How busy the line is right now at the Kingston and Marysville docks — reported by the people standing in it, since nobody publishes a wait time for the free, first-come first-served Wolfe Islander IV.
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Neighbours are starting to report the queue — tap to see.
Free, first-come first-served, about a 20-minute crossing — but nobody publishes how many cars are waiting. Tap a dock to say whether the line is moving, backed up, or the boat isn't running.
Tap a crossing to say whether the queue is moving right now.
Kingston dock (Ontario Street)
Downtown, at the foot of Ontario Street, across from City Hall.
No reports yet
Wolfe Island dock (Marysville)
The ferry moves to Dawson Point, about 4 km away, in some winter ice conditions.
These are neighbours, not the ferry operator. Nobody here is watching the ramp for you, and a quiet board does not mean a quiet queue: Ontario 511 — Wolfe Island Ferry — 511 Ontario's "Track My Ferry" map shows the Wolfe Islander IV's live position, destination and estimated arrival — it tracks the boat, not the line of cars waiting at either dock. MTO also runs live traffic cameras at both terminal approaches, courtesy of its COMPASS system, at kingstontraffic.ca — a picture you can check yourself, not a published wait-time or queue-length figure. The ferry office (613-548-7227) can be called about a specific sailing; it isn't a hazard line.The operator’s dispatcher, for asking about a sailing: 613-548-7227
How this works
Each report counts for about 3 hours, then drops off on its own — a queue changes fast, so the board keeps itself current. A crossing shows once at least 1 recent report is in; when several are in we show the middle one, so a single voice can’t swing it.
No queue posted anywhere
The Wolfe Islander IV runs free, first-come first-served, on a schedule of roughly every 80 minutes, crossing in about 20 minutes each way. Neither the Ministry of Transportation nor the Township of Frontenac Islands publishes a wait-time or queue-length figure for either dock — 511 Ontario's live map shows where the boat itself is, and MTO's traffic cameras show a picture of the approach, but neither one tells you, in words, how many sailings you're behind before you leave the house.
The boat itself
The Wolfe Islander IV is a hybrid-electric ferry that entered full-time service in August 2024, carrying roughly 75 vehicles and 399 passengers per crossing — about 50% more than the boat it replaced. A missed sailing on a single-vehicle line can still mean an 80-minute wait for the next one.
This is neighbours telling each other how long the line is right now, not the Ministry of Transportation — nothing here is monitored by MTO or the ferry crew, and a dock with no recent reports just means nobody has reported it lately, not that the line is short. For a mechanical breakdown or a safety issue, call the ferry office or, in an emergency, 911.