Route guide · Year-round crossing
North Sydney ↔ Port aux Basques ferry availability
The crossing between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland is Marine Atlantic's workhorse: about seven hours over the Gulf, sailing year-round, and the way most vehicles get on and off the island.
That popularity is the catch. Through July and August — and around any holiday weekend, festival, or weather backlog — vehicle space and cabins sell out well ahead, and the booking page starts saying no.
Sold out? Space still opens
Sold out isn't final. Cancellations and released holds put space back on sailings every day, right up to sailing time — and with sailings this frequent, somebody's plans are always changing. The catch is that released space goes to whoever happens to be looking at that exact moment.
Nobody can refresh the booking page around the clock. FerryB’y can.
Watch this crossing
Describe your crossing once: either direction or both, travel dates with up to seven days of flex either side, your party, your vehicle, and any cabin or kennel you can't sail without. FerryB’y checks every sailing in your window around the clock for three days and emails you an alert the moment matching space appears.
Then you book it yourself on Marine Atlantic's official site — FerryB’y never sells anything and never takes payment.
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