Owned by the CBRM, Transit Cape Breton's operations area is the urban core in the eastern part of the municipality, namely Industrial Cape Breton, which includes the communities of Sydney, Glace Bay, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Reserve Mines, and New Waterford.

Transit Cape Breton also operates "Handi-Trans" for passengers whose disabilities restrict them from using regular bus service.

Formerly, Transit Cape Breton did not operate on Sundays or public holidays, but limited Sunday service between Sydney and Glace Bay, serving Cape Breton University was instituted in September, 2018.

The Transit service acquired 12 more buses in 2018 to cope with the additional loading, bringing the fleet to 33.

[3] All 12 additional buses were pre-owned; the Province of Nova Scotia paid for three of them, and Cape Breton University purchased two.