There are 8 ways to get from San Francisco to Toronto by plane, bus, train or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly San Francisco to Toronto • 7 h 46 min
$210 - $468
Cheapest option
Fly San Francisco to Buffalo, bus • 12 h 1 min
$209 - $765
6 alternative options
Fly San Francisco to Billy Bishop Toronto City • 10 h 9 min
$229 - $361
Fly Oakland to Buffalo, bus • 12 h 10 min
$233 - $818
Train via Detroit Amtrak • 2 days 15 h
$385 - $1,167
Bus • 2 days 19 h
$314 - $786
Train • 2 days 22 h
$398 - $1,215
Drive • 41 h 18 min
$350 - $550
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Toronto is to fly which costs $210 - $470 and takes 7 h 46 min.
The quickest way to get from San Francisco to Toronto is to fly which costs $210 - $470 and takes 7 h 46 min.
The distance between San Francisco and Toronto is 2277 miles. The road distance is 2644 miles.
It takes approximately 7 h 46 min to get from San Francisco to Toronto, including transfers.
No, there is no direct bus from San Francisco to Toronto. However, there are services departing from San Francisco, Ca and arriving at Toronto, On via Oakland, Ca, Las Vegas, Nv, Dayton Trotwood, Oh, Detroit, Mi and London, On. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19 h.
The best way to get from San Francisco to San Francisco Airport is to BART which takes 28 min and costs $6 - $9.
Toronto is 3 h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 10:55 AM in San Francisco and 1:55 PM in Toronto.
- Distance: 2277.3 miles
- Duration: 7 h 46 min
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Toronto, ON, Canada?
Air Canada, United Airlines and two other airlines fly from San Francisco to Toronto every 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can take a train from San Francisco to Toronto via Richmond, Richmond Transit Station Amtrak, Chicago Union Station Amtrak, Detroit Amtrak, and Windsor in around 2 days 15 h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 6 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 47 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via St. Louis, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 25 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $650
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 6 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320 - $1,300
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320 - $1,300
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 27 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320 - $1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $1,200
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 8 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $900
Flights from San Francisco to Billy Bishop Toronto City via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340 - $750
Flights from San Francisco to Billy Bishop Toronto City via Denver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340 - $750
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $1,200
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 1 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $900
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $900
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $900
Flights from San Francisco to Toronto via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $900
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 24 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $1,700
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 38 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 24 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290 - $1,000
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 32 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,400
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 49 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,400
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from San Francisco to Billy Bishop Toronto City via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 22 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $950
Flights from San Francisco to Billy Bishop Toronto City via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 37 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330 - $1,600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Oakland to Buffalo via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270 - $650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco to Buffalo via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 27 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $650
Rome2rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 1-800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond Transit Station Amtrak to Chicago Union Station Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 3 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290 - $900
- Website
- amtrak.com
- Coach Seat
- $290 - $430
- Flexi Coach Seat
- $500 - $750
- Business Coach Seat
- $600 - $900
- Room
- $1,100 - $1,600
Train from Chicago Union Station Amtrak to Detroit Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 4 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $130
- Website
- amtrak.com
- Coach Seat
- $50 - $75
- Flexi Coach Seat
- $90 - $130
- Business Coach Seat
- $90 - $130
- Room
- $230 - $320
Train from Chicago Union Station Amtrak to Buffalo Depew Station Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75 - $220
- Website
- amtrak.com
- Coach Seat
- $75 - $120
- Flexi Coach Seat
- $140 - $200
- Business Coach Seat
- $150 - $220
- Room
- $330 - $460
- Phone
- +1 1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Windsor to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 6 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $130
- Website
- viarail.ca
- Escape
- $40 - $60
- Economy
- $60 - $85
- Economy Plus
- $90 - $130
- Business
- $90 - $130
- Business Plus/Sleeper
- $160 - $230
Train from Buffalo to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 8 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29 - $90
- Website
- viarail.ca
- Escape
- $29 - $45
- Economy
- $40 - $60
- Economy Plus
- $60 - $90
- Business
- $55 - $85
- Business Plus/Sleeper
- $100 - $150
Rome2rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100/1-800-231-2222
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Buffalo, Ny to Toronto, On
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16 - $40
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $16 - $24
- Flexible
- $28 - $40
Bus from Oakland, Ca to Las Vegas, Nv
- Ave. Duration
- 13 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65 - $160
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $65 - $110
- Flexible
- $120 - $160
Bus from Las Vegas, Nv to Dayton Trotwood, Oh
- Ave. Duration
- 41 h 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180 - $460
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $180 - $300
- Flexible
- $350 - $460
Bus from Dayton Trotwood, Oh to Detroit, Mi
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $60
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $25 - $40
- Flexible
- $45 - $60
Bus from Detroit, Mi to London, On
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18 - $45
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $18 - $27
- Flexible
- $30 - $45
Bus from London, On to Toronto, On
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18 - $45
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $18 - $27
- Flexible
- $30 - $45
- Phone
- 877-462-6342
- Website
- us.megabus.com
Bus from Buffalo, NY to Toronto, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11 - $21
- Book at
- megabus.com
- Phone
- 1-866-488-4452
- canada-info@coachcanada.com
- Website
- ca.megabus.com
Bus from Buffalo, NY to Toronto, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11 - $22
- Book at
- megabus.ca
- Phone
- +1 1-800-661-8747
- Canada.info@greyhound.ca
- Website
- greyhound.ca
Bus from London, ON to Toronto, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16 - $40
- Website
- Greyhound.ca
- Advanced Purchase
- $16 - $23
- Online Fare
- $19 - $35
- Standard Fare
- $28 - $40
- Refundable
- $30 - $50
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