Travel and Parking

Waterloo, ON is a little over 100km from Toronto. See Directions to Waterloo from the University of Waterloo's webpage.

  • Government of Canada travel to Canada guidelines and checklists available here.

Nearby Airports

  • The closest major international airport to Waterloo is Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Toronto, ON. There is a small regional airport (YKF) at Waterloo with some national flights. There are also smaller airports in downtown Toronto (YTZ) and in Hamilton (YHM).

Airport shuttle services

  • Waterloo taxi: you can book a taxi ahead of time to pick you up at Pearson International Airport to go to Waterloo, and from Waterloo to Pearson International Airport. We recommend this service.

  • Airways transit: shuttle service from Pearson airport to and from Waterloo.

  • Uber (costs can vary).

Trains

From downtown Toronto there are a couple of trains with limited schedule and very few trains per day.


University visitor parking


Reimbursements

For those receiving funding, you will be reimbursed by the Combinatorics and Optimization Department at the University of Waterloo. When purchasing your ticket it should be "lowest logical fare/rate is the lowest class that includes travel-appropriate features such as:

  • Advanced seat selection

  • Trip cancellation insurance

  • Refundable/changeable ticket status if there is question about whether the trip will occur or the dates of travel (a small fee may apply)

  • One checked bag"


Parking

The closets parking lots are Lot M or Lot N. Lot M is CAD $6/day and Lot N is CAD $5. M is closer but N is cheaper. If everything is full, then lot X is almost always available (and farther away). These lots are all pay and display (and take Canadian coins or Visa or Mastercard).

https://uwaterloo.ca/parking/about/rates-parking

https://uwaterloo.ca/parking/about/our-parking-lots

https://uwaterloo.ca/parking/about/campus-map