Getting Here

Wellington County is located in Southwestern Ontario, approximately 126 km west of the Greater Toronto area. We have seven thriving municipalities, and are predominately rural in nature. Surrounded by well-connected highways, we are easy to reach!

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RIDE WELL™ is the County of Wellington's Rural Transit Service, operating with full-time drivers and providing service throughout Wellington County and into Guelph. Drivers operate four door vehicles that are easily identifiable by the RIDE WELL logo. The service operates weekdays, Monday to Friday from 6:00am to 7:00pm, please note there is no service onstatutory holidays. More information at ridewell.ca. 

Guelph Owen Sound Transportation (GOST) is a public transportation service connecting passengers from Owen Sound to Guelph with scheduled stops Owen Sound, Chatsworth, Williamsford, Durham, Mount Forest, Arthur, Fergus, Elora, and Guelph. The service runs seven days a week on a fixed route schedule, completed two round trips each day.

 

 Travel Distances

Wellington County to:

km

Driving Time

 

Wellington County to:

km

Driving Time

Toronto

126

 1 hr 25 mins   Detroit, MI

320

 3 hrs 20 mins

Kitchener-Waterloo

50

 40 mins  

Cleveland, OH

500

 5 hrs 20 mins

Hamilton

95

 1 hr 5 mins  

New York, NY

790

 8 hrs 25 mins

Mississauga

102

 1 hr 10 mins  

Chicago, IL

800

 8 hrs

Oshawa

169

 2 hrs 5 mins  

Philadelphia, PA

800

 8 hrs 35 mins

Ontario Ministry of Transport - detailed road maps of Southern Ontario

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