List of communities in British Columbia
Communities in the province of British Columbia, Canada can include incorporated municipalities, Indian reserves, unincorporated communities or localities. Unincorporated communities can be further classified as recreational or urban.[1]
Municipalities
The majority of British Columbia's municipalities are incorporated as cities, district municipalities, towns or villages. Other types of municipality in the province include an Indian government district, an island municipality, two mountain resort municipalities, a regional municipality and a resort municipality.
Cities
Under current legislation, a community may incorporate as a city if its population is greater than 5,000 and the outcome of a vote involving affected residents was that greater than 50% voted in favour of the proposed incorporation.[2] British Columbia has 50 cities.[1] Greenwood incorporated as a city in 1897[3] prior to the current legislation and retains this status despite its population of 708[4] being less than the current 5,000 threshold. Six other cities also have populations less than 5,000 yet retain their status.
District municipalities
A community may incorporate as a district municipality if it has area greater than 800 ha (2,000 acres) and has a population density of less than 5 people per hectare, and the outcome of a vote involving affected residents was that greater than 50% voted in favour of the proposed incorporation.[2] British Columbia has 50 district municipalities.[1]
Indian government districts
British Columbia has one Indian government district.[5] The Sechelt Indian Government District comprises 33 separate pieces of land,[6] all of them formerly Indian reserves.
Island municipalities
British Columbia has one island municipality, Bowen Island.[5]
Mountain resort municipalities
British Columbia has two mountain resort municipalities, Jumbo Glacier and Sun Peaks.[7][8]
Regional municipalities
British Columbia has one regional municipality, Northern Rockies.[7]
Resort municipalities
British Columbia has one resort municipality, Whistler.[1]
Towns
A community may incorporate as a town if its population is greater than 2,500 and the outcome of a vote involving affected residents was that greater than 50% voted in favour of the proposed incorporation.[2] British Columbia has 14 towns.[1] The former Town of Fort Nelson amalgamated with the Northern Rockies Regional District on February 6, 2009 to form the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.[6][9]
Villages
A community with a population less than 2,500 may incorporate as a village if the outcome of a vote involving affected residents was that greater than 50% voted in favour of the proposed incorporation.[2] British Columbia has 42 villages.[1]
List of municipalities
Name | Corporate name[7] | Status[7] | Regional district[7] |
Incorp. date (current status)[7] |
Pop. (2011)[4] |
Pop. (2006)[4] |
Change (%)[4] |
Area (km²)[4] |
Pop. density[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbotsford[lower-alpha 1] | Abbotsford, City of | City | Fraser Valley | December 12, 1995 | 133,497 | 124,258 | 7.4 | 375.55 | 355.5 |
Armstrong | Armstrong, City of | City | North Okanagan | March 31, 1913 | 4,815 | 4,241 | 13.5 | 5.19 | 928.0 |
Burnaby | Burnaby, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | September 22, 1892 | 223,218 | 202,799 | 10.1 | 90.61 | 2,463.5 |
Campbell River | Campbell River, City of | City | Strathcona | June 24, 1947 | 31,186 | 29,572 | 5.5 | 143.12 | 217.9 |
Castlegar | Castlegar, City of | City | Central Kootenay | January 1, 1974 | 7,816 | 7,259 | 7.7 | 19.58 | 399.3 |
