Getting Around Moncton
Moncton declared itself Canada's first officially bilingual city in August 2002, and about 40% of people in the metropolitan area speak both English and French. The Université de Moncton, founded in 1963, has one of its three campuses here, alongside Edmundston and Shippagan.
Downtown, the Avenir Centre seats up to 10,000 for Moncton Wildcats hockey, concerts and trade shows. Moncton station, at 77 Canada Street right beside the arena, is the city's stop on VIA Rail's Ocean between Halifax and Montréal and also serves Maritime Bus coaches. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival.
Magnetic Hill, the optical-illusion slope where cars seem to roll uphill, sits next to the Magnetic Hill Zoo, with more than 400 animals, and the Magic Mountain water park; the area usually opens from May to October. If your day combines a meeting at the university, lunch downtown and an afternoon at Magnetic Hill with the children, hourly chauffeur service fits it: one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve. Send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop.
Airport Transfers in Moncton
Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport is 10 km from downtown, usually 15–20 minutes by car. It handled 656,246 passengers in 2025, close to the 661,629 of 2024, and Porter flies direct from here to Toronto Pearson. Book with your flight number. For an arrival, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur.
Moncton airport has no US preclearance. The closest airport that has it is Halifax Stanfield, 233 km away, 2 hours 20 minutes to 3 hours 10 minutes. With US preclearance, you clear US customs before boarding a flight to the US. Fredericton airport is 161 km from Moncton and Charlottetown airport 169 km. The right one depends on your airline and route.
For a departure from Moncton, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: 15–20 minutes to your own airport, but a flight from Halifax means leaving Moncton with at least 2 hours 20 minutes to 3 hours 10 minutes for the road. Journey times vary with traffic and weather. You set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Multi-City Travel from Moncton
The Hopewell Rocks are 40 km away on Route 114, 45 minutes to 1 hour. The provincial park on the Bay of Fundy opens only in season, from May to October, and nobody may enter outside its opening hours. A ticket is valid on the day you validate it and the next day, so you can come back to see both high and low tide.
Prince Edward Island is reached over the 12.9 km Confederation Bridge, about 10 minutes to cross. Charlottetown is 166 km from Moncton, 2 hours to 2 hours 40 minutes, and the beaches of Cavendish 158 km, 1 hour 55 minutes to 2 hours 35 minutes. Saint John is 151 km, 1 hour 35 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes, Fredericton 175 km, 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes, and Halifax 261 km, 2 hours 40 minutes to 3 hours 35 minutes. With your bags in the same car from Moncton to the island or to Nova Scotia, there is no bus timetable to fit around.
Groups & Event Travel in Moncton
The Avenir Centre is the city's main stage: Wildcats home games of the QMJHL season, touring concerts and trade shows all fill its 10,000 seats. In summer, the Hopewell Rocks keep long hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. between 21 June and 29 August, which suits a group outing timed to the tide.
When you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation. If guests for a show or a tournament arrive on several flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own. For a group travelling together, a Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats; the vehicle is matched to the load, from a band's crew with cases to a family heading to the beaches on the island.
When a major concert or a playoff run fills the arena, book early: local vehicles and drivers are booked up early on those nights. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
