Transportation
Getting Around Tofino
West Coast Transit
The West Coast Transit service connects Tofino, Ucluelet, Long Beach, the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ community of hitaću, and the Tla-o-qui-aht communities of Esowista and Ty-histanis.
The service operates seven days a week, with nine roundtrips provided on weekdays between 7 AM and 11 PM and an additional eight roundtrips each Saturday and Sunday between 7 AM and 9 PM.
Riders can pay for their fare with cash, the Umo Mobility app or a reloadable Umo card. Reloadable Umo cards and fare products are available at the District of Tofino Municipal Office. Learn more about payment methods, fare products, and prices at bctransit.com/west-coast/fares
For all routes, maps and schedules, please visit bctransit.com/west-coast
Free Seasonal Shuttle
The Tofino Free Shuttle is a free summer service between Tofino’s Village core and Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Riders can hop on and off at any stop along the route.
The Tofino Shuttle has operated since 2009 and has been free of charge since 2014. The service is funded primarily by Tofino’s participation in the Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) program with additional support from pay parking revenue and Tourism Tofino.
The 2025 Free Shuttle will run from Friday, June 27, to Monday, September 1.
View the Free Shuttle Map & Schedule.
Tofino Bus & Island Connector
Tofino Bus Island Express provides transportation to Tofino, Ucluelet and Port Alberni from Parksville, Nanaimo, Vancouver and Victoria.
For more information, visit: tofinobus.com.
Island Connector provides transportation between Tofino, Ucluelet and Port Alberni. For more information, visit: islandlinkbus.com
Cycling In and Around Tofino
Cycling is a convenient, low-cost, practical way for residents and visitors to get around in Tofino year-round. Cycling offers many benefits to individuals, the community and the environment including:
- Improving health through active lifestyles and social interaction
- Reducing traffic and parking congestion
- Improving air quality and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions
- Minimizing impact on the environment
- Providing equitable and accessible forms of transportation.
Over a third (35%) of all trips by Tofino residents are made by sustainable forms of transportation like cycling, walking and shuttle services. Our goal (as stated in our 2019 multi-modal transportation plan) is to double this over the next two decades.
To facilitate cycling, Tofino has developed a new policy to allow e-bikes on Tofino’s paved 8.8-km Multi-Use Pathway (MUP). Find out which e-bikes and e-mobility devices are allowed on the (MUP).
Tofino beaches are wide open spaces that can also be enjoyed by bike as well as by foot. However, sand and bicycle drivetrains don’t go well together. Follow bike shop rules if you are renting a bike and be respectful of shorebirds and other wildlife.
Cut down your carbon footprint!
Using public transit is one of the most effective actions individuals can take to conserve energy.