Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 06:24. One passenger pays €42.03, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 8m over 437 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €42.03, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€42.03
- 191%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sault Ste. Marie
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.
- 06:24First departure
- 06:24Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €127.58Fri18
- about €115.78Sat19
- about €116.37Sun20
- about €82.74Mon21
- about €57.96Tue22
- about €81.56Wed23
- about €103.98Thu24
- about €59.14Fri25
- about €64.45Sat26
- about €73.30Sun27
- about €66.22Mon28
- about €63.86Tue29
- about €59.73Wed30
- about €80.38Thu1
- about €65.63Fri2
- about €62.09Sat3
- about €59.73Sun4
- about €52.06Mon5
- about €42.03Tue6
- about €53.24Wed7
- about €66.81Thu8
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 flight gets you into Thunder Bay. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Thunder Bay for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €57.3790 days
- €43.8060 days
- €52.6545 days
- €58.5530 days
- €66.8121 days
- €80.3814 days
- €103.987 days
- €116.373 days
- €127.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.80.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is €127.58, 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay 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
437 km
424 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
72,051 → 108,843
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 437 km against 424 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Timmins, Greater Sudbury. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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
Thunder Bay is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Thunder Bay Union Station
Most of the points near Thunder Bay Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay
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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
The fastest journey from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay takes 4h 8m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 10m, 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
The cheapest fare from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay is €42.03, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.63. 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
The cheapest way from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay is by flight, at €42.03 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 12m 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
Fares from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €43.80. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 191 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay, at €57.96. 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay, at €36.72 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
No operator record names Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay directly. Bearskin Lake Air Service 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
33 percent of the services we sell from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay are direct. The rest connect at Timmins, Greater Sudbury, with about 57 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay use?
Services from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay by flight leave from Sault Ste. Marie YAM and arrive at Thunder Bay YQT. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay 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 Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay on 17 September 2026: 437 km of route against 424 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €42.03, and 4h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Thunder Bay is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Thunder Bay and across Canada
Day trips that leave Thunder Bay in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sault Ste. Marie reaches 6 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 256 to 713 km. Thunder Bay reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 424 to 1,801 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sault Ste. Marie
- 6Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Thunder Bay
Leaving Thunder Bay
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators