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Deepest water wells

Median depth of water-supply wells on record. 245 places ranked; 51 too small to rank; the other 23 have no figure.

50°N52°N54°N56°N58°N60°N135°W130°W125°W120°W115°WVancouver: 34 mSurrey: 22 mBurnaby: no figureRichmond: 23 mAbbotsford: 22 mCoquitlam: 54 mKelowna: 18 mLangley (district municipality): 41 mSaanich: 80 mDelta: 9 mNanaimo: 16 mKamloops: 60 mChilliwack: 20 mVictoria: 71 m (too small to rank)Maple Ridge: 27 mNorth Vancouver (district municipality): 83 mNew Westminster: 61 m (too small to rank)Prince George: 48 mPort Coquitlam: no figureNorth Vancouver (city): 9 m (too small to rank)Langford: 73 mVernon: 13 mWest Vancouver: 39 m (too small to rank)Mission: 53 mPenticton: 91 mWest Kelowna: 85 mCampbell River: 7 mPort Moody: 49 m (too small to rank)North Cowichan: 52 mLangley (city): 76 m (too small to rank)Courtenay: 16 mSquamish: 30 mWhite Rock: 102 m (too small to rank)Fort St. John: 61 m (too small to rank)Cranbrook: 50 mSalmon Arm: 49 mPitt Meadows: 23 m (too small to rank)Colwood: 76 mMetro Vancouver, Electoral Area A: 48 mPort Alberni: 53 m (too small to rank)Oak Bay: 136 m (too small to rank)Esquimalt: 152 m (too small to rank)Central Saanich: 79 mLake Country: 23 mSooke: 122 mComox: 10 mWhistler: 30 mPowell River: 52 m (too small to rank)Parksville: 23 mDawson Creek: no figureSidney: 122 m (too small to rank)Prince Rupert: no figureNorth Saanich: 49 mSummerland: 61 mTerrace: 57 mSaltspring Island: 69 mView Royal: 76 mColdstream: 15 mNelson: 57 m (too small to rank)Williams Lake: 59 mSechelt: 64 mQuesnel: 43 mQualicum Beach: 40 mComox Valley, Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek): 16 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area B: 84 mLadysmith: 75 m (too small to rank)Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area C: 79 mCastlegar: 73 m (too small to rank)Revelstoke: 58 mKitimat: 26 mNanaimo, Electoral Area F: 24 mKimberley: 65 m (too small to rank)Nanaimo, Electoral Area G: 24 mComox Valley, Electoral Area A: 30 mTrail: 88 m (too small to rank)Nanaimo, Electoral Area A: 44 mComox Valley, Electoral Area B (Lazo North): 30 mMerritt: 69 mNanaimo, Electoral Area E: 50 mHope: 38 mEast Kootenay, Electoral Area C: 54 mFernie: 30 m (too small to rank)Kent: 15 mCariboo, Electoral Area A: 29 mSouthern Gulf Islands: 68 mPeace River, Electoral Area C: 38 mPeachland: 93 mBulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area A: 49 mCreston: 38 m (too small to rank)Osoyoos: 7 mPeace River, Electoral Area B: 50 mSmithers: 66 mArmstrong: 84 m (too small to rank)Cariboo, Electoral Area G: 37 mSpallumcheen: 61 mJuan de Fuca (Part 1): 107 mOliver: 8 mMetchosin: 107 mDuncan: 19 m (too small to rank)Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area C: 53 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area H: 36 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area A: 79 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area B: 48 mPeace River, Electoral Area D: 37 mCariboo, Electoral Area F: 40 mCariboo, Electoral Area L: 46 mGibsons: 12 m (too small to rank)North Okanagan, Electoral Area C: 65 mNanaimo, Electoral Area B: 49 mCumberland: 20 mColumbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area D: 31 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area D: 81 mNorth Okanagan, Electoral Area F: 42 mVanderhoof: 55 mNanaimo, Electoral Area H: 36 mCentral Okanagan: 79 mBowen Island: 104 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area E: 28 mStrathcona, Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake): 11 mSparwood: 29 mRossland: 77 m (too small to rank)Central Kootenay, Electoral Area F: 66 mCariboo, Electoral Area E: 40 mGrand Forks: 22 mThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks): 66 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area D: 66 mGolden: 20 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C: 