Previous measure: 77.4% of arrivals were within five minutes of the timetable (91,136 arrivals over 27 days). The report card below uses the newer one-minute-early to five-minutes-late measure when it has readings.
Route 5: Waller ⇄ Elmvale
Every 13 to 25 min
- ELMVALE A10 min sched.
- SMYTH / RUSSELL15 min
- SMYTH / CUBA15 min
- SMYTH / SAUNDERSON0 min
- SMYTH / HAIG0 min
- SMYTH / BOTSFORD S1 min
- SMYTH / ROGER GUINDON2 min
- RING / TOH GENERAL CAMPUS3 min
- CHEO ENTRANCE4 min
- SMYTH / BARNHART6 min
- SMYTH / VALOUR6 min
- SMYTH / ALTA VISTA7 min
- SMYTH / RIVERSIDE8 min
- MAIN / CENTENNIAL10 min
- MAIN / BECKWITH11 min
- MAIN / CLEGG12 min
- MAIN / HERRIDGE12 min
- MAIN / OBLATS14 min
- MAIN / LEES0 min
- HAWTHORNE / MAIN1 min
- HAWTHORNE / COLONEL BY2 min
- ELGIN / PARK4 min
- ELGIN / MCLEOD5 min
- ELGIN / WAVERLY6 min
- ELGIN / GILMOUR6 min
- ELGIN / COOPER7 min
- ELGIN / NEPEAN8 min
- ELGIN / SLATER11 min
- ELGIN / WELLINGTON12 min
- RIDEAU B1 min
- WALLER / NICHOLAS9 min sched.
Where lateness is made ·
Not measured yet: too few weekdays with bus positions on this stretch.
The line right now · 2:40 p.m.
The line right now · 2:40 p.m.
Two buses reach ELGIN / WELLINGTON 13.1 minutes apart. The next is 13 minutes behind them.
on timelatedid not comeLive, 64 s ago
- ELMVALE A10 min sched.
- SMYTH / RUSSELL15 min
- SMYTH / CUBA15 min
- SMYTH / SAUNDERSON0 min
- SMYTH / HAIG0 min
- SMYTH / BOTSFORD S1 min
- SMYTH / ROGER GUINDON2 min
- RING / TOH GENERAL CAMPUS3 min
- CHEO ENTRANCE4 min
- SMYTH / BARNHART6 min
- SMYTH / VALOUR6 min
- SMYTH / ALTA VISTA7 min
- SMYTH / RIVERSIDE8 min
- MAIN / CENTENNIAL10 min
- MAIN / BECKWITH11 min
- MAIN / CLEGG12 min
- MAIN / HERRIDGE12 min
- MAIN / OBLATS14 min
- MAIN / LEES0 min
- HAWTHORNE / MAIN1 min
- HAWTHORNE / COLONEL BY2 min
- ELGIN / PARK4 min
- ELGIN / MCLEOD5 min
- ELGIN / WAVERLY6 min
- ELGIN / GILMOUR6 min
- ELGIN / COOPER7 min
- ELGIN / NEPEAN8 min
- ELGIN / SLATER11 min
- ELGIN / WELLINGTON12 min
- RIDEAU B1 min
- WALLER / NICHOLAS9 min sched.
- WALLER / LAURIER E14 min sched.
- RIDEAU A1 min
- ELGIN / QUEEN6 min
- ELGIN / SLATER7 min
- ELGIN / NEPEAN8 min
- ELGIN / LISGAR9 min
- ELGIN / SOMERSET W10 min
- ELGIN / LEWIS11 min
- ELGIN / GLADSTONE12 min
- ELGIN / MCLEOD0 min
- ELGIN / CATHERINE0 min
- HAWTHORNE / COLONEL BY3 min
- MAIN / GRAHAM4 min
- MAIN / OBLATS2 min
- MAIN / HAZEL2 min
- MAIN / CLEGG3 min
- MAIN / BOWER4 min
- MAIN / CENTENNIAL5 min
- SMYTH / RIVERSIDE6 min
- SMYTH / ALTA VISTA8 min
- SMYTH / FAIRBANKS9 min
- SMYTH / BARNHART10 min
- RING11 min
- RING / TOH GENERAL CAMPUS11 min
- SMYTH / LYNDA13 min
- SMYTH / ROGER GUINDON14 min
- SMYTH / DAUPHIN16 min
- SMYTH / HAIG17 min
- SMYTH / SAUNDERSON20 min
- SMYTH / CUBA20 min
- SMYTH / OTHELLO21 min
- ELMVALE A8 min sched.
Stops and scheduled times from OC Transpo’s timetable (GTFS, 2026-10-30). Live minutes from bus positions, 64 s ago.
Right now on Route 5
Departures · next from ELMVALE A: 10 mineach opens its trip
8 busesOpen on the map
1 notices · Detour extended: Cheo Roadway closure (1Door4Care)from 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 · 139 trips in the retained timetable · retained notices; capture coverage unverified
In short: 136 with a matched position · 3 with no matching position (to investigate) · 0 with an unknown outcome.
- 05:25– 05:58Trip 29220020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:11 a.m. EST / 6:04 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 05:38– 05:46Trip 19577020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:36 a.m. EST / 6:05 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 05:53– 06:29Trip 21716020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:40 a.m. EST / 6:26 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:05– 06:41Trip 13392020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:28 a.m. EST / 6:40 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:10– 06:42Trip 6684020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:05 a.m. EST / 6:52 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:20– 06:57Trip 150020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:07 a.m. EST / 6:55 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:30– 07:06Trip 23686020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:10 a.m. EST / 7:19 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:35– 07:13Trip 11017020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:30 a.m. EST / 7:59 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:46– 07:22Trip 36163020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:41 a.m. EST / 7:34 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:50– 07:30Trip 29325020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:53 a.m. EST / 7:29 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 06:54– 07:34Trip 27750020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:24 a.m. EST / 7:28 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 07:02– 07:42Trip 12054020Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:57 a.m. EST / 7:47 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
More on Route 5
8 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.
6565 scheduled trips with counted cancellation notices, Tue, Oct 6 to Mon, Nov 2.
Not counted: 22 trips with qualifying later matching vehicle observations and 0 for trips not in that day’s timetable.
Hours with the most cancellations: 3 p.m. (15), 5 p.m. (9), 4 p.m. (7)
Latest cancelled trips
- Mon, Nov 2, Trip at 15:26
- Mon, Nov 2, Trip at 13:05
- Mon, Nov 2, Trip at 11:50
- Sun, Nov 1, Trip at 21:02
- Fri, Oct 30, Trip at 23:00
OC Transpo gives no reason for single trips, so none is shown.
Did not come (no bus seen, no notice), last 7 days: 1 of 834 trips we could check.
City road work near this route
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 5
- Other daysOctober 2026Days →
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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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