British Columbia Cities by Population 2026
5 Most Populated British Columbia Cities
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | 2025 Pop. | Annual Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 751,644 | 740,454 | 1.51% |
| Surrey | 731,630 | 703,531 | 3.99% |
| Burnaby | 309,694 | 299,682 | 3.34% |
| Richmond | 244,811 | 239,584 | 2.18% |
| Abbotsford | 178,976 | 175,358 | 2.06% |
| Coquitlam | 178,477 | 173,599 | 2.81% |
| Kelowna | 172,080 | 167,654 | 2.64% |
| Langley | 170,848 | 163,885 | 4.25% |
| Delta | 127,663 | 124,670 | 2.4% |
| Saanich | 126,811 | 126,011 | 0.63% |
| Nanaimo | 113,864 | 111,845 | 1.81% |
| Kamloops | 110,477 | 108,793 | 1.55% |
| Maple Ridge | 108,994 | 105,925 | 2.9% |
| Chilliwack | 107,620 | 105,520 | 1.99% |
| Victoria | 105,682 | 103,888 | 1.73% |
| North Vancouver | 99,588 | 97,845 | 1.78% |
| New Westminster | 94,557 | 92,124 | 2.64% |
| Prince George | 87,179 | 85,944 | 1.44% |
| Port Coquitlam | 68,718 | 67,724 | 1.47% |
| North Vancouver | 68,291 | 66,624 | 2.5% |
| Langford | 62,723 | 59,664 | 5.13% |
| Vernon | 50,428 | 49,527 | 1.82% |
| West Vancouver | 48,644 | 47,929 | 1.49% |
| Mission | 48,279 | 47,280 | 2.11% |
| West Kelowna | 41,066 | 40,274 | 1.97% |
| Penticton | 39,305 | 39,068 | 0.61% |
| Port Moody | 39,190 | 38,285 | 2.36% |
| Campbell River | 38,702 | 38,300 | 1.05% |
| Langley | 36,906 | 35,444 | 4.12% |
| North Cowichan | 34,907 | 34,525 | 1.11% |
| Courtenay | 33,737 | 32,869 | 2.64% |
| Squamish | 29,637 | 28,578 | 3.71% |
| White Rock | 25,762 | 25,057 | 2.81% |
| Fort St. John | 24,766 | 24,383 | 1.57% |
| Colwood | 23,590 | 22,794 | 3.49% |
| Cranbrook | 23,024 | 22,703 | 1.41% |
| Metro Vancouver A | 22,675 | 22,031 | 2.92% |
| Pitt Meadows | 21,177 | 20,892 | 1.36% |
| Salmon Arm | 21,146 | 20,891 | 1.22% |
| Port Alberni | 19,859 | 19,671 | 0.96% |
| Esquimalt | 19,748 | 19,512 | 1.21% |
| Oak Bay | 18,668 | 18,626 | 0.23% |
| Central Saanich | 18,235 | 18,184 | 0.28% |
| Lake Country | 17,999 | 17,637 | 2.05% |
| Sooke | 17,700 | 17,248 | 2.62% |
| Comox | 16,056 | 15,884 | 1.08% |
| Parksville | 15,744 | 15,371 | 2.43% |
| Whistler | 15,148 | 15,090 | 0.38% |
| Powell River | 15,100 | 14,947 | 1.02% |
| Terrace | 13,914 | 13,648 | 1.95% |
| Dawson Creek | 13,783 | 13,635 | 1.09% |
| Sidney | 13,647 | 13,445 | 1.5% |
| North Saanich | 13,154 | 12,986 | 1.29% |
| View Royal | 12,987 | 12,795 | 1.5% |
| Prince Rupert | 12,919 | 12,903 | 0.12% |
| Saltspring Island | 12,577 | 12,429 | 1.19% |
| Summerland | 12,345 | 12,343 | 0.02% |
| Nelson | 12,269 | 12,126 | 1.18% |
| Sechelt | 11,656 | 11,558 | 0.85% |
| Williams Lake | 11,477 | 11,462 | 0.13% |
| Coldstream | 11,366 | 11,380 | -0.12% |
| Tsinstikeptum 9 | 10,834 | 10,514 | 3.04% |
| Kitimat | 10,326 | 10,019 | 3.06% |
| Quesnel | 10,240 | 10,253 | -0.13% |
| Columbia-Shuswap C | 10,230 | 9,984 | 2.46% |
| Ladysmith | 10,087 | 9,926 | 1.62% |
| Cowichan Valley B | 10,039 | 9,903 | 1.37% |
| Qualicum Beach | 9,698 | 9,640 | 0.6% |
| Castlegar | 9,650 | 9,465 | 1.95% |
| Revelstoke | 9,648 | 9,464 | 1.94% |
| Kimberley | 9,208 | 9,037 | 1.89% |
