List of municipalities in British Columbia
List of municipalities

List of municipalities in British Columbia

Section Title: List of municipalities
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Name	Status	Regional district	Incorporation date	2016 Census of Population

Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change	Land area (km²)	Population density

Abbotsford	City	Fraser Valley	December 12, 1995	141,397	133,497	+5.9%	375.55	376.5/km2

Armstrong	City	North Okanagan	March 31, 1913	5,114	4,830	+5.9%	5.22	979.7/km2

Burnaby	City	Metro Vancouver	September 22, 1892	232,755	223,218	+4.3%	90.61	2,568.8/km2

Campbell River	City	Strathcona	June 24, 1947	32,588	31,186	+4.5%	144.36	225.7/km2

Castlegar	City	Central Kootenay	January 1, 1974	8,039	7,816	+2.9%	19.67	408.7/km2

Chilliwack	City	Fraser Valley	April 26, 1873	83,788	77,936	+7.5%	261.65	320.2/km2

Colwood	City	Capital	June 24, 1985	16,859	16,093	+4.8%	17.67	954.1/km2

Coquitlam	City	Metro Vancouver	July 25, 1891	139,284	126,804	+9.8%	122.30	1,138.9/km2

Courtenay	City	Comox Valley	January 1, 1915	25,599	24,216	+5.7%	32.41	789.8/km2

Cranbrook	City	East Kootenay	November 1, 1905	20,047	19,319	+3.8%	32.00	626.5/km2

Dawson Creek	City	Peace River	May 26, 1936	12,178	11,583	+5.1%	24.37	499.7/km2

Delta	City	Metro Vancouver	November 10, 1879	102,238	99,863	+2.4%	180.20	567.4/km2

Duncan	City	Cowichan Valley	March 4, 1912	4,944	4,932	+0.2%	2.07	2,388.4/km2

Enderby	City	North Okanagan	March 1, 1905	2,964	2,932	+1.1%	4.26	695.8/km2

Fernie	City	East Kootenay	July 28, 1904	5,136	4,448	+15.5%	13.50	380.4/km2

Fort St. John	City	Peace River	December 31, 1947	20,155	18,609	+8.3%	26.27	767.2/km2

Grand Forks	City	Kootenay Boundary	April 15, 1897	4,049	3,985	+1.6%	10.43	388.2/km2

Greenwood	City	Kootenay Boundary	July 12, 1897	665	708	−6.1%	2.42	274.8/km2

Kamloops	City	Thompson-Nicola	October 17, 1967	90,280	85,678	+5.4%	299.25	301.7/km2

Kelowna	City	Central Okanagan	May 4, 1905	127,380	117,312	+8.6%	211.85	601.3/km2

Kimberley	City	East Kootenay	March 29, 1944	7,425	6,652	+11.6%	60.62	122.5/km2

Langford	City	Capital	December 8, 1992	35,342	29,228	+20.9%	39.94	884.9/km2

Langley	City	Metro Vancouver	March 15, 1955	25,888	25,081	+3.2%	10.22	2,533.1/km2

Maple Ridge	City	Metro Vancouver	September 12, 2014	82,256	76,052	+8.2%	266.78	308.3/km2

Merritt	City	Thompson-Nicola	April 1, 1911	7,139	7,113	+0.4%	26.07	273.8/km2

Nanaimo	City	Nanaimo	December 24, 1874	90,504	83,810	+8.0%	90.76	997.2/km2

Nelson	City	Central Kootenay	March 18, 1897	10,572	10,230	+3.3%	11.95	884.7/km2

New Westminster	City	Metro Vancouver	July 16, 1860	70,996	65,976	+7.6%	15.63	4,542.3/km2

North Vancouver	City	Metro Vancouver	August 10, 1891	52,898	48,196	+9.8%	11.85	4,464.0/km2

Parksville	City	Nanaimo	June 19, 1945	12,514	11,977	+4.5%	14.56	859.5/km2

Penticton	City	Okanagan-Similkameen	January 1, 1909	33,761	32,877	+2.7%	42.10	801.9/km2

Pitt Meadows	City	Metro Vancouver	April 25, 1914	18,573	17,736	+4.7%	86.51	214.7/km2

Port Alberni	City	Alberni-Clayoquot	October 28, 1967	17,678	17,743	−0.4%	19.76	894.6/km2

