Cheapest€15.19
- Maritime M201306:306h 33m13:03Woodside Ferry TerminalSaint John
Door to door 8h 3mCO2 23.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Halifax to Saint John ferry
Ferries from Halifax to Saint John start at €15.74 and take 7h 48m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Halifax to Saint John starts at €15.74 and takes 7h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 207 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 48mDoor to door
- 6h 18mMoving
- €15.74From
- 23.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maritime | €15.19 | 7h 39m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Saint John is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Saint John
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Halifax to Saint John
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.7490 days
- €15.1960 days
- €14.6445 days
- €14.0930 days
- €16.2921 days
- €15.7414 days
- €16.847 days
- €28.393 days
- €33.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €33.89, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €21.79Sun
- €17.94Mon
- €16.29Tue
- €16.29Wed
- €20.14Thu
- €20.14Fri
- €22.34Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Halifax
Ferry
- Woodside Ferry Terminal
- Dartmouth Ferry Terminal
Saint John
Ferry
- Saint John
- Diamond Jubilee Terminal
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 207 km against 207 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Quispamsis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Halifax at 06:30 and the last at 14:17, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 53m | 43m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 52.4 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 7h 48m | 6h 18m | 1h 30m | €15.74 | 23.8 kg | 3 |
Questions about Halifax to Saint John
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John take?
The Ferry from Halifax to Saint John takes 7h 48m door to door, of which 6h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 207 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John cost?
The Ferry from Halifax to Saint John starts at €15.74 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €17.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John?
1 operators run the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John: Maritime. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John use?
The Ferry from Halifax to Saint John leaves from Woodside Ferry Terminal and arrives at Saint John. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Halifax to Saint John?
Traveling from Halifax to Saint John by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 53m door to door, against 7h 48m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John?
Fares for the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John produce?
The Ferry from Halifax to Saint John produces about 23.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 207 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John?
Operators on the Ferry from Halifax to Saint John publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 48m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Halifax to Saint John on September 9, 2026: 207 km of route against 207 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.74, and 7h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Saint John afterward does not belong to us.
Things to do in Saint John
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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