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Population

5,114,965

Land Area

9,677,409

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Annual Operating Budget

$11.99B

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5,114,965+28.0% since 2011

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Municipality Directory

Quickly find and compare any of the 161 local governments in British Columbia.

100 Mile House

Population2,030

Size Band1,500-5,000

Abbotsford

Population175,358

RegionFraser Valley

Size Band150,000+

Alert Bay

RegionMount Waddington

Size BandUnder 1,500

Anmore

Population2,508

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band1,500-5,000

Armstrong

Population5,643

RegionNorth Okanagan

Size Band5,000-15,000

Ashcroft

Population1,744

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band1,500-5,000

Belcarra

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size BandUnder 1,500

Bowen Island

Population4,501

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band1,500-5,000

Burnaby

Population299,682

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band150,000+

Burns Lake

Population2,007

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size Band1,500-5,000

Cache Creek

Population1,053

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size BandUnder 1,500

Campbell River

Population38,300

RegionStrathcona

Size Band15,000-50,000

Canal Flats

RegionEast Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

Castlegar

Population9,465

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size Band5,000-15,000

Central Saanich

Population18,184

Size Band15,000-50,000

Chase

Population2,591

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band1,500-5,000

Chetwynd

Population2,484

RegionPeace River

Size Band1,500-5,000

Chilliwack

Population105,520

RegionFraser Valley

Size Band50,000-150,000

Clearwater

Population2,500

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band1,500-5,000

Clinton

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size BandUnder 1,500

Coldstream

Population11,380

RegionNorth Okanagan

Size Band5,000-15,000

Colwood

Population22,794

Size Band15,000-50,000

Comox

Population15,884

RegionComox Valley

Size Band15,000-50,000

Coquitlam

Population173,599

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band150,000+

Courtenay

Population32,869

RegionComox Valley

Size Band15,000-50,000

Cranbrook

Population22,703

RegionEast Kootenay

Size Band15,000-50,000

Creston

Population5,976

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size Band5,000-15,000

Cumberland

Population4,974

RegionComox Valley

Size Band1,500-5,000

Daajing Giids

RegionNorth Coast

Size BandUnder 1,500

Dawson Creek

Population13,635

RegionPeace River

Size Band5,000-15,000

Delta

Population124,670

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band50,000-150,000

Duncan

Population5,745

RegionCowichan Valley

Size Band5,000-15,000

Elkford

Population3,030

RegionEast Kootenay

Size Band1,500-5,000

Enderby

Population3,292

RegionNorth Okanagan

Size Band1,500-5,000

Esquimalt

Population19,512

Size Band15,000-50,000

Fernie

Population7,086

RegionEast Kootenay

Size Band5,000-15,000

Fort St. James

Population1,542

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size Band1,500-5,000

Fort St. John

Population24,383

RegionPeace River

Size Band15,000-50,000

Fraser Lake

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size BandUnder 1,500

Fruitvale

Population2,068

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size Band1,500-5,000

Gibsons

Population5,090

RegionSunshine Coast

Size Band5,000-15,000

Gold River

Population1,339

RegionStrathcona

Size BandUnder 1,500

Golden

Population4,433

RegionColumbia-Shuswap

Size Band1,500-5,000

Grand Forks

Population4,308

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size Band1,500-5,000

Granisle

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size BandUnder 1,500

Harrison Hot Springs

Population2,148

RegionFraser Valley

Size Band1,500-5,000

Highlands

Population2,753

Size Band1,500-5,000

Hope

Population7,183

RegionFraser Valley

Size Band5,000-15,000

Houston

