Ketchikan to Vancouver runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €54.79, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 28h 38m over 935 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €54.79, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€54.79
- 185%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ketchikan
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.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Alaska Marine Highway runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this journey
12Go lists departures for Ketchikan to Vancouver on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €127.94Fri18
- about €137.84Sat19
- about €95.49Sun20
- about €113.09Mon21
- about €89.43Tue22
- about €93.29Wed23
- about €109.78Thu24
- about €94.93Fri25
- about €97.14Sat26
- about €74.59Sun27
- about €85.58Mon28
- about €83.38Tue29
- about €82.83Wed30
- about €83.93Thu1
- about €81.74Fri2
- about €75.13Sat3
- about €76.23Sun4
- about €60.84Mon5
- about €60.84Tue6
- about €54.79Wed7
- about €77.33Thu8
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 Vancouver. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Vancouver for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Vancouver Pacific Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ketchikan to Vancouver
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.4890 days
- €44.8960 days
- €53.1445 days
- €64.6930 days
- €77.3321 days
- €83.9314 days
- €109.787 days
- €95.493 days
- €127.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 185 percent. The dearest point is €127.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ketchikan to Vancouver and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
935 km
890 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
8,197 → 662,248
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 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 935 km against 890 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Seattle, Campbell River, Courtenay, Nanaimo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Vancouver Pacific Central
Most of the points near Vancouver Pacific Central open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ketchikan to Vancouver
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 Ketchikan to Vancouver?
The fastest journey from Ketchikan to Vancouver takes 28h 38m door to door, of which 30h 27m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 30h 31m, 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver?
The cheapest fare from Ketchikan to Vancouver is €54.79, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €94.39. 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver?
The cheapest way from Ketchikan to Vancouver is by ferry, at €54.79 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 31h 57m 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver?
Fares from Ketchikan to Vancouver bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €44.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 185 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ketchikan to Vancouver?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ketchikan to Vancouver, at €76.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ketchikan to Vancouver?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ketchikan to Vancouver, at €50.39 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver?
No operator record names Ketchikan to Vancouver directly. Alaska Marine Highway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Ketchikan to Vancouver?
20 percent of the services we sell from Ketchikan to Vancouver are direct. The rest connect at Seattle, Campbell River, Courtenay, Nanaimo, with about 73 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver use?
Services from Ketchikan to Vancouver by ferry leave from Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal and arrive at Hullo - Vancouver. 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Ketchikan to Vancouver 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 Ketchikan to Vancouver on 17 September 2026: 935 km of route against 890 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €54.79, and 28h 38m 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 Vancouver a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Vancouver and across Canada
Day trips that leave Vancouver in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ketchikan reaches 8 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 370 to 1,073 km. Vancouver reaches 93 places in 23 countries, from 60 to 12,827 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ketchikan
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Vancouver
Leaving Vancouver
- 93Places you can leave for
- 23Countries
- 48Operators