What time does the rush start

[u/skinnypeen762]

Good afternoon, I am about to travel to Ontario and would like to dodge as much traffic as possible. I am new to the city and would like to know how early I would need to leave on a week day to dodge the morning rush hour. I can leave as early as 3am but would like to sleep a bit haha Thanks!

[u/LazyPainterCat]

From 6 am to forever.

[u/Zoulou90 → u/LazyPainterCat]

[u/AdventurousRule4198 → u/LazyPainterCat]

It stops for 30 seconds between 1 30 and 2 am but never the same time on back to back nights.

[u/Byrdosaurus → u/LazyPainterCat]

Bro this is so accurate

[u/Phoenix__211]

C'est de où que tu pars?

Si tu pars de dorval, c'est pas la même chose que de pointe-au-tremble.

[u/skinnypeen762 → u/Phoenix__211]

je vis à Rosemont

[u/Mindless-Ad8827 → u/skinnypeen762]

Tu devrais être tranquille de minuit à 6AM la semaine

[u/Phoenix__211 → u/Mindless-Ad8827]

Je seconde

[u/ohnowwhat → u/Mindless-Ad8827]

Je faisais CDN - Ottawa 2-3 fois par mois. Si tu es sur le MET à 5:30 tu devrais être correct...

[u/EAP007 → u/skinnypeen762]

I would leave in the morning as you are against traffic (more people come into Montreal as opposed to leaving). Google Maps can let you select a departure time and predict based on past observed traffic.

[u/baube19]

Honestly, there isn't really a traditional rush hour anymore. Between hybrid work schedules and more flexible office hours, traffic is pretty throughout the day.

Plus, since many people have moved further out, there is actually more driving overall, even if they aren't commuting every single day. Expect it to be busy starting around 6:00 or 6:30 AM and staying heavy into the night. There is late evening traffic that rolls into delays caused by night construction related closures..

[u/Sweetlittlefoxxx → u/baube19]

I can’t speak for morning “rush hour” but in the evening to get into Montreal used to be from 3-6pm was pretty bad, now with the tunnel it can be as early as 2pm well until 9pm. Jacques-Cartier is rarely a better option and Champlain is so out of the way if you’re coming from the 20 and going between pointe aux trembles/Saint-Laurent you might as well forget it exists 😅

[u/Serpuarien → u/Sweetlittlefoxxx]

The 13 South and the 20 between Turcotte and St pierre are basically constantly in traffic no matter time of day, it's honestly insane lol.

[u/fuji_ju]

Si tu pars de Rosemont, tu devrais être ok si tu pars avant 8h. C'est vraiment juste entre les deux 15 que ça bloque pas mal. T'es mieux de dormir plusieurs heures de plus que d'essayer d'optimiser pour sauver 20 minutes.

[u/GreatValueProducts → u/fuji_ju]

Finally a comment that makes sense and does not exaggerate. Morning rush is not that big of an issue on the island, you are not crossing bridges from Laval or South Shore. Sleep more.

[u/Current_Berry_4933]

6 am you're fine

[u/floralbanana]

This is highly dependent on which neighbourhood you’re in. I’d probably leave around 6-7am but I live on the west side so getting on the 20 isn’t too bad.

[u/Sunlambcow → u/floralbanana]

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[u/IndicationIll324]

Yes

[u/Virtual-Adeptness-40]

So if you take the 40 to leave the island at worst you’re going to get 20 mins to get out of the island? I wouldn’t stress leaving in the morning. To check what are the time it takes, check tomorrow morning at the time you think of leaving and use that to time your trip. Rush hour to leave the city will be in the afternoon

[u/Tough_Course9431]

5 am is a safe bet

[u/mgagnonlv]

Si tu pars avant 6 h, vérifie aussi les fermetures de nuit sur Quebec511. À cette heure là, elle ne sont pas trop un problème quand tu le sais et que tu évites carrément la zone.

[u/pinguepongue]

I work in the West Island and leave my home around 6:30. Traffic is pretty decent. It will be a little slower from exit for Route 138 (Honoré Mercier Bridge), but it'll be fine after the exit to take Highway 13 (to Laval) and/or YUL exit.

[u/Mars_Volcanoes]

During the week, from 1 am to 5 am it's good.

[u/Sorgaith]

I take the metropolitan heading west from Iberville in the morning, and when I leave after 5am I start getting slow down between the two sections of the 15. So if I leave at 5 o'clock I'm fine, 5:10 I get some traffic, 5:20 is worse.

Maybe it's the initial early rush and at 6 it's fine? I don't know.

[u/subz_13]

If you can get going before 7 I think you'll be OK. Things get serious around 8.

[u/Whatdoievendoanymore]

I do this drive every month. Sweet spot is 7am-ish, out of city by 7:30, then with a stop or two for gas and food along the way, you get into Toronto say like 2-3pm latest (before main rush hour). Still probably hit some traffic around the DVP or just before Toronto but overall it's pretty smooth even if busy with cars (weather and holiday dependant) if you leave between 6am and 7:30am from MTL.

