There are 5 ways to get from Montreal to St. John's by plane, train, bus, car ferry, 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.
Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
best- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Saint John'S International Airport (YYT)plane YUL - YYT
5h 8m$307–807Fly from Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport
cheapest- Fly from Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (YHU) to Saint John'S International Airport (YYT)plane YHU - YYT
5h 56m$221–861Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
- Take the bus from Halifax to North Sydneybus
- Take the car ferry from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basquescarferry
- Take the bus from Port aux Basques - Marine Atlantic to St. John’s - MUN University Centrebus
2d 4h$673–1,290Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Montreal to North Sydney, NScar
- Take the car ferry from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basquescarferry
- Drive from Port aux Basques to St. John'scar
34h 33m$444–746Train to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Montréal to Ottawatrain
- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Saint John'S International Airport (YYT)plane YOW - YYT
7h 31m$300–896
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Montreal to St. John's is to fly which costs $220 - $900 and takes 5h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Montreal to St. John's is to fly which takes 5h 8m and costs $300 - $850.
The distance between Montreal and St. John's is 1646 km.
The best way to get from Montreal to St. John's without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 4h and costs $650 - $1,300.
It takes approximately 5h 8m to get from Montreal to St. John's, including transfers.
St. John's is 1h 30m ahead of Montreal. It is currently 1:00 AM in Montreal and 2:30 AM in St. John's.
There are 201+ hotels available in St. John's.
What companies run services between Montreal, QC, Canada and St. John's, NL, Canada?
Air Canada and Porter Airlines fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–700
Flights from Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport to Saint John'S International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Saint John'S International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Train from Montréal to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $40–130
- Business
- $85–230
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $45–140
- Economy Plus
- $50–150
- Phone
- +1 800 575 1807
- [email protected]
- Website
- maritimebus.com
Bus from Halifax to North Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–320
- Website
- https://maritimebus.com/
- Phone
- 1-888-263-1854
- [email protected]
- Website
- drl-lr.com
Bus from Port aux Basques - Marine Atlantic to St. John’s - MUN University Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–180
- Website
- https://drl-lr.com/
- Adult
- $160–180
- Phone
- +1 800-341-7981
- [email protected]
- Website
- marineatlantic.ca
Car ferry from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basques
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–115
- Website
- https://www.marineatlantic.ca/
- Schedules at
- https://www.marineatlantic.ca/sailing-information/schedule
- Adults
- $44
- Standard vehicle
- $115
- Bicycles
- $18
- Motorcycles
- $58
Car ferry from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basques
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–115
- Website
- https://www.marineatlantic.ca/
- Schedules at
- https://www.marineatlantic.ca/sailing-information/schedule
- Adults
- $44
- Standard vehicle
- $115
- Bicycles
- $18
- Motorcycles
- $58
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