There are 6 ways to get from Ottawa to Victoria by plane, train, busferry, car, car ferry, or bus
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 51m$230–960Train, 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$419–859Drive, 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$872–1,396Fly 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
11h 50m$290–1,010Train 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 21m$271–1,225Fly 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 7m$344–1,504
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ottawa to Victoria is to fly which costs $230 - $1,000 and takes 8h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Ottawa to Victoria is to fly which takes 8h 7m and costs $340 - $1,500.
The distance between Ottawa and Victoria is 3630 km.
The best way to get from Ottawa to Victoria without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 4 days 11h and costs $410 - $900.
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from Ottawa to Victoria, including transfers.
Victoria is 3h behind Ottawa. It is currently 8:27 AM in Ottawa and 5:27 AM in Victoria.
There are 255+ 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 3 hours.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
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
- $220–1,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,800
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria Inner Harbour Apt via Calgary, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,800
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
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
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
- 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
- +1 250 746 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
- 1-888-223-3779
- 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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