16 mNorthern Rockies: 54 mKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area E: 20 mInvermere: 17 mPort Hardy: 9 m (too small to rank)Central Kootenay, Electoral Area E: 66 mSunshine Coast, Electoral Area E: 5 mCariboo, Electoral Area B: 32 mLantzville: 54 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area C: 63 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area D: 47 mSunshine Coast, Electoral Area D: 68 mEast Kootenay, Electoral Area F: 52 mBulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F: 56 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area J: 55 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area A: 62 mPemberton: 41 mNanaimo, Electoral Area C: 69 mColumbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A: 34 mLake Cowichan: 41 m (too small to rank)Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area L (Grasslands): 41 mMackenzie: 51 mNorth Okanagan, Electoral Area B: 18 mKootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks: 23 mColumbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F: 18 mHouston: 84 mSunshine Coast, Electoral Area A: 61 mEnderby: 30 m (too small to rank)Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary: 24 mKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area C (Part 1): 27 mSunshine Coast, Electoral Area B: 67 mAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area E: 6 mNorth Okanagan, Electoral Area D: 34 mCentral Okanagan West: 68 mPrinceton: 30 mCariboo, Electoral Area D: 38 mElkford: 23 mStrathcona, Electoral Area C: 46 mPeace River, Electoral Area E: 48 mSicamous: 25 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area I: 53 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area H: 55 mTofino: 27 m (too small to rank)Highlands: 78 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area H: 62 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area G: 67 mSunshine Coast, Electoral Area F: 75 mChase: 46 m (too small to rank)Tumbler Ridge: 27 mClearwater: 52 mAnmore: 83 mPort McNeill: 45 m (too small to rank)Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area I: 86 mChetwynd: 82 mLillooet: 62 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G: 24 mLogan Lake: 87 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area A: 60 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H: 24 mqathet, Electoral Area C: 38 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A: 98 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area D: 34 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area F: 62 mUcluelet: 66 m (too small to rank)Lumby: 21 m (too small to rank)Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E: 99 mEast Kootenay, Electoral Area B: 29 mSquamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C: 35 mAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area F: 7 mFruitvale: 27 m (too small to rank)100 Mile House: 53 mHarrison Hot Springs: 12 mCariboo, Electoral Area H: 49 mEast Kootenay, Electoral Area A: 29 mAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area D: 61 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area F: 23 mThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country): 49 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area K: 51 mBarriere: 27 mWarfield: no figureBulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area B: 29 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area G: 9 mEast Kootenay, Electoral Area E: 24 mAshcroft: 37 m (too small to rank)qathet, Electoral Area B: 37 mBurns Lake: 18 mEast Kootenay, Electoral Area G: 42 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area G: 20 mThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North): 33 mKootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake: 42 mKootenay Boundary, Electoral Area A: 60 mKeremeos: 20 mBulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D: 67 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area