Victoria indicatorsBuses running on time
72.4% of trips on time
BC Transit on-time target, reported to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission. Targets and comparisons
Up 1.9 points in a year.
Source: BC Transit. We read it on Nov 11, 2026.
Over time
Apr–Jul 2026 Of trips on time, by period
- 72.4% of trips on time
BC Transit target
Targets and comparisons
Adopted target
Just under target. 72.4% against the target in force of 72.5% for this period. At or over the target reads Target met; under it reads Missed, or Just under target when the gap is 0.5% of the target or less.
Target: 72.5%, set by BC Transit. Victoria Regional Transit System operations update, June 17, 2025.
Target: BC Transit reports on-time performance to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission against a target. The target was 70% in the report for November 2024 to January 2025, and 72.5% in every report since, starting with February to May 2025. The chart draws the target in force for each period shown. The reports cited here do not print BC Transit’s definition of “on time”.
Source: Victoria Regional Transit System operations update, Fall 2026, BC Transit, September 2026, page 4. Area: Victoria Regional Transit System. Updated: Several times a year (Transit Commission meetings). Licence: Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.
The same report sets a 99.5% target for scheduled service delivered. Service delivered was 100% from April to July 2026 (see “Also in the report”).
Source: Victoria Regional Transit System operations update, Fall 2026, BC Transit, September 2026, page 3. Area: Victoria Regional Transit System. Updated: Several times a year (Transit Commission meetings). Licence: Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.
Show the numbers as a table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr–Jul 2026 | 72.4% |
| Apr–Jul 2025 | 70.5% |
Who decides
Victoria Regional Transit Commission. Sets bus fares and service standards in Greater Victoria, within budgets set by BC Transit. British Columbia Transit Act, s. 25 (12)
Show the 2 other bodies and the laws
| Body | What it decides | Law or bylaw |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Regional Transit Commission | Sets bus fares and service standards in Greater Victoria, within budgets set by BC Transit. | British Columbia Transit Act, s. 25 (12) |
| Province of B.C. (BC Transit) | BC Transit sets the operating and capital budgets and runs the system. | British Columbia Transit Act, s. 3 |
| Municipal councils of Greater Victoria (13) | Each council owns and manages its local roads. | Community Charter, s. 35 |
Councils: last general local election October 17, 2026; next on October 19, 2030, the third Saturday of October set by the Local Government Act, s. 52. Province: last general election October 19, 2024; next set for October 21, 2028 unless called earlier (Constitution Act, s. 23).
Each row says what a body decides and links to the law, order or bylaw that gives it that role. It does not say who caused a change: markets, households and other governments also move these numbers. Who decides what, for every measure · How we choose
What this number does not show
- Read from a BC Transit presentation to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission; BC Transit defines “on time”.
One more limit
- Covers the whole regional transit system, not only routes in the City.
In plain words
The share of bus trips in the Victoria Regional Transit System that ran on time, for the period in BC Transit’s latest report to the regional Transit Commission.
How we decide “Just under target”
72.4% against the target in force of 72.5% for this period. At or over the target reads Target met; under it reads Missed, or Just under target when the gap is 0.5% of the target or less.
72.4% of trips were on time from April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026, compared with 70.5% in the same months of 2025.
Target: Victoria Regional Transit System operations update, March 11, 2025.
Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series. The rule.
All notes on this number
Why it matters. Reliable buses make transit a practical choice for getting to work, school and appointments.
- Read from a BC Transit presentation to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission; BC Transit defines “on time”.
- Covers the whole regional transit system, not only routes in the City.
- Only the period in the latest presentation is shown.
Which places
Area: Victoria Regional Transit
BC Transit’s Victoria Regional Transit System, which runs buses across most of the Capital Region.
Included
- Bus routes in the Victoria Regional Transit System, from Sidney to Sooke, including the City of Victoria
Not included
- Salt Spring Island and Gulf Islands transit, which are separate systems
- No City-only figure is published
Official definition
How the agency describes it: Victoria Regional Transit System (Greater Victoria).
How we got it
This number is published by the agency as shown; it is not calculated here. The script reads it from the agency’s own document and refuses to show it unless the expected text is found.
Also in the report, April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026
- Scheduled service delivered: 100% (April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026). BC Transit’s target is 99.5%.
- Hours of service delivered: 278,843 (April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026). 269,455 in the same period a year earlier.
- Customer service reports: 15,790 (April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026). 16,470 in the same period of 2025. Complaints: 1,971 (1,819 a year earlier).
Licence and credits
This figure is public but not under an open licence: the agency publishes it for anyone to read, and it is shown here with credit and a link to the agency’s terms. About licences.
- Licence
- Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution. Agency’s terms of use
- Updated by agency
- Several times a year (Transit Commission meetings); latest release Sep 8, 2026 (date of the agency’s file)
- Retrieved
- Nov 11, 2026, 8:34 PM B.C. time
Source: BC Transit, Victoria Regional Transit System operations update. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.
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