Chilliwack | Chilliwack, City of | City | Fraser Valley | April 26, 1873 | 77,936 | 69,217 | 12.6 | 261.50 | 298.0 |
Colwood | Colwood, City of | City | Capital | June 24, 1985 | 16,093 | 14,687 | 9.6 | 17.66 | 911.2 |
Coquitlam | Coquitlam, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | July 25, 1891 | [10] | 126,840114,565 | 10.7 | 122.30 | 1,037.1 |
Courtenay | Courtenay, The Corporation of the City of | City | Comox Valley | January 1, 1915 | 24,099 | 22,021 | 9.4 | 29.38 | 820.2 |
Cranbrook | Cranbrook, The Corporation of the City of | City | East Kootenay | November 1, 1905 | 19,319 | 18,329 | 5.4 | 31.95 | 604.7 |
Dawson Creek | Dawson Creek, The Corporation of the City of | City | Peace River | May 26, 1936 | 11,583 | 10,994 | 5.4 | 24.37 | 475.4 |
Duncan[lower-alpha 2] | Duncan, The Corporation of the City of | City | Cowichan Valley | March 4, 1912 | 4,932 | 4,986 | −1.1 | 2.07 | 2,381.7 |
Enderby | Enderby, The Corporation of the City of | City | North Okanagan | March 1, 1905 | 2,932 | 2,828 | 3.7 | 4.26 | 687.7 |
Fernie | Fernie, The Corporation of the City of | City | East Kootenay | July 28, 1904 | 4,448 | 4,217 | 5.5 | 14.83 | 299.8 |
Fort St. John | Fort St. John, City of | City | Peace River | December 31, 1947 | 18,609 | 17,402 | 6.9 | 22.69 | 820.2 |
Grand Forks | Grand Forks, The Corporation of the City of | City | Kootenay Boundary | April 15, 1897 | 3,985 | 4,036 | −1.3 | 10.43 | 382.0 |
Greenwood[lower-alpha 3] | Greenwood, The Corporation of the City of | City | Kootenay Boundary | July 12, 1897 | 708 | 625 | 13.3 | 2.42 | 292.7 |
Kamloops | Kamloops, City of | City | Thompson-Nicola | October 17, 1967 | 85,678 | 80,376 | 6.6 | 299.23 | 286.3 |
Kelowna[lower-alpha 4] | Kelowna, City of | City | Central Okanagan | May 4, 1905 | 117,312 | 107,035 | 9.6 | 211.82 | 553.8 |
Kimberley | Kimberley, City of | City | East Kootenay | March 29, 1944 | 6,652 | 6,139 | 8.4 | 60.62 | 109.7 |
Langford | Langford, City of | City | Capital | December 8, 1992 | 29,228 | 22,459 | 30.1 | 39.94 | 731.9 |
Langley | Langley, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | March 15, 1955 | 25,081 | 23,606 | 6.2 | 10.22 | 2,454.6 |
Maple Ridge | Maple Ridge, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | September 12, 2014[11] | 76,052 | 68,949 | 10.3 | 266.78 | 285.1 |
Merritt | Merritt, City of | City | Thompson-Nicola | April 1, 1911 | 7,113 | 6,998 | 1.6 | 24.82 | 286.6 |
Nanaimo | Nanaimo, City of | City | Nanaimo | December 24, 1874 | 83,810 | 78,692 | 6.5 | 91.30 | 918.0 |
Nelson | Nelson, The Corporation of the City of | City | Central Kootenay | March 18, 1897 | 10,230 | 9,258 | 10.5 | 11.93 | 857.7 |
New Westminster[lower-alpha 5] | New Westminster, The Corporation of the City of | City | Greater Vancouver | July 16, 1860 | 65,976 | 58,549 | 12.7 | 15.63 | 4,222.2 |
North Vancouver | North Vancouver, The Corporation of the City of | City | Greater Vancouver | August 10, 1891 | 48,196 | 45,165 | 6.7 | 11.83 | 4,073.8 |
Parksville | Parksville, City of | City | Nanaimo | June 19, 1945 | 11,977 | 10,993 | 9.0 | 14.44 | 829.6 |
Penticton | Penticton, The Corporation of the City of | City | Okanagan-Similkameen | January 1, 1909 | 32,877 | 31,909 | 3.0 | 42.10 | 780.9 |
Pitt Meadows | Pitt Meadows, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | April 25, 1914 | 17,736 | 15,623 | 13.5 | 86.51 | 205.0 |
Port Alberni | Port Alberni, City of | City | Alberni-Clayoquot | October 28, 1967 | 17,743 | 17,548 | 1.1 | 19.76 | 897.9 |
Port Coquitlam | Port Coquitlam, The Corporation of the City of | City | Greater Vancouver | March 7, 1913 | [10] | 55,95852,687 | 6.2 | 29.17 | 1,918.3 |
