FerryWatch
Board · Route 25 · Minor · Vancouver Island
D

Port McNeill – Alert Bay – Sointula

Reliability BPunctuality Dworsening
99.1%
sailings completed
reliability B · 0.9% cancelled (weather)
74.9%
on-time
punctuality D · within 10 min of schedule
D
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two

Total cancellations: 76 in FY2025 vs 46 the year before — trend is worsening.

How this route compares

On-time74.9%
system average 84%
Cancelled0.9%
system average 1.4% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind2.1%
system average 15.5% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were0% 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