List of cities in British Columbia

Map of British Columbia with its notable cities.

A city is a classification of municipalities used in the Canadian province of British Columbia. British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor in Council may incorporate a community as a city by letters patent, under the recommendation of the Minister of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development, 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.^[1]

British Columbia has 52 cities^[2]^[3]^[4] that had a cumulative population of 3,132,909 and an average population of 60,248 in the 2011 Census.^[5] British Columbia's largest and smallest cities are Vancouver and Greenwood with populations of 603,502 and 708 respectively.^[5] The largest city by land area is Abbotsford, which spans 375.55 km² (145.00 sq mi), while the smallest is Duncan, at 2.07 km² (0.80 sq mi).^[5]

The first community to incorporate as a city was New Westminster on July 16, 1860,^[2] while the province's newest city is Delta, which was redesignated from a district municipality to a city on September 22, 2017.^[4]

List

Name	Corporate name^[2]	Regional district^[2]	Incorporation date^[2]	Population (2011)^[5]	Population (2006)^[5]	Change (%)^[5]	Area (km²)^[5]	Population density^[5]
Duncan	Duncan, The Corporation of the City of	Cowichan Valley	March 4, 1912	7003493200000000000♠4,932	7003498600000000000♠4,986	2999890000000000000♠−1.1	7000207009999999999♠2.07	7003238170000099999♠2,381.7
Enderby	Enderby, The Corporation of the City of	North Okanagan	March 1, 1905	7003293200000000000♠2,932	7003282800000000000♠2,828	7000370000000000000♠3.7	7000426000000000000♠4.26	7002687700000000000♠687.7
Fernie	Fernie, The Corporation of the City of	East Kootenay	July 28, 1904	7003444800000000000♠4,448	7003421700000000000♠4,217	7000550000000000000♠5.5	7001148300000000000♠14.83	7002299800000000000♠299.8
Fort St. John	Fort St. John, City of	Peace River	December 31, 1947	7004186090000000000♠18,609	7004174020000000000♠17,402	7000690000000000000♠6.9	7001226900000000000♠22.69	7002820200000000000♠820.2
Grand Forks	Grand Forks, The Corporation of the City of	Kootenay Boundary	April 15, 1897	7003398500000000000♠3,985	7003403600000000000♠4,036	2999870000000099999♠−1.3	7001104300000000000♠10.43	7002382000000000000♠382.0
Greenwood	Greenwood, The Corporation of the City of	Kootenay Boundary	July 12, 1897	7002708000000000000♠708	7002625000000000000♠625	7001133000000000000♠13.3	7000242000000000000♠2.42	7002292700000000000♠292.7
Kamloops	Kamloops, City of	Thompson-Nicola	October 17, 1967	7004856780000000000♠85,678	7004803760000000000♠80,376	7000660000000000000♠6.6	7002299230000000000♠299.23	7002286300000000000♠286.3
Kelowna	Kelowna, City of	Central Okanagan	May 4, 1905	7005117312000000000♠117,312	7005107035000000000♠107,035	7000960000000000000♠9.6	7002211820000000000♠211.82	7002553790000099999♠553.8
Kimberley	Kimberley, City of	East Kootenay	March 29, 1944	7003665200000000000♠6,652	7003613900000000000♠6,139	7000840000000000000♠8.4	7001606200000000000♠60.62	7002109700000000000♠109.7
Langford	Langford, City of	Capital	December 8, 1992	7004292280000000000♠29,228	7004224590000000000♠22,459	7001301000000000000♠30.1	7001399400000000000♠39.94	7002731900000000000♠731.9
