C
Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay
Reliability CPunctuality Cimproving
Cancellations fell sharply from FY2025, but 103 mechanical cancellations made maintenance the dominant cause and more than half of sailings still left vehicles behind.
98.5%
sailings completed
reliability C · 1.5% cancelled (mechanical)
83%
on-time
punctuality C · within 10 min of schedule
C
overall grade (FY2026)
weakest link — worse of the two
Total cancellations: 143 in FY2026 vs 590 in FY2025 — trend is improving.
How this route compares
On-time83%
system average 86.1%
Cancelled1.5%
system average 0.7% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind51.6%
system average 17% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were73% mechanical
■ mechanical (maintenance) · ■ weather / crew / other
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Build a claim →Documented incidents on this route
Spirit of Vancouver Island generator failure
Vessel generator failure (Spirit of Vancouver Island)
Recent live disruptions captured
| Nov 6 · 7:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 8:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 9:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 11:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 12:00 pm sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 1:00 pm sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 7:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 9:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 10:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 11:00 am sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 1:00 pm sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Nov 6 · 2:00 pm sailing | cancelled | 19 hr ago |
| Oct 25 · 5:00 pm sailing | ~20 min late | 308 hr ago |
| Oct 22 · 11:00 am sailing | ~15 min late | 386 hr ago |
| Oct 20 · 1:00 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 433 hr ago |