Two networks, one city
The capital region runs two public transit systems: OC Transpo on the Ontario side and the Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) on the Quebec side. For a hotel guest the practical consequence is that the airport is on one network and the hotel on the other. The STO's Rapibus, which Loto-Québec says includes the Station Lac-Leamy stop, is the line that links Gatineau with downtown Ottawa.
From the airport
YOW's own page lists two public options: Line 4 of the O-Train from Airport station to South Keys, running from 6 a.m. to midnight, and bus route 105, which runs 24 hours a day every 30 minutes between Uplands Drive and St-Laurent Station. Both are OC Transpo. For a hotel guest with luggage, the operator's figure for a car, 25 minutes, is the more realistic benchmark; taxis queue outside the centre door on the arrivals level, ride-shares at Pillars 12 and 13.
From further away
Loto-Québec lists three coach operators with regular pick-ups: McCoy Bus Service from points in Ontario, Voyages Blainville from Montréal's North Shore, and Expression Voyages from the Estrie and Montérégie regions. Groups who hire their own coach book through the operator's group line.
By air, the short way
The complex has a heliport, by reservation at 819-772-2100 extension 3636. The engineering record says a helipad was built with the 1,000-space garage when the hotel went up in 2001. It is not a common way to arrive, but it is the most capital-city detail on this list.
By bicycle
In summer the hotel sits on the region's cycling network: Loto-Québec points to a bike path from the hotel-casino to Gatineau Park, and the National Capital Commission's Leamy Lake Pathway reaches the park around the lake. Our getting there page includes a cycling route to the ByWard Market, 4.1 km away.
A note on time
Times between the two banks depend on bridges and traffic far more than on distance. We publish the operator's figures (ten minutes to downtown Ottawa by car, 25 minutes from the airport) and leave everything else to Google Maps, which accounts for the day and the hour. Every route link we give opens the live calculation.