Langley	Langley, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	March 15, 1955	7004250810000000000♠25,081	7004236060000000000♠23,606	7000620000000000000♠6.2	7001102200000000000♠10.22	7003245460000000000♠2,454.6
Maple Ridge	Maple Ridge, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	September 12, 2014^[6]	7004760520000000000♠76,052	7004689490000000000♠68,949	7001103000000000000♠10.3	7002266779999999999♠266.78	7002285100000000000♠285.1
Merritt	Merritt, City of	Thompson-Nicola	April 1, 1911	7003711300000000000♠7,113	7003699800000000000♠6,998	7000160000000000000♠1.6	7001248200000000000♠24.82	7002286600000000000♠286.6
Nanaimo	Nanaimo, City of	Nanaimo	December 24, 1874	7004838100000000000♠83,810	7004786920000000000♠78,692	7000650000000000000♠6.5	7001913000000000000♠91.30	7002918000000000000♠918.0
Nelson	Nelson, The Corporation of the City of	Central Kootenay	March 18, 1897	7004102300000000000♠10,230	7003925800000000000♠9,258	7001105000000000000♠10.5	7001119300000000000♠11.93	7002857700000000000♠857.7
New Westminster	New Westminster, The Corporation of the City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	July 16, 1860	7004659760000000000♠65,976	7004585490000000000♠58,549	7001127000000000000♠12.7	7001156300000000000♠15.63	7003422220000000000♠4,222.2
North Vancouver	North Vancouver, The Corporation of the City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	August 10, 1891	7004481960000000000♠48,196	7004451650000000000♠45,165	7000670000000000000♠6.7	7001118300000000000♠11.83	7003407380000000000♠4,073.8
Parksville	Parksville, City of	Nanaimo	June 19, 1945	7004119770000000000♠11,977	7004109930000000000♠10,993	7000900000000000000♠9.0	7001144400000000000♠14.44	7002829600000000000♠829.6
Penticton	Penticton, The Corporation of the City of	Okanagan-Similkameen	January 1, 1909	7004328770000000000♠32,877	7004319090000000000♠31,909	7000300000000000000♠3.0	7001421000000000000♠42.10	7002780900000000000♠780.9
Pitt Meadows	Pitt Meadows, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	April 25, 1914	7004177360000000000♠17,736	7004156230000000000♠15,623	7001135000000000000♠13.5	7001865100000000000♠86.51	7002205000000000000♠205.0
Port Alberni	Port Alberni, City of	Alberni-Clayoquot	October 28, 1967	7004177430000000000♠17,743	7004175480000000000♠17,548	7000110000000000000♠1.1	7001197600000000000♠19.76	7002897900000000000♠897.9
Port Coquitlam	Port Coquitlam, The Corporation of the City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	March 7, 1913	7004559580000000000♠55,958^[7]	7004526870000000000♠52,687	7000620000000000000♠6.2	7001291700000000000♠29.17	7003191830000000000♠1,918.3
Port Moody	Port Moody, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	March 11, 1913	7004329750000000000♠32,975	7004275120000000000♠27,512	7001199009999900000♠19.9	7001258900000000000♠25.89	7003127380000000000♠1,273.8
Powell River	Powell River, The Corporation of the City of	Powell River	October 15, 1955	7004131650000000000♠13,165	7004129570000000000♠12,957	7000160000000000000♠1.6	7001289100000000000♠28.91	7002455300000000000♠455.3
Prince George	Prince George, City of	Fraser-Fort George	March 6, 1915	7004719740000000000♠71,974	7004709810000000000♠70,981	7000140000000099999♠1.4	7002318260000000000♠318.26	7002226100000000000♠226.1