Port Moody | Port Moody, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | March 11, 1913 | 32,975 | 27,512 | 19.9 | 25.89 | 1,273.8 |
Powell River | Powell River, The Corporation of the City of | City | Powell River | October 15, 1955 | 13,165 | 12,957 | 1.6 | 28.91 | 455.3 |
Prince George | Prince George, City of | City | Fraser-Fort George | March 6, 1915 | 71,974 | 70,981 | 1.4 | 318.26 | 226.1 |
Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert, City of | City | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | March 10, 1910 | 12,508 | 12,815 | −2.4 | 54.93 | 227.7 |
Quesnel | Quesnel, City of | City | Cariboo | March 21, 1928 | 10,007 | 9,326 | 7.3 | 35.38 | 282.8 |
Revelstoke | Revelstoke, City of | City | Columbia Shuswap | March 1, 1899 | 7,139 | 7,230 | −1.3 | 40.76 | 175.1 |
Richmond | Richmond, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | November 10, 1879 | 190,473 | 174,461 | 9.2 | 129.27 | 1,473.5 |
Rossland | Rossland, The Corporation of the City of | City | Kootenay Boundary | March 18, 1897 | 3,556 | 3,278 | 8.5 | 59.79 | 59.5 |
Salmon Arm | Salmon Arm, City of | City | Columbia Shuswap | May 15, 1905 | 17,464 | 16,012 | 9.1 | 155.28 | 112.5 |
Surrey | Surrey, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | November 10, 1879 | 468,251 | 394,976 | 18.6 | 316.41 | 1,479.9 |
Terrace | Terrace, City of | City | Kitimat-Stikine | December 31, 1927 | 11,486 | 11,320 | 1.5 | 57.36 | 200.3 |
Trail | Trail, City of | City | Kootenay Boundary | June 14, 1901 | 7,681 | 7,237 | 6.1 | 34.93 | 219.9 |
Vancouver[lower-alpha 6] | Vancouver, City of | City | Greater Vancouver | April 6, 1886 | 603,502 | 578,041 | 4.4 | 114.97 | 5,249.1 |
Vernon | Vernon, The Corporation of the City of | City | North Okanagan | December 30, 1892 | 38,150 | 35,979 | 6.0 | 95.76 | 398.4 |
Victoria[lower-alpha 7] | Victoria, The Corporation of the City of | City | Capital | August 2, 1862 | 80,017 | 78,057 | 2.5 | 19.47 | 4,109.4 |
West Kelowna | West Kelowna, City of | City | Central Okanagan | June 26, 2015 | 30,892 | 27,214 | 13.5 | 123.51 | 250.1 |
White Rock | White Rock, The Corporation of the City of | City | Greater Vancouver | April 15, 1957 | 19,339 | 18,755 | 3.1 | 5.13 | 3,773.5 |
Williams Lake | Williams Lake, City of | City | Cariboo | March 15, 1929 | 10,832 | 10,744 | 0.8 | 33.13 | 327.0 |
100 Mile House | 100 Mile House, District of | District municipality | Cariboo | July 27, 1965 | 1,886 | 1,885 | 0.1 | 53.29 | 35.4 |
Barriere | Barriere, District of | District municipality | Thompson-Nicola | December 4, 2007 | 1,773 | 1,432 | 23.8 | 10.77 | 164.7 |
Central Saanich | Central Saanich, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Capital | December 12, 1950 | 15,936 | 15,745 | 1.2 | 41.33 | 385.6 |
Chetwynd | Chetwynd, District of | District municipality | Peace River | September 25, 1962 | 2,635 | 2,633 | 0.1 | 63.04 | 41.8 |
Clearwater | Clearwater, District of | District municipality | Thompson-Nicola | December 3, 2007 | 2,331 | 2,225 | 4.8 | 55.68 | 41.9 |
Coldstream | Coldstream, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | North Okanagan | December 21, 1906 | 10,314 | 9,471 | 8.9 | 66.28 | 155.6 |
Delta | Delta, The Corporation of | District municipality | Greater Vancouver | November 10, 1879 | 99,863 | 96,635 | 3.3 | 180.11 | 554.4 |
Elkford | Elkford, District of | District municipality | East Kootenay | July 16, 1971 | 2,523 | 2,463 | 2.4 | 108.42 | 23.3 |
Esquimalt | Esquimalt, Corporation of the Township of | District municipality | Capital | September 1, 1912 | 16,209 | 16,840 | −3.7 | 7.08 | 2,290.1 |
Fort St. James | Fort St. James, District of | District municipality | Bulkley-Nechako | December 19, 1952 | 1,691 | 1,350 | 25.3 | 23.47 | 72.0 |
