Bleriot ferry
Cable ferryAlberta · Alberta Transportation
a crossing of the Red Deer River near Drumheller since 1913
FreeFare
8 a.m.Opens daily at
Mid-spring to 30 OctoberSeason
Most of the ferries on this site belong to a road, not a cruise brochure: a Saskatchewan cable ferry across the South Saskatchewan River, a free BC inland ferry, a northern highway crossing that stops for freeze-up. Each page gives the hours the operator publishes, what it costs and whether the crossing was running on the day we checked.
Canada's short ferries are mostly public road infrastructure. Saskatchewan's Ministry of Highways runs its river crossings on demand and free of charge; British Columbia's inland ferries are free too, operated by contractors for the Ministry of Transportation and Transit; Yukon and the Northwest Territories keep a ferry in service on a highway until the river starts to freeze, then wait for an ice crossing. On those crossings there is no ticket to buy, and the practical questions are different: what hours the crew works, what weight the ramp will take this week, and when the season stops.
A few crossings are private businesses with a fare box. On the Ottawa River, the Oka–Hudson boat takes cash only and the Rockland–Thurso cable ferry charges per vehicle, both in Canadian dollars. The Coho between Victoria and Port Angeles is an international service that publishes its fares in US dollars and sends everyone through customs. We say which model each page follows at the top of its fare table.
This is the tail end of the 2026 season for many of these crossings, and none of the provincial or territorial authorities had posted a 2026 closing date when we last checked. Each page shows the date its status was read and the source it came from, and says plainly when a figure could not be confirmed.
Every pin is a landing, and the dashed line joins the two sides of the same crossing. Tap a pin or a line for the hours, the fare and a link to the full page.
a crossing of the Red Deer River near Drumheller since 1913
the Bow River crossing on Siksika land, back each 1 May
Alberta's only 24-hour crossing, on the Peace River at Tompkins Landing
a 1962 tug-pushed barge still carrying Highway 740 over the Peace
a free Shuswap crossing with a two-hour night pause
from Port Hardy by BC Ferries, direct in summer, via Bella Bella in winter
three sailings a day shrinking to two, then a winter refit
the Francois Forester's timetable from Southbank, 05:30 to 23:00
the free five-minute hop to the south shore, day and night
book ahead westbound, drive up eastbound
downtown Vancouver to downtown Nanaimo by catamaran, foot passengers only
Horseshoe Bay to the Sunshine Coast, paid once for the round trip
a current-driven crossing of the North Thompson with a lunch hour
Waterfront to Lonsdale Quay every 10 to 30 minutes
BC Ferries' 95-minute run from Vancouver to Victoria
Route 124 to Route 850, around the clock and free
the Fundy Rose from Saint John, down to one round trip a day this autumn
the Saint John River crossing that came back
the Peninsula Princess between Millidgeville and the Kingston Peninsula
Marine Atlantic's seven-hour Cabot Strait crossing from North Sydney
an hour across Bonavista Bay from Burnside
90 minutes from Newfoundland to France, priced in euros
the MV Lafferty and Fort Simpson's road link
the Dempster Highway's crossing near Fort McPherson
the Theodore O'Hara on Route 211, Port Bickerton to Isaacs Harbour
a free passenger boat from Caribou, four days a week
Tobermory to Manitoulin Island, laid up until next spring
the three-car boat at the island's east end
nine dollars a car on a battery-powered cable boat
Ward's Island only from 14 October, back to three docks in spring
PEI to Caribou, Nova Scotia, with one fare for the round trip
CTMA from Souris, PEI, to Cap-aux-Meules, all winter
one ship, two north-shore ports, and a different plan every weekday
a cash-only crossing of the Lake of Two Mountains
across the St. Lawrence to Saint-Siméon, until early January
the province's busiest crossing, from 5 a.m. near Saskatoon
the westernmost provincial crossing, open until freeze-up
open for light loads only, 4,000 kg cap
Highway 42 across Lake Diefenbaker, round the clock until the ice
Dawson City's free Yukon River crossing to West Dawson
The same facts for every crossing in one table. A dash means the operator does not publish that figure, not that we left it out.
