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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

Nov 6 · 6:15 am sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 8:35 am sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 11:05 am sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 1:25 pm sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 6:15 am sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 8:40 am sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 10:55 am sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 6 · 1:20 pm sailingcancelled19 hr ago
Nov 5 · 7:05 pm sailing~30 min late42 hr ago
Oct 9 · 4:00 pm sailingcancelled689 hr ago
Oct 9 · 6:20 pm sailingcancelled689 hr ago
Sep 25 · 8:40 am sailingcancelled1021 hr ago
Sep 25 · 6:15 am sailingcancelled1021 hr ago
Sep 13 · 10:55 am sailing~26 min late1324 hr ago
Sep 1 · 6:15 am sailingcancelled1598 hr ago

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