Is the land next to my property Crown land, and can I buy it?
A report says who owns the land along the lot line, by ParcelMap BC's owner type: private, Crown land with or without a title, federal, the local government. Below: what Crown land next door means, the Province's route to buy a piece of it, and every BC place's land by owner.
Across BC's 319 municipalities and electoral areas, ParcelMap BC draws 4% of the land as private lots and 6% as Crown land parcels; 90% has no parcel drawn at all, most of it untitled Crown land, read 2026-10-11. A report says who owns the land along a lot's line. The places, by name.
The report opens at this answer, with the lot drawn on the map and every other check alongside. A PID (on the tax notice or title) always finds the lot; an address works when it's an exact match.
What the answer means
- Crown land next door
- Crown land beside a lot, with a title or without, can be logged, leased, grazed or roaded, and a view or trail across it isn't yours to keep; ask the natural resource district or FrontCounter BC. It isn't a neighbour's house, but it isn't a promise the land stays as it is: a report also lists logging, range tenures, Crown land applications and traplines near the lot.
- What the map draws
- Most of BC's untitled Crown land isn't drawn on the parcel map at all: outside towns, the land between titled lots, and road allowances, lakes and the foreshore, are mostly Crown land no parcel covers (our reading). So a lot line with no parcel beside it is most often Crown land or a road allowance, never "nobody's".
- Buying a piece
- The Province sells Crown land to add to a private lot only by direct sale to the registered owner of the lot it would join, and only where that is the land's highest and best use: most often a piece that nothing else can use, one that tidies a boundary to the lie of the land, or one under an old encroachment such as a building or fence. You apply through FrontCounter BC; an application gives you no right to the land, and the Province publishes it for anyone to see.
- The price and the paperwork
- The price is the land's full market value, set from BC Assessment's value or an appraisal (for a piece only you can use, the difference it makes to your lot's value). The new land is usually consolidated with your lot, or bound to it by covenant so they can't be sold apart; you arrange and pay the survey, with a credit of up to half the added land's value, and every lender on your title has to agree.
- What the Province weighs
- The Province consults the First Nations whose rights or title may be affected, and weighs other uses of the land and the public's access to water before it decides; it may keep land it needs. A road allowance isn't sold this way: outside a municipality it's the Ministry of Transportation and Transit's to close and sell, inside one the council's.
- Who to ask
- FrontCounter BC (1-877-855-3222), about the land beside the lot, what's applied for on it and whether a piece could be sold; a BC land surveyor, about where the line runs; a lawyer or notary, before you apply to add land to a lot with a mortgage.
Our summary of the Province's Land Procedure "Extensions to Private Holdings" (amended May 9, 2024) and its residential Crown land pages, read 2026-10-11. The Province decides each application on its own facts, and most take months. Confirm with FrontCounter BC before you buy or build.
Source: ParcelMap BC parcel fabric (parcel class and owner type), Land Title and Survey Authority of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Land Procedure: Extensions to Private Holdings, Province of BC (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-11); Crown land: residential uses and buying a tenure, Province of BC (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-11).
By place
The land in 319 places by who ParcelMap BC records as its owner, listed by name: each row is the place's land and adds to 100%.
