is possible to be done
by sections.
There are numerous train connections between Canada and
the United States. The most important line is the runner
who unites Quebec and Windsor in Ontario.
Fluvial
transport
Canada has five main ports, marine as much as fluvial,
between which outstands those of Vancouver, Montreal,
Quebec and St. John's (Terranova). The main waterway is
the St Lawrence river, that communicates the Atlantic
coast with the region of the Great Lakes. Tours can be
made in boat in several of their sections. In order to
arrive at the Prince Edward Island in the east coast,
it is necessary to take the ferry from Caribu (Nova Scotia)
or from Tormentini (New Brunswick).
Urban
transport
Subway: there
are several cities that have subway networks, among them
Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. In other cities are urban
train lines, like in Calgary. In most of the cases, the
subway is connected with the train and the networks of
buses and street cars.
Taxi: they
are a good alternative to move in the biggest cities of
the country, although they are not very cheap. There are
taximeter and fixed tariffs. In most of localities they
can be called by telephone, something indispensable in
winter, when it is not advisable to wait for it in the
street.
Bus: the Canadian cities
have a dense network of buses and street cars lines. They
are connected with the railway stations and the trains
of neighbourhoods, as well as with the subway network,
in the case of the cities that have it. There are numerous
possibilities to acquire cards and discount tickets for
the use of the public transport.
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