List of trolley bus systems in Canada
This is a list of trolley bus systems in Canada by province. It includes all trolley bus systems, past and present. Use of boldface for a city name and color highlighting indicates a system that still operates, the only one being Vancouver.
Alberta
| Name of system | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| Calgary Transit System | Calgary | 1 June 1947 | 8 March 1975 | |
| Edmonton Transit System | Edmonton | 24 September 1939 | 2 May 2009 | See also Trolley buses in Edmonton. |
British Columbia
| Name of system | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| TransLink | Vancouver | 16 August 1948 | Also a demonstration, 5–14 December 1945. See also Trolley buses in Vancouver. |
Note: There was also a demonstration trolley bus line in Victoria in 1945, operated by the British Columbia Electric Railway, from 19 to 30 November 1945.
Manitoba
| Name of system | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| Metro Transit | Winnipeg | 21 November 1938 | 30 October 1970 |
Nova Scotia
| Name of System | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited | Halifax | 27 March 1949 | 31 December 1969 |
Ontario
| Name of system | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Limited | Cornwall | 8 June 1949 | 31 May 1970 | |
| Fort William Transit Company | Fort William | 15 December 1947 | 1970 | see Thunder Bay. |
| Hamilton Street Railway | Hamilton | 10 December 1950 | 30 December 1992 | See Trolley buses in Hamilton. |
| Kitchener Public Utilities Commission | Kitchener | 1 January 1947 | 26 March 1973 | |
| Ottawa Transportation Commission | Ottawa | 15 December 1951 | 27 June 1959 | |
| Port Arthur Transit | Port Arthur | 15 December 1947 | 1970 | See Thunder Bay. |
| Thunder Bay Transit | Thunder Bay | 15 December 1947 | 16 July 1972 | Fort William and Port Arthur merged to form Thunder Bay from 31 December 1969. |
| Toronto Transit Commission bus system Toronto Transit Commission | Toronto | 18 June 1922 19 June 1947 | 31 August 1925 16 July 1993 | Service suspended 19 Jan. to 4 Sep. 1992. Final closure on 16 July 1993. See Trolley buses in Toronto. |
| Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg Railway Company | Windsor | 5 May 1922 | November 1926 |
Quebec
| Name of system | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| Montreal Tramways Company | Montreal | 29 March 1937 | 18 June 1966 | Montreal Tramways Company succeeded by the Montreal Transit Commission, 1951 |
Saskatchewan
| Name of system | Location | Date | Date | Notes |
| Regina Municipal Railway Regina Transit System | Regina | 4 September 1947 | 28 February 1966 | |
| Saskatoon Transit System | Saskatoon | 22 November 1948 | 13 May 1974 |
Books and periodicals
- Murray, Alan. 2000. World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
- Porter, Harry; and Stanley F.X. Worris. 1979. Trolleybus Bulletin No. 109: Databook II. North American Trackless Trolley Association.
- Sebree, Mac; and Paul Ward. 1974. The Trolley Coach in North America. Los Angeles, US: Interurbans. LCCN 74-20367.Trolleybus Magazine. National Trolleybus Association. Bimonthly.