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{{Short description|Defunct Canadian intercity bus company}}
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| name = Greyhound Canada
| logo = Greyhound UK logo.png
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| image_caption = [[Motor Coach Industries]] 102DL3 in [[Toronto]] in October 2014
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| founded = 1929
| ceased = May 13, 2021
| headquarters = [[Burlington, Ontario]]
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| service_area = [[Western Canada]] (until 2018)<br>[[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]] (until 2021)
| service_type = [[Intercity coach service]]
| alliance = [[Greyhound Lines]]<br>[[Trailways of New York]]
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'''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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Noakes |first=Susan |date=October 31, 2018 |title=Greyhound service in Western Canada stops at midnight: Now what? |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/greyhound-western-canada-1.4884374}}</ref>

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).<ref name=CTV-20210513>{{Cite news |date=May 13, 2021 |title=Greyhound Canada to cut all routes, end operations |work=CTV News |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/greyhound-canada-to-cut-all-routes-end-operations-1.5426464}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 13, 2021 |title='Devastating news' for thousands as Greyhound Canada permanently shuts down across the country |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/13/greyhound-canada-suspends-service-on-all-routes-in-ontario-and-quebec.html |access-date=June 17, 2022 |issn=0319-0781}}</ref>
*[[Montreal]] to [[Boston]]
*Montreal to [[New York City]]
*[[Toronto]] to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] (with connections to New York City)
*[[Vancouver]] to [[Seattle]]<ref name="CBC-2021-10-27">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greyhound-resumes-service-us-canada-1.6227464 |title=Greyhound set to resume bus service to Canada as U.S. border reopens |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=October 27, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="CTV-2021-10-25">{{cite web |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/welcome-back-after-19-months-greyhound-buses-to-resume-between-canada-and-the-u-s-1.5638248 |title='Welcome back': After 19 months, Greyhound buses to resume between Canada and the U.S. |publisher=[[CTV News]] |date=October 25, 2021 }}</ref>

==Timeline==
{{Prose|section|date=July 2024}}
1921: John Learmonth started a [[Nelson, British Columbia|Nelson]]–Willow Point passenger and freight service in the [[West Kootenay]] region of southeastern BC.{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=230}}

1922: Learmonth extended the service eastward to the [[Balfour, British Columbia|Balfour]] area.{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=230}}{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=3}} In a 1923 timetable, Old's Stage was the trading name,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0401046#p7z-3r0f:%22Learmonth%22 |page=8 |title=Daily News |date=April 24, 1923|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> which operated a 15-person jitney service, connected by a river crossing to the [[Procter, British Columbia|Procter]] [[steamboat]] landing.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0401060#p9z-3r0f:%22Learmonth%22 |page=10 |title=Daily News |date=May 5, 1923|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> On reopening for the 1924 season, the trading name changed to Learmonth.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0401612#p7z-3r0f:%22Learmonth%22 |page=8 |title=Daily News |date=April 17, 1924|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref>

1925: Before the establishment of the [[Harrop Cable Ferry]], Learmonth switched his route westward to [[Trail, British Columbia|Trail]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0402206#p9z-3r0f:%22Learmonth%22 |page=10 |title=Daily News |date=June 18, 1925|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> Learmonth is believed to have started the new Nelson–Procter service via the ferry.{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=176}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0402742#p9z-3r0f:%22Procter%22 |page=10 |title=Daily News |date=August 18, 1925|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref>

1928: Learmonth commenced a Nelson–[[Kaslo]] service, driven by Herb Harrop.{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=394}} Serving the routes from Nelson were a 20-seat [[Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company|Pierce-Arrow]] bus named Marjorie to Trail, Muriel to Kaslo, and Patricia to [[Slocan, British Columbia|Slocan City]].{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=360}}

