By car to Montreal

We have 62 cars on this page, from C$ 49 to C$ 322 a day, delivered anywhere in Toronto and to Pearson, Billy Bishop and Hamilton airports, with the address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

What the drive involves when you book car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

What to have settled before the day

• Delivery address: we bring the car to any address in Toronto, and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
• Fuel: the car comes with a full tank and is returned with a full tank; anything else is charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Insurance and registration: the driver must carry insurance for the car and keep the ownership permit, original or an exact copy, in the vehicle.
• Tolls: Highway 407 ETR is the tolled route in the region, charged from 49.93¢ to 119.21¢ per km for passenger cars by zone and time of entry, plus a C$1 trip toll charge; who covers road charges and tolls is agreed when booking.

The one question worth answering early is how much of the day you want to spend behind the wheel.

Choosing a car for car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

For car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal we keep four classes and 62 cars, and one question decides almost everything: how many people are travelling and how much luggage goes with them. The rest — fuel, transmission, seats — narrows the choice further, but it rarely changes it.

Classes on this page and what each one suits

Named models worth knowing before you pick

The Buick Encore at C$ 49 a day is the cheapest car on the page, and the Ford Explorer at C$ 322 a day is the most expensive.

Seats, fuel and transmission across the fleet

• Transmission: all 62 cars are automatic, so there is no manual-gearbox decision to make on this page.
• Fuel: 60 cars run on petrol and 2 are hybrid — the Toyota Prius at C$ 79 and the Toyota Sienna at C$ 107.
• Body styles: 31 SUVs, 15 Crossovers, 8 Sedans, 6 MPVs, 1 Hatchback and 1 Liftback.
• Brands: 16 manufacturers across the fleet, from Buick and Chevrolet to Toyota, Kia and Hyundai.

The two hybrids sit in different classes — the Prius in Comfort, the Sienna in Minivans — so a hybrid choice is also a body-style choice rather than a free swap — if you want the Sienna's eight seats and hybrid economy together, that is a minivan booking, not a Comfort one.

Every car is delivered to an address in Toronto or to one of the three airports we serve, and the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Winter conditions for car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

What matters is grip, visibility and knowing which provincial rule applies to the plates you are driving on.

The Quebec tyre rule and Ontario plates

Ontario itself does not mandate winter tyres at all, so nothing on the legal side forces the decision. In our fleet 31 cars are SUVs, and the Volkswagen Tiguan at C$ 58 brings all-wheel drive at the entry SUV price — the same money as a front-wheel Crossover further up the list.

What to check on the car before you leave the city

• Fuel at hand-over: the car comes with a full tank and is returned full — plan the first refill before you leave, not on the highway.
• Battery and lights: a cold start in an open car park is where a weak battery shows itself; check both before the run east.

Documents and the cross-border question

The driver must carry insurance for the car and the original or an exact copy of the ownership permit, and the legal minimum age to drive is 16. Crossing into the United States in a hire car is a separate matter: most vehicles taken out in Canada may go, but only with permission from the pickup point, and driving out without written permission breaks both the agreement and the insurance — the passport is checked at the border. The minimum age for a driver, the young-driver surcharge and the accepted cards are agreed when booking.

Booking the winter dates

Snow on this corridor does not cancel a trip, it re-times it.

Tolls and fuel on car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

Tolls on the way out of Toronto

Light-vehicle rates for 2026 run from 49.93¢ to 119.21¢ per kilometre depending on the zone and the time you enter, plus a C$ 1 trip toll charge. Without a transponder, camera charges and a monthly account fee apply. Who covers tolls, road charges and any penalty notice on a rented car is agreed when booking, so raise it with the manager before the booking is fixed rather than after the first gantry.

Fuel: what the tank costs and how to return it

Petrol in Toronto sat at about C$ 1.75 a litre in October 2026, with diesel at C$ 2.61 — a spread worth knowing if you are weighing a hybrid against a petrol model. Our rule is full-to-full: the car comes clean with a full tank and must go back full. Anything missing, plus a refuelling service fee, is charged as set out in the rental agreement. No pre-paid tank or full-to-empty option is offered.

