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Latest system year: FY202625 routes gradedSources attached

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86.1%on time system-wide

1,432cancellations

−49%vs FY2025

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Latest complete route dataset · FY2026

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Reliability and punctuality, scored separately. The weaker grade wins.

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Route						Trend
Rt 9 Tsawwassen – Southern Gulf Islands	F	62.8%	0.3%	0%	1.2%	↓ better
Rt 5 Swartz Bay – Southern Gulf Islands	F	67%	0.7%	0.3%	9%	↓ better
Rt 10 Port Hardy – Prince Rupert	F	67.2%	3.2%	0%	0%	↑ worse
Rt 6 Crofton – Vesuvius	F	69.9%	0.4%	0.3%	12%	–
Rt 28 Port Hardy – Central Coast	F	72.3%	5.2%	2%	0%	–
Rt 24 Heriot Bay – Whaletown	F	78%	7.3%	5.8%	26.1%	↑ worse
Rt 11 Prince Rupert – Skidegate	F	89.2%	6.1%	0.7%	1%	–
Rt 30 Tsawwassen – Duke Point	D	74.6%	0.6%	0.4%	35.8%	–
Rt 25 Port McNeill – Alert Bay – Sointula	D	77.9%	0.9%	0.2%	2.7%	–
Rt 3 Horseshoe Bay – Langdale	D	79.9%	0.7%	0.7%	30.1%	–
Rt 1 Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay	C	83%	1.5%	1.1%	51.6%	↓ better
Rt 19 Nanaimo Harbour – Gabriola	C	84.1%	0.2%	0.1%	24.7%	↓ better
Rt 2 Horseshoe Bay – Departure Bay	C	84.6%	1.1%	0.8%	29%	↓ better
Rt 8 Horseshoe Bay – Bowen Island	B	85.8%	0.6%	0.3%	12.7%	↓ better
Rt 7 Earls Cove – Saltery Bay	B	86.5%	0%	0%	4.4%	–
Rt 12 Brentwood Bay – Mill Bay	B	86.6%	0.4%	0.1%	42.3%	↓ better
Rt 4 Swartz Bay – Fulford Harbour	B	87%	0.2%	0.1%	13.7%	–
Rt 22 Denman East – Hornby Island	B	93.4%	0.8%	0.1%	7.9%	↓ better
Rt 26 Skidegate – Alliford Bay	B	97.1%	0.9%	0.3%	4.1%	↓ better
Rt 17 Comox – Powell River	A	93.3%	0.5%	0%	7.8%	↓ better
Rt 20 Chemainus – Thetis – Penelakut	A	93.4%	0.3%	0.2%	7.8%	↓ better
Rt 23 Campbell River – Quadra	A	95%	0.5%	0.1%	18.1%	↓ better
Rt 18 Powell River – Texada	A	97.7%	0.1%	0%	1.8%	↓ better
Rt 21 Buckley Bay – Denman West	A	97.9%	0.2%	0.1%	19.2%	↓ better
Rt 13 Langdale – Gambier – Keats	A	99%	0.4%	0%	n/a	↓ better

Route grades use BC Ferries FY2026 Sailing Statistics: reliability is completion rate; punctuality is departure within 10 minutes. Red cells indicate relative severity, not a separate grade. Trend compares FY2026 cancellation counts with FY2025.

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