Originally Posted by eigenvector

Float plane was mentioned because a lot of travel to Victoria is from, or at least via, Vancouver and there are downtown-to-downtown float plane connections between the two cities. A float plane is exactly what it sounds like, a small aircraft that lands on water in the harbour rather than using a fixed airport. Victoria traffic is nowhere near as bad as San Francisco, there will be slowdowns but it's a small city and the downtown>YYJ trip won't be more than 40 minutes.