Compare Canada flights

Canada is a dream trip for many travellers, and there is an excellent choice of Canada flights all year round – particularly to major cities such as Toronto and Vancouver. You can fly to the eastern regions of Canada in well under 10 hours, and even regional airports like Manchester and Glasgow offer direct flights.

The country's mix of heart-stopping wilderness and friendly, cosmopolitan cities makes it a year-round destination; while spring and summer are considered high season, winter brings some great skiing, and winter festivals such as the huge Carnaval de Quebec.

First of all, factor in some low-cost airlines. Canada's WestJet and Air Transat both offers some cheaper-than-average flights to Canada from London, Manchester and Glasgow – and depending on your route, the services are often direct. If you're not tied to flying direct, it's also worth looking at indirect services. Depending on your route, possibilities include Iceland's WOW air and Icelandair, both stopping in Reykjavik; TAP, stopping in Lisbon; and Swiss, via Zurich.

In terms of seasonality, flights in spring and summer are usually more expensive. But Canada is spectacular at any time of year, and positively magical in winter, when airfares are at their lowest and most airlines offer cheap flight deals. Avoid Christmas and you can find some great prices.

In Canada, it's all about distance. The average direct flight time to major eastern cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Quebec is about 8 hours, although Air Canada regularly flies between London Heathrow and Montreal in 7 hours.

Switch to a west coast city like Vancouver and you're looking at over 9 hours. You'll also be travelling longer if your destination city has no direct flights from the UK – that is currently the case for Quebec.

If the thought of flying leaves you feeling queasy, there is a much more scenic, albeit longer, way to get thIt can be tricky to get to grips with the sheer scale of Canada: it’s the world’s second largest country, and the province of Quebec alone is six times the size of the UK.

That said, there are obvious highlights. Canada has Niagara Falls (well, most of it); the Canadian Rockies; gorgeous Vancouver Island; and quite a few of North America’s finest “big mountain” ski resorts – Whistler Mountain is less than two hours’ drive from Vancouver, and Mont Tremblant is about the same distance from Montreal.ere – you can hop on a cruise ship from the UK and spend a couple of weeks sailing to Canada and back again.

Think about car hire in Canada for legendary road trips like Toronto to Niagara through the Blue Mountains of Ontario, or a tour of Alberta’s Badlands from Calgary.

And from the romance of historic Old Quebec to gleaming Downtown Toronto, don’t even think about missing the cities. Take a quick look at our Canada holiday page for more ideas and to search for package deals.