1929: Roosevelt (Speed) Olson formed Kootenay Valley Transportation Co. (KVT) to take over the three routes,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0404244#p9z-2r0f:%22Kootenay%22 |page=10 |title=Daily News |date=February 22, 1929|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> having bought the business the previous November.{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=360}} Learmonth was district superintendent until retirement in 1965.{{sfn|Madsen|1988|p=230}} KVT started a Nelson–[[Salmo, British Columbia|Salmo]]–[[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] service.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0404335#p2z-2r0f:%22Kootenay%22 |page=3 |title=Daily News |date=April 24, 1929|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> KVT purchased the J. Motherwell operations, the only remaining bus line in the district.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0404111#p4z-2r0f:%22stage%22 |page=5 |title=Daily News |date=June 1, 1929|website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> 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]].{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=3, 70–71}}

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 (state)|Washington]]-based companies, a Calgary–Edmonton–Spokane–[[Seattle]] through service was established. Canadian Greyhound Lines (CG) was formed for Ontario operations.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=3, 70–71}}

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.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=3}} 
CG and [[Gray Coach]] Lines established Toronto Greyhound Lines, a joint venture, for a [[Toronto]]–[[Detroit]] route.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=4}}

1933: CCG acquired Calgary & Eastern Bus Lines (established 1927).{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=3, 70–71}}

1934: CCG acquired Alberta Montana Bus Lines (established 1930). Arrow Coach Lines (AC) transferred its Alberta routes to CGG.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=3, 70–71}}

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.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=3, 70–71}}

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.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=4, 70–71}}

1940: CG acquired TG.<ref>{{Google books| NYRVv5SzfXUC |Interstate Commerce Commission Dec 1939–Nov 1940 |page=599}}</ref> 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.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=4, 70–71}}

1941: CCG acquired AC, which was operating in Saskatchewan. WCG obtained the linking [[Big Bend Highway]] route.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=4, 70–71}}

1942: CCG bought the Calgary–[[Banff, Alberta|Banff]] route from Brewster Transport. The US military contracted CCG to provide a [[Dawson Creek]]–[[Whitehorse]] service along the new [[Alaska Highway]] during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=4}}

1944: CCG acquired Clark Transportation Co and Red Bus Lines (established 1929). BCG was merged into WCG. TG was renamed Eastern Canadian Greyhound Lines (ECG). [[Saskatchewan]] nationalized the intra-provincial Greyhound routes.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

1945: ECG acquired Nickle Belt Transportation (established 1939) of Ontario.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

1948: CG merged into ECG when [[Central Greyhound Lines]] disbanded and merged into [[Great Lakes Greyhound Lines]]. WCG became the major shareholder in [[Motor Coach Industries]] (MCI). By 1950, MCI had solely supplied the whole 129-coach Greyhound fleet.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

1956: R.L. Borden became general manager when Fay retired.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=5}}

1957: Greyhound Lines of Canada (GLC) was created as a public company to administer WCG and ECG operations. Greyhound USA owned 69 per cent.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

1958: GLC acquired Moore's Trans-Canada Bus Lines (established 1940) of [[Manitoba]]
.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

1959: GLC became the operating company.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=70–71}}

1962: The opening of [[Rogers Pass (British Columbia)#Trans-Canada Highway|Rogers Pass]] established a year-round connected all-Canadian network.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=5}}

1965: GLC acquired Brewster Transport/Brewster Rocky Mountain Gray Line.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

1969: GLC acquired Coachways System, operating in western Canada and [[Alaska]].{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=5, 70–71}}

Late 1980s–early 1990s: Freight was expanding, but passenger traffic rapidly declining. GLC disposed of marginal feeder routes and focused on long haul services.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=6}}

1992: GLC acquired Gray Coach Lines, based in Ontario, from [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]].{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=6}}

1993: MCI was sold.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=6}}

1995: A major restructuring placed the intercity bus operations under Greyhound Canada Transportation Co (GCT), 76 per cent publicly owned, while the tourism business became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dial Corp.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=6, 70–71}}