Highlands | Highlands, District of | District municipality | Capital | December 7, 1993 | 2,120 | 1,903 | 11.4 | 38.05 | 55.7 |
Hope | Hope, District of | District municipality | Fraser Valley | April 6, 1929 | 5,969 | 6,185 | −3.5 | 41.14 | 145.1 |
Houston | Houston, District of | District municipality | Bulkley-Nechako | March 4, 1957 | 3,147 | 3,163 | −0.5 | 72.94 | 43.1 |
Hudson's Hope | Hudson's Hope, District of | District municipality | Peace River | November 16, 1965 | 970 | 1,012 | −4.2 | 827.36 | 1.2 |
Invermere | Invermere, District of | District municipality | East Kootenay | May 22, 1951 | 2,955 | 3,002 | −1.6 | 10.73 | 275.3 |
Kent | Kent, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Fraser Valley | January 1, 1895 | 5,664 | 4,738 | 19.5 | 168.39 | 33.6 |
Kitimat | Kitimat, District of | District municipality | Kitimat-Stikine | March 31, 1953 | 8,335 | 8,987 | −7.3 | 240.01 | 34.7 |
Lake Country | Lake Country, District of | District municipality | Central Okanagan | May 2, 1995 | 11,708 | 9,606 | 21.9 | 122.19 | 95.8 |
Langley | Langley, The Corporation of the Township of | District municipality | Greater Vancouver | April 26, 1873 | 104,177 | 93,726 | 11.2 | 308.03 | 338.2 |
Lantzville | Lantzville, District of | District municipality | Nanaimo | June 25, 2003 | 3,601 | 3,661 | −1.6 | 27.66 | 130.2 |
Lillooet | Lillooet, District of | District municipality | Squamish-Lillooet | December 31, 1946 | [10] | 2,3212,324 | −0.1 | 27.51 | 84.4 |
Logan Lake | Logan Lake, District of | District municipality | Thompson-Nicola | November 10, 1970 | 2,073 | 2,162 | −4.1 | 325.33 | 6.4 |
Mackenzie | Mackenzie, District of | District municipality | Fraser-Fort George | May 19, 1966 | 3,507 | 4,539 | −22.7 | 155.41 | 22.6 |
Metchosin | Metchosin, District of | District municipality | Capital | December 3, 1984 | 4,803 | 4,795 | 0.2 | 71.09 | 67.6 |
Mission | Mission, District of | District municipality | Fraser Valley | June 2, 1892 | 36,426 | 34,505 | 5.6 | 225.70 | 161.4 |
New Hazelton | New Hazelton, District of | District municipality | Kitimat-Stikine | December 15, 1980 | 666 | 627 | 6.2 | 24.36 | 27.3 |
North Cowichan | North Cowichan, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Cowichan Valley | June 18, 1873 | 28,807 | 27,557 | 4.5 | 195.54 | 147.3 |
North Saanich | North Saanich, District of | District municipality | Capital | August 19, 1965 | 11,089 | 10,823 | 2.5 | 37.25 | 297.7 |
North Vancouver | North Vancouver, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Greater Vancouver | May 13, 1907 | 84,412 | 82,562 | 2.2 | 160.76 | 525.1 |
Northern Rockies[12] | Northern Rockies Regional Municipality | District municipality | Northern Rockies | February 6, 2009 | [10] | 5,2905,702 | −7.2 | 85,014.52 | 0.1 |
Oak Bay | Oak Bay, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Capital | July 2, 1906 | 18,015 | 17,908 | 0.6 | 10.53 | 1,710.3 |
Peachland | Peachland, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Central Okanagan | January 1, 1909 | 5,200 | 4,883 | 6.5 | 15.75 | 330.2 |
Port Edward | Port Edward, District of | District municipality | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | June 29, 1966 | 544 | 577 | −5.7 | 168.01 | 3.2 |
Port Hardy | Port Hardy, District of | District municipality | Mount Waddington | May 5, 1966 | 4,008 | 3,822 | 4.9 | 38.73 | 103.5 |
Saanich | Saanich, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Capital | March 1, 1906 | 109,752 | 108,265 | 1.4 | 103.78 | 1,057.6 |
Sechelt | Sechelt, District of | District municipality | Sunshine Coast | February 15, 1956 | 9,291 | 8,454 | 9.9 | 39.01 | 238.2 |
