Bus companies in Ontario

Bus companies in Ontario range in scale from small family run businesses to subsidiaries of large international transportation groups. Many operate yellow school buses for student transportation on behalf of local school boards, while others concentrate on luxury coach charters and tours. Some municipalities use these private companies to run their public transit systems.

417 Bus Line is a coach and school bus operator in Casselman, a small village on Ontario Provincial Highway 417 between Ottawa and Montreal. The company began as Laplante Bus Line in 1958, which became Casselman Bus Line in 1965 and was incorporated in 1974 as 417 Bus Line Ltd. The founder, Jean-Paul Laplante, started with a single vehicle transporting students to the local school. Steady growth of the fleet lead to expansion with a bus route between Casselman and Ottawa. The family continues to operate the company today.

417 Bus Line Ltd. includes Lalonde Bus Line, Matte Bus Line, Larocque Bus Line and Bergeron Bus Lines as part of its operations, which have a combined fleet of over 150 units.

Aboutown Transportation was a diversified transportation company based in the city of London, serving southwestern Ontario for over 60 years. Bus services that it operated included charters, intercity routes and public transit systems in Chatham-Kent and St. Thomas. During the school year it once operated six transit bus routes between Kings and Brescia Colleges, and the main campus at the University of Western Ontario. Local services provided in the London area included taxis, limousines, school buses, paratransit services, minibus charters, shuttle services and airport services. It also operated Foot's Bay Marina on Lake Joseph in Muskoka, and Trillium Sport Aviation Inc., a 50 percent owned affiliate, based at London International Airport. Aboutown entered into receivership in Sept 2013, citing over $2 million in debts. Operations ceased after 60 years of service in Southwestern Ontario.

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