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Thornhill · Canada

Car hire and driving in Thornhill

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Canada traffic drives on the right. Picking up at YYZ means 23 km (14 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from Thornhill

Car rental from Thornhill: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Thornhill to BramptonCanada31 km (19 mi)about 25 min
Thornhill to AjaxCanada32 km (20 mi)about 26 min
Thornhill to MississaugaCanada32 km (20 mi)about 26 min
Thornhill to WhitbyCanada40 km (25 mi)about 33 min
Thornhill to OakvilleCanada46 km (28 mi)about 37 min
Thornhill to OshawaCanada47 km (29 mi)about 38 min
Thornhill to MiltonCanada50 km (31 mi)about 40 min
Thornhill to BurlingtonCanada58 km (36 mi)about 47 min
Thornhill to BarrieCanada68 km (42 mi)about 55 min
Thornhill to HamiltonCanada72 km (44 mi)about 58 min
Thornhill to St. CatharinesCanada73 km (45 mi)about 59 min
Thornhill to GuelphCanada73 km (46 mi)about 1 h
Thornhill to New York CityUnited States563 km (350 mi)about 7 h 38 min
Thornhill to BrooklynUnited States572 km (355 mi)about 7 h 45 min
Thornhill to ChicagoUnited States705 km (438 mi)about 9 h 33 min
Thornhill to QueensUnited States577 km (358 mi)about 7 h 49 min
Thornhill to MontréalCanada498 km (310 mi)about 6 h 45 min
Thornhill to PhiladelphiaUnited States556 km (345 mi)about 7 h 32 min
Thornhill to ManhattanUnited States561 km (349 mi)about 7 h 36 min
Thornhill to The BronxUnited States563 km (350 mi)about 7 h 38 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Thornhill?

The right, as everywhere in Canada.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.