Ferries in Canada

200 routes and 8 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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We sell 200 Ferries routes in Canada, serving 26 places through 8 operators. 84 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 207 km.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in Canada, in numbers

  • £10.18 to £31.39Fare range
  • 200Routes we sell
  • 26Places served
  • 8Operators
  • 116Domestic routes
  • 84Cross border routes
  • 207 kmMedian route
  • 893 kmLongest route

£10.18 to £31.39 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Routes

The busiest Ferries routes in Canada

The routes we sell in Canada, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Seattle to Victoria ferry£10.185h 27m119 km
Victoria to Seattle ferry£10.185h 22m119 km
Edmonds to Victoria ferry£10.184h 50m100 km
Victoria to Edmonds ferry£10.184h 53m100 km
Bainbridge Island to Victoria ferry£10.185h 7m109 km
Victoria to Bainbridge Island ferry£10.185h 9m109 km
Mukilteo to Victoria ferry£10.184h 40m95 km
Victoria to Mukilteo ferry£10.184h 42m95 km
Nanaimo to Vancouver ferry£10.183h 44m60 km
Vancouver to Nanaimo ferry£10.183h 38m60 km
Nanaimo to West Vancouver ferry£10.183h 39m59 km
West Vancouver to Nanaimo ferry£10.183h 35m59 km
Nanaimo to North Cowichan ferry£10.183h 9m41 km
North Cowichan to Nanaimo ferry£10.183h 14m41 km
North Cowichan to West Vancouver ferry£10.183h 56m66 km
West Vancouver to North Cowichan ferry£10.184h 4m66 km
Campbell River to Courtenay ferry£10.183h 8m41 km
Courtenay to Campbell River ferry£10.183h 7m41 km
Courtenay to Nanaimo ferry£10.184h 54m96 km
Nanaimo to Courtenay ferry£10.185h 1m96 km
Campbell River to Nanaimo ferry£11.135h 54m133 km
Nanaimo to Campbell River ferry£11.135h 47m133 km
Halifax to Saint John ferry£13.487h 39m207 km
Saint John to Halifax ferry£13.488h 4m207 km
Campbell River to West Vancouver ferry£13.487h 1m168 km
West Vancouver to Campbell River ferry£13.486h 59m168 km
Campbell River to North Cowichan ferry£13.967h 21m173 km
North Cowichan to Campbell River ferry£13.967h 11m173 km
Halifax to Sydney ferry£18.1911h 5m313 km
Sydney to Halifax ferry£18.1911h 8m313 km
Saint John to Sydney ferry£31.3917h 24m466 km
Sydney to Saint John ferry£31.3917h 33m466 km

12Go fares in Canada

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

See Seattle to Victoria on 12Go

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Day trips out of Toronto and across Canada

Day trips that leave Toronto in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km9648%Quispamsis, 19 km
200 to 600 km3216%Halifax, 206 km
600 to 1,500 km7236%Corner Brook, 623 km
Across the border

Where Canada connects to

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States84100%

Ferry destinations

Common questions about Ferries in Canada

What Ferries routes are there in Canada?

We sell 200 Ferries routes in Canada, serving 26 places run by 8 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Ferries tickets in Canada cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare in Canada is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 200 routes we sell there. The median route runs 207 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Canada by Ferries?

84 of the Ferries routes we sell touching Canada cross a border and 116 stay inside it, reaching 1 other countries including United States. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Ferries services in Canada?

8 operators run Ferries services on routes we sell in Canada: Alaska Marine Highway, BC Ferries, Black Ball Ferry Line, Clipper Vacations, FRS Clipper. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Ferries route in Canada?

The longest Ferries route we sell touching Canada runs from Metlakatla to Tsawwassen, 893 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 207 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

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.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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A room in Toronto for the night the ferry gets in

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