Where is YPLS |
Where in the world is Ottawa?
Young People’s Language School is in Ottawa, Ontario.
Ottawa is in eastern North America, in the province of Ontario, Canada. Ottawa is at Latitude 45° 22' N and Longitude 75° 43' W. It is 114 metres above sea level. It is 665 km northwest of New York City (about 1.5 hours by air).
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Travel to Ottawa
All students are met on arrival by their homestay families.
Most students fly into Ottawa’s Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW). The airport has direct service to and from major Canadian and U.S. cities such as New York, Chicago, Toronto and Vancouver, as well as London’s Heathrow Airport in England.
There is also train service from Montreal and Toronto into downtown Ottawa.
• Distances to Ottawa
|
From |
Kilometres |
Hours by Air |
|
New York City, USA |
665 |
1.5 |
|
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
1283 |
2.5 |
|
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
476 |
1.5 |
|
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
203 |
1 |
|
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
|
4.5 |
|
Hong Kong to Toronto |
|
19 |
|
Hong Kong to Vancouver |
|
13 |
|
Seoul to Toronto |
|
16.5 |
|
Seoul to Vancouver |
|
10.5 |
|
London to Ottawa |
|
6.5 |
• Time Zone
Ottawa uses Eastern Standard Time (EST). EST is five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
• Eastern Daylight Saving Time
On the Second Sunday in March, clocks are turned ahead one hour to take maximum advantage of daylight hours. On the First Sunday in November, clocks are turned back one hour to Eastern Standard Time.