Port Coquitlam	City	Metro Vancouver	March 7, 1913	58,612	55,958	+4.7%	29.17	2,009.3/km2

Port Moody	City	Metro Vancouver	March 11, 1913	33,551	33,011	+1.6%	25.89	1,295.9/km2

Powell River	City	qathet	October 15, 1955	13,157	13,165	−0.1%	28.91	455.1/km2

Prince George	City	Fraser-Fort George	March 6, 1915	74,003	71,974	+2.8%	318.26	232.5/km2

Prince Rupert	City	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	March 10, 1910	12,220	12,508	−2.3%	66.28	184.4/km2

Quesnel	City	Cariboo	March 21, 1928	9,879	10,007	−1.3%	35.39	279.1/km2

Revelstoke	City	Columbia Shuswap	March 1, 1899	7,547	7,139	+5.7%	41.13	183.5/km2

Richmond	City	Metro Vancouver	November 10, 1879	198,309	190,473	+4.1%	129.27	1,534.1/km2

Rossland	City	Kootenay Boundary	March 18, 1897	3,729	3,556	+4.9%	59.79	62.4/km2

Salmon Arm	City	Columbia Shuswap	May 15, 1905	17,706	17,464	+1.4%	155.28	114.0/km2

Surrey	City	Metro Vancouver	November 10, 1879	517,887	468,251	+10.6%	316.41	1,636.8/km2

Terrace	City	Kitimat-Stikine	December 31, 1927	11,643	11,486	+1.4%	57.36	203.0/km2

Trail	City	Kootenay Boundary	June 14, 1901	7,709	7,681	+0.4%	34.93	220.7/km2

Vancouver	City	Metro Vancouver	April 6, 1886	631,486	603,502	+4.6%	114.97	5,492.6/km2

Vernon	City	North Okanagan	December 30, 1892	40,116	38,180	+5.1%	96.05	417.7/km2

Victoria	City	Capital	August 2, 1862	85,792	80,017	+7.2%	19.47	4,406.4/km2

West Kelowna	City	Central Okanagan	June 26, 2015	32,655	30,902	+5.7%	123.53	264.3/km2

White Rock	City	Metro Vancouver	April 15, 1957	19,952	19,339	+3.2%	5.12	3,896.9/km2

Williams Lake	City	Cariboo	March 15, 1929	10,753	10,832	−0.7%	33.13	324.6/km2

100 Mile House	District municipality	Cariboo	July 27, 1965	1,980	1,886	+5.0%	53.29	37.2/km2

Barriere	District municipality	Thompson-Nicola	December 4, 2007	1,713	1,773	−3.4%	10.77	159.1/km2

Central Saanich	District municipality	Capital	December 12, 1950	16,814	15,936	+5.5%	41.33	406.8/km2

Chetwynd	District municipality	Peace River	September 25, 1962	2,503	2,635	−5.0%	63.62	39.3/km2

Clearwater	District municipality	Thompson-Nicola	December 3, 2007	2,324	2,331	−0.3%	55.68	41.7/km2

Coldstream	District municipality	North Okanagan	December 21, 1906	10,648	10,314	+3.2%	66.60	159.9/km2

Elkford	District municipality	East Kootenay	July 16, 1971	2,499	2,523	−1.0%	108.42	23.0/km2

Esquimalt	District municipality	Capital	September 1, 1912	17,655	16,209	+8.9%	7.08	2,493.6/km2

Fort St. James	District municipality	Bulkley-Nechako	December 19, 1952	1,598	1,691	−5.5%	23.47	68.1/km2

Highlands	District municipality	Capital	December 7, 1993	2,225	2,120	+5.0%	38.05	58.5/km2

Hope	District municipality	Fraser Valley	April 6, 1929	6,181	5,969	+3.6%	40.95	150.9/km2

Houston	District municipality	Bulkley-Nechako	March 4, 1957	2,993	3,147	−4.9%	72.94	41.0/km2

Hudson's Hope	District municipality	Peace River	November 16, 1965	1,015	970	+4.6%	827.36	1.2/km2

Invermere	District municipality	East Kootenay	May 22, 1951	3,391	2,955	+14.8%	10.73	316.0/km2

Kent	District municipality	Fraser Valley	January 1, 1895	6,067	5,664	+7.1%	168.87	35.9/km2

Kitimat	District municipality	Kitimat-Stikine	March 31, 1953	8,131	8,335	−2.4%	240.01	33.9/km2

