Cheap flights from London to Vancouver

Demand on this route follows two curves: the Canadian summer, when travel to Vancouver peaks, and the run from mid-December through Christmas and the school holidays, when the cheaper seats go early. If your dates fall in those weeks, book well ahead rather than waiting for a drop.

February is the quiet spot in the calendar and the cheapest month to fly, with the autumn and spring weeks around it staying moderate. The price calendar runs from October to September, so sweep the whole span before you settle on a date.

Start with what the fare actually includes: these carriers draw the line between ticket and extras in different places, and a checked bag, a meal or a seat choice can appear as a paid add-on at the booking step. Compare final totals rather than headline fares.

The names behind the results are WestJet, Air Transat, Icelandair, KLM Cityhopper, Finnair, Republic Airways, British Airways, Iberia, China Eastern Airlines and Condor. Nonstop flights sit alongside one-stop options, so read the stops column as carefully as the fare column: a connection can stretch the journey well beyond the nonstop, and the layover should earn its place.

Getting into town is the first thing to plan for: Vancouver International sits outside the downtown core, so treat the transfer as a leg of the journey in its own right. Ground transport is signposted once you come through arrivals; match it to your landing hour, because the options narrow later in the day.

It is the only airport on the Canadian side, so every fare on this page ends in the same hall. You clear Canadian entry formalities on landing, before any onward flight inside the country, so leave slack in a connecting itinerary and confirm what your documents need to show before you book.

Currency

CAD ($)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 120 V

Language

English, French

Emergency number

911

Driving side

right

Calling code

+1

Internet domain

.ca

Population of Vancouver

662 k (2021)

Time zone

UTC-07 (America/Vancouver)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check whether a connecting journey sits on one ticket or two, because separate tickets leave you without protection if the first flight slips.
• Check the baggage terms of each fare, since whether a checked bag travels with the ticket or is sold as an extra changes the total you pay.
• Check which London airport your departure uses — Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City are all in play — and how you will reach it.
• Check the documents Canada requires for your nationality and how long they take to arrange, then sort them early.
• Check the calendar before fixing a date: February comes cheapest, and the summer and Christmas weeks sit at the top of the range.