Previous measure: 80.2% of arrivals were within five minutes of the timetable (32,094 arrivals over 27 days). The report card below uses the newer one-minute-early to five-minutes-late measure when it has readings.
Mìkana 8: Gatineau ⇄ Dow's Lake ~ Lac Dow
Endaso 30 dibaiganens
- DOW'S LAKE28 min sched.
- PRESTON / NORMAN30 min
- PRESTON / BEECH0 min
- PRESTON / YOUNG E1 min
- CORSO ITALIA D1 min
- PRESTON / ANDERSON2 min
- PRESTON / SOMERSET W2 min
- PRESTON / ELM3 min
- PRESTON / ALBERT3 min
- PIMISI A5 min
- BOOTH / WELLINGTON6 min
- BOOTH / VIMY7 min
- BOOTH / CHAUDIÈRE8 min
- EDDY / LAURIER8 min
- LAVAL / LAURIER11 min
- DU PORTAGE / DE L' HÔTEL-DE-VILLE12 min
- LAURIER / VICTORIA14 min
- LAURIER / ÉLISABETH-BRUYÈRE11 min sched.
Where lateness is made ·
Not measured yet: too few weekdays with bus positions on this stretch.
The line right now · 12:49 p.m.
The line right now · 12:49 p.m.
Live, 29 s ago
gwayak apiiishkwaaj dagoshindid not comeLive, 29 s ago
- DOW'S LAKE28 min sched.
- PRESTON / NORMAN30 min
- PRESTON / BEECH0 min
- PRESTON / YOUNG E1 min
- CORSO ITALIA D1 min
- PRESTON / ANDERSON2 min
- PRESTON / SOMERSET W2 min
- PRESTON / ELM3 min
- PRESTON / ALBERT3 min
- PIMISI A5 min
- BOOTH / WELLINGTON6 min
- BOOTH / VIMY7 min
- BOOTH / CHAUDIÈRE8 min
- EDDY / LAURIER8 min
- LAVAL / LAURIER11 min
- DU PORTAGE / DE L' HÔTEL-DE-VILLE12 min
- LAURIER / VICTORIA14 min
- LAURIER / ÉLISABETH-BRUYÈRE11 min sched.
- LAURIER / ÉLISABETH-BRUYÈRE13 min sched.
- DES ALLUMETTIÈRES / LAURIER16 min
- MAISONNEUVE / DES ALLUMETTIÈRES17 min
- MAISONNEUVE / PAPINEAU18 min
- MAISONNEUVE / PLACE D'ACCUEIL18 min
- LAURIER / MAISONNEUVE19 min
- LAURIER / EDDY20 min
- EDDY / LAURIER22 min
- BOOTH / ZAIDA EDDY23 min
- BOOTH / VIMY24 min
- BOOTH / WELLINGTON24 min
- PIMISI B25 min
- PRESTON / ALBERT1 min
- PRESTON / ELM2 min
- PRESTON / SOMERSET W2 min
- PRESTON / OAK3 min
- CORSO ITALIA C3 min
- PRESTON / GEORGE5 min
- PRESTON / BEECH5 min
- DOW'S LAKE C1 min sched.
Stops and scheduled times from OC Transpo’s timetable (GTFS, 2026-10-30). Live minutes from bus positions, 29 s ago.
Right now on Route 8
Maajaawinan · next from DOW'S LAKE: 28 mineach opens its trip
2 busesOpen on the map
1 notices · Detour: Route 8 nightly during Chaudière Crossing closurefrom OC Transpo
Planned change · 2026-10-30service change
Dated service
Trips scheduled that day
The timetable, notices and what the live feed says are shown apart. Seeing a bus on the map does not prove you can board it.
November 2, 2026 · 75 trips in the retained timetable · retained notices; capture coverage unverified
In short: 73 with a matched position · 2 with no matching position (to investigate) · 0 with an unknown outcome.
- 04:37– 04:49Trip 15796020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 4:09 a.m. EST / 4:44 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 04:51– 04:59Trip 16354020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 4:30 a.m. EST / 4:57 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 05:10– 05:22Trip 378020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 4:48 a.m. EST / 5:20 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 05:48– 06:00Trip 4242020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:21 a.m. EST / 5:57 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:02– 06:23Trip 19039020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:58 a.m. EST / 6:20 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:18– 06:30Trip 23236020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:37 a.m. EST / 6:30 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:32– 06:53Trip 7678020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:31 a.m. EST / 6:48 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:48– 07:00Trip 25248020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:21 a.m. EST / 7:01 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 07:02– 07:23Trip 10918020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:02 a.m. EST / 7:21 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 07:18– 07:30Trip 7263020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:49 a.m. EST / 7:34 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 07:32– 07:53Trip 13103020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:49 a.m. EST / 7:59 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 07:48– 08:00Trip 16106020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:23 a.m. EST / 8:07 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
More on Route 8
2 busesOpen on the map
Planned change · 2026-10-30service change
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Cancellations on this route
How cancellations are counted2 partial-capture days not counted.
99 scheduled trips with counted cancellation notices, Tue, Oct 6 to Mon, Nov 2.
Not counted: 24 trips with qualifying later matching vehicle observations and 0 for trips not in that day’s timetable.
Hours with the most cancellations: 9 p.m. (2), 12 a.m. (1), 5 a.m. (1)
Latest cancelled trips
- Sat, Oct 31, Trip at 16:30
- Fri, Oct 30, Trip at 24:27
- Wed, Oct 28, Trip at 20:49
- Tue, Oct 27, Trip at 22:07
- Sun, Oct 25, Trip at 05:55
OC Transpo gives no reason for single trips, so none is shown.
Did not come (no bus seen, no notice), last 7 days: 17 of 506 trips we could check.
Oodena miikana-anokiiwin besho o'ow miikana
All road work on AlertsRoad work and event closures the City of Ottawa has published, measured as near this route’s path. Near is not proof that the bus is detoured: check the operator’s alerts for that.
The City’s road work list could not be read just now. Nothing is assumed.
Source: City of Ottawa open data. City road work map
More on Route 8
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- Crowding and service deliverySTO crowding, rail, trips deliveredCrowding →
- Where the numbers come fromOC Transpo timetable and live bus positionsSources →
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