Sicamous | Sicamous, District of | District municipality | Columbia Shuswap | December 4, 1989 | 2,441 | 2,676 | −8.8 | 12.71 | 192.0 |
Sooke | Sooke, District of | District municipality | Capital | December 7, 1999 | 11,435 | 9,699 | 17.9 | 56.72 | 201.6 |
Spallumcheen | Spallumcheen, The Corporation of the Township of | District municipality | North Okanagan | July 21, 1892 | 5,055 | 4,960 | 1.9 | 255.77 | 19.8 |
Sparwood | Sparwood, District of | District municipality | East Kootenay | October 6, 1964 | 3,667 | 3,618 | 1.4 | 191.01 | 19.2 |
Squamish | Squamish, District of | District municipality | Squamish-Lillooet | May 18, 1948 | 17,158 | 14,949 | 14.8 | 104.88 | 163.6 |
Stewart | Stewart, District of | District municipality | Kitimat-Stikine | May 16, 1930 | 494 | 496 | −0.4 | 552.08 | 0.9 |
Summerland | Summerland, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Okanagan-Similkameen | December 21, 1906 | 11,280 | 10,828 | 4.2 | 74.06 | 152.3 |
Taylor | Taylor, District of | District municipality | Peace River | August 23, 1958 | 1,373 | 1,384 | −0.8 | 17.09 | 80.4 |
Tofino | Tofino, District of | District municipality | Alberni-Clayoquot | February 5, 1932 | 1,876 | 1,655 | 13.4 | 10.53 | 178.2 |
Tumbler Ridge[lower-alpha 8] | Tumbler Ridge, District of | District municipality | Peace River | April 9, 1981 | 2,710 | 2,454 | 10.4 | 1,558.97 | 1.7 |
Ucluelet | Ucluelet, District of | District municipality | Alberni-Clayoquot | February 26, 1952 | 1,627 | 1,487 | 9.4 | 6.81 | 238.9 |
Vanderhoof | Vanderhoof, District of | District municipality | Bulkley-Nechako | January 22, 1926 | 4,480 | 4,064 | 10.2 | 54.83 | 81.7 |
Wells[lower-alpha 9] | Wells, District of | District municipality | Cariboo | June 29, 1998 | 245 | 236 | 3.8 | 158.28 | 1.5 |
West Vancouver | West Vancouver, The Corporation of the District of | District municipality | Greater Vancouver | March 15, 1912 | 42,694 | 42,131 | 1.3 | 87.26 | 489.3 |
Sechelt Indian Government District | Sechelt Indian Government, District | Indian government district | Powell River and Sunshine Coast | March 17, 1988 | 819 | 844 | −3.0 | 11.04 | 74.2 |
Bowen Island | Bowen Island, Municipality | Island municipality | Greater Vancouver | December 4, 1999 | 3,402 | 3,362 | 1.2 | 50.14 | 67.9 |
Jumbo Glacier | Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality[15] | Mountain resort municipality | East Kootenay | February 19, 2013[8] | |||||
Sun Peaks | Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality[16] | Mountain resort municipality | Thompson-Nicola | June 3, 2010 | 371 | 426 | −12.9 | 40.86 | 9.1 |
Whistler | Whistler, Resort Municipality of | Resort municipality | Squamish-Lillooet | September 6, 1975 | 9,824 | 9,248 | 6.2 | 240.40 | 40.9 |
Comox | Comox, Town of | Town | Comox Valley | January 14, 1946 | 13,627 | 12,385 | 10.0 | 16.74 | 814.3 |
Creston | Creston, Town of | Town | Central Kootenay | May 14, 1924 | 5,306 | 4,826 | 9.9 | 8.47 | 626.8 |
Gibsons | Gibsons, Town of | Town | Sunshine Coast | March 4, 1929 | 4,437 | 4,182 | 6.1 | 4.29 | 1,033.4 |
Golden | Golden, Town of | Town | Columbia Shuswap | June 26, 1957 | 3,701 | 3,811 | −2.9 | 11.41 | 324.4 |
Ladysmith | Ladysmith, Town of | Town | Cowichan Valley | June 3, 1904 | 7,921 | 7,538 | 5.1 | 11.99 | 660.6 |
Lake Cowichan | Lake Cowichan, Town of | Town | Cowichan Valley | August 19, 1944 | 2,974 | 3,012 | −1.3 | 8.05 | 369.6 |
Oliver | Oliver, Town of | Town | Okanagan-Similkameen | December 31, 1945 | 4,824 | 4,395 | 9.8 | 5.50 | 877.1 |
Osoyoos | Osoyoos, Town of | Town | Okanagan-Similkameen | January 14, 1946 | 4,845 | 4,752 | 2.0 | 8.56 | 566.3 |
