# List of school districts in British Columbia

The province of British Columbia in Canada is divided into 60 school districts which administer publicly funded education until the end of grade 12 in local areas or, in the case of francophone education, across the province.

## Districts

| School district | Main office | Region | Communities served |
| School District 5 Southeast Kootenay | Cranbrook | Kootenays | Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood |
| School District 6 Rocky Mountain | Invermere | Kootenays | Kimberley, Invermere, Golden |
| School District 8 Kootenay Lake | Nelson | Kootenays | Nelson, Creston, Salmo, Kaslo |
| School District 10 Arrow Lakes | Nakusp | Kootenays | Nakusp, Burton, Edgewood, New Denver |
| School District 19 Revelstoke | Revelstoke | Okanagan/Mainline | Revelstoke |
| School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia | Trail | Kootenays | Castlegar, Rossland, Trail |
| School District 22 Vernon | Vernon | Okanagan/Mainline | Vernon, Lumby |
| School District 23 Central Okanagan | Kelowna | Okanagan/Mainline | Kelowna, Rutland, West Kelowna, Peachland Lake Country |
| School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin | Williams Lake | Northeast | Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, Canim Lake, Lac La Hache |
| School District 28 Quesnel | Quesnel | Northeast | Quesnel, Wells |
| School District 33 Chilliwack | Chilliwack | Fraser Valley | Chilliwack |
| School District 34 Abbotsford | Abbotsford | Fraser Valley | Abbotsford |
| School District 35 Langley | Langley | Metro/Coast | Township of Langley, Langley City, Aldergrove, Fort Langley |
| School District 36 Surrey | Surrey | Metro/Coast | Surrey, White Rock, Barnston Island |
| School District 37 Delta | Delta | Metro/Coast | Delta, Ladner, Tsawwassen |
| School District 38 Richmond | Richmond | Metro/Coast | Richmond |
| School District 39 Vancouver | Vancouver | Metro/Coast | Vancouver, UBC, University Endowment Lands |
| School District 40 New Westminster | New Westminster | Metro/Coast | New Westminster, Queensborough |
| School District 41 Burnaby | Burnaby | Metro/Coast | Burnaby |
| School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Maple Ridge | Metro/Coast | Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows |
| School District 43 Coquitlam | Coquitlam | Metro/Coast | Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody |
| School District 44 North Vancouver | North Vancouver | Metro/Coast | District of North Vancouver, City of North Vancouver |
| School District 45 West Vancouver | West Vancouver | Metro/Coast | Bowen Island, Lions Bay, West Vancouver |
| School District 46 Sunshine Coast | Gibsons | Metro/Coast | Gibsons, Sechelt |
| School District 47 Powell River | Powell River | Metro/Coast | Powell River |
| School District 48 Sea to Sky | Squamish | Metro/Coast | Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton |
| School District 49 Central Coast | Hagensborg | Northeast | Hagensborg, Bella Coola, Denny Island, Rivers Inlet |
| School District 50 Haida Gwaii | Daajing Giids | Northwest | Daajing Giids, Masset |
| School District 51 Boundary | Grand Forks | Kootenays | Grand Forks, Midway, Greenwood |
| School District 52 Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert | Northwest | Prince Rupert |
| School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen | Oliver | Okanagan/Mainline | Oliver, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls, Keremeos |
| School District 54 Bulkley Valley | Smithers | Northwest | Smithers, Telkwa, Houston |
| School District 57 Prince George | Prince George | Northeast | Prince George, McBride, Mackenzie, Valemount |
| School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen | Merritt | Okanagan/Mainline | Merritt, Princeton |
| School District 59 Peace River South | Dawson Creek | Northeast | Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge |
| School District 60 Peace River North | Fort St. John | Northeast | Fort St. John, Hudson's Hope, Prespatou |
| School District 61 Greater Victoria | Victoria | Greater Victoria | Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich, Victoria, View Royal |
| School District 62 Sooke | Langford | Greater Victoria | Colwood, Langford, Metchosin, Port Renfrew, Sooke |
| School District 63 Saanich | Saanichton | Greater Victoria | Saanich, Central Saanich, North Saanich, Sidney |
| School District 64 Gulf Islands | Salt Spring Island | Vancouver Island | Salt Spring Island, Galiano, Mayne, Saturna, Pender Islands |
| School District 67 Okanagan Skaha | Penticton | Okanagan/Mainline | Penticton, Summerland |
| School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith | Nanaimo | Vancouver Island | Lantzville, Nanaimo, Cedar, Ladysmith |
| School District 69 Qualicum | Parksville | Vancouver Island | Parksville, Qualicum Beach |
| School District 70 Pacific Rim | Port Alberni | Vancouver Island | Bamfield, Port Alberni, Tofino, Ucluelet |
| School District 71 Comox Valley | Courtenay | Vancouver Island | Comox, Courtenay |
| School District 72 Campbell River | Campbell River | Vancouver Island | Campbell River |
| School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson | Kamloops | Thompson Country | Kamloops, Chase, Barriere, Clearwater, Logan Lake |
| School District 74 Gold Trail | Ashcroft | Thompson Country | Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton, Lytton, Lillooet |
| School District 75 Mission | Mission | Fraser Valley | Mission, Deroche, Dewdney, |
| School District 78 Fraser-Cascade | Hope | Fraser Valley | Hope, Agassiz, Yale, Boston Bar |
| School District 79 Cowichan Valley | Duncan | Vancouver Island | Duncan, Lake Cowichan, Crofton, Chemainus |
| School District 81 Fort Nelson | Fort Nelson | Northeast | Fort Nelson |
| School District 82 Coast Mountains | Terrace | Northwest | Terrace, Kitimat, Stewart |
| School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap | Salmon Arm | Okanagan/Mainline | Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Sicamous, Malakwa |
| School District 84 Vancouver Island West | Gold River | Vancouver Island | Gold River, Zeballos |
| School District 85 Vancouver Island North | Port Hardy | Vancouver Island | Port Hardy, Port McNeill |
| School District 87 Stikine | Dease Lake | Northwest | Dease Lake, Atlin, Lower Post, Telegraph Creek |
| School District 91 Nechako Lakes | Vanderhoof | Northeast | Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Burns Lake |
| School District 92 Nisga'a | New Aiyansh | Northwest | Gitlakdamix, Gitwinksihlkw, Laxgalts'ap, Gingolx |
| School District 93 Conseil scolaire francophone | Richmond | All | All of British Columbia |

