Cheapest€19.59
- Maritime M925014:5410h 20m01:14North Sydney TerminalWoodside Ferry Terminal
Door to door 11h 50mCO2 36.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sydney to Halifax ferry
Ferries from Sydney to Halifax start at €23.99 and take 11h 34m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Sydney to Halifax starts at €23.99 and takes 11h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 313 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 11h 34mDoor to door
- 10h 4mMoving
- €23.99From
- 36.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 | €19.59 | 10h 37m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The trip ends at Halifax railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Halifax for the night the ferry gets in
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 Sydney to Halifax
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3490 days
- €15.7460 days
- €18.4945 days
- €23.9930 days
- €24.5421 days
- €33.8914 days
- €37.197 days
- €40.493 days
- €48.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 210 percent. The most expensive point is €48.74, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €28.39Sun
- €28.94Mon
- €26.19Tue
- €23.99Wed
- €33.89Thu
- €28.39Fri
- €34.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sydney
Ferry
- North Sydney Terminal
- Marine Atlantic - North Sydney Terminal
Halifax
Ferry
- Woodside Ferry Terminal
- Dartmouth Ferry 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
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 313 km against 313 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Saint John, Quispamsis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Sydney at 06:27 and the last at 18:12, across 6 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 59m | 49m | 3h 10m | €38.49 | 79.2 kg | 6 |
| Ferry | 11h 34m | 10h 4m | 1h 30m | €23.99 | 36.0 kg | 6 |
Questions about Sydney to Halifax
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 Sydney to Halifax take?
The Ferry from Sydney to Halifax takes 11h 34m door to door, of which 10h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 313 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 Sydney to Halifax cost?
The Ferry from Sydney to Halifax starts at €23.99 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €25.64. 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 Sydney to Halifax?
1 operators run the Ferry from Sydney to Halifax: Maritime. Between them they file around 6 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 Sydney to Halifax use?
The Ferry from Sydney to Halifax leaves from North Sydney Terminal and arrives at Woodside Ferry Terminal. 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 Sydney to Halifax?
Traveling from Sydney to Halifax by Flight costs €38.49 and takes 3h 59m door to door, against 11h 34m 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 Sydney to Halifax?
Fares for the Ferry from Sydney to Halifax bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 210 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Sydney to Halifax produce?
The Ferry from Sydney to Halifax produces about 36.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 313 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 Sydney to Halifax?
Operators on the Ferry from Sydney to Halifax publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 34m 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 Sydney to Halifax on September 10, 2026: 313 km of route against 313 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 11h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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Day trips out of Halifax and across Canada
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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