1996: [[Greyhound Air]] began scheduled passenger flights with [[Boeing 727-200]] jetliners on domestic routes in Canada in July 1996, suffered heavy losses, and ceased operations in September 1997.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=63}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.departedflights.com/FK080196.html | title=Greyhound Air August 1, 1996 Route Map }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10252056 | title=C-GMKF &#124; Boeing 727-227(Adv) &#124; Greyhound Air &#124; Kurt Kolb }}</ref>

1997: [[Laidlaw]] acquired GCT.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=6}}

1998: GCT acquired Voyageur-Colonial of Montreal.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=6}}

2007: [[FirstGroup]] bought Laidlaw.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6345627.stm |title=FirstGroup buys Greyhound buses |work=BBC News |date=February 9, 2007}}</ref>

2018: Prior to cancelling most all routes west of [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Ontario,<ref name=G&M-20180709>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-greyhound-cancels-most-routes-in-western-canada/|title=Greyhound cancels most of its routes in Western Canada|date=July 9, 2018|work=Globe & Mail}}</ref> an application the prior year included widespread proposed service cancellations and reductions.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/60237 |pages=72–73 |title=Application Summary}}</ref>

2021: Prior to ceasing services in Ontario and Quebec, these routes were temporarily suspended in May 2020 because of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19]].<ref name=CTV-20210513>{{Cite news |date=May 13, 2021 |title=Greyhound Canada to cut all routes, end operations |work=CTV News |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/greyhound-canada-to-cut-all-routes-end-operations-1.5426464}}</ref> During the 19-month closure of the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]], the respective Greyhound USA routes did not operate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wltribune.com/news/greyhound-to-resume-vancouver-seattle-service-when-u-s-border-reopens-on-nov-8|title=Greyhound to resume Vancouver-Seattle service when U.S. border reopens on Nov. 8|work=Williams Lake Tribune|date=October 28, 2021}}</ref>

==Western Canada service termination==
In February 2018 Greyhound Canada received permission to terminate its two remaining routes on [[Vancouver Island]] running from [[Victoria, British Columbia]] to [[Nanaimo]] and [[Vancouver]]. Tofino Bus Services subsequently took over these two Greyhound routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bus-service-vancouver-island-greyhound-1.4550334 |title=Tofino Bus Services to take over Greyhound routes on Vancouver Island |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="CHEK-2018-02-25">{{cite web |url=https://www.cheknews.ca/tofino-bus-services-take-greyhound-routes-vancouver-island-422756/ |title=Tofino Bus Services to take over Greyhound routes on Vancouver Island |publisher=[[CHEK-DT|CHEK News]] |author=CBC News |author-link=CBC News |date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=July 19, 2018 }}</ref>

Greyhound Canada terminated service along [[British Columbia Highway 16|Highway 16]] between [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]] and [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]] in [[British Columbia]] with the last run being on May 30, 2018. Greyhound said it was losing $35,000 per day on routes in Northern British Columbia and in parts of Vancouver Island, and had lost $70 million in the six years prior to 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/last-greyhound |title=Greyhound makes final passenger trip on B.C.'s Highway of Tears |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> At the time, [[BC Bus North]] stepped in to provide services between Fort Nelson, Prince Rupert, Prince George, Fort St. John and Dawson Creek.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joseph |first1=Rebecca |title=What are the alternatives to Greyhound in Western Canada? {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4322146/greyhound-western-canada-alternatives/ |access-date=September 25, 2019 |work=globalnews.ca |date=July 9, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boynton |first1=Sean |title=B.C. strikes deal with Ottawa to keep funding BC Bus North on routes that Greyhound abandoned {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5200185/bc-northern-bus-routes-funding/ |access-date=September 25, 2019 |work=globalnews.ca |date=April 25, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Little |first1=Simon |title=B.C. announces new northern bus service to replace Greyhound {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4240740/northern-bc-bus-service/ |access-date=September 25, 2019 |work=globalnews.ca |date=May 29, 2018}}</ref>

