Toronto: How to Get There

We realize that a lot of you will be coming to our wedding from outside of Toronto, so we wanted to provide some information about how to get to the City. Luckily, Toronto is a major Canadian city, so there are many transportation options.

There are 2 airports in Toronto - Toronto Pearson International Airport and Toronto Centre City Airport.

Pearson Airport is the major airport in Toronto, and is located a little west of the City in Mississauga. Most large airlines (Air Canada, American, Delta, United, etc.) fly into Pearson. A flight from New York is about an hour long, and a flight from California is about 4-5 hours long. Customs is done at Pearson. There is public transportation (a bus to the subway) from the airport and a cab would cost about $50CAD to the downtown hotels. There are car rentals available at Pearson.

City Centre Airport is a small airport located just south of downtown Toronto on one of the islands. Porter Air is the only commercial airline that flies into City Centre - there are flights from Boston, Montreal, New York, and other regional locations. From the airport, Porter supplies a free ferry every 15 minutes that will drop you off near Union Station in downtown. Union Station has a subway stop, and a cab would cost about $10-15 to the host hotels.

If you insist on flying Jet Blue or Southwest, you can fly into Buffalo International Airport, which is about 2 hours from Toronto - not including time spent at the border. You can rent cars there, but we're not sure whether you can take the car up to Canada (we'll investigate that further). 

Generally speaking, if you book a month or more in advance, you can get pretty good fares to Canada. If you're coming from New York City or upstate New York and don't want to fly, there is an Amtrak train that travels between Penn Station and Toronto Union Station with several stops in upstate. The train usually costs $80-90 each way and takes about 13 hours between NYC and Toronto. 

VIA rail provides service throughout Canada. A train between Montreal and Toronto will take about 5 hours.

If you have any questions about travelling to Toronto, please feel free to contact us and we'll do our best to help!