What Is BC Ferries and What Is reservations.mybcf.com Used For?

BC Ferries is the ferry service operated by British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., and reservations.mybcf.com is its online reservation channel for booking ferry trips. Use it when you want to reserve a sailing in advance; use the main BC Ferries website instead when you need schedules, route information, or general service details.

What BC Ferries Is

BC Ferries is the ferry operator for coastal British Columbia, run by British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. Its network connects the BC mainland with Vancouver Island and many smaller coastal communities, carrying both passengers and vehicles.

The reservations subdomain sits under the same mybcf.com domain as the operator's customer-facing services, which is why it appears when you search for BC Ferries bookings.

What reservations.mybcf.com Is For

This site is the booking channel, not a general information portal. Its purpose is to let travellers reserve space on a ferry sailing ahead of time.

Typical tasks it supports:

• Reserving a ferry trip — choosing a route, date, and sailing, then completing a booking.
• Booking with a vehicle — ferry travel in BC commonly involves cars, so reservations usually need to account for vehicle space as well as passengers.
• Managing an existing booking — reviewing or adjusting a reservation you have already made.

When to Use It — and When Not To

The distinction matters: if you land on the reservations site expecting timetable browsing or general service information, you are in the wrong place. Conversely, the main information site is not where you complete a booking.

Practical Notes Before You Book

• Have your trip details ready. Know your route, travel date, and whether you are travelling on foot or with a vehicle, since vehicle space is the constraint that most often affects availability.
• Expect to create or use an account. Reservation systems typically tie a booking to a customer profile so it can be retrieved and modified later; follow whatever sign-in flow the site presents.
• Confirm before you commit. Check the route, date, sailing time, and passenger/vehicle counts on the review step before paying, because ferry reservations are tied to a specific departure.
• Keep your confirmation. After booking, save the confirmation details so you can present them at the terminal and manage the booking later.

The Short Answer

reservations.mybcf.com belongs to BC Ferries (British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.) and exists to book ferry travel online. Treat it as the checkout counter, not the information desk: reserve your sailing there, and use the main BC Ferries site for everything else.