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List of cities in British Columbia

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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 53 cities[2] that had a cumulative population of 3,630,140 and an average population of 68,493 in the 2021 census.[3] British Columbia's largest and smallest cities are Vancouver and Greenwood with populations of 662,248 and 702 respectively.[3] The largest city by land area is Abbotsford, which spans 375.33 km2 (144.92 sq mi), while the smallest is Duncan, at 2.06 km2 (0.80 sq mi).[3]

The first community to incorporate as a city was New Westminster on July 16, 1860,[4] while the province's newest city is Mission, which was redesignated from a district municipality to a city on March 29, 2021.[5]

List

Cities in British Columbia
Name Regional district[4] Incorporation date[4] Population (2021)[3] Population (2016)[6] Change (%)[6] Area (km2)[6] Population density[6]
Abbotsford Fraser Valley December 12, 1995 153,524 141,397 8.6% 375.33 km2 409.0
Armstrong North Okanagan March 31, 1913 5,323 5,114 4.1% 5.22 km2 1020.0
Burnaby Metro Vancouver September 22, 1892 249,125 232,755 7.0% 90.57 km2 2750.7
Campbell River Strathcona June 24, 1947 35,519 33,007 7.6% 144.38 km2 246.0
Castlegar Central Kootenay January 1, 1974 8,338 8,039 3.7% 19.87 km2 419.6
Chilliwack Fraser Valley April 26, 1873 93,203 83,788 11.2% 261.34 km2 356.6
Colwood Capital June 24, 1985 18,961 16,859 12.5% 17.66 km2 1073.6
Coquitlam Metro Vancouver July 25, 1891 148,625 139,284 6.7% 122.15 km2 1216.7
Courtenay Comox Valley January 1, 1915 28,420 25,639 10.8% 32.42 km2 876.7
Cranbrook East Kootenay November 1, 1905 20,499 20,047 2.3% 31.97 km2 641.2
Dawson Creek Peace River May 26, 1936 12,323 12,178 1.2% 26.72 km2 461.1
Delta Metro Vancouver September 22, 2017[7] 108,455 102,238 6.1% 179.66 km2 603.7
Duncan Cowichan Valley March 4, 1912 5,047 4,944 2.1% 2.06 km2 2444.5
Enderby North Okanagan March 1, 1905 3,028 2,964 2.2% 4.26 km2 710.4
Fernie East Kootenay July 28, 1904 6,320 5,396 17.1% 15.11 km2 418.3
Fort St. John Peace River December 31, 1947 21,465 20,260 5.9% 32.67 km2 656.9
Grand Forks Kootenay Boundary April 15, 1897 4,112 4,049 1.6% 10.37 km2 396.4
Greenwood Kootenay Boundary July 12, 1897 702 665 5.6% 2.42 km2 290.2
Kamloops Thompson-Nicola October 17, 1967 97,902 90,280 8.4% 297.93 km2 328.6
Kelowna Central Okanagan May 4, 1905 144,576 127,390 13.5% 211.85 km2 682.4
Kimberley East Kootenay March 29, 1944 8,115 7,425 9.3% 60.51 km2 134.1
Langford Capital December 8, 1992 46,584 35,342 31.8% 41.43 km2 1124.4
Langley Metro Vancouver March 15, 1955 28,963 25,888 11.9% 10.18 km2 2845.2
Maple Ridge Metro Vancouver September 12, 2014[8] 90,990 82,256 10.6% 267.82 km2 339.7
Merritt Thompson-Nicola April 1, 1911 7,051 7,139 -1.2% 26.04 km2 270.7
Mission Fraser Valley March 29, 2021[5] 41,519 38,554 7.7% 226.98 km2 182.9
Nanaimo Nanaimo December 24, 1874 99,863 90,504 10.3% 90.45 km2 1104.1
Nelson Central Kootenay March 18, 1897 11,106 10,572 5.1% 11.93 km2 930.6
New Westminster Metro Vancouver July 16, 1860 78,916 70,996 11.2% 15.62 km2 5052.4
North Vancouver Metro Vancouver August 10, 1891 58,120 52,898 9.9% 11.83 km2 4913.0
Parksville Nanaimo June 19, 1945 13,642 12,453 9.5% 14.52 km2 939.5
Penticton Okanagan-Similkameen January 1, 1909 36,885 33,761 9.3% 43.03 km2 857.3
Pitt Meadows Metro Vancouver April 25, 1914 19,146 18,573 3.1% 86.34 km2 221.7
Port Alberni Alberni-Clayoquot October 28, 1967 18,259 17,678 3.3% 19.66 km2 928.9
Port Coquitlam Metro Vancouver March 7, 1913 61,498 58,612 4.9% 29.16 km2 2108.7
Port Moody Metro Vancouver March 11, 1913 33,535 33,551 0.0% 25.85 km2 1297.3
Powell River Powell River October 15, 1955 13,943 13,157 6.0% 28.91 km2 482.4
Prince George Fraser-Fort George March 6, 1915 76,708 74,003 3.7% 316.74 km2 242.2
Prince Rupert North Coast March 10, 1910 12,300 12,220 0.7% 66.00 km2 186.4
Quesnel Cariboo March 21, 1928 9,889 9,879 0.1% 35.35 km2 279.8
Revelstoke Columbia Shuswap March 1, 1899 8,275 7,562 9.4% 41.28 km2 200.5
Richmond Metro Vancouver November 10, 1879 209,937 198,309 5.9% 128.87 km2 1629.0
Rossland Kootenay Boundary March 18, 1897 4,140 3,729 11.0% 59.72 km2 69.3
Salmon Arm Columbia Shuswap May 15, 1905 19,432 17,706 9.7% 155.19 km2 125.2
Surrey Metro Vancouver November 10, 1879 568,322 517,887 9.7% 316.11 km2 1797.9
Terrace Kitimat–Stikine December 31, 1927 12,017 11,643 3.2% 57.33 km2 209.6
Trail Kootenay Boundary June 14, 1901 7,920 7,709 2.7% 34.90 km2 226.9
Vancouver Metro Vancouver April 6, 1886 662,248 631,486 4.9% 115.18 km2 5749.9
Vernon North Okanagan December 30, 1892 44,519 40,116 11.0% 96.43 km2 461.7
Victoria Capital August 2, 1862 91,867 85,792 7.1% 19.45 km2 4722.3
West Kelowna Central Okanagan June 26, 2015[9] 36,078 32,655 10.5% 122.09 km2 295.5
White Rock Metro Vancouver April 15, 1957 21,939 19,952 10.0% 5.17 km2 4240.6
Williams Lake Cariboo March 15, 1929 10,947 10,753 1.8% 33.12 km2 330.5
Total cities — — 3,630,140 3,367,053 7.8% 4497.15 807.2

Former cities

Kaslo held city status between 1893 and 1959.[10] Sandon held city status between 1898 and 1920.[11] Phoenix held city status between 1900 and 1919.[12]

City status eligibility

As of the 2021 census, nine towns – Comox, Creston, Ladysmith, Oliver, Osoyoos, Qualicum Beach, Sidney, Smithers and View Royal – meet the requirement of having populations greater than 5,000 to incorporate as a city. Also, 21 district municipalities meet the minimum population requirements to incorporate as a city.

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References

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