Lake Country	District municipality	Central Okanagan	May 2, 1995	12,922	11,708	+10.4%	122.19	105.8/km2

Langley	District municipality	Metro Vancouver	April 26, 1873	117,285	104,177	+12.6%	308.03	380.8/km2

Lantzville	District municipality	Nanaimo	June 25, 2003	3,605	3,601	+0.1%	27.68	130.2/km2

Lillooet	District municipality	Squamish-Lillooet	December 31, 1946	2,275	2,321	−2.0%	27.51	82.7/km2

Logan Lake	District municipality	Thompson-Nicola	November 10, 1970	1,993	2,073	−3.9%	325.33	6.1/km2

Mackenzie	District municipality	Fraser-Fort George	May 19, 1966	3,714	3,507	+5.9%	155.41	23.9/km2

Metchosin	District municipality	Capital	December 3, 1984	4,708	4,803	−2.0%	71.13	66.2/km2

Mission	District municipality	Fraser Valley	June 2, 1892	38,833	36,426	+6.6%	227.65	170.6/km2

New Hazelton	District municipality	Kitimat-Stikine	December 15, 1980	580	666	−12.9%	24.36	23.8/km2

North Cowichan	District municipality	Cowichan Valley	June 18, 1873	29,676	28,807	+3.0%	195.56	151.7/km2

North Saanich	District municipality	Capital	August 19, 1965	11,249	11,089	+1.4%	37.27	301.8/km2

North Vancouver	District municipality	Metro Vancouver	May 13, 1907	85,935	84,412	+1.8%	160.76	534.6/km2

Northern Rockies	District municipality	Northern Rockies	February 6, 2009	4,831	5,290	−8.7%	85,013.39	0.1/km2

Oak Bay	District municipality	Capital	July 2, 1906	18,094	18,015	+0.4%	10.53	1,718.3/km2

Peachland	District municipality	Central Okanagan	January 1, 1909	5,428	5,200	+4.4%	15.96	340.1/km2

Port Edward	District municipality	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	June 29, 1966	467	544	−14.2%	168.01	2.8/km2

Port Hardy	District municipality	Mount Waddington	May 5, 1966	4,132	4,008	+3.1%	38.73	106.7/km2

Saanich	District municipality	Capital	March 1, 1906	114,148	109,752	+4.0%	103.78	1,099.9/km2

Sechelt	District municipality	Sunshine Coast	February 15, 1956	10,216	9,291	+10.0%	39.02	261.8/km2

Sicamous	District municipality	Columbia Shuswap	December 4, 1989	2,429	2,441	−0.5%	12.80	189.8/km2

Sooke	District municipality	Capital	December 7, 1999	13,001	11,435	+13.7%	56.62	229.6/km2

Spallumcheen	District municipality	North Okanagan	July 21, 1892	5,106	5,040	+1.3%	255.04	20.0/km2

Sparwood	District municipality	East Kootenay	October 6, 1964	3,784	3,667	+3.2%	191.60	19.7/km2

Squamish	District municipality	Squamish-Lillooet	May 18, 1948	19,512	17,158	+13.7%	104.87	186.1/km2

Stewart	District municipality	Kitimat-Stikine	May 16, 1930	401	494	−18.8%	552.08	0.7/km2

Summerland	District municipality	Okanagan-Similkameen	December 21, 1906	11,615	11,280	+3.0%	74.08	156.8/km2

Taylor	District municipality	Peace River	August 23, 1958	1,469	1,373	+7.0%	17.09	86.0/km2

Tofino	District municipality	Alberni-Clayoquot	February 5, 1932	1,967	1,876	+4.9%	10.55	186.4/km2

Tumbler Ridge	District municipality	Peace River	April 9, 1981	1,987	2,710	−26.7%	1,558.97	1.3/km2

Ucluelet	District municipality	Alberni-Clayoquot	February 26, 1952	1,717	1,627	+5.5%	6.49	264.6/km2

Vanderhoof	District municipality	Bulkley-Nechako	January 22, 1926	4,439	4,480	−0.9%	54.83	81.0/km2

Wells	District municipality	Cariboo	June 29, 1998	217	245	−11.4%	158.28	1.4/km2

West Vancouver	District municipality	Metro Vancouver	March 15, 1912	42,473	42,694	−0.5%	87.26	486.7/km2

