Flights from Toronto to Vancouver – Airlines, Flight Times, and Cheap YYZ–YVR Airfares

Flights from Toronto to Vancouver, Our Guide to Non Stop Flights.

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By Darrin Robertson, VTT Editor - Updated: January 17, 2023

Plane from Toronto landing at YVR Airport!

The Toronto-Vancouver-Toronto route is one of the most popular and well-traveled air routes in Canada.

The distance from Toronto, ON to Vancouver, BC is 2730 miles (4395 kms), making air travel the first choice. In airline timetables with 3-letter airport codes, this routing appears as YYZ-YVR.

YYZ-YVR Flight Time: Flying time from Toronto to Vancouver is 4 hours 30 minutes.

What to see when flying YYZ-YVR: When you fly from Toronto to Vancouver on a clear day, you’ll see some of the Ontario wilderness, as well as vast expanses of the Prairie Provinces. On clear days, following a beautiful view of the Canadian Rockies, you’ll be treated to a good perspective of the city of Vancouver.

Cheapest Flights from Toronto to Vancouver

All prices are round-trip, in US dollars and do not include taxes, etc (These are a sampling of Toronto-Vancouver seat-sale fares for travel in early 2019).

WestJet Airlines cheapest YYZ-YVR airfares in economy class: WestJet flights can be purchased for as low as $270 USD roundtrip.Air Canada Tango Fares: YYZ-YVR air fares on AC are as low as $270 USD return. And if you collect frequent-flier points on the Star-Alliance, you can redeem the points for seats on Air Canada flights from YYZ-YVR.

Best Time of Year for the Cheapest Flights from Toronto to Vancouver: January to March usually brings the lowest YYZ-YVR airfares.

YYZ-YVR Business Class: An executive class seat on Toronto-Vancouver flights costs about $1163 USD for roundtrip airfare.

One-way Flights from Toronto to YVR: If you don't need a return fare, you can book a one-way ticket for about $150 USD.

Toronto-Vancouver Red-Eye Flights: Air Canada has the latest departure from Toronto Airport, a 10:45 PM flight with arrival in Vancouver International Airport at 1:00 AM.

What to expect:

Toronto-Vancouver in-flight meals: In economy/coach, snacks only. Executive/Business Class: a hot meal.
Movies: in-flight entertainment can include movies, plus various TV programs and short films.

Airlines that Fly from Toronto (YYZ) to Vancouver (YVR): They include Air Canada and Westjet. Both carriers have non-stop Toronto – Vancouver flights.

Non-Stop Air Canada Flights Toronto-Vancouver: AC has up to 13 direct non-stop flights each day, mostly on Airbus A320 and Boeing 767 aircraft.
Non-Stop Westjet Flights Toronto-Vancouver: WJ flys YYZ-YVR up to 5 times a day non-stop, on Boeing 737’s.

Charter Flights YYZ to YVR: There are few if any charter flights from Toronto to YVR. Most companies advertising charter tickets to Vancouver from Toronto use regular carriers like WestJet.