Greyhound Canada also terminated service from Prince George, British Columbia to [[Whitehorse]], [[Yukon]] with the last trip from Whitehorse occurring on May 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-without-the-greyhound-bus-itll-be-much-more-difficult-to-discover/ |title=Without the Greyhound bus, it'll be much more difficult to discover Canada |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Michael |last=Dougherty |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref>

From 2014 to 2017, ridership along that part of the route between Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson had dropped from 18,307 to 9,647 passengers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/regional-news/transportation-board-approves-greyhound-route-cuts-in-northeast-b-c-1.23180795 |title=Transportation board approves Greyhound route cuts in Northeast B.C. |newspaper=Alaska Highway News |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref>

Greyhound Canada announced on July 9, 2018 that it was cancelling all services west of [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]]. The sole remaining route between Vancouver and Seattle would be operated by [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound USA]]. Greyhound Canada claimed the cancellations were due to declining ridership, which dropped 41% nationwide since 2010 and 8% in Western Canada alone in 2017. The cancellations took effect on October 31, 2018.<ref name="G&M-20180709" /> Greyhound said that the decline in ridership was due to increased car ownership, subsidies to competing passenger carriers, competition from low-cost airlines and regulatory restrictions.<ref name="FP-20180709">{{Cite news|url=https://business.financialpost.com/transportation/greyhound-canada-to-end-routes-in-prairies-b-c-leaving-small-towns-in-lurch|title=Greyhound Canada to end service in Prairies, B.C., eliminating 415 jobs — and leaving small towns in the lurch|date=July 9, 2018|work=Financial Post|access-date=July 9, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

==COVID-19 and final service termination==
COVID-19 caused a 95 percent drop in ridership. Thus, Greyhound reduced service on March 25, 2020 and suspended six routes on April 5, 2020. On May 6, 2020, Greyhound Canada announced it would temporarily shut down all its remaining bus services; the shutdown was announced as permanent on May 13, 2021.<ref name="G&M-2020-05-06">{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-greyhound-canada-announces-temporary-shutdown-of-remaining-routes/ |title=Greyhound Canada announces temporary shutdown of remaining routes |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Janice |last=Dickson |date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=May 7, 2020}}</ref> Greyhound refunded tickets and travel vouchers for travel after May 13.<ref name="CTV-20210513" /><ref name="ghgone">{{cite news| url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7858947/greyhound-canada-end-operations-cut-buses/| title=Greyhound Canada to cut all bus routes, end operations| first=Brett| last=Bundale| website=globalnews.ca| date=May 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.greyhound.ca/| title=Greyhound Canada Closes its Services in Canada| date=May 13, 2021| archive-date=May 13, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513171749/https://news.greyhound.ca/| url-status=live}}</ref>

Besides the pandemic, Greyhound also blamed ride sharing and subsidized competition from [[Via Rail]] for the shutdown,<ref name="TheStar-2021/11/18" /> which affected 400 employees.<ref name="G&M-2020-05-06"/>

Greyhound Canada planned to sell its bus stations,<ref name="ghgone" /> and to sell its bus fleet. It placed its fleet of 38 buses on auction scheduled for January 18, 2022. Some of the buses feature wheelchair capability, leather seats, multimedia screens and on-board restrooms.<ref name="TheStar-2021/11/18">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/11/18/fleet-of-greyhound-buses-up-for-sale-after-company-shut-down-all-canadian-operations-permanently.html |title=Fleet of Greyhound buses up for sale after company shut down all Canadian operations permanently |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=November 18, 2021 }}</ref>

==Routes==
Routes listed below are those that were in service prior to the then-temporary suspension of service in May 2020, all of which were permanently terminated in May 2021.