H: 41 mNakusp: 73 mThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country): 25 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area E: 23 mThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson): 36 mBulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E: 43 mCariboo, Electoral Area I: 42 mCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area C: 61 mTelkwa: 69 m (too small to rank)Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D: 26 mKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area B: 29 mCowichan Valley, Electoral Area I: 23 mKootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory: 82 mSun Peaks: 33 mLions Bay: no figureColumbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area E: 23 mFort St. James: 59 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area F: 36 mRadium Hot Springs: 17 m (too small to rank)Taylor: 8 m (too small to rank)Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C: 73 mqathet, Electoral Area A: 46 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area F: 48 mGold River: 23 mCariboo, Electoral Area C: 35 mThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau): 30 mOkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B: 12 mSalmo: 12 m (too small to rank)Fraser Valley, Electoral Area C: 41 mqathet, Electoral Area D: 73 mNorth Okanagan, Electoral Area E: 48 mStrathcona, Electoral Area B: 74 mSquamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D: 32 mValemount: 30 m (too small to rank)Kaslo: no figureThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country): 42 mMontrose: no figureCache Creek: 12 mFraser Lake: no figureDaajing Giids: 33 mAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area C: 30 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area B: 29 mStrathcona, Electoral Area A: 41 mHudson's Hope: 64 mMasset: 21 m (too small to rank)Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G: 37 mCanal Flats: 12 mMount Waddington, Electoral Area C: 46 mPouce Coupe: no figurePort Alice: no figureThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South): 55 mGreenwood: 35 m (too small to rank)Mount Waddington, Electoral Area A: 57 mBelcarra: 86 mColumbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area B: 69 mCentral Coast, Electoral Area C: 27 mMidway: 20 mCariboo, Electoral Area J: 30 mNew Hazelton: 40 m (too small to rank)McBride: no figureNorth Coast, Electoral Area D: 22 mClinton: 41 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area E: 32 mAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area B: 22 mStewart: 18 m (too small to rank)qathet, Electoral Area E: 4 mFraser Valley, Electoral Area A: 61 mNew Denver: 51 m (too small to rank)Port Edward: 66 m (too small to rank)Alert Bay: no figureCariboo, Electoral Area K: 36 mStikine Region: 36 mCentral Coast, Electoral Area D: 28 mJuan de Fuca (Part 2): 48 mTahsis: no figureSlocan: no figureSquamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B: 32 mMount Waddington, Electoral Area D: 41 mFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G: 35 mPort Clements: 5 mGranisle: no figureSayward: no figureKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F: 44 mNorth Coast, Electoral Area E: 8 mSquamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A: 49 mHazelton: no figureAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area A: 22 m (too small to rank)Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area B (Thompson Headwaters): 23 mWells: 28 m (too small to rank)Lytton: no figureCentral Coast, Electoral Area E: no figureCentral Coast, Electoral Area A: 67 m (too small to rank)Silverton: no figureZeballos: no figureKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D: 62 mKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area A: 46 mNorth Coast, Electoral Area A: no figureMount Waddington, Electoral Area B: 43 m (too small to rank)North Coast, Electoral Area C: 84 m (too small to rank)

