There are 9 ways to get from Chicago to Lake Simcoe by plane, bus, unknown, train, or shuttle
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus, travel
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane ORD - YYZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barriebus
- Walk from Barrie to Lake Simcoeunknown
6h 51mTrain, travel via Detroit
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Detroittrain
- Take the train from Windsor to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GOtrain Br
- Walk from Barrie South GO to Lake Simcoeunknown
13h 46mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Toronto Pearson Airportbus
- Take the bus from Newmarket Terminal Platform 1 to Metro Rd / Marie Stbus 050
- Walk from Metro Rd / Marie St to Lake Simcoeunknown
16h 48mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane ORD - YTZ
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GOtrain
- Walk from Barrie South GO to Lake Simcoeunknown
7h 47mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Toronto Island Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane MDW - YTZ
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GOtrain
- Walk from Barrie South GO to Lake Simcoeunknown
7h 31mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, shuttle, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane MDW - BUF
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barriebus
- Walk from Barrie to Lake Simcoeunknown
7h 52mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, shuttle, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane ORD - BUF
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barriebus
- Walk from Barrie to Lake Simcoeunknown
8h 21mBus, travel via London
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Londonbus
- Take the bus from London to Richmond Hill Centrebus
- Take the bus from Newmarket Terminal Platform 1 to Metro Rd / Dalton Rdbus 050
- Walk from Metro Rd / Dalton Rd to Lake Simcoeunknown
18h 14mTrain, travel
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain
- Take the train from Buffalo to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Walk from Angus Glen Community Centre Loop at Major Mackenzie Dr East to Lake Simcoeunknown
19h 11m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Chicago and Lake Simcoe is 843 km.
The best way to get from Chicago to Lake Simcoe without a car is to bus and travel which takes 16h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Chicago to Lake Simcoe, including transfers.
Lake Simcoe is 1h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 1:38 PM in Chicago and 2:38 PM in Lake Simcoe.
There are 142+ hotels available in Lake Simcoe.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Lake Simcoe, ON, Canada?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Lake Simcoe. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), walk to Toronto Pearson Airport, take the bus to Barrie, then travel to Lake Simcoe. Alternatively, you can take a train from Chicago Union Station to Lake Simcoe via Detroit, Windsor, Union Station GO, and Barrie South GO in around 13h 46m.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,700
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $190–430
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Windsor to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $60–140
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $60–110
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $50–70
Train from Buffalo to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $35–120
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $35–95
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $30–50
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- gotransit.com
Train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/en/see-schedules
- Passenger
- $16–21
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barrie
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Toronto Pearson Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to London
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from London to Richmond Hill Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 866-668-3978
- transitinfo@york.ca
- Website
- yrt.ca
Bus from Newmarket Terminal Platform 1 to Metro Rd / Marie St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Website
- https://www.yrt.ca
Bus from Newmarket Terminal Platform 1 to Metro Rd / Dalton Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Website
- https://www.yrt.ca
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- airsales@niagaraairbus.com
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
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