===Regular service===
At the time of its closure in 2021, Greyhound Canada's scheduled bus services were confined to Ontario and Quebec, although all routes were already suspended on May 13, 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Chris |title=Greyhound Canada to temporarily shut down amid 95 per cent decline in ridership |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/greyhound-canada-to-temporarily-shut-down-amid-95-per-cent-decline-in-ridership-1.4928755 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=CP24 |date=May 7, 2020}}</ref>

At the time of its service suspension, Greyhound Canada operated the following routes:<ref name="closure">{{cite web |title=Greyhound Canada Closes its Services in Canada |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/greyhound-canada-closes-its-services-in-canada-839752331.html |website=www.newswire.ca |date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>

*Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto
*Niagara Falls-Toronto
*Ottawa–Kingston
*Sudbury–Ottawa/Toronto
*Toronto–London-Windsor
*Toronto–Kitchener/Guelph/Cambridge

Greyhound Canada also operated a number of services to the [[United States]], but through services to large US cities were provided by the US-based [[Greyhound Lines]].<ref name="closure" /> Most routes operated by Greyhound Canada were to border cities, such as [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], and [[Detroit]], with service further into the US provided by Greyhound Lines.

For travel into areas not served by Greyhound, passengers could sometimes transfer onto other bus lines which maintained inter-line agreements with Greyhound:
* [[Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services]]
* [[Orléans Express]]
* [[Maritime Bus]]
* [[Trailways of New York|Adirondack Trailways]]

===QuickLink===
[[Image:Greyhound 1257 Quicklink.JPG|right|250px|thumb|[[Prevost Car|Prevost]] in QuickLink branding in 2008]]
Greyhound operated a commuter service in [[Southern Ontario]] known as 'QuickLink Commuter Service'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhound.ca/home/en/quicklink/schedulesandfares.aspx|title=Greyhound.ca -|publisher=Greyhound.ca|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> A list of cities served by this service:
{{div col|colwidth=23em}}
* [[Barrie]]
* [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]]
* [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]]
* [[Cornwall, Ontario|Cornwall]]
* [[Grimsby, Ontario|Grimsby]]
* [[Guelph]]
* [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]
* [[London, Ontario|London]]
* [[Montreal]]
* [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]]
* [[Ottawa]]
* [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]]
* [[St Catharines]]
* [[Toronto]]
{{div col end}}

==Greyhound Courier Express==
[[Image:Greyhound Canada 50352.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Greyhound Courier Express vehicle]]
In early decades, residents of rural communities visited the nearest post office, possibly miles away, to collect mail and packages. The bus lines that served these localities were the only couriers. Consequently, residents relied upon this affordable and reliable means for sending and receiving a range of smaller products.<ref name=12Jul18>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4327096/greyhound-route-closures-package-delivery |title=Package delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada |work=Global News|date=July 12, 2018}}</ref> This included the delivery of newspapers, which the driver would throw through the open door or window of a bus.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=52}}

Over the years, several Greyhound buses were converted to combos, where the rear half of the bus carried freight. The rear seats were removed, an extra freight door added, and the washroom relocated to the middle section.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|pp=25, 29, 44}} In 1984, Greyhound purchased four trucks for long distance use in BC. These carried 16 loaded aluminum containers. Where volumes justified, tractor trailers were used on major routes.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=53}} However, in most instances, a bus towing a Greyhound [[U-Haul]]-type trailer was adequate.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=52}}

In 1988, Greyhound Courier Express (GCX) became a separate division.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=53}} By 2000, GCX generated 34 per cent of Greyhound revenue in Canada. A local GCX contractor might connect with the bus to collect or drop off items for that delivery area.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=52}} The 2018 closure of Greyhound in Western Canada ended the GCX service, which accounted for about 1.15 million of the 1.2 million packages delivered annually, mainly for commercial customers. Although rates were cheaper than most couriers, delivery times were dependent upon bus schedules. Since 2010, package freight volume had dropped 35 per cent.<ref name="12Jul18" />

