There are 9 ways to get from Chicago to Lake Simcoe by plane, bus, unknown, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus, travel
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane ORD - YYZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barriebus
- Walk from Barrie to Lake Simcoeunknown
7h 15mTrain, travel via Detroit
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Detroittrain
- Take the train from Windsor to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GOtrain Br
- Walk from Barrie South GO to Lake Simcoeunknown
13h 44mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Chicago Union Station to Dearbornbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Toronto Pearson Airportbus
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Orillia Downtown Terminal Bus Stopbus
- Walk from Orillia Downtown Terminal Bus Stop to Lake Simcoeunknown
16h 5mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane ORD - YTZ
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GOtrain
- Walk from Barrie South GO to Lake Simcoeunknown
7h 43mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Toronto Island Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane MDW - YTZ
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GOtrain
- Walk from Barrie South GO to Lake Simcoeunknown
7h 32mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, shuttle, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane MDW - BUF
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barriebus
- Walk from Barrie to Lake Simcoeunknown
8h 15mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, shuttle, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane ORD - BUF
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Take the bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barriebus
- Walk from Barrie to Lake Simcoeunknown
8h 40mTrain, travel
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain
- Take the train from Buffalo to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Walk from Angus Glen Community Centre Loop at Major Mackenzie Dr East to Lake Simcoeunknown
18h 58mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to Gary Metro Centertrain Ssl
- Take the bus from Gary Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Londonbus
- Take the bus from London to Richmond Hill Centrebus
- Take the bus from Newmarket Terminal Platform 1 to Metro Rd / Dalton Rdbus 050
- Walk from Metro Rd / Dalton Rd to Lake Simcoeunknown
20h 33m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Chicago and Lake Simcoe is 847 km.
The best way to get from Chicago to Lake Simcoe without a car is to bus and travel which takes 16h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Chicago to Lake Simcoe, including transfers.
Lake Simcoe is 1h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 9:19 AM in Chicago and 10:19 AM in Lake Simcoe.
There are 138+ hotels available in Lake Simcoe.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Lake Simcoe, ON, Canada?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Lake Simcoe. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), walk to Toronto Pearson Airport, take the bus to Barrie, then travel to Lake Simcoe. Alternatively, you can take a train from Chicago Union Station to Lake Simcoe via Detroit, Windsor, Union Station GO, and Barrie South GO in around 13h 44m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–390
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–390
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–390
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–1,600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–390
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $220–470
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Windsor to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $80–210
- Business
- $130–280
- Business Plus
- $140–300
- Economy
- $90–220
- Economy Plus
- $100–230
Train from Buffalo to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $40–130
- Business
- $85–230
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $45–140
- Economy Plus
- $50–150
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- GO Transit
Train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- GO Transit
- Website
- GO Transit Schedules
- Passenger
- $16–21
Train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- GO Transit
- Website
- GO Transit Schedules
- Passenger
- $16–21
Train from Union Station GO to Barrie South GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- GO Transit
- Website
- GO Transit Schedules
- Passenger
- $16–21
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- South Shore Line
Train from Van Buren St. to Gary Metro Center
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- South Shore Line
- Adults 14-64
- $10–12
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barrie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Toronto Pearson Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Orillia Downtown Terminal Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barrie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Toronto Pearson Airport to Barrie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to London
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from London to Richmond Hill Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Chicago Union Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Shuttle from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Shuttle from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Gary Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 866-668-3978
- [email protected]
- Website
- York Region Transit
Bus from Newmarket Terminal Platform 1 to Metro Rd / Dalton Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Website
- York Region Transit
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