F
Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay
Reliability FPunctuality Dworsening
The worst major route: a 6.4% cancellation rate driven almost entirely by mechanical failures (535 sailings) on an aging fleet — and it leaves vehicles behind on more than half its sailings.
93.6%
sailings completed
reliability F · 6.4% cancelled (mechanical)
77.6%
on-time
punctuality D · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two
Total cancellations: 590 in FY2025 vs 220 the year before — trend is worsening.
How this route compares
On-time77.6%
system average 84%
Cancelled6.4%
system average 1.4% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind55.2%
system average 15.5% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were91% mechanical
■ mechanical (maintenance) · ■ weather / crew / other
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Spirit of Vancouver Island generator failure
Vessel generator failure (Spirit of Vancouver Island)
Recent live delays captured
| 1:00 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 36 hr ago |
| 9:00 pm sailing | ~18 min late | 100 hr ago |
| 9:00 pm sailing | ~16 min late | 604 hr ago |
| 9:00 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 676 hr ago |
| 5:00 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 680 hr ago |
| 5:00 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 680 hr ago |
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~15 min late | 923 hr ago |
| 9:00 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 1108 hr ago |
| 3:00 pm sailing | ~11 min late | 1186 hr ago |
| 3:00 pm sailing | ~13 min late | 1210 hr ago |
| 3:00 pm sailing | ~33 min late | 1234 hr ago |
| 11:00 am sailing | ~20 min late | 1237 hr ago |
| 9:00 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 1252 hr ago |
| 5:00 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 1255 hr ago |
| 5:00 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 1256 hr ago |