| Place | Crown land with no title | Titled to the Province | Federal | First Nation | Local government | Private | Owner type not recorded | No parcel mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Mile House | 10% | 17% | under 1% | under 1% | 9% | 25% | under 1% | 39% |
| Abbotsford | 3% | 1% | 1% | – | 8% | 80% | 1% | 6% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area A | 18% | 2% | 2% | 7% | under 1% | 5% | 1% | 65% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area B | 2% | 12% | – | – | under 1% | 84% | – | 2% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area C | 7% | 1% | 2% | 1% | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 88% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area D | 14% | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 22% | under 1% | 62% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area E | under 1% | 7% | under 1% | – | 1% | 84% | under 1% | 8% |
| Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area F | 2% | 6% | 1% | – | under 1% | 88% | under 1% | 3% |
| Alert Bay | 9% | 2% | 4% | – | 17% | 23% | under 1% | 45% |
| Anmore | 38% | 12% | – | – | 5% | 12% | 1% | 32% |
| Armstrong | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 14% | 75% | 3% | 7% |
| Ashcroft | 3% | 1% | 1% | – | 3% | 87% | under 1% | 5% |
| Barriere | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | – | 7% | 74% | 1% | 15% |
| Belcarra | 5% | 4% | – | – | 23% | 10% | under 1% | 58% |
| Bowen Island | 5% | 1% | under 1% | – | 6% | 33% | 2% | 53% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area A | 6% | 6% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 14% | under 1% | 74% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area B | 14% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | – | 79% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C | 6% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 92% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D | 10% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 9% | – | 78% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E | 9% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 87% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F | 17% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 19% | under 1% | 61% |
| Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G | 3% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | – | 95% |
| Burnaby | 2% | 2% | under 1% | – | 25% | 48% | 7% | 16% |
| Burns Lake | 4% | 5% | 12% | under 1% | 14% | 44% | under 1% | 21% |
| Cache Creek | 60% | 1% | – | – | 8% | 31% | under 1% | – |
| Campbell River | 23% | 13% | 1% | – | 4% | 54% | 1% | 4% |
| Canal Flats | 48% | 20% | – | – | 3% | 29% | – | – |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area A | 5% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 26% | under 1% | 67% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area B | 17% | 2% | – | – | under 1% | 28% | under 1% | 53% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area C | 1% | 1% | – | – | under 1% | 1% | – | 97% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area D | 7% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 16% | under 1% | 75% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area E | 31% | 2% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 22% | – | 44% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area F | 7% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 87% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area G | 22% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 10% | under 1% | 68% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area H | 8% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 8% | under 1% | 84% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area I | 7% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 88% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area J | 3% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 96% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area K | 11% | under 1% | 3% | – | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 81% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area L | 40% | 1% | – | – | under 1% | 20% | under 1% | 39% |
| Castlegar | 3% | 5% | under 1% | – | 11% | 59% | 1% | 21% |
| Central Coast, Electoral Area A | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | under 1% | – | 98% |
| Central Coast, Electoral Area C | 2% | under 1% | – | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 97% |
| Central Coast, Electoral Area D | 2% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | – | 91% |
| Central Coast, Electoral Area E | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | – | 97% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area A | 1% | 12% | – | – | under 1% | 28% | 4% | 55% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area B | 2% | 10% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 8% | under 1% | 80% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area C | 2% | 2% | 2% | – | 1% | 19% | – | 74% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D | 8% | 5% | – | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 86% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area E | 2% | 19% | – | – | under 1% | 7% | under 1% | 72% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area F | 2% | 2% | – | – | under 1% | 7% | under 1% | 89% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G | 4% | 48% | – | – | 1% | 27% | – | 20% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H | 14% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 78% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area I | 2% | 19% | – | – | under 1% | 36% | under 1% | 43% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area J | 11% | 9% | – | under 1% | under 1% | 6% | under 1% | 74% |