==Stations==
{{main|List of Greyhound Bus stations}}

==Fleet==
{{More citations needed|section|date=May 2021}}
As at October 2018, Greyhound operated 436 vehicles, but it has an extended fleet through connecting operators:<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011012741/https://www.greyhound.ca/en/about/factsandfigures.aspx Fleet] Greyhound Canada</ref>

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| 2014
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|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] D4500
| suburban coach
| N/A
| 2001-2002
| Active
| {{Access icon}}
|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] 102EL3
| suburban coach
| N/A
| 2000
| 2015
|
|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] 102C3
| suburban coach
| 76
| 1991
| 2011
|
|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] 102D3
| suburban coach
| 20
| 1994-1996
| 2015
| {{Access icon}}
|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] 102DL3
| suburban coach
| 189
| 1994-2000
| Active
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|-
| [[Prevost Car]] [[Prevost H-Series|H3-45]]
| suburban coach
| 2
| 1995
| 2018
|Most retired and sold in 2016
|-
| [[Prevost Car]] [[Prevost X-Series|X3-45]]
| suburban coach
| 17/54
| 2008/2010-14
| Active
|{{Access icon}} 2008 Prevost transferred from [[Greyhound Lines]] in Oct.2014. 2014 Prevost transferred from [[First Student Canada|First Canada]] in Mar.2018.
|}

{{Access icon}} denotes wheelchair accessible vehicles

===Historic===
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* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-7 suburban coach
* [[Twin Coach]] 38S transit bus
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] Courier 100, 100A, 100B, 100C suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] Courier 200, 200A, 200B suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] Courier 95, 95D, 96, 97 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] Courier 85A, 85-X suburban coach
* [[New Flyer|Western Flyer Coach]] P-41R "Canuck" rear engine intercity coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-1 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MCX-1 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-2 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-3 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MCX-4 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-4 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MCC-5 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-5A suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-6 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-8 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-5B suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MCX-5 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] MC-9 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] 96A3 suburban coach
* [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] 102DL3 suburban coach
* [[Yellow Coach]] 743 intercity suburban coach
* [[General Motors Diesel Division|GMC]] PD-3302 rear engine parlour coach
* [[Canadian Car & Foundry|CC&F]]/[[JG Brill Company|Brill]] IC-37 intercity coach
* [[General Motors Diesel Division|GMC]] [[GM "old-look" transit bus|TDH-4506 "Old Look"]]
* [[General Motors Diesel Division|GMC]] TDH-4509 "Old Look"
* [[Motor Coach Industries]] 96A3
* [[Motor Coach Industries]] 102A3
* [[Motor Coach Industries]] 9
* [[Motor Coach Industries]]-9Sp
* [[Prevost Car]] [[Prevost X-Series|Le Mirage XLII]]
* [[IC Corporation|International]] 3400
* [[Van Hool]] TD925
* [[Setra]] S 417 HDH 
* [[Environmental Performance Vehicles|Designline]] EcoCoach
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Most buses are registered in Alberta and bear the province's license plates. In Ontario, Voyageur buses and some Greyhound buses have Ontario plates.

Older buses sported the former colours of the American company but with a Canadian flag. Between mid-2000s to early-2010s, certain buses had a white base with large greyhound image on the front and sides with a large light grey wording ''Greyhound'' on the sides along with a maple leaf. Since mid-2010s, most buses were painted in the same navy-blue-and-grey livery with the US-based company with no additional markings, and thus were virtually indistinguishable from US Greyhound buses.

===Transmissions===
From the 1985 model year 96A3 to the 1995 model year D4000 and D4500 (102D(L)3), as well as the first [[Prevost Car|Prevost]] H3-45 coaches, Greyhound Canada specified manual transmissions in all their intercity coaches. At first, five speed [[Eaton Corporation|Eaton Fuller]] transmissions were equipped in all 96A3 and 102A3 coaches. Beginning with the 1989 model year 102C3SS coaches, Greyhound Canada specified seven speed manual transmissions.