| Nanaimo F | 8,879 | 8,810 | 0.78% |
| Trail | 8,602 | 8,539 | 0.74% |
| Comox Valley A | 8,497 | 8,415 | 0.97% |
| Nanaimo G | 8,446 | 8,412 | 0.4% |
| Comox Valley B (Lazo North) | 7,897 | 7,830 | 0.86% |
| Nanaimo A | 7,852 | 7,825 | 0.35% |
| Hope | 7,252 | 7,183 | 0.96% |
| Kent | 7,222 | 7,093 | 1.82% |
| Fernie | 7,213 | 7,086 | 1.79% |
| Nanaimo E | 7,195 | 7,125 | 0.98% |
| Merritt | 7,160 | 7,190 | -0.42% |
| East Kootenay C | 7,091 | 7,006 | 1.21% |
| Southern Gulf Islands | 6,853 | 6,691 | 2.42% |
| Peachland | 6,392 | 6,302 | 1.43% |
| Peace River C | 6,351 | 6,344 | 0.11% |
| Cariboo A | 6,131 | 6,172 | -0.66% |
| Creston | 6,046 | 5,976 | 1.17% |
| Cariboo G | 5,994 | 5,887 | 1.82% |
| Spallumcheen | 5,936 | 5,843 | 1.59% |
| Peace River B | 5,884 | 5,814 | 1.2% |
| Duncan | 5,861 | 5,745 | 2.02% |
| Bulkley-Nechako A | 5,859 | 5,829 | 0.51% |
| Osoyoos | 5,743 | 5,724 | 0.33% |
| Armstrong | 5,686 | 5,643 | 0.76% |
| Smithers | 5,630 | 5,627 | 0.05% |
| Juan de Fuca (Part 1) | 5,485 | 5,439 | 0.85% |
| Cariboo L | 5,477 | 5,358 | 2.22% |
| Central Kootenay H | 5,449 | 5,390 | 1.09% |
| Central Kootenay B | 5,304 | 5,243 | 1.16% |
| Oliver | 5,263 | 5,262 | 0.02% |
| Metchosin | 5,214 | 5,207 | 0.13% |
| Cowichan Valley A | 5,176 | 5,156 | 0.39% |
| Tzeachten 13 | 5,150 | 4,899 | 5.12% |
| Gibsons | 5,142 | 5,090 | 1.02% |
| North Okanagan C | 5,137 | 5,029 | 2.15% |
| Peace River D | 5,112 | 5,100 | 0.24% |
| North Okanagan F | 5,086 | 4,969 | 2.35% |
| Cumberland | 5,066 | 4,974 | 1.85% |
| Cowichan Valley C | 5,064 | 5,074 | -0.2% |
| Cariboo F | 5,038 | 5,016 | 0.44% |
| Nanaimo H | 4,930 | 4,815 | 2.39% |
| Columbia-Shuswap D | 4,909 | 4,829 | 1.66% |
| Central Okanagan | 4,904 | 4,784 | 2.51% |
| Fraser-Fort George D | 4,871 | 4,802 | 1.44% |
| Nanaimo B | 4,747 | 4,702 | 0.96% |
| Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks) | 4,631 | 4,540 | 2% |
| Bowen Island | 4,562 | 4,501 | 1.36% |
| Vanderhoof | 4,549 | 4,545 | 0.09% |
| Sparwood | 4,532 | 4,486 | 1.03% |
| Golden | 4,505 | 4,433 | 1.62% |
| Cowichan Valley E | 4,503 | 4,482 | 0.47% |
| Kamloops 1 | 4,462 | 4,362 | 2.29% |
| Central Kootenay E | 4,383 | 4,309 | 1.72% |
| Rossland | 4,383 | 4,355 | 0.64% |
| Invermere | 4,380 | 4,305 | 1.74% |
| Lantzville | 4,364 | 4,276 | 2.06% |
| Sunshine Coast E | 4,363 | 4,279 | 1.96% |
| Grand Forks | 4,331 | 4,308 | 0.53% |
| Cariboo E | 4,238 | 4,242 | -0.09% |
| Port Hardy | 4,229 | 4,201 | 0.67% |
| Central Kootenay F | 4,211 | 4,209 | 0.05% |
| Cariboo B | 4,210 | 4,169 | 0.98% |
| Kitimat-Stikine E | 4,155 | 4,153 | 0.05% |
| Northern Rockies | 4,155 | 4,144 | 0.27% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen C | 4,123 | 4,103 | 0.49% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen D | 3,984 | 4,002 | -0.45% |
| Central Kootenay J | 3,983 | 3,915 | 1.74% |
| East Kootenay F | 3,980 | 3,893 | 2.23% |
| Fraser-Fort George C | 3,837 | 3,811 | 0.68% |
| Lake Cowichan | 3,822 | 3,757 | 1.73% |
| Sunshine Coast D | 3,820 | 3,779 | 1.08% |
| Nanaimo C | 3,808 | 3,733 | 2.01% |
| Fraser-Fort George A | 3,805 | 3,764 | 1.09% |
