Public Rides Data

Ottawa transit, by the numbers

Frequent service reaches 30% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 30 minutes. The weak spot is weekends, which give back 26% of weekday service. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Score 49/100 · sampled Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · how it's graded

Frequent service
30%
of 7,218 stops, every 15 min or better
Median headway
30 min
typical midday wait
Service span
25 hrs
first to last departure
Weekend change
-26%
Saturday vs weekday midday

Every stop, by frequency

7,218 stops on a weekday midday. Bigger dot, more service.

  • Very frequent ≤7 min 430
  • Frequent 8–15 min 1,719
  • Moderate 16–30 min 2,752
  • Infrequent 31–60 min 741
  • Sparse >60 min 1,576
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OC Transpo + STO GTFS octranspo S1000521 · sto (unversioned) · sampled 2026-10-14 weekday midday · generated 2026-10-12 · methodology · raw JSON