List of population centres in British Columbia


A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km2. All areas outside population centres are classified as rural areas.
The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 108 population centres in the province of British Columbia.

List

The below table is a list of those population centres in British Columbia from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada.
RankPopulation centreSize groupPopulation Population ChangeLand area Population density
1VancouverLarge urban--
2VictoriaLarge urban--
3KelownaLarge urban--
4AbbotsfordLarge urban--
5White RockLarge urban--
6NanaimoLarge urban--
7KamloopsMedium--
8ChilliwackMedium--
9Prince GeorgeMedium--
10VernonMedium--
11CourtenayMedium--
12Campbell RiverMedium33--
13PentictonMedium--
14MissionMedium--
15ParksvilleSmall--
16DuncanSmall--
17TsawwassenSmall--
18LadnerSmall--
19SquamishSmall--
20Port AlberniSmall--
21Fort St. JohnSmall--
22CranbrookSmall--
23Salmon ArmSmall--
24TerraceSmall--
25Powell RiverSmall--
26AldergroveSmall--
27Trail - FruitvaleSmall--
28Duck LakeSmall--
29QuesnelSmall--
30Williams LakeSmall--
31Prince RupertSmall--
32Dawson CreekSmall--
33SookeSmall--
34NelsonSmall--
35LadysmithSmall--
36CastlegarSmall--
37WhistlerSmall--
38SummerlandSmall--
39GibsonsSmall--
40SecheltSmall--
41RevelstokeSmall--
42Shawnigan - Mill BaySmall--
43KitimatSmall--
44OliverSmall--
45FernieSmall--
46CrestonSmall--
47ArmstrongSmall--
48SmithersSmall--
49MerrittSmall--
50PeachlandSmall--
51KimberleySmall--
52OsoyoosSmall--
53Aldergrove EastSmall--
54HopeSmall--
55CumberlandSmall--
56Grand ForksSmall--
57ChemainusSmall--
58SparwoodSmall--
59KentSmall--
60RosslandSmall--
61GoldenSmall--
62Cobble HillSmall--
63Port HardySmall--
64InvermereSmall--
65Lake CowichanSmall--
66EnderbySmall--
67PembertonSmall--
68MackenzieSmall--
69PrincetonSmall--
70Cowichan BaySmall--
71Fort NelsonSmall--
72Tumbler RidgeSmall--
73ChaseSmall--
74Blind BaySmall--
75Port McNeillSmall--
76RosedaleSmall--
77TofinoSmall--
78Okanagan FallsSmall--
79Burns LakeSmall--
80HoustonSmall--
81SicamousSmall--
82VanderhoofSmall--
83UclueletSmall--
84RayleighSmall--
85Roberts CreekSmall--
86ElkfordSmall--
87KeremeosSmall--
88One Hundred Mile HouseSmall--
89LillooetSmall--
90Harrison Hot SpringsSmall--
91Fort St. JamesSmall--
92LumbySmall--
93CroftonSmall--
94Miller's LandingSmall--
95Lions BaySmall--
96YarrowSmall--
97Logan LakeSmall--
98TelkwaSmall--
99BarriereSmall--
100FairwindsSmall--
101PuntledgeSmall--
102AshcroftSmall--
103Cultus LakeSmall--
104SalmoSmall--
105Welcome BeachSmall--
106NakuspSmall--
107Mile 108 Recreational RanchSmall--
108NaramataSmall--