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Horseshoe Bay – Departure Bay (Nanaimo)

Reliability CPunctuality Cimproving

On-time performance improved to 84.6%; mechanical failures caused 48 of the route's 62 cancellations.

98.9%
sailings completed
reliability C · 1.1% cancelled (mechanical)
84.6%
on-time
punctuality C · within 10 min of schedule
C
overall grade (FY2026)
weakest link — worse of the two

Total cancellations: 62 in FY2026 vs 80 in FY2025 — trend is improving.

How this route compares

On-time84.6%
system average 86.1%
Cancelled1.1%
system average 0.7% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind29%
system average 17% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were73% mechanical
mechanical (maintenance) · weather / crew / other

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Documented incidents on this route

None documented yet.

Recent live disruptions captured

Sep 1 · 8:35 am sailingcancelled467 hr ago
Sep 1 · 1:25 pm sailingcancelled467 hr ago
Sep 1 · 6:20 pm sailingcancelled467 hr ago
Sep 1 · 10:40 pm sailingcancelled467 hr ago
Aug 31 · 6:20 pm sailingcancelled492 hr ago
Aug 31 · 10:40 pm sailingcancelled492 hr ago

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