There are 7 ways to get from Calgary to Parksville by plane, bus, ferry, busferry, or car
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Fly to Nanaimo Airport, line 1 bus, line 9 bus
best- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Nanaimo Airport (YCD)plane YYC - YCD
- Take the bus from Bay G at Downtown Nanaimo Exch to Bay B at Woodgrove Exchbus
- Take the bus from Bay B at Woodgrove Exch to Jensen Ave E at Craig Stbus
6h 2m$195–907Fly to Nanaimo
cheapest- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Nanaimo (ZNA)plane YYC - ZNA
6h 27m$120–497Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Calgary, AB - Westbrook Mall to Vancouver, BCbus Calgary
- Take the ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bayferry West Vancouver - Nanaimo
18h 40m$224–493Fly to Victoria International Airport, bus
- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ)plane YYC - YYJ
- Take the bus from Victoria, BC - Sandman Inn to Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal, Canadabus
9h 19m$232–684Fly to Comox Valley Airport, line 11 bus, bus, line 99 bus, line 9 bus
- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Comox Valley Airport (YQQ)plane YYC - YQQ
- Take the bus from Comox Valley Airport to Downtown Courtenay Bay Abus
- Take the bus from Downtown Courtenay Bay A to Deep Bay Marinabus
- Take the bus from Deep Bay Marina to Ravensong Exchbus
- Take the bus from Ravensong Exch to Jensen Ave E at McCarter Stbus
8h 55m$155–807Bus, bus and ferry, drive
- Take the bus from Calgary, AB - Westbrook Mall to Vancouver Airportbus
- Take the busferry from Vancouver International Airport Level 1, BC to Swartz Baybusferry
- Drive from Swartz Bay to Parksvillecar
19h 58m$146–369Bus, bus and ferry, drive via Kelowna Airport (YLW)
- Take the bus from Calgary to Kelowna Airportbus
- Take the bus from Kelowna Airport to Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Vancouver to Swartz Baybusferry
- Drive from Swartz Bay to Parksvillecar
21h 16m$213–351
Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Nanaimo Airport (YCD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Calgary to Parksville is to bus and bus and ferry and drive via Kelowna Airport (YLW) which costs $210 - $360 and takes 21h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Calgary to Parksville is to fly and line 1 bus and line 9 bus which takes 6h 2m and costs $190 - $950.
The distance between Calgary and Parksville is 811 km.
The best way to get from Calgary to Parksville without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 18h 40m and costs $220 - $500.
It takes approximately 6h 2m to get from Calgary to Parksville, including transfers.
Parksville is 1h behind Calgary. It is currently 12:36 PM in Calgary and 11:36 AM in Parksville.
There are 71+ hotels available in Parksville.
What companies run services between Calgary, AB, Canada and Parksville, BC, Canada?
Flair Airlines, Harbour Air Seaplanes, and two other airlines fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Nanaimo (ZNA) every 3 hours.
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Victoria International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Kelowna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Comox Valley Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Comox Valley Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Comox Valley Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–950
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo via Vancouver, Sechelt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–450
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo via Kelowna, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–950
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo via Cranbrook, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–950
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo via Victoria International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–950
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–480
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–430
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Comox Valley Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- flyflair.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Victoria International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 250 390 4531
- transitinfo@bctransit.com
- Website
- bctransit.com
Bus from Bay G at Downtown Nanaimo Exch to Bay B at Woodgrove Exch
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/nanaimo/
- Adult
- $3
Bus from Bay B at Woodgrove Exch to Jensen Ave E at Craig St
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/nanaimo/
- Adult
- $3
Bus from Deep Bay Marina to Ravensong Exch
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/nanaimo/
- Adult
- $3
Bus from Ravensong Exch to Jensen Ave E at McCarter St
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/nanaimo/
- Adult
- $0
- Phone
- +1 833 583 3636
- contact@riderexpress.ca
- Website
- riderexpress.ca
Bus from Calgary, AB - Westbrook Mall to Vancouver, BC
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–240
- Website
- https://riderexpress.ca/
- Standard
- $110–240
Bus from Calgary, AB - Westbrook Mall to Vancouver Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–240
- Website
- https://riderexpress.ca/
- Standard
- $110–240
- info@islandlinkbus.com
- Website
- islandlinkbus.com
Bus from Victoria, BC - Sandman Inn to Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal, Canada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45
- Website
- https://www.islandlinkbus.com/
- Road Adult
- $45
- Phone
- +1 250 339 5453
- transitinfo@bctransit.com
- Website
- bctransit.com
Bus from Comox Valley Airport to Downtown Courtenay Bay A
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/comox-valley/
- Adult
- $3
Bus from Downtown Courtenay Bay A to Deep Bay Marina
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/comox-valley/
- Adult
- $3
- Phone
- +1 888 788 8840
- reservations@bcfconnector.com
- Website
- bcfconnector.com
Busferry from Vancouver International Airport Level 1, BC to Swartz Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–78
- Website
- https://bcfconnector.com/
- Adult
- $78
- Senior
- $70
- Youth
- $32
- Child
- $16
- Toddler
- $0
Busferry from Vancouver to Swartz Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–58
- Website
- https://bcfconnector.com/
- Adult
- $58
- Senior
- $53
- Youth
- $24
- Child
- $12
- Toddler
- $0
- Phone
- +1 877 769 3287
- customerservice@myebus.ca
- Website
- myebus.ca
Bus from Calgary to Kelowna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.myebus.ca/
- Adult
- $100–150
- Phone
- +1 800 232 1958
- customerservice@redarrow.ca
- Website
- redarrow.ca
Bus from Kelowna Airport to Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–95
- Website
- https://www.redarrow.ca/
- Phone
- +1 888 223 3779
- Website
- bcferries.com
Ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–150
- Website
- https://www.bcferries.com
- Child
- $22–40
- Adult
- $45–80
- Car
- $100–150
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