There are 12 ways to get from Toronto to Staples by plane, bus, train (Amtrak), train, car, or shuttle
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Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, bus
best- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD)YYZ - BRD
- Take the bus from Brainerd to Staples
9h 32m$93–435Train via Detroit
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Windsor
- Take the train from Detroit to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Staples Station
22h 43m$203–459Bus, train
- Take the bus from Toronto to Detroit Bus Station
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Station
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Staples Station
26h 10m$168–392Drive 975.5 mi
- Drive from Toronto to Staples975.5 mi
19h 9m$224–323Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)YYZ - MSP
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Staples Station
9h 13m$256–883Shuttle to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)BUF - MSP
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Staples Station
10h 43m$291–1,069Shuttle to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD)BUF - BRD
- Take the bus from Brainerd to Staples
13h 2m$246–881Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Bemidji-Beltrami County Airport, bus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Bemidji-Beltrami County Airport (BJI)YYZ - BJI
- Take the bus from Bemidji to Brainerd
- Take the bus from Brainerd to Staples
12h 44m$100–502Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport, drive
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Thunder Bay International Airport (YQT)YYZ - YQT
- Drive from Thunder-Bay-Airport-YQT to Staples
10h 51m$177–491Fly Toronto Island Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport, drive
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Thunder Bay International Airport (YQT)YTZ - YQT
- Drive from Thunder-Bay-Airport-YQT to Staples
11h 7m$217–482Bus, train via Gary
- Take the bus from Toronto to Detroit Bus Station
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Gary Bus Station
- Take the bus from Gary, IN to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Staples Station
26h 55m$201–437Train
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Staples Station
27h 44m$209–525
Toronto to Staples by train and car
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Toronto to Staples is to fly and bus which costs $90 - $440 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Toronto to Staples is to fly and train which takes 9h 13m and costs $250 - $900.
No, there is no direct train from Toronto station to Staples station. However, there are services departing from Toronto Union Station and arriving at Staples Station via Buffalo Depew Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 44m.
The distance between Toronto and Staples is 787 miles. The road distance is 981.2 miles.
The best way to get from Toronto to Staples without a car is to bus and train which takes 26h 10m and costs $160 - $400.
It takes approximately 9h 32m to get from Toronto to Staples, including transfers.
Toronto to Staples train services, operated by VIA Rail, depart from Toronto Union Station.
Staples is 1h behind Toronto. It is currently 12:18 AM in Toronto and 11:18 PM in Staples.
Toronto to Staples train services, operated by VIA Rail, arrive at Buffalo station.
Yes, the driving distance between Toronto to Staples is 981 miles. It takes approximately 19h 9m to drive from Toronto to Staples.
What companies run services between Toronto, ON, Canada and Staples, MN, USA?
You can take a train from Toronto Union Station to Staples Station via Windsor, Detroit, and Chicago Union Station in around 22h 43m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Detroit, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Detroit, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Chicago Midway, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Philadelphia, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Nashville, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport via Baltimore, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Bemidji-Beltrami County Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Bemidji-Beltrami County Airport via Detroit, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–390
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–360
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport via Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–360
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- flyflair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Thunder Bay International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $40–100
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $40–80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $35–50
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–90
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $26–90
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $26–70
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $23–40
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Detroit to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Staples Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Milwaukee to Staples Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Staples Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Brainerd to Staples
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–40
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Bemidji to Brainerd
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–60
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Toronto to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- 905-374-8111
- airsales@niagaraairbus.com
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Book at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Gary Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Gary, IN to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Gary, IN to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $8–45
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