Port McNeill | Port McNeill, Town of | Town | Mount Waddington | February 18, 1966 | 2,505 | 2,623 | −4.5 | 13.77 | 181.9 |
Princeton | Princeton, Town of | Town | Okanagan-Similkameen | September 11, 1951 | 2,724 | 2,780 | −2.0 | 10.47 | 260.2 |
Qualicum Beach | Qualicum Beach, Town of | Town | Nanaimo | May 5, 1942 | 8,687 | 8,502 | 2.2 | 17.98 | 483.2 |
Sidney | Sidney, Town of | Town | Capital | September 30, 1952 | 11,178 | 11,315 | −1.2 | 5.12 | 2,183.6 |
Smithers | Smithers, Town of | Town | Bulkley-Nechako | October 6, 1921 | 5,404 | 5,217 | 3.6 | 15.27 | 353.8 |
View Royal | View Royal, Town of | Town | Capital | December 5, 1988 | 9,381 | 8,768 | 7.0 | 14.36 | 653.3 |
Alert Bay | Alert Bay, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Mount Waddington | January 14, 1946 | 445 | 456 | −2.4 | 1.73 | 257.3 |
Anmore | Anmore, Village of | Village | Greater Vancouver | December 7, 1987 | 2,092 | 1,785 | 17.2 | 28.24 | 74.1 |
Ashcroft | Ashcroft, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Thompson-Nicola | June 27, 1952 | 1,628 | 1,664 | −2.2 | 50.90 | 32.0 |
Belcarra | Belcarra, Village of | Village | Greater Vancouver | August 22, 1979 | 644 | 676 | −4.7 | 5.50 | 117.1 |
Burns Lake | Burns Lake, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Bulkley-Nechako | December 6, 1923 | 2,029 | 2,107 | −3.7 | 6.59 | 307.7 |
Cache Creek | Cache Creek, Village of | Village | Thompson-Nicola | November 28, 1967 | 1,040 | 1,037 | 0.3 | 10.25 | 101.5 |
Canal Flats | Canal Flats, Village of | Village | East Kootenay | June 29, 2004 | 715 | 700 | 2.1 | 10.86 | 65.8 |
Chase | Chase, Village of | Village | Thompson-Nicola | April 22, 1969 | 2,495 | 2,409 | 3.6 | 3.77 | 662.5 |
Clinton | Clinton, Village of | Village | Thompson-Nicola | July 16, 1963 | 636 | 598 | 6.4 | 7.89 | 80.6 |
Cumberland | Cumberland, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Comox Valley | January 1, 1898 | 3,398 | 2,762 | 23.0 | 29.00 | 117.2 |
Fraser Lake | Fraser Lake, Village of | Village | Bulkley-Nechako | September 27, 1966 | 1,167 | 1,113 | 4.9 | 4.07 | 286.9 |
Fruitvale | Fruitvale, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Kootenay Boundary | November 4, 1952 | 2,016 | 1,952 | 3.3 | 2.71 | 745.3 |
Gold River | Gold River, Village of | Village | Strathcona | August 26, 1965 | 1,267 | 1,362 | −7.0 | 10.78 | 117.5 |
Granisle[lower-alpha 10] | Granisle, Village of | Village | Bulkley-Nechako | June 29, 1971 | 303 | 364 | −16.8 | 41.86 | 7.2 |
Harrison Hot Springs | Harrison Hot Springs, Village of | Village | Fraser Valley | May 27, 1949 | 1,468 | 1,573 | −6.7 | 5.57 | 263.5 |
Hazelton | Hazelton, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Kitimat-Stikine | February 15, 1956 | [10] | 300293 | 2.4 | 2.80 | 107.1 |
Kaslo | Kaslo, Village of | Village | Central Kootenay | August 14, 1893 | 1,026 | 1,072 | −4.3 | 2.48 | 413.6 |
Keremeos | Keremeos, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Okanagan-Similkameen | October 30, 1956 | 1,330 | 1,289 | 3.2 | 2.09 | 635.4 |
Lions Bay | Lions Bay, Village of | Village | Greater Vancouver | December 17, 1970 | 1,318 | 1,328 | −0.8 | 2.53 | 520.2 |
Lumby | Lumby, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | North Okanagan | December 20, 1955 | 1,731 | 1,634 | 5.9 | 5.74 | 301.6 |
Lytton | Lytton, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Thompson-Nicola | May 3, 1945 | 228 | 235 | −3.0 | 6.54 | 34.8 |
Masset | Masset, Village of | Village | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | May 11, 1961 | 884 | 940 | −6.0 | 20.61 | 42.9 |
McBride | McBride, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Fraser-Fort George | April 7, 1932 | 586 | 660 | −11.2 | 4.64 | 126.4 |