| Cowichan Valley D | 3,735 | 3,713 | 0.59% |
| Columbia-Shuswap A | 3,729 | 3,672 | 1.55% |
| Pemberton | 3,671 | 3,620 | 1.41% |
| Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks | 3,647 | 3,570 | 2.16% |
| Bulkley-Nechako F | 3,642 | 3,643 | -0.03% |
| Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands) | 3,591 | 3,543 | 1.35% |
| Columbia-Shuswap F | 3,554 | 3,475 | 2.27% |
| Capilano 5 | 3,461 | 3,376 | 2.52% |
| Richmond | 3,456 | 3,419 | 1.08% |
| Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary | 3,453 | 3,361 | 2.74% |
| North Okanagan B | 3,431 | 3,415 | 0.47% |
| Mackenzie | 3,411 | 3,442 | -0.9% |
| Central Okanagan West | 3,403 | 3,298 | 3.18% |
| Enderby | 3,326 | 3,292 | 1.03% |
| Sunshine Coast A | 3,300 | 3,256 | 1.35% |
| North Okanagan D | 3,226 | 3,184 | 1.32% |
| Kitimat-Stikine C (Part 1) | 3,220 | 3,189 | 0.97% |
| Sunshine Coast B | 3,168 | 3,130 | 1.21% |
| Houston | 3,103 | 3,114 | -0.35% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot E | 3,084 | 3,069 | 0.49% |
| Cariboo D | 3,072 | 3,057 | 0.49% |
| Princeton | 3,071 | 3,050 | 0.69% |
| Elkford | 3,070 | 3,030 | 1.32% |
| Strathcona C | 3,035 | 2,981 | 1.81% |
| Burrard Inlet 3 | 2,907 | 2,820 | 3.09% |
| Sicamous | 2,899 | 2,854 | 1.58% |
| Fraser Valley H | 2,846 | 2,773 | 2.63% |
| Tofino | 2,803 | 2,772 | 1.12% |
| Highlands | 2,802 | 2,753 | 1.78% |
| Cowichan Valley H | 2,778 | 2,761 | 0.62% |
| Central Kootenay I | 2,773 | 2,758 | 0.54% |
| Central Kootenay A | 2,771 | 2,668 | 3.86% |
| Tsawwassen | 2,764 | 2,629 | 5.14% |
| Sunshine Coast F | 2,743 | 2,691 | 1.93% |
| Tumbler Ridge | 2,727 | 2,663 | 2.4% |
| Peace River E | 2,721 | 2,737 | -0.58% |
| Chase | 2,624 | 2,591 | 1.27% |
| Cowichan Valley G | 2,617 | 2,597 | 0.77% |
| Ucluelet | 2,534 | 2,452 | 3.34% |
| Anmore | 2,527 | 2,508 | 0.76% |
| Clearwater | 2,518 | 2,500 | 0.72% |
| Cowichan | 2,510 | 2,509 | 0.04% |
| Chetwynd | 2,492 | 2,484 | 0.32% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen A | 2,486 | 2,429 | 2.35% |
| Fraser Valley D | 2,480 | 2,401 | 3.29% |
| qathet C | 2,449 | 2,409 | 1.66% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen G | 2,419 | 2,402 | 0.71% |
| Port McNeill | 2,395 | 2,402 | -0.29% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen H | 2,393 | 2,372 | 0.89% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen I | 2,371 | 2,372 | -0.04% |
| Logan Lake | 2,345 | 2,337 | 0.34% |
| Lumby | 2,291 | 2,257 | 1.51% |
| East Kootenay B | 2,257 | 2,221 | 1.62% |
| Harrison Hot Springs | 2,200 | 2,148 | 2.42% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot F | 2,170 | 2,141 | 1.35% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen F | 2,156 | 2,149 | 0.33% |
| Penticton 1 | 2,155 | 2,147 | 0.37% |
| Tsinstikeptum 10 | 2,147 | 2,081 | 3.17% |
| Duck Lake 7 | 2,143 | 2,091 | 2.49% |
| East Kootenay A | 2,131 | 2,092 | 1.86% |
| Armstrong | 2,094 | 2,062 | 1.55% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen E | 2,092 | 2,077 | 0.72% |
| New Songhees 1A | 2,088 | 2,052 | 1.75% |
| Fruitvale | 2,079 | 2,068 | 0.53% |