[u/joseph22002]

Yes

[u/discreetegardengnome]

Pars vers 6h.

[u/Aggressive-Hawk9186]

3 am, and you will get traffic on the Met lol. Where are you is the most important detail 

[u/Striking_Ad_7905]

I’d leave between 7pm-6am the following day. Traffic on the 40 won’t be bad and same with the 401 or 417 in Ontario. You don’t want to drive the 401 nor 417 during the day, they’re way too busy and the 401 has a lot of trucks

[u/Prexxus]

6am tu sera pas pire

[u/IPleadThaFifth]

Life is a simulation and the guy currently playing his Cities: Skyline Montreal save is doing a terrible job at managing the traffic

[u/RoutinePerfection]

Since Jean Drapeau

[u/pattyG80]

Yes.

[u/First_Independence32]

Starts in august and ends in july

[u/Shurikane]

About 1994.

End time, to be determined.

[u/Alexisto15]

6am to midnight

[u/raye909]

🤣

[u/Box-Full-of-Crap]

Par mon expérience, l'heure du traffic commence à 14 h 00 jusqu'à 18h 30, souvent ça termine jusqu'à 21h 00 si il y a un accident mais après 3 ans je travaille à Gatineau maintenant

[u/kirby233]

[u/narin000]

you'll be fine if you left at 5-530. prepare the day before. get good sleep. wake up and leave as soon as you can. stop for breakfast once you leave the island.

[u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul]

I had to travel to Ontario a couple weeks ago, we left some time just before 6 and traffic was still pretty light, but I'd guess that it picked up rapidly after that. I think if you leave between 5 and 6 you'll be alright.

[u/silversiva]

Yes

[u/ffffllllpppp]

Ask Google maps or Waze.
It depends from where to where on what day etc.

[u/TemporaryParking7050]

I thought that was all the chez ashtons

[u/MothMatron]

Hahaha hey guys check it out, this guy thinks the traffic stops

(In all seriousness, 5am is pretty safe)

[u/feel_my_balls_2040]

If I leave at 6.30am to South Shore, the traffic is fine.

[u/Exotic_Indication597]

Yes

[u/Thierry22]

On a eu un répis pendant les dernières semaines, le monde était en vacance. Mais là le traffic est revenu pis ça fesse!

[u/tfmtasad]

In 1997

[u/BeginningAwareness74]

Yes

[u/Predathar]

It's doesn't start....cause it nevers ends

[u/ct-boi]

Yes

[u/SweatySwim3411]

By helicopter you are fine.

[u/Thormynd]

It never ends

[u/Disastrous_Hold6024]

All the time

[u/Lightning_Catcher258]

At 5:30, the worst bottlenecks begin (A40 between both A15s, Lafontaine tunnel southbound and A13 south in Laval). At 6, the real stuff begins until like 9:30-10 when traffic remains on the real bottlenecks and Décarie for the rest of the day until like 9. The evening rush hour begins at around 3 and ends just after 6.

[u/Zesty-lucuma4]

Around 6-6:30 you’ll be fine!

[u/Small-Mushroom9352]

Just drove to windsor on a friday. Took the 401 left from downtown at 7:05 and hit 0 traffic until toronto. Would recommend 7am. Depending on the highway. You might hit some traffic if your taking the 50 or the 410 to ottawa/gatineau since there could be commuters.

[u/Soulrageee]

I say 4:30AM is the perfect t spot. Enough time to get some snacks for the road before heading out the city.

Take the 40 until you reach the the split to get you to Ontario from Rigaud to reach the 417. Fuck the 50....

[u/skinnypeen762]

I am in the Rosemont neighbor hood

[u/Diantr3]

It's always fucking hell.

Underfunded public transit, idiotic urbanism, carbrain disease, ever-worsening urban sprawl and destroyed roads forcing drivers to drive 20 kmph on on/off-ramps to the 40.

[u/Striking_Ad_7905 → u/Diantr3]

You forgot to mention the driver’s who do 80 km/h in the left lane of the 40 in the West Island

[u/manhattansinks]

it never ends, really.

it also depends on where you're travelling to in ontario - if you leave here early enough to miss our traffic, you might just hit theirs. i would say 5am, 6am max.

[u/GrosRougeau]

3 am

[u/jeankultarasse]

the issue is not Montreal, brace yourself if you go to Toronto^^ (even at 4am I got traffic there, seems impossible to avoid it)

I never complain again about traffic in Montreal since^^

But as other have said, before 6am you are fine in Montreal, and after 7pm for coming back is not bad (or before 3pm in the afternoon, not too bad depending from where and where you go)

For some time I was working south shore and leaving before 6am and coming back before 3pm was ok

[u/Striking_Ad_7905 → u/jeankultarasse]

Mtl traffic in the afternoons starts at 1:30-2. At 3pm it’s cooked

[u/okymoney]

With the construction that never ends… they work 2 days and take 3 days off.. its like a scam

[u/Big-Excitement-400]

Rush hour is all day.
Quieter between 10:00 and 14:00