Population3,114

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size Band1,500-5,000

Hudson's Hope

Population1,019

RegionPeace River

Size BandUnder 1,500

Invermere

Population4,305

RegionEast Kootenay

Size Band1,500-5,000

Kamloops

Population108,793

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band50,000-150,000

Kaslo

Population1,141

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

Kelowna

Population167,654

RegionCentral Okanagan

Size Band150,000+

Kent

Population7,093

RegionFraser Valley

Size Band5,000-15,000

Keremeos

Population1,779

RegionOkanagan-Similkameen

Size Band1,500-5,000

Kimberley

Population9,037

RegionEast Kootenay

Size Band5,000-15,000

Ladysmith

Population9,926

RegionCowichan Valley

Size Band5,000-15,000

Lake Country

Population17,637

RegionCentral Okanagan

Size Band15,000-50,000

Lake Cowichan

Population3,757

RegionCowichan Valley

Size Band1,500-5,000

Langford

Population59,664

Size Band50,000-150,000

Langley

Population35,444

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band15,000-50,000

Langley

Population163,885

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band150,000+

Lantzville

Population4,276

Size Band1,500-5,000

Lillooet

Population2,065

RegionSquamish-Lillooet

Size Band1,500-5,000

Lions Bay

Population1,375

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size BandUnder 1,500

Logan Lake

Population2,337

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band1,500-5,000

Lumby

Population2,257

RegionNorth Okanagan

Size Band1,500-5,000

Lytton

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size BandUnder 1,500

Mackenzie

Population3,442

RegionFraser-Fort George

Size Band1,500-5,000

Maple Ridge

Population105,925

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band50,000-150,000

Masset

RegionNorth Coast

Size BandUnder 1,500

McBride

RegionFraser-Fort George

Size BandUnder 1,500

Merritt

Population7,190

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band5,000-15,000

Metchosin

Population5,207

Size Band5,000-15,000

Midway

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size BandUnder 1,500

Mission

Population47,280

RegionFraser Valley

Size Band15,000-50,000

Montrose

Population1,072

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size BandUnder 1,500

Nakusp

Population1,740

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size Band1,500-5,000

Nanaimo

Population111,845

Size Band50,000-150,000

Nelson

Population12,126

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size Band5,000-15,000

New Denver

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

New Hazelton

RegionKitimat-Stikine

Size BandUnder 1,500

New Westminster

Population92,124

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band50,000-150,000

North Cowichan

Population34,525

RegionCowichan Valley

Size Band15,000-50,000

North Saanich

Population12,986

Size Band5,000-15,000

North Vancouver

Population66,624

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band50,000-150,000

North Vancouver

Population97,845

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band50,000-150,000

Northern Rockies

Population4,400

RegionNorthern Rockies

Size Band1,500-5,000

Oak Bay

Population18,626

Size Band15,000-50,000

Oliver

Population5,262

RegionOkanagan-Similkameen

Size Band5,000-15,000

Osoyoos

Population5,724

RegionOkanagan-Similkameen

Size Band5,000-15,000

Parksville

Population15,371

Size Band15,000-50,000

Peachland

Population6,302

RegionCentral Okanagan

Size Band5,000-15,000

Pemberton

Population3,620

RegionSquamish-Lillooet

Size Band1,500-5,000

Penticton

Population39,068

RegionOkanagan-Similkameen

Size Band15,000-50,000

Pitt Meadows

Population20,892

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band15,000-50,000

Port Alberni

Population19,671

RegionAlberni-Clayoquot

Size Band15,000-50,000

Port Alice

RegionMount Waddington

Size BandUnder 1,500

Port Clements

RegionNorth Coast

Size BandUnder 1,500

Port Coquitlam

Population67,724

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band50,000-150,000

Port Edward

RegionNorth Coast

Size BandUnder 1,500

Port Hardy

Population4,201

RegionMount Waddington