| Cariboo H | 2,075 | 2,047 | 1.37% |
| Kent | 2,042 | 2,028 | 0.69% |
| One Hundred Mile House | 2,039 | 2,030 | 0.44% |
| Squamish-Lillooet C | 2,025 | 2,027 | -0.1% |
| Kootenay Boundary A | 2,018 | 2,008 | 0.5% |
| Lillooet | 2,016 | 2,065 | -2.37% |
| Burns Lake | 2,013 | 2,007 | 0.3% |
| East Kootenay G | 2,011 | 1,952 | 3.02% |
| Central Kootenay K | 2,001 | 1,965 | 1.83% |
| East Saanich 2 | 1,995 | 1,962 | 1.68% |
| Thompson-Nicola J (Copper Desert Country) | 1,992 | 1,958 | 1.74% |
| Barriere | 1,937 | 1,913 | 1.25% |
| East Kootenay E | 1,915 | 1,881 | 1.81% |
| Musqueam 2 | 1,909 | 1,879 | 1.6% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot D | 1,886 | 1,875 | 0.59% |
| Victoria | 1,866 | 1,837 | 1.58% |
| Cowichan Valley F | 1,839 | 1,837 | 0.11% |
| Keremeos | 1,821 | 1,779 | 2.36% |
| Central Kootenay G | 1,813 | 1,795 | 1% |
| Fraser Valley G | 1,813 | 1,808 | 0.28% |
| Bulkley-Nechako D | 1,811 | 1,772 | 2.2% |
| Thompson-Nicola A (Wells Gray Country) | 1,794 | 1,766 | 1.59% |
| Nisga'a | 1,793 | 1,803 | -0.55% |
| Fraser Valley E | 1,781 | 1,748 | 1.89% |
| Bulkley-Nechako B | 1,766 | 1,769 | -0.17% |
| Nakusp | 1,761 | 1,740 | 1.21% |
| Ashcroft | 1,754 | 1,744 | 0.57% |
| Cariboo I | 1,746 | 1,707 | 2.28% |
| qathet B | 1,716 | 1,714 | 0.12% |
| Central Kootenay C | 1,715 | 1,672 | 2.57% |
| Warfield | 1,715 | 1,729 | -0.81% |
| Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake | 1,679 | 1,666 | 0.78% |
| Thompson-Nicola O (Lower North Thompson) | 1,674 | 1,653 | 1.27% |
| Bulkley-Nechako E | 1,649 | 1,631 | 1.1% |
| Kitimat-Stikine B | 1,648 | 1,617 | 1.92% |
| Central Kootenay D | 1,616 | 1,596 | 1.25% |
| Fraser-Fort George H | 1,601 | 1,604 | -0.19% |
| Fraser Valley F | 1,589 | 1,556 | 2.12% |
| Sun Peaks Mountain | 1,582 | 1,546 | 2.33% |
| Fort St. James | 1,548 | 1,542 | 0.39% |
| Telkwa | 1,548 | 1,544 | 0.26% |
| Cowichan Valley I | 1,539 | 1,521 | 1.18% |
| Columbia-Shuswap E | 1,535 | 1,518 | 1.12% |
| Radium Hot Springs | 1,535 | 1,489 | 3.09% |
| Richmond | 1,529 | 1,516 | 0.86% |
| Osoyoos 1 | 1,503 | 1,484 | 1.28% |
| Fraser-Fort George F | 1,426 | 1,402 | 1.71% |
| Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory | 1,423 | 1,432 | -0.63% |
| Taylor | 1,418 | 1,415 | 0.21% |
| Bella Bella 1 | 1,376 | 1,339 | 2.76% |
| Lions Bay | 1,369 | 1,375 | -0.44% |
| Victoria | 1,359 | 1,333 | 1.95% |
| Gold River | 1,347 | 1,339 | 0.6% |
| qathet A | 1,346 | 1,330 | 1.2% |
| Salmo | 1,337 | 1,310 | 2.06% |
| Bulkley-Nechako C | 1,310 | 1,312 | -0.15% |
| Mount Currie | 1,301 | 1,298 | 0.23% |
| Cariboo C | 1,292 | 1,289 | 0.23% |
| North Okanagan E | 1,286 | 1,248 | 3.04% |
| Armstrong | 1,279 | 1,269 | 0.79% |
| qathet D | 1,250 | 1,221 | 2.38% |
| Thompson-Nicola I (Blue Sky Country) | 1,206 | 1,189 | 1.43% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen B | 1,199 | 1,190 | 0.76% |
British Columbia Cities Overview
The largest city in British Columbia is Vancouver, with a 2026 population of 751,644. Tsawwassen is the fastest growing city in British Columbia, having grown 5.14% annually between 2011 and 2016.