Sechelt Indian Government District	Indian government district	qathet and Sunshine Coast	March 17, 1988	692	819	−15.5%	11.05	62.6/km2

Bowen Island	Island municipality	Metro Vancouver	December 4, 1999	3,680	3,402	+8.2%	50.14	73.4/km2

Jumbo Glacier	Mountain resort municipality	East Kootenay	February 19, 2013	–	–	–	–	–

Sun Peaks	Mountain resort municipality	Thompson-Nicola	June 3, 2010	616	371	+66.0%	40.86	15.1/km2

Whistler	Resort municipality	Squamish-Lillooet	September 6, 1975	11,854	9,824	+20.7%	240.41	49.3/km2

Comox	Town	Comox Valley	January 14, 1946	14,028	13,627	+2.9%	16.74	838.0/km2

Creston	Town	Central Kootenay	May 14, 1924	5,351	5,306	+0.8%	8.47	631.8/km2

Gibsons	Town	Sunshine Coast	March 4, 1929	4,605	4,437	+3.8%	4.29	1,073.4/km2

Golden	Town	Columbia Shuswap	June 26, 1957	3,708	3,701	+0.2%	11.41	325.0/km2

Ladysmith	Town	Cowichan Valley	June 3, 1904	8,537	7,921	+7.8%	11.99	712.0/km2

Lake Cowichan	Town	Cowichan Valley	August 19, 1944	3,226	2,974	+8.5%	8.29	389.1/km2

Oliver	Town	Okanagan-Similkameen	December 31, 1945	4,928	4,824	+2.2%	5.50	896.0/km2

Osoyoos	Town	Okanagan-Similkameen	January 14, 1946	5,050	4,845	+4.2%	8.50	594.1/km2

Port McNeill	Town	Mount Waddington	February 18, 1966	2,337	2,505	−6.7%	13.77	169.7/km2

Princeton	Town	Okanagan-Similkameen	September 11, 1951	2,828	2,724	+3.8%	59.60	47.4/km2

Qualicum Beach	Town	Nanaimo	May 5, 1942	8,943	8,687	+2.9%	17.98	497.4/km2

Sidney	Town	Capital	September 30, 1952	11,672	11,178	+4.4%	5.10	2,288.6/km2

Smithers	Town	Bulkley-Nechako	October 6, 1921	5,401	5,404	−0.1%	15.27	353.7/km2

View Royal	Town	Capital	December 5, 1988	10,408	9,381	+10.9%	14.36	724.8/km2

Alert Bay	Village	Mount Waddington	January 14, 1946	479	435	+10.1%	1.69	283.4/km2

Anmore	Village	Metro Vancouver	December 7, 1987	2,210	2,092	+5.6%	27.55	80.2/km2

Ashcroft	Village	Thompson-Nicola	June 27, 1952	1,558	1,628	−4.3%	50.90	30.6/km2

Belcarra	Village	Metro Vancouver	August 22, 1979	643	644	−0.2%	5.50	116.9/km2

Burns Lake	Village	Bulkley-Nechako	December 6, 1923	1,779	2,029	−12.3%	6.59	270.0/km2

Cache Creek	Village	Thompson-Nicola	November 28, 1967	963	1,040	−7.4%	10.40	92.6/km2

Canal Flats	Village	East Kootenay	June 29, 2004	668	715	−6.6%	10.96	60.9/km2

Chase	Village	Thompson-Nicola	April 22, 1969	2,286	2,495	−8.4%	3.77	606.4/km2

Clinton	Village	Thompson-Nicola	July 16, 1963	641	636	+0.8%	8.19	78.3/km2

Cumberland	Village	Comox Valley	January 1, 1898	3,753	3,398	+10.4%	29.11	128.9/km2

Fraser Lake	Village	Bulkley-Nechako	September 27, 1966	988	1,167	−15.3%	4.07	242.8/km2

Fruitvale	Village	Kootenay Boundary	November 4, 1952	1,920	2,011	−4.5%	2.70	711.1/km2

Gold River	Village	Strathcona	August 26, 1965	1,212	1,267	−4.3%	10.94	110.8/km2

Granisle	Village	Bulkley-Nechako	June 29, 1971	303	303	0.0%	41.86	7.2/km2

Harrison Hot Springs	Village	Fraser Valley	May 27, 1949	1,468	1,468	0.0%	5.57	263.6/km2

