There are 7 ways to get from Victoria to Nova Scotia by plane, ferry, train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Victoria International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport
best- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport (YQY)plane YYJ - YQY
9h 28m$773–3,428Bus to Nanaimo Airport, fly to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Douglas & Kings to Canada Ave & Station - Train Stnbus
- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane YCD - YHZ
12h 35m$248–1,108Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Take the train from Seattle to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Schenectadytrain
- Take the train from Schenectady to St-Lambert Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Saint-Lambert to Halifaxtrain
4d 3h$1,893–3,946Fly Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane YYJ - YHZ
9h 57m$256–906Fly Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Fly from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt (YWH) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane YWH - YHZ
8h 53m$264–1,166Fly Victoria International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport, bus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM)plane YYJ - YQM
- Take the bus from Moncton Airport to Trurobus
12h 14m$303–1,233Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Victoria to Vancouverbusferry
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Montréaltrain
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
5d 8h$1,430–3,217
Victoria to Nova Scotia by ferry, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Victoria to Nova Scotia is to fly which costs $250 - $950 and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Victoria to Nova Scotia is to fly which takes 8h 53m and costs $260 - $1,200.
The distance between Victoria and Nova Scotia is 4673 km.
The best way to get from Victoria to Nova Scotia without a car is to ferry and train which takes 4 days 3h and costs $1,800 - $4,000.
It takes approximately 9h 28m to get from Victoria to Nova Scotia, including transfers.
Nova Scotia is 4h ahead of Victoria. It is currently 6:12 AM in Victoria and 10:12 AM in Nova Scotia.
There are 270+ hotels available in Nova Scotia.
What companies run services between Victoria, BC, Canada and Nova Scotia, Canada?
WestJet and Air Canada fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport (YQY) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Vancouver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,500
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Vancouver, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,400
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Winnipeg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Greater Moncton International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver, Montreal St. Hubert
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Vancouver, Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Seattle to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $950–2,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Schenectady
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $360–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Schenectady to St-Lambert Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Saint-Lambert to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $1,000–2,100
- Business
- $1,100–1,800
- Business Plus
- $1,100–1,800
- Economy
- $1,100–2,100
- Economy Plus
- $1,200–2,100
Train from Toronto Union Station to Montréal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $120–290
- Business
- $170–330
- Business Plus
- $190–350
- Economy
- $140–300
- Economy Plus
- $150–310
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
- Phone
- +1 250 746 9899
- [email protected]
- Website
- bctransit.com
Bus from Douglas & Kings to Canada Ave & Station - Train Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/
- Single Ride - All Passengers
- $3
- Phone
- +1 800 575 1807
- [email protected]
- Website
- maritimebus.com
Bus from Moncton Airport to Truro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://maritimebus.com/
- Phone
- +1 888 788 8840
- [email protected]
- Website
- bcfconnector.com
Busferry from Victoria to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–67
- Website
- https://bcfconnector.com/
- Adult
- $67
- Senior
- $61
- Youth
- $27
- Child
- $14
- Toddler
- $0
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
- Adult
- $170–300
- Child
- $110–150
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