There are 7 ways to get from Ottawa to Victoria by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport
best- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ)plane YOW - YYJ
8h 27m$230–1,010Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Ottawa to Syracuse Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Edmondstrain
- Take the bus from Edmonds Ferry Westbound to Port Angeles Gateway Transit Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoriaferry
2d 23h$1,162–2,509Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Ottawa to Horseshoe Bay, BCcar
- Take the car ferry from Horseshoe Bay, BC to Nanaimo Departure Baycarferry
- Drive from Nanaimo Departure Bay to Victoriacar
2d 3h$875–1,401Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport, bus
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Nanaimo Airport (YCD)plane YOW - YCD
- Take the bus from Canada Ave & Station - Train Stn to Douglas & Hillsidebus
12h 13m$290–1,110Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Victoria International Airport
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ)plane YUL - YYJ
10h 22m$291–1,225Fly Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt (YWH)plane YOW - YWH
8h 24m$344–1,404Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouvertrain
- Take the busferry from Vancouver to Victoriabusferry
4d 11h$419–859
Ottawa to Victoria by bus, train, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ottawa to Victoria is to fly which costs $230 - $1,100 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Ottawa to Victoria is to fly which takes 8h 24m and costs $340 - $1,400.
The distance between Ottawa and Victoria is 3626 km.
The best way to get from Ottawa to Victoria without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 2 days 23h and costs $1,100 - $2,600.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Ottawa to Victoria, including transfers.
Victoria is 3h behind Ottawa. It is currently 1:26 AM in Ottawa and 10:26 PM in Victoria.
There are 271+ hotels available in Victoria.
What companies run services between Ottawa, ON, Canada and Victoria, BC, Canada?
Porter Airlines, Air Canada, and WestJet fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Toronto, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Calgary, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Winnipeg, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
- Website
- pacificcoastal.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Kelowna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Edmonds
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $800–1,800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $30–120
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $30–90
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $30–50
Train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $70–140
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $70–120
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $55–80
Train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $360–650
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $360–650
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $490–650
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $470–550
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Ottawa to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 360-417-0700
- Website
- dungeness-line.com
Bus from Edmonds Ferry Westbound to Port Angeles Gateway Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Website
- https://dungeness-line.com/
- Schedules at
- https://dungeness-line.com/schedules/
- Phone
- +1 250 746 9899
- transitinfo@bctransit.com
- Website
- bctransit.com
Bus from Canada Ave & Station - Train Stn to Douglas & Hillside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/
- Single Ride - All Passengers
- $3
- Phone
- +1 888 788 8840
- reservations@bcfconnector.com
- Website
- bcfconnector.com
Busferry from Vancouver to Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–67
- Website
- https://bcfconnector.com/
- Adult
- $67
- Senior
- $61
- Youth
- $27
- Child
- $14
- Toddler
- $0
- Phone
- +1 888-993-3779
- Website
- cohoferry.com
Ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $33
- Website
- https://cohoferry.com
- Schedules at
- https://cohoferry.com/schedule-fares
- Phone
- 1-888-223-3779
- Website
- bcferries.com
Car ferry from Horseshoe Bay, BC to Nanaimo Departure Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–160
- Website
- https://www.bcferries.com
- Book at
- https://www.bcferries.com/RouteSelectionPage
- Schedules at
- https://www.bcferries.com/routes-fares/discover-route-map
- Standard Passenger
- $18–55
- Standard Vehicle + Passenger
- $110–160
- Adult Passenger
- $20
- Standard Vehicle
- $75
- Motorcycle
- $38
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