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Well depth

What this map shows

Median depth of water-supply wells on record

The strongest colour is about the top tenth of places with a figure; the fainter ones hold about the next 15%, 20% and 25%, and the faintest about the lowest 30%. Places with the same figure share a colour, so a group can hold a little more or less. Measures that take only a few values, poor-air days and hardiness zones, are grouped by fixed classes instead, marked on the bar at their edges. Places with no figure, or too small a base to rank, are left uncoloured. Lot lines are the province's open parcel map (ParcelMap BC): it shows titled lots and most Crown parcels, and its sizes are mapped, not surveyed.

Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC

in metres← shallowerdeeper →

429466178122

no figure (unshaded)

Top of the ranking

  1. Sooke

    122 m

  2. Juan de Fuca (Part 1) · Metchosin

    107 m

  3. Bowen Island

    104 m

  4. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E

    99 m

  5. Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A

    98 m

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All 245 places

Places with fewer than 20 wells on record are not ranked, because the median of a handful of wells depends on which few were drilled and recorded. They are listed below the ranking with their figures.

Beside each figure: wells the median is taken from.

  1. 1Sooke264 wells122 m
  2. 2Juan de Fuca (Part 1)1,031 wells107 m
  3. 2Metchosin433 wells107 m
  4. 4Bowen Island341 wells104 m
  5. 5Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E125 wells99 m
  6. 6Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A587 wells98 m
  7. 7Peachland34 wells93 m
  8. 8Penticton62 wells91 m
  9. 9Logan Lake38 wells87 m
  10. 10Belcarra81 wells86 m
  11. 10Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area I294 wells86 m
  12. 12West Kelowna287 wells85 m
  13. 13Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area B1,361 wells84 m
  14. 13Houston95 wells84 m
  15. 15Anmore31 wells83 m
  16. 15North Vancouver (district municipality)25 wells83 m
  17. 17Chetwynd39 wells82 m
  18. 17Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory129 wells82 m
  19. 19Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area D461 wells81 m
  20. 20Saanich627 wells80 m
  21. 21Central Okanagan507 wells79 m
  22. 21Central Saanich330 wells79 m
  23. 21Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area C558 wells79 m
  24. 21Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area A562 wells79 m
  25. 25Highlands684 wells78 m
  26. 26Colwood31 wells76 m
  27. 26View Royal24 wells76 m
  28. 28Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area F469 wells75 m
  29. 29Strathcona, Electoral Area B207 wells74 m
  30. 30Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C244 wells73 m
  31. 30Langford140 wells73 m
  32. 30Nakusp27 wells73 m
  33. 30qathet, Electoral Area D37 wells73 m
  34. 34Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area B231 wells69 m
  35. 34Merritt26 wells69 m
  36. 34Nanaimo, Electoral Area C632 wells69 m
  37. 34Saltspring Island1,756 wells69 m
  38. 38Central Okanagan West162 wells68 m
  39. 38Southern Gulf Islands2,071 wells68 m
  40. 38Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area D115 wells68 m
  41. 41Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D262 wells67 m
  42. 41Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area G239 wells67 m
  43. 41Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area B70 wells67 m
  44. 44Central Kootenay, Electoral Area E458 wells66 m
  45. 44Central Kootenay, Electoral Area F307 wells66 m
  46. 44Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area D277 wells66 m
  47. 44Smithers49 wells66 m
  48. 44Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks)591 wells66 m
  49. 49North Okanagan, Electoral Area C498 wells65 m
  50. 50Hudson's Hope84 wells64 m
  51. 50Sechelt59 wells64 m
  52. 52Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area C652 wells63 m
  53. 53Fraser Valley, Electoral Area H157 wells62 m
  54. 53Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area A453 wells62 m
  55. 53Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D73 wells62 m
  56. 53Lillooet113 wells62 m
  57. 53Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area F113 wells62 m
  58. 58Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area D169 wells61 m
  59. 58Central Kootenay, Electoral Area C285 wells61 m
  60. 58Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A23 wells61 m
  61. 58Spallumcheen850 wells61 m
  62. 58Summerland28 wells61 m
  63. 58Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area A232 wells61 m
  64. 64Central Kootenay, Electoral Area A264 wells60 m
  65. 64Kamloops169 wells60 m
  66. 64Kootenay Boundary, Electoral Area A146 wells60 m
  67. 67Fort St. James41 wells59 m