## Changes

Many school districts were in existence prior to British Columbia joining Canada in 1871. Some districts were just single schools or even one teacher. Traditionally school districts in British Columbia were either municipal, which were named after the municipality such as Vancouver or Victoria, or rural and given a regional name. Many districts' names are a legacy of this pattern. In 1946, the Ministry of Education rearranged the province's 650 school districts into 74, giving each a number and a name. The school districts were numbered geographically starting in the southeast corner and proceeding in a counter-clockwise pattern. This has been disrupted by successive changes to districts. The most recent changes occurred in April 1996 with the restructuring and reduction in the number of school districts from 74 to 57.
District changes 1996 :
| Old school district | New school district |
| 1 Fernie, 2 Cranbrook | 5 Southeast Kootenay |
| 3 Kimberley, 4 Windermere, 18 Golden | 6 Rocky Mountain |
| 7 Nelson, 86 Creston-Kaslo | 8 Kootenay Lake |
| 9 Castlegar, 11 Trail | 20 Kootenay-Columbia |
| 12 Grand Forks, 13 Kettle Valley | 51 Boundary |
| 14 Southern Okanagan, 16 Keremeos | 53 Okanagan Similkameen |
| 17 Princeton, 31 Merritt | 58 Nicola-Similkameen |
| 15 Penticton, 77 Summerland | 67 Okanagan Skaha |
| 24 Kamloops, 26 North Thompson | 73 Kamloops/Thompson |
| 29 Lillooet, 30 South Cariboo | 74 Gold Trail |
| 32 Hope, 76 Agassiz-Harrison | 78 Fraser-Cascade |
| 65 Cowichan, 66 Lake Cowichan | 79 Cowichan Valley |
| 80 Kitimat, 88 Terrace | 82 Coast Mountains |
| 21 Armstrong-Spallumcheen, 89 Shuswap | 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap |
| 55 Burns Lake, 56 Nechako | 91 Nechako Lakes |