Penetang-Midland Coach Lines

Greyhound Canada Transportation ULC (Greyhound Canada) was an intercity coach service that began as a local British Columbia bus line in the early 1920s, expanded across most of Canada, and became a subsidiary of the American Greyhound Lines in 1940.

In 2018, Greyhound pulled out of Western Canada, preserving only domestic service in Ontario and Quebec, and trans-border routes to the United States.

On May 13, 2021, Greyhound Canada permanently suspended operation in all of Canada. Cross-border routes to the United States would from that point forward be operated by Greyhound Lines (USA).
*Montreal to Boston
*Montreal to New York City
*Toronto to Buffalo (with connections to New York City)
*Vancouver to Seattle

Timeline

1921: John Learmonth started a Nelson–Willow Point passenger and freight service in the West Kootenay region of southeastern BC.

1922: Learmonth extended the service eastward to the Balfour area. In a 1923 timetable, Old's Stage was the trading name, which operated a 15-person jitney service, connected by a river crossing to the Procter steamboat landing. On reopening for the 1924 season, the trading name changed to Learmonth.

1925: Before the establishment of the Harrop Cable Ferry, Learmonth switched his route westward to Trail. Learmonth is believed to have started the new Nelson–Procter service via the ferry.

1928: Learmonth commenced a Nelson–Kaslo service, driven by Herb Harrop. Serving the routes from Nelson were a 20-seat Pierce-Arrow bus named Marjorie to Trail, Muriel to Kaslo, and Patricia to Slocan City.

1929: Roosevelt (Speed) Olson formed Kootenay Valley Transportation Co. (KVT) to take over the three routes, having bought the business the previous November. Learmonth was district superintendent until retirement in 1965. KVT started a Nelson–Salmo–Spokane service. KVT purchased the J. Motherwell operations, the only remaining bus line in the district. Canadian Greyhound Coaches BC (CGBC) was registered. Speed's brother Barney and George B. Fay joined this expanding venture. W.L. Watson sold the partners Foothills Transportation Co. (FT), which operated Calgary– Nanton, Alberta.

1930: The shareholders formed Canadian Greyhound Coaches (CGC) in Alberta to create a route network within that province and to manage all existing operations. Barney Olson founded Canadian Yelloway Lines to assume the Calgary–Edmonton route when Brewster Transport lost the franchise. The partners amalgamated this business and their other ones as Central Canadian Greyhound Lines (CCG). The Alberta and BC operations became connected by a through service, but passengers initially had to change buses at the Crowsnest Pass border. Using interline agreements with two Washington-based companies, a Calgary–Edmonton–Spokane–Seattle through service was established. Canadian Greyhound Lines (CG) was formed for Ontario operations.

1931: CCG created interline services with other Alberta and Western US operators. When Greyhound USA sued to restrain CCG from using the Greyhound name, lengthy negotiations began.
CG and Gray Coach Lines established Toronto Greyhound Lines, a joint venture, for a Toronto–Detroit route.

1933: CCG acquired Calgary & Eastern Bus Lines (established 1927).

1934: CCG acquired Alberta Montana Bus Lines (established 1930). Arrow Coach Lines (AC) transferred its Alberta routes to CGG.

1935: After negotiating since 1931, Greyhound US granted CCG a licence to use the Greyhound name and interline agreements with Pacific Greyhound, Northland Greyhound, and Washington Motor Coach. BC Greyhound (BCG) was established. BCG acquired Interior Greyhound Lines from O.K. Valley Freight Lines, which had purchased the enterprise the prior year. BCG acquired Cariboo Greyhound Lines.

1938: CCG acquired Trans-Continental Coach Lines (TCC) (established 1935) from Barney Olson and Midland Bus Lines of Alberta (established 1926). The latter had bought the Saskatchewan operations of Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1936.

1939: TG acquired Canadian-American Trailways of Ontario.

1940: CG acquired TG. TCC acquired Prairie Coach Lines (established 1933). BCG acquired Blue Funnel Lines. A restructuring of the group as Western Canadian Greyhound Lines (WCG) gave Greyhound USA 80 per cent ownership and Fay 20 per cent.

1941: CCG acquired AC, which was operating in Saskatchewan. WCG obtained the linking Big Bend Highway route.

1942: CCG bought the Calgary– Banff route from Brewster Transport. The US military contracted CCG to provide a Dawson Creek–Whitehorse service along the new Alaska Highway