  68. 67Williams Lake232 wells59 m
  69. 69Revelstoke32 wells58 m
  70. 70Mount Waddington, Electoral Area A87 wells57 m
  71. 70Terrace25 wells57 m
  72. 72Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F884 wells56 m
  73. 73Central Kootenay, Electoral Area J238 wells55 m
  74. 73Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area H703 wells55 m
  75. 73Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South)267 wells55 m
  76. 73Vanderhoof236 wells55 m
  77. 77Coquitlam32 wells54 m
  78. 77East Kootenay, Electoral Area C1,645 wells54 m
  79. 77Lantzville446 wells54 m
  80. 77Northern Rockies204 wells54 m
  81. 81100 Mile House50 wells53 m
  82. 81Central Kootenay, Electoral Area I318 wells53 m
  83. 81Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area C472 wells53 m
  84. 81Mission1,064 wells53 m
  85. 85Clearwater151 wells52 m
  86. 85East Kootenay, Electoral Area F634 wells52 m
  87. 85North Cowichan1,113 wells52 m
  88. 88Central Kootenay, Electoral Area K217 wells51 m
  89. 88Mackenzie64 wells51 m
  90. 90Cranbrook139 wells50 m
  91. 90Nanaimo, Electoral Area E551 wells50 m
  92. 90Peace River, Electoral Area B1,064 wells50 m
  93. 93Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area A723 wells49 m
  94. 93Cariboo, Electoral Area H400 wells49 m
  95. 93Nanaimo, Electoral Area B1,794 wells49 m
  96. 93North Saanich553 wells49 m
  97. 93Salmon Arm228 wells49 m
  98. 93Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A30 wells49 m
  99. 93Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country)402 wells49 m
  100. 100Central Kootenay, Electoral Area B622 wells48 m
  101. 100Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area F255 wells48 m
  102. 100Juan de Fuca (Part 2)190 wells48 m
  103. 100Metro Vancouver, Electoral Area A20 wells48 m
  104. 100North Okanagan, Electoral Area E208 wells48 m
  105. 100Peace River, Electoral Area E511 wells48 m
  106. 100Prince George668 wells48 m
  107. 107Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area D290 wells47 m
  108. 108Cariboo, Electoral Area L1,898 wells46 m
  109. 108Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area A41 wells46 m
  110. 108Mount Waddington, Electoral Area C167 wells46 m
  111. 108Strathcona, Electoral Area C507 wells46 m
  112. 108qathet, Electoral Area A203 wells46 m
  113. 113Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F106 wells44 m
  114. 113Nanaimo, Electoral Area A1,122 wells44 m
  115. 115Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E96 wells43 m
  116. 115Quesnel208 wells43 m
  117. 117Cariboo, Electoral Area I319 wells42 m
  118. 117East Kootenay, Electoral Area G226 wells42 m
  119. 117Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake167 wells42 m
  120. 117North Okanagan, Electoral Area F715 wells42 m
  121. 117Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)307 wells42 m
  122. 122Clinton30 wells41 m
  123. 122Fraser Valley, Electoral Area C110 wells41 m
  124. 122Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area H255 wells41 m
  125. 122Langley (district municipality)3,898 wells41 m
  126. 122Mount Waddington, Electoral Area D41 wells41 m
  127. 122Pemberton20 wells41 m
  128. 122Strathcona, Electoral Area A130 wells41 m
  129. 122Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area L (Grasslands)933 wells41 m
  130. 130Cariboo, Electoral Area E985 wells40 m
  131. 130Cariboo, Electoral Area F1,151 wells40 m
  132. 130Qualicum Beach101 wells40 m
  133. 133Cariboo, Electoral Area D627 wells38 m
  134. 133Hope164 wells38 m
  135. 133Peace River, Electoral Area C563 wells38 m
  136. 133qathet, Electoral Area C128 wells38 m
  137. 137Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G156 wells37 m
  138. 137Cariboo, Electoral Area G604 wells37 m
  139. 137Peace River, Electoral Area D282 wells37 m
  140. 137qathet, Electoral Area B119 wells37 m
  141. 141Cariboo, Electoral Area K112 wells36 m
  142. 141Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H637 wells36 m
  143. 141Fraser Valley, Electoral Area F228 wells36 m
  144. 141Nanaimo, Electoral Area H357 wells36 m
  145. 141Stikine Region28 wells36 m
  146. 141Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson)418 wells36 m
  147. 147Cariboo, Electoral Area C196 wells35 m
  148. 147Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G90 wells35 m
  149. 147Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C310 wells35 m
  150. 150Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A960 wells34 m
  151. 150Fraser Valley, Electoral Area D58 wells34 m
  152. 150North Okanagan, Electoral Area D824 wells34 m
  153. 150Vancouver20 wells34 m
  154. 154Daajing Giids41 wells33 m
  155. 154Sun Peaks24 wells33 m
  156. 154Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North)294 wells33 m
  157. 157Cariboo, Electoral Area B684 wells32 m
  158. 157Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area E100 wells32 m
