About Us
We offer charter bus, coach rental, school buses and airport shuttle from Montréal, centre du Québec and Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Transport Clément Bégin and Autocar Bégin counts on a team of more than 90 employees. They are the basis of our success because of their professionalism. Therefore, our reputation is based on our reliable and secure service thanks to our courteous drivers and meticulous mechanics.
Moreover, we offer school bus transportation services for many municipalities in the following regions: Abitibi-Ouest and Amos. Finally, we ensure daily service for Mines Aurizon’s employees.
Vision – Be a company that transport people and is always more dynamic, innovative and secure.
Mission – Our mission is to offer an extraordinary, secure and comfortable service. Your requirements are high and ours as well. We respect our commitments and strive for excellence.
Values –
» Customer oriented. We adapt to our customers’ specific needs and to market conditions in order to offer a personalized service and we respect our commitments.
» Passion. We have passion for everything we do and respect our customers, suppliers and partners.
Team
Drivers
Our bus and coach drivers are courteous, pleasant and devoted. They possess thirty year of experience in average. Moreover, they improve their skills and knowledge periodically by receiving specialized training to offer an excellent service.
They respect road safety rules, law 430 and make the effort to reduce the energy consumption of their vehicles to minimize the impact on the environment.
Our driver team strive to offer high quality service :
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Reception of our customers: courtesy and , cleaning and maintenance of vehicles, provide clear information to customers.
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Ride comfort: smooth maneuvers, noise reduction and secure driving.
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Security: respect driving schedules, daily verification of vehicles.
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Professionalism: professional behaviors, care about good flow of the trip.
Maintenance
Our team ensures that our fleet is secure and reliable. Our experts perform preventing maintenance inspections to satisfy and surpass road security standard.
Management Team
Karl Bégin
Karl manages finance and operations. Karl has more than 25 years of experience in the transport industry and leads the company since 1999.
François Hamel
François manages Amos school bus service in the and the chartered service. François has more than 25 years of experience in the transport industry.
Mathieu Bégin
Mathieu leads business development, marketing and communications. Mathieu has solid national and international experience.
Norman Bégin
Norman supervises purchases and stocks. Norman has more than 25 years experience in mechanical conception and maintenance.
Company history
| 1959 |
Joseph Tardif founds the first school bus service for Sainte-Germaine Boulé. Acquisition of buses from Roland Lefebvre and Florent Jalbert. |
| 1965 |
Development of transportation services to l'Académie and collège St-André in La Sarre. |
| 1967 |
Development of transportation services to La Polyno à La Sarre. |
| 1970 |
Acquisition of Transport Macamo to serve Duparquet and Rapide-Danseur municipalities. |
| 1974 |
Clément Bégin, Joseph Tardif’s son-in-law, takes over. He buys 12 buses and found by the same occasion, Transport Clément Bégin Inc. |
| 1978 |
Acquisition of Transport Maurice Rivard and Autobus Fortin Ltée to serve Gallichan and Roquemaure. |
| 2000 |
Clément Bégin retires and Karl Bégin ensure the continuity of the business. |
| 2002 |
Acquisition of Les Entreprises Pierre Mercier to serve Palmarolle. |
| 2002 |
Development of paratransit services. |
| 2004 |
Acquisition of Transport A.B.L. Inc. to serve St-Félix-de-Dalquier, Berry, Amos, St-Dominique and Villemontel. |
| 2004 |
Acquisition of E.B. Fournier to serve Taschereau and Laferté. |
| 2005 |
Contract with Mines Aurizon (Casa Berardi) for employees transportation services |
| 2005 |
Launch of charter bus services. |
| 2005 |
Construction of a new garage in Sainte-Germaine. |
| 2005 |
Contract with Les Comètes d'Amos hockey club. |
| 2006 |
Winner of family business of the year at Gala Excell'Or Abitibi-Ouest Chamber of Commerce. |
| 2007 |
Acquisition of charter permit for all Abitibi-Témiscamingue territory. |
| 2008 |
Purchase of Autocar Distinction and by the same occasion, creation of Autocar Bégin
Acquisition of charter permit for Montreal island.
Contract with Montreal Juniors. |
| 2009 |
New address in Montreal for bus rental. |
| 2010 |
Proud alliance with Symphony Charter Bus to serve Montreal region |
Bus rental p ermits for Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord du Québec:
Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Amos, La Sarre, Ville-Marie, Malartic, Senneterre, Matagami, Chibougamau, Baie-James, Barraute, Authier, Authier-Nord, Béarn, Chapais, Chazel, Clermont, Clerval, Duhamel-Ouest, Duparquet, Dupuy, Gallichan, La Corne, La Reine, Lac-Despinassy, Landrienne, Laniel, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Les Lacs-du, Témiscamingue, Lorrainville, Macamic, Matchi-Manitou, Montcerf-Lytton, Normétal, Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Nédélec, Palmarolle, Pikogan, Poularies, Rapide-Danseur, Rivière-Héva, Rivière-Ojima, Roquemaure, Rémigny, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Saint, Félix-de-Dalquier, Saint-Lambert, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery, Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre, Sainte-Germaine-Boulé, Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg, Taschereau, Timiskaming, Témiscaming, Val-Saint-Gilles, Waswanipi.
Bus rental permits for Victoriaville and Bois-Francs region:
Asbestos, Danville, Kingsey Falls, Norbertville, Richmond, Saint-Camille, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Saint-Lucien, Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Tingwick, Victoriaville, Warwick, Wotton.
Airports permits
- Pierre-Eliott-Trudeau (Montréal), to any in Quebec.
- Pierre-Eliott-Trudeau (Montréal), to Lester B. Pearson airport (Toronto), passengers must arrive and leave at these respective airports.
- Lester B. Pearson (Toronto), to any destination in Québec, as long as they arrive at Toronto airport and the leave by airplane at their final destination. Therefore, they can leave at Quebec Jean Lesage airport.
Bus rental permits for Montreal:
Montréal, Côte-Saint-Luc, Beaconsfield, Dorval, Lachine, LaSalle, Montréal-Nord, Saint-Léonard, Verdun, Westmount, Anjou, Baie-d'Urfé, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Hampstead, Saint-Raphaël-de-l'Île-Bizard, Kirkland, Montréal-Est, Montréal-Ouest, Mont-Royal, Outremont, Pierrefonds, Pointe-Claire, Roxboro, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Geneviève, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Pierre et Senneville. Bus rental available for the entire Montreal region.
