Ridership on N.S.-Maine ferry remains lower than last year

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 11, 2025 2:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 11

Ridership connected the CAT ferry work betwixt Nova Scotia and Maine remains little than past year.

A quality merchandise from Bay Ferries Limited, which operates the work betwixt Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbor, Maine, says determination were 24,613 bookings this play arsenic of July 8.

That's a driblet of 19 per cent from past year, erstwhile determination were 30,422 bookings by the aforesaid date.

The quality merchandise says a "significant" driblet successful Canadian bookings is the large origin successful the decline. It did not bespeak whether bookings from the U.S. had besides dropped.

In June, the work reported a 20 per cent year-over-year driblet successful full bookings truthful far, and noted that the fig of Americans taking the ferry to Nova Scotia was akin to past year.

Fred Tilley, the curate of nationalist works, which oversees the ferry, said there's a agleam broadside to the falling fig of Canadian bookings.

"The information that tourism to the U.S. is down is astir apt a bully happening for Nova Scotia and the remainder of Canada, and the information that we tin bring much tourists present is lone affirmative for our economy," helium said.