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BC Ferries

60 crossings between 46 ports . On 59 they are the only operator on the water; on 0 they are the quickest of several; on 1 a rival is faster.

Sailing with BC Ferries

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

98% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 59 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

1 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

17 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 60 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

1 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal – Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal 54 km BC Ferries 1 h 40 Hullo 50 min rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

59 crossings with no other operator on record.

Buckley Bay (Vancouver Island) – Denman Island (West) 10 min rate not held 2 km

Gambier (New Brighton) – Langdale (Sunshine Coast) 10 min rate not held 3 km

Denman Island (West) – Hornby Island (Shingle Spit) 10 min rate not held 2 km

Keats (Keats Landing) – Langdale (Sunshine Coast) 15 min rate not held 4 km

Keats (Eastbourne) – Langdale (Sunshine Coast) 15 min rate not held 5 km

Penelakut Island – Thetis Island 15 min rate not held 2 km

Alliford Bay (Moresby Island) – Skidegate (Graham Island) 20 min rate not held 4 km

Bowen Island (Snug Cove) – Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal 20 min rate not held 4 km

Gabriola Island – Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal 25 min rate not held 5 km

Sturdies Bay (Galiano Island) – Village Bay (Mayne Island) 25 min rate not held 4 km

Otter Bay (Pender Island) – Village Bay (Mayne Island) 25 min rate not held 5 km

Chemainus – Thetis Island 30 min rate not held 7 km

Chemainus – Penelakut Island 30 min rate not held 6 km

Salt Spring Island (Long Harbour) – Village Bay (Mayne Island) 35 min rate not held 9 km

Otter Bay (Pender Island) – Salt Spring Island (Long Harbour) 35 min rate not held 11 km

Lyall Harbour (Saturna Island) – Village Bay (Mayne Island) 35 min rate not held 10 km

Lyall Harbour (Saturna Island) – Otter Bay (Pender Island) 35 min rate not held 8 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Langdale (Sunshine Coast) 40 min rate not held 16 km

Otter Bay (Pender Island) – Victoria 40 min rate not held 14 km

Otter Bay (Pender Island) – Sturdies Bay (Galiano Island) 40 min rate not held 8 km

McLoughlin Bay (Bella Bella) – Shearwater 45 min rate not held 4 km

Earls Cove (Sechelt) – Saltery Bay (Powell River) 50 min rate not held 12 km

Victoria – Village Bay (Mayne Island) 50 min rate not held 18 km

Lyall Harbour (Saturna Island) – Sturdies Bay (Galiano Island) 50 min rate not held 12 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Sturdies Bay (Galiano Island) 54 min rate not held 20 km

Sturdies Bay (Galiano Island) – Victoria 1 h 05 rate not held 22 km

Lyall Harbour (Saturna Island) – Victoria 1 h 05 rate not held 20 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Village Bay (Mayne Island) 1 h 07 rate not held 23 km

Salt Spring Island (Long Harbour) – Victoria 1 h 10 rate not held 18 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Salt Spring Island (Long Harbour) 1 h 23 rate not held 29 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Otter Bay (Pender Island) 1 h 25 rate not held 27 km

Gorge Harbour (Mosaic) – Quadra Island (Heriot Bay) 1 h 30 rate not held 15 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Victoria 1 h 35 rate not held 41 km

Ocean Falls – Shearwater 2 h 45 rate not held 35 km

Klemtu – McLoughlin Bay (Bella Bella) 3 h 00 rate not held 57 km

McLoughlin Bay (Bella Bella) – Ocean Falls 4 h 10 rate not held 61 km

McLoughlin Bay (Bella Bella) – Port Hardy (Bear Cove) 5 h 50 rate not held 164 km

Prince Rupert – Skidegate (Graham Island) 6 h 00 rate not held 160 km

Klemtu – Port Hardy (Bear Cove) 8 h 25 rate not held 220 km

Klemtu – Prince Rupert 8 h 25 rate not held 225 km

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Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for BC Ferries crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 60 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.