| Central Kootenay, Electoral Area K | 3% | 5% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 89% |
| Central Okanagan | 7% | 1% | 1% | under 1% | 1% | 7% | under 1% | 83% |
| Central Okanagan West | 5% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 88% |
| Central Saanich | 1% | 2% | 2% | – | 5% | 71% | 1% | 18% |
| Chase | 2% | 2% | under 1% | – | 8% | 56% | 4% | 28% |
| Chetwynd | 7% | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | 4% | 16% | under 1% | 71% |
| Chilliwack | 4% | 1% | 1% | under 1% | 5% | 70% | 2% | 17% |
| Clearwater | 6% | 4% | under 1% | – | 3% | 58% | under 1% | 29% |
| Clinton | 10% | 32% | under 1% | – | 3% | 39% | under 1% | 16% |
| Coldstream | 2% | 1% | – | – | 7% | 83% | 1% | 6% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 96% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area B | 2% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 94% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area C | 11% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 23% | under 1% | 65% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area D | 16% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 22% | under 1% | 61% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area E | 4% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 92% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F | 6% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 90% |
| Colwood | 1% | 1% | 18% | – | 12% | 43% | 4% | 21% |
| Comox | 4% | 3% | 32% | – | 5% | 37% | 3% | 16% |
| Comox Valley, Electoral Area A | 6% | 11% | under 1% | under 1% | 1% | 41% | under 1% | 41% |
| Comox Valley, Electoral Area B (Lazo North) | 1% | 3% | under 1% | – | 1% | 17% | under 1% | 78% |
| Comox Valley, Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek) | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 74% | 10% | 13% |
| Coquitlam | 15% | 4% | under 1% | – | 15% | 33% | 3% | 30% |
| Courtenay | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 10% | 75% | 5% | 9% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area A | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | – | 2% | 54% | 1% | 39% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area B | 4% | 14% | under 1% | – | 8% | 74% | under 1% | under 1% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area C | under 1% | 3% | 1% | – | 1% | 56% | 1% | 38% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area D | 10% | under 1% | 1% | – | 1% | 22% | under 1% | 66% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area E | 3% | 29% | under 1% | – | 2% | 66% | under 1% | – |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area F | 18% | 6% | 1% | – | under 1% | 39% | under 1% | 36% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area G | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | – | 1% | 38% | under 1% | 56% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area H | 4% | 14% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 60% | under 1% | 22% |
| Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area I | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 1% | 91% | under 1% | 6% |
| Cranbrook | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 19% | 66% | 2% | 11% |
| Creston | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | – | 23% | 60% | 1% | 12% |
| Cumberland | – | under 1% | – | – | 23% | 68% | 1% | 8% |
| Daajing Giids | 40% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | 4% | 49% |
| Dawson Creek | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 20% | 63% | 1% | 14% |
| Delta | 5% | 5% | 5% | under 1% | 6% | 27% | 3% | 49% |
| Duncan | – | 2% | 1% | – | 14% | 64% | 7% | 12% |
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area A | 8% | 5% | 3% | – | under 1% | 20% | under 1% | 64% |
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area B | 32% | 13% | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | 9% | under 1% | 44% |
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area C | 3% | 13% | under 1% | – | 1% | 6% | under 1% | 77% |
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area E | 3% | 11% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 4% | 1% | 81% |
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area F | 1% | 7% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 5% | 1% | 86% |
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area G | 9% | 4% | 26% | – | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 57% |
| Elkford | 5% | 7% | under 1% | – | 3% | 64% | under 1% | 21% |
| Enderby | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 10% | 77% | 2% | 9% |
| Esquimalt | 1% | under 1% | 17% | – | 5% | 33% | 5% | 39% |
| Fernie | 9% | 4% | under 1% | – | 17% | 59% | 1% | 10% |
| Fort St. James | 52% | 10% | 1% | – | 3% | 34% | under 1% | – |
| Fort St. John | 2% | 3% | under 1% | under 1% | 13% | 71% | 2% | 9% |
