Tsawwassen to Nanaimo runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:30 and the last around 06:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 46m over 68 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
When it runs, leaving Tsawwassen
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.
- 06:30First departure
- 06:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
BC Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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 €11.88Tue15
- about €11.88Wed16
- about €11.89Thu17
- about €11.88Fri18
- about €12.44Sat19
- about €11.88Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- 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
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 Tsawwassen 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
- €11.893 days
- €11.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €11.89, 3 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 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Tsawwassen 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
68 km
65 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
21,588 → 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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 68 km against 65 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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.
Baggage storage near Nanaimo railway station
Most of the points near Nanaimo railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Tsawwassen to Nanaimo
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 it take to get from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
The fastest journey from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 3h 55m, 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 Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
The cheapest fare from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo is €11.88, as of September 14, 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 Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
The cheapest way from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 15, 2026. That journey takes 3h 53m 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 Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
Fares from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 0 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tsawwassen 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 service from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
1 operators sell services from Tsawwassen 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 Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
Every service we sell from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 3h 46m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo use?
Services from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo by ferry leave from Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal 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 Tsawwassen to Nanaimo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Tsawwassen 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 Tsawwassen to Nanaimo on September 14, 2026: 68 km of route against 65 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 46m 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
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The two ends, compared
Tsawwassen reaches 1 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 65 to 65 km. Nanaimo reaches 9 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 874 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Arriving in Nanaimo
Leaving Nanaimo
- 9Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators