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First Student Canada


Parent company	FirstGroup
Founded	2006 (through purchase of Laidlaw)
Headquarters	3221 North Service Road, Burlington, Ontario
Service area	Canada (nationwide)
Service type	Yellow school bus and charter service
Web site	FirstBus Canada

First Student Canada, a subsidiary of the UK company FirstGroup, is a major provider of school bus services as well as being a public transit system operator. The company provides services in Canada comparable to those delivered by sister companies First Transit and First Student in the United States.

The component parts of the Canadian operation were formerly Laidlaw Education Services, King Transportation Ltd., Cardinal Coach Lines, Briggs Bus Lines and FirstBus Canada.

1 School services
- 1.1 Fleet
- 1.2 Clients
2 Public Transit
3 Farwest Group
4 See also
5 References

School services

First Student Canada is a major school bus operator in Canada, mainly in the Greater Toronto Area, southern Ontario and Edmonton.

Fleet

IC Corporation CE200 series
International 3800 series
Ford E350 series by Girardin Minibus and Michel Corbeil

Clients

School boards served by First Student Canada include:

Public Transit

Airdrie Transit
Orangeville Transit
Orillia Transit
Prince Albert Transit
York Region Transit (Division 2, serving Northern York Region)

Farwest Group

The Farwest Group of companies provides transportation services in various communities in British Columbia. These companies were acquired by First Canada in 2004.^[1]

References

^ Investment Canada Act, March 2004

v • d • e FirstGroup plc

United Kingdom bus companies:	First Aberdeen · First Berkshire & The Thames Valley · First Bristol · First Cymru · First Devon & Cornwall · First Eastern Counties · First Edinburgh · First Essex · First Glasgow · First Hampshire & Dorset · First Midlands (First Leicester, First Northampton, First Midland Red) · First London · First Manchester · First Potteries (First Chester & The Wirral) · First Somerset & Avon · First South Yorkshire · First West Yorkshire (First Bradford, First Calderdale & Huddersfield, First Leeds) · First York · First Student UK · Greyhound UK

International bus companies:	Aircoach · First Student (United States) · First Student Canada · First Transit · Greyhound (United States) · BoltBus (50% with Peter Pan Bus Lines) · Greyhound Canada · Grey Goose Bus Lines · Vancouver Island Coach Lines · Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines

Railway companies:	First Capital Connect · FirstGBRf · First Great Western · First Hull Trains · First ScotRail · First TransPennine Express (55% with Keolis) · Heathrow Connect · DSBFirst (25% Danish, 30% Swedish with DSB)

Annual revenue: ▲ £3,708 million GBP (2007) · Employees: 74,233 (2007) · Stock symbol: LSE: FGP · Website: www.firstgroup.com

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