Hazelton	Village	Kitimat-Stikine	February 15, 1956	313	300	+4.3%	2.89	108.3/km2

Kaslo	Village	Central Kootenay	August 14, 1893	968	1,031	−6.1%	3.01	321.6/km2

Keremeos	Village	Okanagan-Similkameen	October 30, 1956	1,502	1,330	+12.9%	2.09	718.7/km2

Lions Bay	Village	Metro Vancouver	December 17, 1970	1,334	1,318	+1.2%	2.53	527.3/km2

Lumby	Village	North Okanagan	December 20, 1955	1,833	1,731	+5.9%	5.93	309.1/km2

Lytton	Village	Thompson-Nicola	May 3, 1945	249	228	+9.2%	6.73	37.0/km2

Masset	Village	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	May 11, 1961	793	884	−10.3%	20.83	38.1/km2

McBride	Village	Fraser-Fort George	April 7, 1932	616	586	+5.1%	4.64	132.8/km2

Midway	Village	Kootenay Boundary	May 25, 1967	649	674	−3.7%	12.24	53.0/km2

Montrose	Village	Kootenay Boundary	June 22, 1956	996	1,030	−3.3%	1.46	682.2/km2

Nakusp	Village	Central Kootenay	November 24, 1964	1,605	1,569	+2.3%	8.05	199.4/km2

New Denver	Village	Central Kootenay	January 12, 1929	473	504	−6.2%	0.87	543.7/km2

Pemberton	Village	Squamish-Lillooet	July 20, 1956	2,574	2,434	+5.8%	61.42	41.9/km2

Port Alice	Village	Mount Waddington	June 16, 1965	664	805	−17.5%	7.04	94.3/km2

Port Clements	Village	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	December 31, 1975	282	378	−25.4%	13.07	21.6/km2

Pouce Coupe	Village	Peace River	January 6, 1932	792	738	+7.3%	2.06	384.5/km2

Queen Charlotte	Village	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	December 5, 2005	864	944	−8.5%	35.63	24.2/km2

Radium Hot Springs	Village	East Kootenay	December 10, 1990	776	777	−0.1%	6.34	122.4/km2

Salmo	Village	Central Kootenay	October 30, 1946	1,141	1,139	+0.2%	2.44	467.6/km2

Sayward	Village	Strathcona	June 27, 1968	311	317	−1.9%	4.51	69.0/km2

Silverton	Village	Central Kootenay	May 6, 1930	195	195	0.0%	0.35	557.1/km2

Slocan	Village	Central Kootenay	June 1, 1901	289	296	−2.4%	0.78	370.5/km2

Tahsis	Village	Strathcona	June 17, 1970	248	316	−21.5%	5.26	47.1/km2

Telkwa	Village	Bulkley-Nechako	July 18, 1952	1,327	1,350	−1.7%	7.04	188.5/km2

Valemount	Village	Fraser-Fort George	December 13, 1962	1,021	1,020	+0.1%	5.17	197.5/km2

Warfield	Village	Kootenay Boundary	December 8, 1952	1,680	1,700	−1.2%	1.89	888.9/km2

Zeballos	Village	Strathcona	June 27, 1952	107	125	−14.4%	1.56	68.6/km2

Total cities	—	—	—	3,225,473	3,033,218	+6.3%	4,082.95	790.0/km2

Total district municipalities	—	—	—	770,183	736,531	+4.6%	92,222.23	8.4/km2

Total Indian government districts	—	—	—	692	819	−15.5%	11.05	62.6/km2

Total island municipalities	—	—	—	3,680	3,402	+8.2%	50.14	73.4/km2

Total mountain resort municipalities	—	—	—	616	371	+66.0%	40.86	15.1/km2

Total resort municipalities	—	—	—	11,854	9,824	+20.7%	240.41	49.3/km2

Total towns	—	—	—	91,022	87,514	+4.0%	201.27	452.2/km2

Total villages	—	—	—	44,473	45,047	−1.3%	445.63	99.8/km2

Total all municipalities	—	—	—	4,148,087	3,916,726	+5.9%	97,294.54	42.6/km2

Province of British Columbia	—	—	—	4,648,055	4,400,057	+5.6%	922,503.01	5.0/km2

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British Columbia's district municipalities are Langley and Wells.

final_sentence: British Columbia's district municipalities are Langley and Wells.