Centennial College Progress Campus airport limo.
Toronto Pearson to Progress Avenue on one flat published rate, with the whole length of Highway 401 priced in before you book.
Pearson to Centennial Progress, flat
The flat GTAA-tariff fare for 941 Progress Ave, Scarborough, ON M1G 3T8, HST included, the same in both directions. Scarborough is priced by neighbourhood zone, so a residence a few streets away can sit in a different zone; enter the exact address and your fare shows before you confirm. 45 km · about 35 to 50 minutes. Never surges.
Centennial's Progress Campus is just south of Highway 401 and slightly east of Markham Road, the largest of the college's Scarborough sites and the one with the residence attached. The drive from the airport is the full width of the city, and it is the kind of trip where a meter and a bad afternoon can produce an unpleasant surprise at the end of an already long day.
This fare is fixed instead. It is the flat published rate for the campus zone under the official airport tariff, HST included, the same coming back, and it does not respond to traffic, weather or the hour. It is paid to the driver at the end of the trip by card or cash in the car, so a family booking from abroad pays nothing in advance and hands over no card details to hold a booking.
Centennial takes a great many international students, and the pattern of these bookings reflects it: booked by a parent, ridden by a student, arriving with a year of luggage. Three people and three checked bags travel in the sedan; a move-in belongs in the SUV, which takes six passengers and five checked bags.
Your first landing at Pearson, in order
- Your flight is tracked automatically from the moment you book, so a late departure or a slow taxi to the gate moves your driver's timing without a call from anyone.
- Included waiting starts from wheels-down: 60 minutes on international arrivals, 30 on domestic. That is enough for immigration, a study permit interview, and baggage for almost everyone.
- When you reach arrivals with your bags, look at your phone. Your chauffeur has texted the exact spot they are standing, curbside at your terminal, with the car's licence plate.
- Walk out, find the plate, and the driver loads everything. Nothing to sign and nothing to pay yet.
- At the campus door you pay the driver, by card or cash in the car, exactly the flat fare you saw when the trip was booked. HST is already in it.
Where the car goes on campus
- Centennial Place, the residence beside the Progress Campus, is an eight-storey building housing several hundred students in two and four-bedroom suites, and it is a short walk from the college's other Scarborough sites rather than on top of them. Name it in the booking notes and that is the door the car stops at.
- The School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts teaches in the same building as the residence, with kitchen labs and a teaching restaurant, so a good share of the arrivals here are culinary students landing with knife rolls as well as suitcases.
- Centennial also runs the Ashtonbee and Morningside campuses in Scarborough, each a separate address in its own fare zone. Book the one you are attending and the booking page shows the right number for it.
- The campus is just off the 401 at Markham Road, which is easy to describe and easy to reach once the highway cooperates. Off-peak the run is around forty minutes; a weekday afternoon eastbound can be an hour.
- Everything on this page applies in reverse for the flight home, and the pickup time for a departure is set from live traffic rather than a fixed allowance, because this route varies more than most.
Every trip includes
- GTAA-tariff flat rate. HST included.
- Meet & greet at arrivals: coming soon.
- Flight tracking automatically. If you land early, the driver knows; if you're delayed, the pickup shifts.
- Complimentary airport wait from wheels-down: 60 minutes international, 30 domestic.
- Free cancellation up to 2 hours before pickup.
Centennial Progress questions, answered.
How much is a limo from Pearson to Centennial Progress Campus?
The flat published rate for the campus zone under the official airport tariff, shown above with HST included and identical in both directions. It is not affected by the time of day, the day of the week, or how late the flight is.
How long does the trip take?
About forty minutes when Highway 401 is clear and closer to an hour in the weekday afternoon peak. The distance is roughly the width of Toronto, which is why the fare being agreed in advance is worth more here than on a short run.
Will the car go to the residence?
Yes. Name Centennial Place in the booking notes and the driver pulls up at the residence entrance, which saves a walk across the site with a term's luggage at the end of a long flight.
Can a parent overseas make the booking?
Yes, and it is the common case. Use your own mobile with its country code, tick that the passenger is someone else, and enter the student's number. You receive the confirmation and any changes; they receive the driver's arrival message. Nothing is charged before the trip.
What if the flight is delayed or immigration is slow?
The flight is tracked from the moment of booking so the driver's timing follows the aircraft. Included waiting is 60 minutes from wheels-down on international arrivals and 30 on domestic, then the posted per-10-minute rate applies while the driver waits.
Do you serve Ashtonbee and Morningside as well?
Yes. They are separate addresses in separate fare zones, so their published numbers differ from this one. Enter the campus address you actually need and the fare for it appears before you confirm the booking.
Sedan or SUV for a student arriving for the year?
The SUV, if a full year of belongings is coming: six passengers and five checked bags with everything in the back. The sedan takes three passengers and three checked bags, which suits a visit or a light term-break trip.
Can a group of students share the ride?
Up to six in the SUV with five checked bags between them, which usually works out cheapest per person for friends on the same flight. Larger groups get two vehicles under one booking so they arrive together.
How does the trip back to Pearson work?
The same fare in reverse, booked from the residence with your flight number. We set the pickup from that day's traffic and your airline's check-in window. Cancellation is free up to 2 hours before pickup and dispatch answers around the clock.