BC Ferries won’t be hitting customers with a fare increase

Victoria: It’s the first time in thirteen years BC Ferries won’t be hitting customers with a fare increase. The corporation says come April 1st, the price passengers will pay will stay the same.

Even though BC Ferries is technically raising fares, it’s also applying applying a fuel rebate.The two cancel each other out.

But the fares passengers now pay are significantly higher than they paid thirteen years ago in 2003. Back then, the round-trip fare from Tsawwassen to the Gulf Islands for two people and a vehicle was around eighty-four dollars. This year you will pay one hundred and ninety four dollars for the same trip.