Originally Posted by Wannabe

Wrong. There are five trains daily from Dorval to Ottawa, taking about 90 minutes. $34, tax inclusive, if you book well in advance and get a Comfort Super fare. The train stop is max 5 minutes from the airport in a taxi.
The downside about taking the train, is that there are limits on how much luggage you can bring. If I'm not mistaken, none of the trains between Montreal and Ottawa carry separate luggage carts, so you can't check excess luggage.

Greyhound runs between Dorval and Ottawa, 6 departures a day, taking around two hours. $25.20, tax not incl. I'm not sure if there are other bus companies operating this route.

Originally Posted by Souvenir

I stand corrected. It's still a lot of messing around. I would have thought that the easiest option would be to take a bus to Heathrow and fly direct to Ottawa.

Originally Posted by coolboarder

I agree i would much rather fly direct to where i want to go but as i mentioned in my original post there isn't any direct flights to Ottawa not for around the £300 mark any how. I was going to fly to Toronto and then internally to Ottawa but someone previous suggested to fly to Montreal and then by road to ottawa. This so far seems to be my best route but I'm all ears if there is a better way.

Originally Posted by dbd

I don't think there's a better way but hope you have concluded that in almost all of Canada, you need a car. It would be very silly indeed to think of living in or around Ottawa and trying to get around on public transit.

Originally Posted by coolboarder

I was only on about using public transport for my visit to have an interview. Once living there we couldnt manage without car specially as i have 3 kids!

Originally Posted by dbd

I don't think there's a better way but hope you have concluded that in almost all of Canada, you need a car. It would be very silly indeed to think of living in or around Ottawa and trying to get around on public transit.