[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] B500 and B500Rs have been used on coaches equipped with Automatic transmissions until the D4505s which use the [[ZF Friedrichshafen|ZF]]-AStronic (automatic standard) transmission.

==Unions==
* [[Amalgamated Transit Union]] Local 1415 represented unionized Greyhound employees in [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]] and is based in [[Toronto]].

==Notable incidents and collisions==
{{wikinews|Man decapitated on Greyhound bus in Manitoba}}
* October 29, 1933: When a bus carrying 25 passengers and a driver collided with a loaded truck north of [[High River]], four passengers died and two were seriously injured.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=3}}
* February 1936: A car crossed the median near [[Moyie, British Columbia|Moyie]] and collided head on with a bus, which plummeted down a {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on|order=flip}} embankment. Only the driver and two of the 13 passengers were severely injured.{{sfn|Grams|Bain|2001|p=3}}
* August 10, 1943: A logging truck sideswiped a westbound bus near [[Corra Linn Dam]], BC, killing three passengers.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist0843uvic_6/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater&q=greyhound |page=4 |title=The Daily Colonist |date=August 10, 1943 |website=www.archive.org}}</ref>
* February 24, 1945: An eastbound bus plunged down a {{convert|200|ft|m|1|adj=on|order=flip}} embankment near [[Keefers]], killing one passenger and breaking the driver's leg.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-city-man-dies-in-bus-plunge/146567308 |page=1 |title=Province |date=February 24, 1945 | website=www.newspapers.com}}</ref>
* October 15, 1946: An eastbound bus carrying 12 people left the road and rolled {{convert|75|ft|m|order=flip}} down an embankment one mile west of [[Spuzzum]]. Five people, including the driver, were hospitalized.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-bus-crashes-down-75-foot-ba/146568298 |page=1 |title=Province |date=October 16, 1946 | website=www.newspapers.com}}</ref>
* November 28, 1963: A cement truck collided with a bus near [[Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains|Gilbert Plains, Manitoba]]. The truck driver died. The bus driver and a passenger sustained broken bones.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist19631129/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater&q=greyhound |page=8 |title=The Daily Colonist |date=November 29, 1963 |website=www.archive.org}}</ref>
* June 16, 1967: A runaway loaded gravel truck collided head on with an eastbound bus carrying 25 passengers in [[Rogers Pass (British Columbia)]]. The bus driver, a trainee driver, and three passengers died.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist19670617/mode/1up?view=theater&q=greyhound|pages=1–2 |title=The Daily Colonist |date=June 17, 1967 |website=www.archive.org}}</ref>
* September 17, 1969: When a northbound bus sideswiped a truck near [[Spences Bridge]], one man died and 17 other passengers were injured.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=Ashcroft&f_pub=-1&f_year=1969&f_month=9&f_day=18 |page=A1 |title=Kamloops Daily Sentinel |date=September 18, 1969 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}</ref>
* August 23, 1971: When a small truck collided with a bus west of [[Kamloops]], BC, one woman died and about 20 other passengers were injured.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist19710824/mode/1up?view=theater&q=greyhound |page=1 |title=The Daily Colonist |date=August 24, 1971 |website=www.archive.org}}</ref>
* February 17, 1982: Losing control, the driver later died after his bus carrying freight only landed on its side {{convert|11|km|mi|0}} south of [[Spences Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=Greyhound&f_pub=-1&f_year=1982&f_month=2&f_day=19 |page=A4 |title=Kamloops News |date=19 Feb 1982 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}</ref>
* March 4, 1994: When a tractor trailer skidded into a northbound bus {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} south of [[Clinton, British Columbia]], dozens of passengers were taken to area hospitals.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=Greyhound&f_pub=-1&f_year=1994&f_month=3&f_day=9 |page=A5 |title=Kamloops This Week |date=9 Mar 1994 |website=arch.tnrl.ca}}</ref>