  159. 157Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B84 wells32 m
  160. 157Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D62 wells32 m
  161. 161Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area D728 wells31 m
  162. 162Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area C80 wells30 m
  163. 162Cariboo, Electoral Area J181 wells30 m
  164. 162Comox Valley, Electoral Area A1,329 wells30 m
  165. 162Comox Valley, Electoral Area B (Lazo North)891 wells30 m
  166. 162Princeton38 wells30 m
  167. 162Squamish88 wells30 m
  168. 162Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau)622 wells30 m
  169. 162Whistler65 wells30 m
  170. 170Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area B217 wells29 m
  171. 170Cariboo, Electoral Area A1,260 wells29 m
  172. 170East Kootenay, Electoral Area A297 wells29 m
  173. 170East Kootenay, Electoral Area B830 wells29 m
  174. 170Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B148 wells29 m
  175. 170Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area B223 wells29 m
  176. 170Sparwood84 wells29 m
  177. 177Central Coast, Electoral Area D33 wells28 m
  178. 177Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area E995 wells28 m
  179. 179Barriere58 wells27 m
  180. 179Central Coast, Electoral Area C63 wells27 m
  181. 179Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area C (Part 1)541 wells27 m
  182. 179Maple Ridge859 wells27 m
  183. 179Tumbler Ridge91 wells27 m
  184. 184Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D196 wells26 m
  185. 184Kitimat30 wells26 m
  186. 186Sicamous21 wells25 m
  187. 186Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)239 wells25 m
  188. 188East Kootenay, Electoral Area E817 wells24 m
  189. 188Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary779 wells24 m
  190. 188Nanaimo, Electoral Area F1,100 wells24 m
  191. 188Nanaimo, Electoral Area G366 wells24 m
  192. 188Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G375 wells24 m
  193. 188Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H798 wells24 m
  194. 194Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area E222 wells23 m
  195. 194Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area F460 wells23 m
  196. 194Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area I183 wells23 m
  197. 194Elkford56 wells23 m
  198. 194Fraser Valley, Electoral Area E146 wells23 m
  199. 194Gold River21 wells23 m
  200. 194Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks689 wells23 m
  201. 194Lake Country446 wells23 m
  202. 194Parksville97 wells23 m
  203. 194Richmond21 wells23 m
  204. 194Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area B (Thompson Headwaters)28 wells23 m
  205. 205Abbotsford2,145 wells22 m
  206. 205Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area B50 wells22 m
  207. 205Grand Forks75 wells22 m
  208. 205North Coast, Electoral Area D125 wells22 m
  209. 205Surrey1,420 wells22 m
  210. 210Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G333 wells20 m
  211. 210Chilliwack1,281 wells20 m
  212. 210Cumberland23 wells20 m
  213. 210Golden44 wells20 m
  214. 210Keremeos20 wells20 m
  215. 210Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area E48 wells20 m
  216. 210Midway50 wells20 m
  217. 217Burns Lake21 wells18 m
  218. 217Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F515 wells18 m
  219. 217Kelowna667 wells18 m
  220. 217North Okanagan, Electoral Area B208 wells18 m
  221. 221Invermere74 wells17 m
  222. 222Comox Valley, Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek)895 wells16 m
  223. 222Courtenay96 wells16 m
  224. 222Nanaimo207 wells16 m
  225. 222Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C639 wells16 m
  226. 226Coldstream92 wells15 m
  227. 226Kent414 wells15 m
  228. 228Vernon295 wells13 m
  229. 229Cache Creek28 wells12 m
  230. 229Canal Flats68 wells12 m
  231. 229Harrison Hot Springs46 wells12 m
  232. 229Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B423 wells12 m
  233. 233Strathcona, Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake)139 wells11 m
  234. 234Comox104 wells10 m
  235. 235Delta53 wells9 m
  236. 235Fraser Valley, Electoral Area G303 wells9 m
  237. 237North Coast, Electoral Area E46 wells8 m
  238. 237Oliver80 wells8 m
  239. 239Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area F27 wells7 m
  240. 239Campbell River124 wells7 m
  241. 239Osoyoos124 wells7 m
  242. 242Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area E61 wells6 m
  243. 243Port Clements25 wells5 m
  244. 243Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area E65 wells5 m
  245. 245qathet, Electoral Area E60 wells4 m

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51 places with fewer than 20 wells on record, highest figure first.

Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

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