Midway | Midway, Village of | Village | Kootenay Boundary | May 25, 1967 | 674 | 621 | 8.5 | 12.24 | 55.0 |
Montrose | Montrose, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Kootenay Boundary | June 22, 1956 | 1,030 | 1,012 | 1.8 | 1.46 | 704.6 |
Nakusp | Nakusp, Village of | Village | Central Kootenay | November 24, 1964 | 1,569 | 1,524 | 3.0 | 8.05 | 194.8 |
New Denver | New Denver, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Central Kootenay | January 12, 1929 | 504 | 512 | −1.6 | 0.87 | 579.6 |
Pemberton | Pemberton, Village of | Village | Squamish-Lillooet | July 20, 1956 | 2,369 | 2,192 | 8.1 | 10.89 | 217.5 |
Port Alice | Port Alice, Village of | Village | Mount Waddington | June 16, 1965 | 805 | 821 | −1.9 | 7.04 | 114.4 |
Port Clements | Port Clements, Village of | Village | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | December 31, 1975 | 378 | 440 | −14.1 | 13.04 | 29.0 |
Pouce Coupe | Pouce Coupe, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Peace River | January 6, 1932 | 738 | 739 | −0.1 | 2.06 | 358.5 |
Queen Charlotte | Queen Charlotte, Village of | Village | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | December 5, 2005 | 944 | 948 | −0.4 | 35.62 | 26.5 |
Radium Hot Springs | Radium Hot Springs, Village of | Village | East Kootenay | December 10, 1990 | 777 | 735 | 5.7 | 6.34 | 122.5 |
Salmo | Salmo, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Central Kootenay | October 30, 1946 | 1,139 | 1,007 | 13.1 | 2.44 | 466.2 |
Sayward | Sayward, Village of | Village | Strathcona | June 27, 1968 | 317 | 341 | −7.0 | 4.51 | 70.3 |
Silverton | Silverton, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Central Kootenay | May 6, 1930 | 195 | 185 | 5.4 | 0.35 | 550.5 |
Slocan | Slocan, Village of | Village | Central Kootenay | June 1, 1901 | 296 | 314 | −5.7 | 0.78 | 381.7 |
Tahsis | Tahsis, Village of | Village | Strathcona | June 17, 1970 | 316 | 366 | −13.7 | 5.26 | 60.0 |
Telkwa | Telkwa, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Bulkley-Nechako | July 18, 1952 | 1,350 | 1,295 | 4.2 | 7.04 | 191.9 |
Valemount | Valemount, Village of | Village | Fraser-Fort George | December 13, 1962 | 1,020 | 1,018 | 0.2 | 5.17 | 197.4 |
Warfield | Warfield, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Kootenay Boundary | December 8, 1952 | 1,700 | 1,729 | −1.7 | 1.89 | 900.7 |
Zeballos | Zeballos, The Corporation of the Village of | Village | Strathcona | June 27, 1952 | 125 | 189 | −33.9 | 1.56 | 80.3 |
Total cities | — | — | — | — | 3,033,046 | 2,784,917 | 8.9 | 4,063.15 | 746.5 |
Total district municipalities | — | — | — | — | 734,660 | 704,919 | 4.2 | 92,166.96 | 8.0 |
Total Indian government districts | — | — | — | — | 819 | 844 | −3.0 | 11.04 | 74.2 |
Total island municipalities | — | — | — | — | 3,402 | 3,362 | 1.2 | 50.14 | 67.9 |
Total mountain resort municipalities | — | — | — | — | 371 | 426 | −12.9 | 40.86 | 9.1 |
Total resort municipalities | — | — | — | — | 9,824 | 9,248 | 6.2 | 240.4 | 40.9 |
Total towns | — | — | — | — | 87,514 | 84,106 | 4.1 | 151.98 | 575.8 |
Total villages | — | — | — | — | 44,992 | 43,997 | 2.3 | 393.76 | 114.3 |
Total all municipalities | — | — | — | — | 3,914,628 | 3,631,819 | 7.8 | 97,118.29 | 40.3 |
Province of British Columbia | — | — | — | — | 4,400,057 | 4,113,487 | 7.0 | 922,509.29 | 4.8 |
Indian reserves
Unincorporated communities
Communities
A community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated populated place".[21] British Columbia has 889 communities,[1] some of which are located within municipalities or Indian reserves.
