Courtenay to Nanaimo runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 39m over 100 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 9%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Courtenay
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:50First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
BC Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €12.99Wed16
- about €16.29Thu17
- about €12.44Fri18
- about €17.94Sat19
- about €14.09Sun20
- about €12.99Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €12.99Thu24
- about €12.44Fri25
- about €11.89Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Nanaimo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nanaimo for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Nanaimo railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Courtenay to Nanaimo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €12.443 days
- €12.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 9 percent. The dearest point is €12.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Courtenay to Nanaimo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
100 km
96 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
28,420 → 90,504
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 100 km against 96 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at West Vancouver, Port Alberni, North Cowichan, Campbell River. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Nanaimo is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Nanaimo railway station
Most of the points near Nanaimo railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Courtenay to Nanaimo
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Courtenay to Nanaimo?
The fastest journey from Courtenay to Nanaimo takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 3h 17m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 4h 53m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Courtenay to Nanaimo?
The cheapest fare from Courtenay to Nanaimo is €11.88, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Courtenay to Nanaimo?
The cheapest way from Courtenay to Nanaimo is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 22 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 47m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Courtenay to Nanaimo?
Fares from Courtenay to Nanaimo bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 9 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Courtenay to Nanaimo?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Courtenay to Nanaimo, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Courtenay to Nanaimo?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Courtenay to Nanaimo, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Courtenay to Nanaimo?
1 operators sell services from Courtenay to Nanaimo across 1 mode: BC Ferries. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Courtenay to Nanaimo?
20 percent of the services we sell from Courtenay to Nanaimo are direct. The rest connect at West Vancouver, Port Alberni, North Cowichan, Campbell River, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Courtenay to Nanaimo use?
Services from Courtenay to Nanaimo by ferry leave from Comox (Little River) and arrive at Hullo - Nanaimo. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Courtenay to Nanaimo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Courtenay to Nanaimo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Courtenay to Nanaimo on 15 September 2026: 100 km of route against 96 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Nanaimo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Nanaimo and across Canada
Day trips that leave Nanaimo in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Courtenay reaches 9 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 3,673 km. Nanaimo reaches 9 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 874 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Courtenay
- 9Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Nanaimo
Leaving Nanaimo
- 9Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators