List of cities in British Columbia

As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, out of which 53 are classified as cities. According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the second largest province by land area, covering.
Cities, towns, district municipalities and villages in British Columbia are referred to as municipalities and all are included in local governments in the province, which may be incorporated under the Local Government Act of 2015. In order for a municipality in British Columbia to be classified as a city, it must have a minimum population of 5,000. Although the populations of Enderby, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Rossland fall below this threshold, they are still classified as cities.
The largest city by population in British Columbia is Vancouver, with 662,248 residents, and the smallest is Greenwood, with 702 residents. The largest city by land area is Abbotsford, which spans, while the smallest is Duncan, at. The first municipality to incorporate as a city was New Westminster on July 16, 1860, while the province's newest city is Mission, a district municipality that was reclassified as a city on March 29, 2021. Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia.

Cities

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

Former cities

Name	Held city status
Kaslo	18931959
Phoenix	19001919
Sandon	18981920