About Us

The Victoria Harbour Ferry Company was founded in 1990 with just two ferry boats. Today we own and operate a fleet of 15 small passenger ferries that sail the waters around Victoria, B.C.’s Inner Harbour and the neighbouring Selkirk and Gorge Waterways, in addition to the harbour waterways of the Port of Nanaimo.

All but one of our ferry boats were built on Vancouver Island, all can travel at speeds of up to 7 knots (12.5 kilometers per hour or 8 miles per hour) and can carry up to 12 passengers plus the Skipper. Several of our little ferry boats have traveled a distance the equivalent of one and half times around the equator without ever having left our harbour.

Over the years we have carried over 1.5 million passengers and have become Victoria’s Number One Tourist Attraction. Our Ferry Captains are all Transport Canada Certified and pride themselves on being part ferry Skipper, part historian and part tour guide.