Prince Rupert	Prince Rupert, City of	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	March 10, 1910	7004125080000000000♠12,508	7004128150000000000♠12,815	2999760000000000000♠−2.4	7001549300000000000♠54.93	7002227700000000000♠227.7
Quesnel	Quesnel, City of	Cariboo	March 21, 1928	7004100070000000000♠10,007	7003932600000000000♠9,326	7000730000000000000♠7.3	7001353800000000000♠35.38	7002282800000000000♠282.8
Revelstoke	Revelstoke, City of	Columbia Shuswap	March 1, 1899	7003713900000000000♠7,139	7003723000000000000♠7,230	2999870000000099999♠−1.3	7001407600000000000♠40.76	7002175100000000000♠175.1
Richmond	Richmond, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	November 10, 1879	7005190473000000000♠190,473	7005174461000000000♠174,461	7000920000000099999♠9.2	7002129270000000000♠129.27	7003147350000000000♠1,473.5
Rossland	Rossland, The Corporation of the City of	Kootenay Boundary	March 18, 1897	7003355600000000000♠3,556	7003327800000000000♠3,278	7000850000000000000♠8.5	7001597900000000000♠59.79	7001595000000000000♠59.5
Salmon Arm	Salmon Arm, City of	Columbia Shuswap	May 15, 1905	7004174640000000000♠17,464	7004160120000000000♠16,012	7000910000000000000♠9.1	7002155280000000000♠155.28	7002112500000000000♠112.5
Surrey	Surrey, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	November 10, 1879	7005468251000000000♠468,251	7005394976000000000♠394,976	7001186000000000000♠18.6	7002316410000000000♠316.41	7003147990000000000♠1,479.9
Terrace	Terrace, City of	Kitimat-Stikine	December 31, 1927	7004114860000000000♠11,486	7004113200000000000♠11,320	7000150000000000000♠1.5	7001573600000000000♠57.36	7002200300000000000♠200.3
Trail	Trail, City of	Kootenay Boundary	June 14, 1901	7003768100000000000♠7,681	7003723700000000000♠7,237	7000610000000000000♠6.1	7001349300000000000♠34.93	7002219900000000000♠219.9
Vancouver^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Vancouver, City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	April 6, 1886	7005603502000000000♠603,502	7005578041000000000♠578,041	7000440000000000000♠4.4	7002114970000000000♠114.97	7003524910000000000♠5,249.1
Vernon	Vernon, The Corporation of the City of	North Okanagan	December 30, 1892	7004381500000000000♠38,150	7004359790000000000♠35,979	7000600000000000000♠6.0	7001957600000000000♠95.76	7002398400000000000♠398.4
Victoria^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Victoria, The Corporation of the City of	Capital	August 2, 1862	7004800170000000000♠80,017	7004780570000000000♠78,057	7000250000000000000♠2.5	7001194700000000000♠19.47	7003410949999999999♠4,109.4
West Kelowna	West Kelowna, City of	Central Okanagan	June 26, 2015^[3]	7004308920000000000♠30,892	7004272140000000000♠27,214	7001135000000000000♠13.5	7002123510000000000♠123.51	7002250100000000000♠250.1
White Rock	White Rock, The Corporation of the City of	Metro Vancouver\|Metro Vancouver	April 15, 1957	7004193390000000000♠19,339	7004187550000000000♠18,755	7000310000000000000♠3.1	7000513000000000000♠5.13	7003377350000000000♠3,773.5
Williams Lake	Williams Lake, City of	Cariboo	March 15, 1929	7004108320000000000♠10,832	7004107440000000000♠10,744	6999800000000000000♠0.8	7001331300000000000♠33.13	7002327000000000000♠327.0
Total cities	—	—	—	7006313290900000000♠3,132,909	7006288155200000000♠2,881,552	7000890000000000000♠8.9	7003424326000000000♠4,243.26	7002738300000000000♠738.3

