All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems
Ontario Communities (O - R)

Oakville, Ontario

C.H. Norton Bus Lines (1962 - 1972)
Two routes. Franchise expired 1972.

Gray Coach Lines (1970s?)
(CC73). Intercity line through Oakville also had intra-Oakville fare.

Oakville Transit (System) (05 September 1972 - present)
(Dawes et al. 1972, TC75, CUTA 1976-77, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, Chow 1998, photo: W.E. Miller [Peter Cox collection])

system logo	Service area population	105,000 (1991)
	Ridership	2,479,945 (2009)
	Vehicle fleet	60 buses (2000)
	Employees	100 (1991)
	Data source:	CUTA 1991/2 CTHF/SSG 2000 CTF [Aug. 2010] (ridership) website 2011 (logo)

References

• Chatoff, Peter. "The New Trend - Oakville Transit," Canadian Coach, Vol. IX, No. 1, January/February 1973, pp. 3-8.
• Oakville Transit, Oakville Transit On-Line, a world wide web site at the URL: http://oakvilletransit.com/ 1997.

Orangeville, Ontario

Orangeville Transit System (02 December 1991 - present)
Operated by Charterways Transportation Limited. (Chow 1998, CUTA F94, CUTA 1992 “non-member”, photo Kevin Nichol)
As of 2011 First Student Canada and its predecessors had been the contract operator for twenty years (orangeville.com 25 November 2011).

system logo	Vehicle fleet	2 minibuses
	Data source:	CTHF/SSG 2000 website 2010 (logo)

Orillia, Ontario

Orillia Bus Lines (? - ?)
Transit operator photographed by Peter Cox circa 1950s. (photo Peter Cox).

Orillia Transportation Company Ltd. (? - circa 1975)
(Dawes et al. 1972, CC73)

City of Orillia Transit System (circa 1975 - present)
(pb89, CUTA 1992 "non-member", Chow 1998) (TC76 cites Orillia Transit.) Operating contract awarded to Penetang-Midland Coach Lines Limited in 1976 (CUTA 1976-77). (not in CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1988 or Sotnyk 1981). (photos: W.E. Miller [Peter Cox collection], Kevin Nichol).

Owen Sound, Ontario

A.J. Frost (circa August 1915? - ?)
Operating three jitney cars (CR&MW September 1915, p. 353).

Owen Sound Bus Lines Ltd. (December 1953 - 1961)
(RS, Dawes et al. 1972). The DBS Transit Report for December 1953 (Vol. 7, No. 12) stated "a new [transit] company went into operation" in Owen Sound that month.

Owen Sound Transit System (? - present)
Perera 1973 lists that the City of Owen Sound received transit operating subsidies from the provincial government. CUTA 1976-77 lists City of Owen Sound. (not in CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1988 or Sotnyk 1981). (pb89 lists an Owen Sound Transit Bus Lines). (RS, CUTA 1992 "non-member", Photos: anonymous, W.E. Miller [Peter Cox collection], Kevin Nichol).

Parry Sound, Ontario

Parry Sound Transit (summer 2007 - present)
Transit service operated three days/week (Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays), operated by Hammond Transportation Ltd. (website 2011).

system logo

Data source:

online schedule 2011

Pelham, Ontario

Pelham Transit (02 September 2008 - 31 August 2009)
Transit service connecting the Fonthill area of Pelham with Welland. Operation contracted to Welland Transit. Service discontinued at the end of the one-year trial. (Welland Tribune 2009).

Pembroke, Ontario

Pembroke Transit (01 November 1977 - circa 1998)
Town council voted to discontinue transit service 1998 in response to the end of provincial operating subsidies (CTHF Bulletin 1998). (CUTA 1988, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, pb96)

Upper Valley Transit (1998 - 2004)
Described in a newspaper article as a private operator but it makes more sense that UVT was a contracted operator. No service in Pembroke for several months in 2004. ([Stratford] Beacon Herald Jul. 21, 2011).

Thom Transit Ltd. (2004 - present)
Described in a newspaper article as a private operator but it makes more sense that TT Ltd. is a contracted operator. ([Stratford] Beacon Herald Jul. 21, 2011). As of 2008 the operating schedule in effect dated from 2005 (website). The 2008 schedule (website 2010) also reports Thom. (Bus Industry Magazine (Vol. 4, No. 4)/AG) (not in Sotnyk 1981)

Chalk River System

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Transportation Branch (? - present)
For decades AECL operated bus service between Pembroke and its facilities at Chalk River and Deep River. As a public agency, AECL maintained an "operator" membership in the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), but it's not clear if their operations were ever common carrier. At some time, probably in the later 1990's or early 2000's, AECL moved to contracting the service. The contractor circa 2007 was Thom Transit Ltd. (Dawes et al. 1972, CUTA 1976-77, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992) (not in Sotnyk 1981)

Port Colborne, Ontario

Port Colborne Transit (February 2006 - present)
Local transit changed from one day per week to five February 2006. Managed by Port Cares. “Local service [in Port Colborne] in 2007 was provided by Laidlaw” (Welland Tribune, 14 March 2008). Connector service between Port Colborne and Welland instituted October 2007. Contracted by the municipality to Welland Transit from 31 March 2008. Connector grouped with other regional routes as Niagara Region Transit from 12 September 2011. (website 2011).

Port Hope, Ontario

Burley Bus Lines (1948 - 1969)
Town service. Company also operated transit service in Cobourg and intercity routes out of Cobourg, Oshawa, Kitchener and elsewhere. (Ross).

Dermo Transit Lines (1969 - 1974?)
Perera 1973 lists that the Town of Port Hope received transit operating subsidies from the provincial government. Dermo acquired 1974 by Trentway Bus Lines. (Ross, Canadian Coach Vol. IX, No. 3, May/June 1973).

D.J. Travel Transit Limited (1974? - ?)
Transit in Port Hope at least as late as 1979 (Ross). (CUTA 1976-77).

Port Hope Transit (? - present)
In operation at least since 1981. As of 2010 service comprised of two routes. Route “B” also connects Port Hope to Cobourg. Operated by contractor Trentway-Wagar Inc. (website 2010 including online map dated 2008). (Sotnyk 1981, CUTA 1988, CUTA 1992 "non-member", Chow 1998, photo: Kevin Nichol) (not in CUTA 1991/2 or CUTA 1989)

Reference

• Ross, Greg, “Burley Once, Burley Twice,” Bus Industry, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1979, pp. 7-14.

Quinte West, Ontario

Ontario Coachway Transit (27 November 2000 - ?)
Service between Frankford, Trenton and Belleville. (CTN 2000). By February 2007 Laidlaw Transit Ltd. was the only local bus service listed on the Quinte West website, with just three round trips daily between Trenton and Belleville (about 20 km), via CFB Trenton and Loyalist College (website, 2007).

Quinte Access (15 September 2008 - present)
Pilot local public transit in Trenton. (Trentonian September 2008, February 2009, photo: David A. Wyatt).

Renfrew, Ontario