TOK Coachlines (formerly Can-ar Coach Service) is a scheduled and chartered coach operator in the

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, It is a division of Tokmakjian Inc., a privately held Canadian corporation operating as TOK Group based in

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. A related division of TOK Group is TOK Transit which operates public transit services under contract to municipalities.

History

Can-ar Coach was established in 1983 when Travelways Incorporated, a Thornhill-based bus operator founded in 1976, was sold by Larry Needler (co-owner with several other partners). Both TOK Coachlines and TOK Transit originally operated as Can-ar Coach Service.

Operations

TOK Coachlines operates a scheduled bus route to

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and

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from

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via Kincardine. A service from Lindsay and Haliburton ended in 2024. TOK Transit operates public transit bus service under contract for

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, and for

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Fleet

Can-ar

In 2012, Can-ar operated approximately 40 buses. The fleet information is based on the information its former website. This list of retired Can-ar buses may not be complete. It is based on information from 2004. Can-ar used to operate a fleet of over 75 transit buses, owned by

, under an extension of the contract under which it operated Vaughan Transit for the City of Vaughan.

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