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Recreational communities
A recreational community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated place with seasonal or year-round services, accommodation and amenities associated primarily with recreational or leisure activities".[21] British Columbia has 11 communities that are classified as recreational communities.[1]
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Urban communities
An urban community in British Columbia is a "separately named area within the limits of an incorporated municipality".[21] British Columbia has 10 communities that are classified as urban communities.[1]
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Localities
A locality in British Columbia is a "named place or area, with or without a scattered population".[21] British Columbia has 556 localities, not including those that have been abandoned or are classified as former localities.[1]
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Abandoned localities
An abandoned locality in British Columbia is a "previously populated place with no current population; often a modern landmark in a remote location".[21] British Columbia has 18 localities that are considered abandoned.[1]
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Former localities
A former locality in British Columbia is a "once-populated place with no current population or that is usually uninhabited".[21] British Columbia recognizes eight places as former localities.[1]
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Landings
"Landings", formerly classed as "steamer landings" are found along coastal BC an on certain inland waterways and lakes. They were often associated with mining and logging camps or fish canneries, or local agricultural settlements.
Company towns
Company towns were once common in British Columbia. Many were large, but never had municipal government and were largely located on company-owned land. A few such as Granisle, Tumbler Ridge and Wells became municipalities, while others have become ghost towns. Among the largest were Anyox, Bralorne, Ocean Falls, Cassiar, Gold Harbour (Tasu) and Kitsault.
See also
- Demographics of British Columbia
- List of canneries in British Columbia
- List of census agglomerations in British Columbia
- List of designated places in British Columbia
- List of ghost towns in British Columbia
- List of Haida villages
- Category:Nisga'a villages
- List of place names in Canada of aboriginal origin
- List of population centres in British Columbia
- List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia
Notes
- ↑ Abbotsford is British Columbia's largest city by area. It also forms part of the Abbotsford - Mission census metropolitan area (CMA).
- ↑ Duncan is British Columbia's smallest city by area.
- ↑ Greenwood is British Columbia's and Canada's smallest city by population.
- ↑ The Kelowna CMA is formed around the City of Kelowna.
- ↑ New Westminster was British Columbia's first city, incorporated July 16, 1860.
- ↑ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
- ↑ Victoria is British Columbia's capital. The Victoria CMA includes the cities of Colwood, Langford and Victoria.
- ↑ Incorporated in 1981, Tumbler Ridge was developed as a company town by Denison Mines, Teck Corporation and the Japanese Steel Industry in cooperation with the Government of British Columbia.[13]
- ↑ Wells was originally founded as a company town for the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine.[14]
- ↑ Granisle was originally founded as a company town by Granisle Copper Ltd. prior to its incorporation in 1971.[17]
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