Parkbus Education
Make learning an adventure. We’ll take care of getting everyone there.
From wildlife encounters and outdoor adventures to science, history and culture, Parkbus makes it easy for schools to get students out of the classroom and into the world.
We bring together great educational destinations, engaging experiences and reliable transportation into one simple, ready-to-book field trip.
No juggling bus companies, coordinating multiple bookings or managing complicated logistics. Just great experiences for your students, with the details taken care of.
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The best learning doesn’t always happen in a classroom.
It’s seeing wildlife up close. Exploring a forest ecosystem. Discovering how the world works. Walking through history. Asking questions, making connections and experiencing something new.
We work with some of Canada’s most exciting educational destinations to create field trips that bring classroom learning to life. And we make the whole experience easier for teachers and schools.
Ready-made field trips
Four enriching, hands-on days that complement what your students are learning in class. The destination, the bus, admission and the programme are worked out in advance, so all you choose is the trip and the date. We fit the day to your grade and learning goals.
Wildlife & ConservationExplore wildlife from around the world and discover the importance of biodiversity, habitat conservation and protecting endangered species. An opportunity to connect classroom science with the natural world.
Scarborough, under an hour from most GTA schools
Links to Science · Biology
Ontario Provincial ParksThree of Ontario's best outdoor classrooms. Presqu'ile, where thousands of songbirds land on their way across Lake Ontario. Mono Cliffs, with thirty metre rock faces on the Niagara Escarpment and the Bruce Trail. And Algonquin, Ontario's oldest provincial park, with lakes, forest and wildlife on a scale students will not forget.
From 90 minutes to three hours from Toronto
Links to Ecology · Geography · Earth science
Agriculture & Food SystemsDiscover where our food comes from. Pick your own strawberries in June, or apples and pumpkins at Downey's in Caledon in the fall, and see farming, sustainability and the relationship between people and the land up close.
About an hour from Toronto, spring and fall
Links to Science · Health · Social studies
Canada's National ParksRouge is Canada's first national urban park, 35 kilometres from downtown: Carolinian forest, working farms and 10,000 years of human history. The Bruce Peninsula has limestone cliffs, a sea cave and some of the clearest water in Canada. Both are places to learn about ecology, conservation, Indigenous relationships with the land and stewardship.
Rouge is under an hour away; the Bruce is a full day
Links to Ecology · History · Indigenous studies
Experiences, educational programming and availability vary by destination. We work with our destination partners to identify appropriate programming for different age groups and learning objectives.
We help you pick a destination and a programme that suit your students’ age and what they are studying this term.
Primary
Short travel, lots of looking and touching. Animals, farms and the first big questions about how living things grow and what they need.
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Good fitsToronto Zoo, a working farm
Junior
Old enough to walk a trail and keep a field notebook. Habitats, food chains and biodiversity seen in place rather than on a worksheet.
Curriculum links
Good fitsProvincial parks, conservation areas, the zoo
Intermediate
Ready for systems thinking: how an ecosystem holds together, what people change in it, and how history and land fit together.
Curriculum links
Good fitsProvincial parks, Rouge National Urban Park
High school
Field study for science, geography and Indigenous studies courses, and longer days farther out for outdoor education and leadership programmes.
Curriculum links
Good fitsNational parks, guided days, overnight trips
Curriculum links follow the Ontario curriculum. Programming and suitability vary by destination, and we confirm what fits your class when we plan the trip.
Matthew Chief Executive Officer
Rebecca Chief Operating Officer
We’ll get back to you within a day.
Tell us your grade, your class size and the dates you are looking at. Matthew and Rebecca will come back with options, a price per student and what is included.
or email help@parkbus.ca · call 1-800-928-7101
Organizing a field trip shouldn’t feel like another full-time job. Parkbus brings all the moving parts together so teachers can focus on their students, not the logistics.
Reliable, professionally operated charter transportation arranged for your group. We coordinate the journey from school to destination and back again.
We coordinate admission, educational programming and destination bookings so everything is ready when you arrive.
Explore experiences that complement classroom learning, with opportunities to connect destinations and activities to curriculum topics.
One point of contact for planning, pricing and coordination. Know what your trip costs and what's included before you go.
We help prepare teachers with the information they need ahead of the trip, including schedules, logistics and destination details.
From departure to return, we coordinate the details that make a successful field trip possible.
A name schools can trust
Parkbus isn’t new to organizing group travel. We’ve spent more than 16 years connecting people with incredible places across Canada.
We’ve coordinated thousands of trips, welcomed more than 300,000 participants and built relationships with destinations, parks and tourism organizations across the country.
We’ve learned what it takes to make group experiences work: thoughtful planning, dependable transportation partners, clear communication and attention to the details. We’re proud to bring that experience to schools.
Awards from the tourism industry, coverage in the national press, and the regulator that protects Ontario travellers.
2014Named in National Geographic Traveller’s list of the world’s smartest cities.
2018Shortlisted by the WTTC with Transportation Options, in a global field that Virgin Atlantic won.
2014Won the Parks Canada award at the national Canadian Tourism Awards, presented by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.
In the national news since the first bus
“Factor in the cost of gas, parking and renting a car, it's a lot cheaper than taking a personal vehicle.”
“Parkbus is a great option for nature lovers, whether it's a day trip or overnight camping getaway.”
Organisations we work with
Registered with TICO, #5003628. Parkbus is registered with the Travel Industry Council of Ontario, the province’s travel regulator.
Parkbus works with qualified transportation providers and destination partners. Transportation, safety and supervision arrangements are confirmed for each trip in accordance with applicable requirements and school board policies.
Give your students experiences they’ll remember, without taking on all the coordination yourself.
Whether you’re planning a single class outing or looking for opportunities for an entire grade, we’ll help you find the right experience and organize the details.
Let’s plan your next field trip.
Plan a Field TripYou create the experiences. We’ll help get students through the door.
Parkbus works with attractions, museums, parks and educational organizations to make school visits easier to access.
We help destinations reach schools, package educational experiences and coordinate transportation, making it simpler for teachers to organize visits.
Interested in welcoming more school groups? Become a Parkbus Education destination partner.
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Your students deserve opportunities to explore, discover and learn beyond the classroom. We’ll help make it happen.
Great experiences. Reliable transportation. Everything taken care of.
Parkbus Education · A Parkbus initiative. Connecting students with Canada’s great places.