Coastal Ferry Services Contract

Coastal ferry services are provided by BC Ferry Services Inc., which was transformed from a government Crown Corporation to an independent company under legislation called the Coastal Ferry Act. The Province provides annual funding to BC Ferries through a contract that defines routes and service levels.

• Unofficial Consolidated Contract (effective April 1, 2024 - PDF, 2.6 MB)
  Includes the original coastal ferry services contract and amendments #1 to #18
  Note: The unofficial consolidated contract is for ease of reference only and is not a legal document. 

The Province and BC Ferries entered into two Temporary Service Level Adjustment Agreements as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic:

• Temporary Service Level Adjustment Agreement #2 (effective June 3, 2020 - PDF, 525 KB)
• Temporary Service Level Adjustment Agreement (effective April 4, 2020 - PDF, 326 KB)

Fare Affordability

The Province and BC Ferries have entered into an agreement where the Province will provide $500 million above the Coastal Ferry Services Contract levels for Performance Term Six (April 2024 to March 2028).  The additional funding is intended to support fare affordability with the goal of limiting the annual average allowable fare increase (Price Caps) to 3.2% per year, as per the final Price Cap decision by the BC Ferries Commissioner in September 2023, and to support initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Fare Affordability  Funding Agreement (effective March 31, 2023 - PDF 350 KB)

Original contract and amendments:

• Original Contract
• Amending Agreement #1 (PDF, 134 KB)
• Amending Agreement #2 (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• Amending Agreement #3 (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• Amending Agreement #4 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Amending Agreement #5 (PDF, 3.3 MB)
• Amending Agreement #6 (PDF, 888 KB)
• Amending Agreement #7 (PDF, 136 KB)
• Amending Agreement #8 (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• Amending Agreement #9 (PDF, 3.9 MB)
• Amending Agreement #10 (PDF, 322 KB)
• Amending Agreement #11 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Amending Agreement #12 (PDF, 3.6 MB)
• Amending Agreement #13 (PDF, 116 KB)
• Amending Agreement #14 (PDF, 6 MB)
• Amending Agreement #15 (PDF, 11.3 MB)
• Amending Agreement #16 (PDF, 1 MB)
• Amending Agreement #17 (Performance Term Six Amending Agreement No. 1) (PDF, 2MB)
• Amending Agreement #18 (Performance Term Six Amending Agreement No. 2) (PDF,  1MB)