Size Band1,500-5,000

Port McNeill

Population2,402

RegionMount Waddington

Size Band1,500-5,000

Port Moody

Population38,285

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band15,000-50,000

Pouce Coupe

RegionPeace River

Size BandUnder 1,500

Powell River

Population14,947

Size Band5,000-15,000

Prince George

Population85,944

RegionFraser-Fort George

Size Band50,000-150,000

Prince Rupert

Population12,903

RegionNorth Coast

Size Band5,000-15,000

Princeton

Population3,050

RegionOkanagan-Similkameen

Size Band1,500-5,000

Qualicum Beach

Population9,640

Size Band5,000-15,000

Quesnel

Population10,253

Size Band5,000-15,000

Radium Hot Springs

Population1,489

RegionEast Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

Revelstoke

Population9,464

RegionColumbia-Shuswap

Size Band5,000-15,000

Richmond

Population239,584

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band150,000+

Rossland

Population4,355

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size Band1,500-5,000

Saanich

Population126,011

Size Band50,000-150,000

Salmo

Population1,310

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

Salmon Arm

Population20,891

RegionColumbia-Shuswap

Size Band15,000-50,000

Sayward

RegionStrathcona

Size BandUnder 1,500

Sechelt

Population11,558

RegionSunshine Coast

Size Band5,000-15,000

shíshálh Nation Government District

RegionSunshine Coast

Size BandUnder 1,500

Sicamous

Population2,854

RegionColumbia-Shuswap

Size Band1,500-5,000

Sidney

Population13,445

Size Band5,000-15,000

Silverton

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

Slocan

RegionCentral Kootenay

Size BandUnder 1,500

Smithers

Population5,627

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size Band5,000-15,000

Sooke

Population17,248

Size Band15,000-50,000

Spallumcheen

Population5,843

RegionNorth Okanagan

Size Band5,000-15,000

Sparwood

Population4,486

RegionEast Kootenay

Size Band1,500-5,000

Squamish

Population28,578

RegionSquamish-Lillooet

Size Band15,000-50,000

Stewart

RegionKitimat-Stikine

Size BandUnder 1,500

Summerland

Population12,343

RegionOkanagan-Similkameen

Size Band5,000-15,000

Sun Peaks

Population1,546

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band1,500-5,000

Surrey

Population703,531

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band150,000+

Tahsis

RegionStrathcona

Size BandUnder 1,500

Taylor

Population1,415

RegionPeace River

Size BandUnder 1,500

Telkwa

Population1,544

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size Band1,500-5,000

Terrace

Population13,648

RegionKitimat-Stikine

Size Band5,000-15,000

Tofino

Population2,772

RegionAlberni-Clayoquot

Size Band1,500-5,000

Trail

Population8,539

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size Band5,000-15,000

Tumbler Ridge

Population2,663

RegionPeace River

Size Band1,500-5,000

Ucluelet

Population2,452

RegionAlberni-Clayoquot

Size Band1,500-5,000

Valemount

Population1,082

RegionFraser-Fort George

Size BandUnder 1,500

Vancouver

Population740,454

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band150,000+

Vanderhoof

Population4,545

RegionBulkley-Nechako

Size Band1,500-5,000

Vernon

Population49,527

RegionNorth Okanagan

Size Band15,000-50,000

Victoria

Population103,888

Size Band50,000-150,000

View Royal

Population12,795

Size Band5,000-15,000

Warfield

Population1,729

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size Band1,500-5,000

West Kelowna

Population40,274

RegionCentral Okanagan

Size Band15,000-50,000

West Vancouver

Population47,929

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band15,000-50,000

Whistler

Population15,090

RegionSquamish-Lillooet

Size Band15,000-50,000

White Rock

Population25,057

RegionMetro Vancouver

Size Band15,000-50,000

Williams Lake

Population11,462

Size Band5,000-15,000

Zeballos

RegionStrathcona

Size BandUnder 1,500

Barriere

Population1,913

RegionThompson-Nicola

Size Band1,500-5,000

Greenwood

RegionKootenay Boundary

Size BandUnder 1,500

Hazelton

RegionKitimat-Stikine

Size BandUnder 1,500

Kitimat

Population10,019

RegionKitimat-Stikine

Size Band5,000-15,000

Wells

Size BandUnder 1,500