There are 8 ways to get from Ottawa to University of Minnesota by plane, bus, train, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train (Amtrak), or bus (Flixbus)
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 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
best- Fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane YOW - MSP
7h 16m$335–1,105Bus to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Ottawa to Syracuse Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane SYR - MSP
10h 3m$174–825Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ottawa to Syracuse Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
27h 45m$351–748Bus via Union Depot & Gate A1
- Take the bus from Ottawa to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Milwaukee Intermodal Station to Saint Paul Union Depotbus
29h 26m$215–334Drive 1,017.5 mi
- Drive from Ottawa to University of Minnesotacar 1,017.5 mi
20h 5m$233–337Train to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ottawa to Dorvaltrain
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane YUL - MSP
7h 28m$391–1,611Train
- Take the train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalotrain
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
30h 21m$387–1,020Bus
- Take the bus from Ottawa to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Milwaukee to Minneapolisbus
31h 3m$218–341
Ottawa to University of Minnesota by bus, train, tram, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ottawa to University of Minnesota is to bus via Union Depot & Gate A1 which costs $210 - $340 and takes 29h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Ottawa to University of Minnesota is to fly which takes 7h 16m and costs $330 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Ottawa to University of Minnesota. However, there are services departing from Ottawa and arriving at Pleasant St SE & Scholars Walk via Detroit Bus Station, Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Union Depot & Gate A1. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Ottawa to University of Minnesota station. However, there are services departing from Ottawa and arriving at East Bank Station via Toronto Union Station, Buffalo Depew Station, Chicago Union Station and Union Depot Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 21m.
The distance between Ottawa and University of Minnesota is 873 miles. The road distance is 1023.4 miles.
The best way to get from Ottawa to University of Minnesota without a car is to bus and train which takes 27h 45m and costs $350 - $750.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Ottawa to University of Minnesota, including transfers.
Ottawa to University of Minnesota bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Ottawa station.
Ottawa to University of Minnesota train services, operated by VIA Rail, depart from Ottawa station.
The best way to get from Ottawa to University of Minnesota is to fly which takes 7h 16m and costs $330 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus via Union Depot & Gate A1, which costs $210 - $340 and takes 29h 26m, you could also train, which costs $380 - $1,100 and takes 30h 21m.
What companies run services between Ottawa, ON, Canada and University of Minnesota, MN, USA?
Air Canada, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ottawa to University of Minnesota via Detroit Bus Station, Milwaukee Intermodal Station, Saint Paul Union Depot, Union Depot & Gate A1, and Pleasant St SE & Scholars Walk in around 29h 26m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Winnipeg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Winnipeg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $200–430
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–270
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–340
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–270
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Ottawa to Dorval
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $28–85
- Business
- $60–160
- Business Plus
- $70–170
- Economy
- $30–95
- Economy Plus
- $35–100
Train from Ottawa to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $75–180
- Business
- $110–220
- Business Plus
- $120–230
- Economy
- $80–190
- Economy Plus
- $90–190
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $30–90
- Business
- $65–170
- Business Plus
- $75–180
- Economy
- $35–100
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Ottawa to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Ottawa to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Milwaukee Intermodal Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Ottawa to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Ottawa to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Milwaukee Intermodal Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Milwaukee Intermodal Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $80–110
Bus from Milwaukee to Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $85–120
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More Questions & Answers
Ottawa to University of Minnesota bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Detroit Bus Station.
Ottawa to University of Minnesota train services, operated by VIA Rail, arrive at Toronto Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ottawa to University of Minnesota is 1023 miles. It takes approximately 20h 5m to drive from Ottawa to University of Minnesota.
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