• Camera billing: without a transponder, per-trip camera charges and a monthly account fee apply.
• Fuel grade: regular petrol at about C$ 1.75 a litre, October 2026; diesel at C$ 2.61.
• Return policy: full-to-full, with the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee per the rental agreement.

Why the fill-up point matters more than the toll

Delivery to your address in Toronto, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so build the fuel stop into that plan rather than into the morning of departure.

Delivery and hand-over for car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

The car reaches you rather than the other way round: Rent-Trip delivers to any address in Toronto, and the address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Where we bring the car

• Any address in Toronto: home, workplace or hotel — the exact street and door are confirmed with the manager when the booking is fixed.
• Union Station, Downtown Toronto, Mississauga, North York, Scarborough, Vaughan: all inside our delivery area and bookable as a hand-over point.

Anything outside that list is arranged case by case — we do not promise it on the site, so ask the manager before you count on it.

Timing the hand-over around the drive

Rent-Trip would rather agree a realistic slot than promise a time it cannot hold.

What to have ready when the car arrives

• Driving licence: a visitor to Ontario for less than 3 months may drive on a valid licence from their own province, state or country; a visitor from another country staying more than 3 months needs an International Driver's Permit (IDP) from their own country, which cannot be obtained in Canada.
• Fuel: the car comes clean with a full tank and must go back full — full-to-full; any missing fuel and the refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement, and no other fuel option is offered.

Minimum driver age, the young-driver surcharge, accepted payment cards and the territory limit are not fixed on this page — they are agreed when booking.

Trip scenarios for car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

The right car for car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal depends less on the highway than on who is in it and what happens at the far end.

Two travellers with a weekend bag each

Crossover, from C$ 49: the Buick Encore or Mitsubishi RVR carries two people and two cabin bags without paying for space nobody uses.

A family of five with a week of luggage

• SUV, from C$ 58: the Volkswagen Tiguan gives all-wheel drive and a taller boot at the SUV entry price.
• Seven seats, from C$ 75: the Mitsubishi Outlander; the cheapest eight-seat SUVs are the Honda Pilot and Hyundai Palisade at C$ 68.

A group travelling together

• Minivans, from C$ 68: six cars in this class, seating seven or eight with a trunk that still takes bags.
• Honda Odyssey at C$ 68: eight seats, petrol, automatic, front-wheel drive.
• Kia Carnival at C$ 98: a larger body for a group with luggage for several days.
• Toyota Sienna at C$ 107: the hybrid minivan, one of only two hybrids on the page.

What to check in the rental agreement before you drive east

The agreement is where the details that are not on this page actually live — the deposit, the insurance excess, delivery fees and any discount.

The clauses worth reading twice

• Fuel: the tank is full when the car reaches you and full when it goes back — full-to-full. Missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement, and no pre-paid tank option is offered.
• Territory: taking the vehicle south of the border requires written approval from the pickup point; drive out without it and the trip breaks both the agreement and the cover.
• Tolls and charges: who covers road charges, tolls and any penalty notice is agreed when booking, so raise it with the manager rather than after the first gantry on Highway 407 ETR.
• Driver details: the minimum age, the young-driver surcharge and the accepted cards are agreed when booking.

Documents the driver must carry

• Longer stays: a visitor from another country staying more than 3 months needs an International Driver's Permit from their own country, and it cannot be obtained in Canada.
• Insurance: cover for the vehicle is compulsory for whoever is driving.
• Ownership permit: the original or an exact copy must be kept in the vehicle.
• Age: the legal minimum age to drive is 16.

Avoiding common mistakes with car rental in Toronto for a trip to Montreal

Leaving the city without a plan for the tank

Full-to-full: the car leaves with a full tank and must come back full, so the first refill belongs in the plan, not in the moment the light comes on.

Treating the provincial line as a formality

• Daylight: plan the crossing for daylight so the new signs are read in good light rather than at the end of a long day.
• Winter tyres: Quebec requires them from 1 December to 15 March for Quebec-registered vehicles, with a fine for non-compliance; Ontario-plated cars are not covered by that rule, but the road still asks for grip.

Booking the car for the wrong end of the day

Address and window: both are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so say what you need at that point.