| Crossing | Province or territory | Kind | Time across | Hours or sailings | Run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleriot ferry | Alberta | Cable ferry | – | On demand from 8 a.m., to 30 Oct | Alberta Transportation |
| Crowfoot ferry | Alberta | Cable ferry | – | On demand, 1 May to 30 Sept | Alberta Transportation |
| La Crete ferry | Alberta | Vehicle ferry | – | 24 h, mid-spring to mid-Nov | Alberta Transportation |
| Shaftesbury ferry | Alberta | Vehicle ferry | – | 07:00–23:30, mid-Nov close | Alberta Transportation |
| Adams Lake ferry | British Columbia | Cable ferry | 6 minutes | On demand 05:00–03:00; 03:00–05:00 emergencies only | BC inland ferries |
| Bella Coola ferry | British Columbia | Vehicle ferry | 18 h 45 min (winter) | 1 a week each way to 3 Feb | BC Ferries |
| Coho ferry, Victoria–Port Angeles | British Columbia | Cross-border ferry | About 90 minutes | 3 a day to 12 Oct; 2 a day from 13 Oct | Black Ball Ferry Line |
| Francois Lake ferry | British Columbia | Vehicle ferry | 15 min | 20 a day each way | BC Ministry of Transportation |
| Harrop ferry | British Columbia | Cable ferry | 5 minutes | On demand, 24 hours | BC inland ferries |
| Horseshoe Bay–Nanaimo ferry | British Columbia | Island ferry | 1 h 40–1 h 42 | 7–8 a day each way from 13 Oct | BC Ferries |
| Hullo ferry | British Columbia | Passenger ferry | 1 h 20 min | 3–6 round trips a day | Hullo |
| Langdale ferry | British Columbia | Vehicle ferry | 40 min | 8 a day each way from 13 Oct | BC Ferries |
| Little Fort ferry | British Columbia | Cable ferry | 5 min | On demand, 07:00–18:20 | BC Transportation and Transit |
| SeaBus schedule | British Columbia | Passenger ferry | 12 min | Every 10–30 min | TransLink |
| Tsawwassen–Swartz Bay ferry | British Columbia | Island ferry | 1 h 35 min | 9–12 a day each way from 14 Oct | BC Ferries |
| Belleisle ferry | New Brunswick | Cable ferry | About 7 min | On demand, 24 h, all year | NB Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Digby ferry | New Brunswick | Vehicle ferry | About 2 h 30 min | 1 round trip a day from 13 Oct | Bay Ferries |
| Gagetown ferry | New Brunswick | Cable ferry | 0.6 km, about 5 minutes | On demand, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily | NB Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Summerville ferry | New Brunswick | Vehicle ferry | 15 min | 26–30 a day each way | NB Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Port aux Basques ferry | Newfoundland and Labrador | Island ferry | About 7 h | 2 a day each way, all year | Marine Atlantic |
| St. Brendan's ferry | Newfoundland and Labrador | Island ferry | 1 hour | 3 a day each way, 2 on Thursdays | NL Marine Services |
| St. Pierre ferry from Fortune | Newfoundland and Labrador | Cross-border ferry | 1 h 30 | 1 a day each way, 3 days a week | SPM Ferries |
| Liard River ferry | Northwest Territories | Vehicle ferry | 730 metres, about 10 minutes | 8 a.m. to midnight | GNWT Infrastructure |
| Peel River ferry | Northwest Territories | Cable ferry | 5 min | 9:15 a.m.–12:45 a.m., on arrival | GNWT Infrastructure |
| Country Harbour ferry | Nova Scotia | Cable ferry | – | Hourly each side; suspended in Oct | Nova Scotia Public Works |
| Pictou Island ferry | Nova Scotia | Island ferry | – | 1–2 a day, 4 days a week, to 29 Nov | Pictou Island Charters |
| Chi-Cheemaun ferry | Ontario | Vehicle ferry | About 2 h (1 h 45 in summer) | Seasonal; 2026 season ended 18 Oct | Owen Sound Transportation Co. |
| Howe Island Township ferry | Ontario | Island ferry | About 3 min | On demand, 06:30–midnight | Township of Frontenac Islands |
| Rockland ferry to Thurso | Ontario | Cable ferry | – | 05:00–22:00 weekdays, 06:00–22:00 weekends | Ecolos |
| Toronto Island ferry | Ontario | Island ferry | – | 25 a day each way in winter | City of Toronto |
| Wood Islands ferry | Prince Edward Island | Island ferry | 75 min | 4 a day each way from 18 Oct | Northumberland Ferries |
| Magdalen Islands ferry | Quebec | Island ferry | About 5 h | 1 each way, 3–4 days a week | CTMA |
| Matane ferry | Quebec | Vehicle ferry | 2 h 10 – 2 h 20 | 1–2 a day from Matane | Société des traversiers du Québec |
| Oka–Hudson ferry | Quebec | Vehicle ferry | – | On demand, no timetable | Traverse Oka-Hudson |
| Rivière-du-Loup ferry | Quebec | Vehicle ferry | Just over an hour | 2–4 a day each way | Traverse Rivière-du-Loup |
| Clarkboro ferry | Saskatchewan | Cable ferry | – | On demand, 05:00–00:00 | Sask. Ministry of Highways |
| Estuary ferry | Saskatchewan | Cable ferry | – | 7 a.m. to midnight, on demand | Sask. Ministry of Highways |
| Lemsford ferry | Saskatchewan | Cable ferry | – | 07:00 to midnight, daily in season | Sask. Ministry of Highways |
| Riverhurst ferry | Saskatchewan | Cable ferry | – | Hourly each way, 24 h | Sask. Ministry of Highways |
| George Black ferry | Yukon | Vehicle ferry | 6 to 7 minutes | – | Government of Yukon |
A cable ferry pulls itself along a fixed line and usually crosses in minutes; a highway ferry in the north carries through traffic on a numbered road; the cross-border boat runs to a timetable and needs a passport. Grouping them this way is often the quickest route to the page you want.
Not on the crossings covered here. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways ferries at Estuary and Lemsford and the BC inland ferries at Harrop and Adams Lake carry vehicles and passengers free, as do the territorial ferries at Dawson City and Fort Simpson and New Brunswick's Gagetown ferry.
When the river freezes, not on a fixed date. The Liard River ferry and Peel River ferry pages give the territory's average closing dates, the George Black ferry page gives last year's final sailing, and the Shaftesbury ferry on the Peace River follows Alberta's published season of mid-spring to mid-November.
Three. Oka–Hudson and Rockland–Thurso charge per vehicle in Canadian dollars, and the Coho between Victoria and Port Angeles publishes its fares in US dollars.
Every crossing page carries the date its hours, fares and status were read, and a date by which it is due to be checked again. Where an official website blocked us or gave two different figures, the page says so instead of guessing.