Notes:

↑ 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, Maple Ridge, 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.

Former cities

Sandon held city status between 1898 and 1920.^[8] Phoenix held city status between 1900 and 1919.^[9]

City status eligibility

As of the 2011 Census, seven towns – Comox, Creston, Ladysmith, Qualicum Beach, Sidney, Smithers and View Royal – meet the requirement of having populations greater than 5,000 to incorporate as a city. Also, 19 district municipalities meet the minimum population requirements to incorporate as a city.

Gallery

Vancouver, the largest city of British Columbia.
Surrey
Burnaby
Kelowna
Kamloops
Nanaimo
Victoria, capital city of British Columbia.
Prince George
Penticton
Prince Rupert

References

↑ "Local Government Act: Part 2 — Incorporation of Municipalities". Government of British Columbia Queen's Printer. November 12, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
1 2 "Order in Council No. 357". Province of British Columbia. June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
↑ "Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council: Order in Council No. 513" (PDF). Province of British Columbia. September 9, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
↑
↑ "From Boom to Bust in 20 Years: Sandon's History as an Incorporated City". Sandon Museum. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
↑ "Name Details: Phoenix (Abandoned Locality)". GeoBC. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

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[8] 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, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.

[9] Victoria is British Columbia's capital. The Victoria CMA includes the cities of Colwood, Langford and Victoria.

[LGA-1] "Local Government Act: Part 2 — Incorporation of Municipalities". Government of British Columbia Queen's Printer. November 12, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

[BCmunis-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

[WestKelowna-3] 1 2 "Order in Council No. 357". Province of British Columbia. June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

[Delta-4] 1 2

[2011StatCanBC-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

[cityincorporation-6] "Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council: Order in Council No. 513" (PDF). Province of British Columbia. September 9, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.

[2011censuscorrection-7] ↑

[Sandon-10] "From Boom to Bust in 20 Years: Sandon's History as an Incorporated City". Sandon Museum. Retrieved June 26, 2013.

[Phoenix-11] "Name Details: Phoenix (Abandoned Locality)". GeoBC. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

Subdivisions of British Columbia
Subdivisions	Regions Regional districts Forest regions and districts Ministry of Environment regions School districts Land districts Health regions Counties (court system)
Communities	Municipalities Cities District municipalities Indian government districts Island municipalities Mountain resort municipalities Regional municipalities Resort municipalities Towns Villages Ghost towns Indian reserves
Metro areas and agglomerations	Abbotsford–Mission Kelowna Vancouver Victoria Census agglomerations
Cities	Abbotsford Armstrong Burnaby Campbell River Castlegar Chilliwack Colwood Coquitlam Courtenay Cranbrook Dawson Creek Duncan Enderby Fernie Fort St. John Grand Forks Greenwood Kamloops Kelowna Kimberley Kitimat Langford Langley Merritt Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster North Vancouver Parksville Penticton Pitt Meadows Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody Powell River Prince George Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Richmond Rossland Salmon Arm Surrey Terrace Trail Vancouver Vernon Victoria White Rock Williams Lake
Towns	Comox Creston Cumberland Fort Nelson Gibsons Golden Ladysmith Lake Cowichan Oliver Osoyoos Port McNeill Princeton Qualicum Beach Sidney Smithers View Royal
Villages	Alert Bay Anmore Ashcroft Belcarra Burns Lake Cache Creek Canal Flats Chase Clinton Fraser Lake Fruitvale Gold River Granisle Harrison Hot Springs Hazelton Kaslo Keremeos Lions Bay Lumby Lytton Masset McBride Midway Montrose Nakusp New Denver Pemberton Port Alice Port Clements Pouce Coupe Queen Charlotte Radium Hot Springs Salmo Sayward Silverton Slocan Sun Peaks Tahsis Telkwa Valemount Warfield Zeballos
District municipalities	Barriere Central Saanich Chetwynd Clearwater Coldstream Delta Elkford Esquimalt Fort St. James Highlands Hope Houston Hudson's Hope Invermere Kent Lake Country Langley Lantzville Lillooet Logan Lake Mackenzie Maple Ridge Metchosin Mission New Hazelton North Cowichan North Saanich North Vancouver Oak Bay 100 Mile House Peachland Port Edward Port Hardy Saanich Sechelt Sicamous Sooke Spallumcheen Sparwood Squamish Stewart Summerland Taylor Tofino Tumbler Ridge Ucluelet Vanderhoof Wells West Kelowna West Vancouver
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