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Board · Route 2 · Major · Vancouver Island
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Horseshoe Bay – Departure Bay (Nanaimo)

Reliability CPunctuality Fworsening

Zero crew-related cancellations in 2025 (down from 127 in 2023) — but total cancellations tripled year-over-year, and on-time is just 70%.

98.6%
sailings completed
reliability C · 1.4% cancelled (weather / mechanical)
70.2%
on-time
punctuality F · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two

Total cancellations: 80 in FY2025 vs 25 the year before — trend is worsening.

How this route compares

On-time70.2%
system average 84%
Cancelled1.4%
system average 1.4% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind34.7%
system average 15.5% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were36% mechanical
mechanical (maintenance) · weather / crew / other

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Documented incidents on this route

None documented yet.

Recent live delays captured

None captured recently on this route. See the live board →

Sources