Cardinal is one of a few school bus operators in Ontario, Canada. Cardinal's charter and activity (school-type) buses are white and red while buses used on school routes are yellow with the flashing warning lights as per transport regulation.
Cardinal has a contract for minivans and accessible services for the Toronto District School Board for areas west of Yonge Street.
In 2005, Firstbus Canada acquired 471136 B.C. Limited and Cardinal Transportation B.C. Inc., Vancouver, BC and Cardinal Coach Lines Limited and Focus Capital Inc., Calgary, AB and Cardinal Coach Lines (Ont.) Ltd., North York, ON.
Cardinal Coach Lines was owned by Stan Weber in Calgary Alberta. Ellie Cameron is the manager in Toronto.