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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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Documented incidents on this route

Late March 2026
Spirit of Vancouver Island generator failure
Vessel generator failure (Spirit of Vancouver Island)

Recent live disruptions captured

Sep 15 · 10:00 am sailingcancelled132 hr ago
Aug 30 · 10:00 pm sailing~13 min late516 hr ago
Aug 30 · 9:00 pm sailing~27 min late516 hr ago
Aug 25 · 9:00 pm sailing~28 min late636 hr ago
Aug 25 · 5:00 pm sailing~41 min late640 hr ago
Aug 23 · 3:00 pm sailing~14 min late690 hr ago
Aug 22 · 1:00 pm sailing~13 min late716 hr ago
Aug 22 · 12:00 pm sailing~11 min late717 hr ago
Aug 21 · 3:00 pm sailing~19 min late738 hr ago
Aug 21 · 12:00 pm sailing~14 min late741 hr ago
Aug 17 · 9:00 pm sailing~20 min late828 hr ago
Aug 16 · 9:00 pm sailingdelayed852 hr ago
Aug 15 · 9:00 pm sailing~35 min late876 hr ago
Aug 15 · 5:00 pm sailing~30 min late880 hr ago
Aug 14 · 8:00 pm sailing~30 min late901 hr ago

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