Coach Canada is the Canadian affiliate of

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. Charter services (rental of bus with driver) originating in most areas in Ontario can travel to anywhere in North America. However, Megabus operations are confined to the provinces of

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and

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and provide services under the Megabus brand in the main centres such as Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, and Niagara Falls. Coach Canada is mainly a mix of scheduled services, charter operations, and sightseeing tour operations.Stagecoach in North America
Coach Canada was included in the April 2019 disposal by

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of its North American operations to Variant Equity Advisors. In June 2024, Coach USA filed for

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, blaming corporate impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has plans to sell its assets and has planning to sell its Megabus subsidiaries (including Coach Canada) to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group.

Operators

Approval under the ''Investment Canada Act'' was given to

in October 1999, to acquire Erie Coach Lines of London, Autocar Connaisseur Inc., of Montréal and Trentway-Wagar of Peterborough, which became the core of their Canadian operations today. Gray Line Montreal, although also owned by Stagecoach, is independently operated.

Scheduled bus services

Scheduled services (as Megabus): *

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/ Kingston /

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/ Kirkland /

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* Kingston /

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/ Oakville /

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* Toronto Airport / Port Hope / Trenton / Belleville / Napanee / Kingston *

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/ Toronto Airport / Toronto-Yorkdale / Queen's University

Public transit operations

* Coach Canada no longer operates municipal transit. It previously held contracts with Durham Region Transit and Cobourg/ Port Hope Transit, however those contracts were not renewed.

Carpool litigation

Trentway-Wagar won a legal battle in Ontario on 12 November 2008. The company had alleged that PickupPal, an online

carpool Carpooling is the sharing of Automobile, car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car, and prevents the need for others to have to drive to a location themselves. Carpooling is considered a Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) serv ...

matching service, was violating Ontario safety laws. PickupPal was ordered to pay $2,836.07 CAN to the Ontario government and $8,500.00 CAN to Trentway-Wagar for the violation of these laws. Trentway-Wagar received criticism for its litigation against PickupPal, leading to cancellations by clients and prompting politicians to introduce new legislation that is more prepared to deal with emerging businesses like PickupPal. On 24 April 2009 the Ontario Government amended the '' Public Vehicle Act'' to remove any mention of carpool vehicles, thus essentially removing any legal barriers preventing carpooling in Ontario.

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* * {{StagecoachGroup Stagecoach Group bus operators in the United States and Canada Companies based in Ontario Intercity bus companies of Canada Bus transport in Ontario Bus transport in Quebec Peterborough, Ontario Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024 Transport companies established in 1999 Canadian companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Ontario