* December 23, 2000: An attempted hijacking of a Greyhound Canada bus near [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]] left one woman dead and 31 others injured.<ref name="CBC debate">{{Cite news |title=Greyhound slaying sparks debate over bus security |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/greyhound-slaying-sparks-debate-over-bus-security-1.726809 |work=CBC News |date=August 1, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216071726/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/greyhound-slaying-sparks-debate-over-bus-security-1.726809 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |access-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>
* July 30, 2008: [[Killing of Tim McLean|Tim McLean]], a passenger on an [[Edmonton]] to [[Winnipeg]] schedule, was beheaded by another passenger near [[Portage la Prairie]], [[Manitoba]]. The attacker was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder, but later found to be not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.<ref name="CBC debate"/><ref>{{Cite news |title=40-year-old suspect held in gruesome Manitoba bus killing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/40-year-old-suspect-held-in-gruesome-manitoba-bus-killing-1.705008 |date=July 31, 2008 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805025305/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/31/greyhound-transcanada.html |archive-date=August 5, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/bus-attack-suspect-appears-in-manitoba-court-1.312799|title=Beheading suspect in court - CTV News|work=CTVNews|date=August 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-date=March 15, 2009 |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Health/Beheader+criminally+responsible/1356476/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315135511/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Beheader%2Bcriminally%2Bresponsible/1356476/story.html|title=I saw the entire attack, heard the screams ... Vincent Li not criminally responsible for bus killing, beheading, cannibalization|access-date=March 5, 2009|last=McIntyre|first=Mike|date=March 6, 2009|work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]}}</ref> Greyhound Canada withdrew ads with the slogan ''There's a reason you've never heard of "bus rage"'' following the event, citing that the campaign was "no longer appropriate".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/greyhound-suspect-whispers-please-kill-me-1.313729|title=Bus suspect utters death wish - CTV News|work=CTVNews|date=August 5, 2008}}</ref>
* September 21, 2008: A young man was attacked by another passenger on a Greyhound Canada schedule in [[Northwestern Ontario]]. Police arrested a 28-year-old man near the town of [[White River, Ontario|White River]], about {{convert|300|km|mi|}} north of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]], shortly after the bus driver let him get off at the side of the highway.<ref name="CBC Sep 9 2021">{{Cite news |title=Man stabbed aboard Greyhound bus in northern Ontario |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/man-stabbed-aboard-greyhound-bus-in-northern-ontario-1.756461 |work=CBC News |date=September 21, 2008 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513231434/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/man-stabbed-aboard-greyhound-bus-in-northern-ontario-1.756461 |archive-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>
* December 16, 2010: A [[Toronto Transit Commission]] [[505 Dundas]] streetcar was heading eastbound at River Street when it crashed into a Greyhound Canada bus after running a red [[Traffic light|traffic signal]]. 17 passengers, including 4 schoolchildren, received serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Doucette|first1=Chris|title=Bus driver charged in crash with streetcar|url=http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/12/17/16592691.html|access-date=February 23, 2015|publisher=Toronto Sun|date=December 17, 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
*{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0380634#p0z-4r0f:%22Greyhound%22 |last=Lymbery |first=Tom |date=2010 |volume=43 |issue=1 | pages=1–2, 23–25 (cover, 21–23) |title=British Columbia Historical News: Greyhound and Gray Creek |website=www.library.ubc.ca}}

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last1=Grams |first1=Brian W. | last2=Bain |first2=Donald M. |title=Greyhound Canada, Its History and Coaches |publisher=Kishhorn Publications |year=2001|isbn=0-919487-71-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Madsen |first=T.J. |title=Kootenay Outlet Reflections, A History of Procter, Sunshine Bay, Harrop, Longbeach, Balfour, Queens Bay |publisher=Procter-Harrop Book Committee |year=1988|isbn=0-919873-24-3}}

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