| Fraser Lake | 2% | 4% | under 1% | 1% | 20% | 38% | under 1% | 35% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A | 2% | under 1% | 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | – | 96% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B | 3% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 94% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area C | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 98% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area D | 2% | 4% | under 1% | – | 1% | 5% | under 1% | 88% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area E | 8% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 90% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area F | 2% | 1% | – | – | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 95% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area G | 16% | 2% | 5% | – | 1% | 44% | under 1% | 32% |
| Fraser Valley, Electoral Area H | 10% | under 1% | 1% | – | 2% | 14% | 1% | 72% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area A | 47% | 12% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 33% | under 1% | 8% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area C | 24% | 16% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 13% | under 1% | 47% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area D | 10% | 3% | 1% | – | under 1% | 34% | under 1% | 52% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area E | 10% | 2% | – | – | under 1% | 19% | under 1% | 69% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area F | 9% | 2% | – | – | under 1% | 2% | – | 87% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G | 6% | 1% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 92% |
| Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area H | 4% | under 1% | – | – | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 93% |
| Fruitvale | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 9% | 77% | 1% | 12% |
| Gibsons | 17% | 1% | under 1% | – | 12% | 56% | 5% | 9% |
| Gold River | 16% | 2% | under 1% | – | 7% | 39% | under 1% | 36% |
| Golden | 9% | 4% | under 1% | – | 16% | 51% | 1% | 19% |
| Grand Forks | 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 30% | 50% | under 1% | 18% |
| Granisle | 4% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 91% |
| Greenwood | – | 5% | under 1% | – | 37% | 31% | under 1% | 27% |
| Harrison Hot Springs | 15% | 15% | under 1% | – | 6% | 35% | 2% | 27% |
| Hazelton | – | 32% | 3% | – | 20% | 19% | 1% | 25% |
| Highlands | under 1% | 20% | – | – | 22% | 47% | 2% | 9% |
| Hope | 14% | 6% | 2% | – | 8% | 37% | under 1% | 33% |
| Houston | 6% | 11% | under 1% | – | 3% | 74% | under 1% | 6% |
| Hudson's Hope | 18% | 7% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 17% | under 1% | 58% |
| Invermere | under 1% | 17% | under 1% | – | 11% | 49% | 2% | 21% |
| Juan de Fuca (Part 1) | 2% | 1% | under 1% | – | 10% | 7% | under 1% | 80% |
| Juan de Fuca (Part 2) | 12% | 2% | 1% | – | 11% | 33% | under 1% | 41% |
| Kamloops | 32% | 2% | 1% | – | 10% | 48% | 1% | 6% |
| Kaslo | 3% | 2% | under 1% | – | 34% | 35% | under 1% | 26% |
| Kelowna | 1% | 1% | 1% | under 1% | 12% | 60% | 3% | 22% |
| Kent | 8% | 4% | 5% | – | 1% | 27% | under 1% | 55% |
| Keremeos | – | 8% | under 1% | – | 9% | 57% | 2% | 24% |
| Kimberley | 1% | 28% | under 1% | – | 6% | 63% | under 1% | 2% |
| Kitimat | 7% | under 1% | 2% | – | 4% | 13% | under 1% | 74% |
| Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area A | 4% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 95% |
| Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area B | 10% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 84% |
| Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area C (Part 1) | 2% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 96% |
| Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 100% |
| Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area E | 13% | 7% | under 1% | under 1% | 5% | 62% | under 1% | 13% |
| Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | under 1% | – | 100% |
| Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory | 21% | 14% | – | – | under 1% | 20% | under 1% | 45% |
| Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake | 5% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 8% | under 1% | 84% |
| Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks | 4% | 3% | – | – | under 1% | 6% | under 1% | 87% |
| Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary | 5% | 3% | – | under 1% | under 1% | 10% | under 1% | 82% |
| Kootenay Boundary, Electoral Area A | 4% | 12% | – | – | 1% | 36% | under 1% | 47% |
| Ladysmith | 9% | 19% | under 1% | – | 13% | 41% | 2% | 16% |
| Lake Country | 5% | 2% | under 1% | – | 2% | 61% | 1% | 29% |
| Lake Cowichan | under 1% | 7% | under 1% | – | 12% | 59% | 1% | 21% |
| Langford | 3% | 12% | under 1% | – | 16% | 58% | 5% | 6% |
| Langley (district municipality) | under 1% | 1% | 2% | – | 9% | 79% | 2% | 7% |
| Langley (city) | – | 2% | – | – | 19% | 63% | 11% | 5% |
| Lantzville | 6% | 3% | under 1% | – | 12% | 67% | under 1% | 12% |
| Lillooet | 1% | 15% | 2% | – | 6% | 61% | under 1% | 15% |
| Lions Bay | 2% | 9% | – | – | 11% | 22% | under 1% | 56% |
| Logan Lake | 8% | 2% | under 1% | – | 1% | 9% | under 1% | 80% |
| Lumby | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 19% | 77% | 1% | 3% |
| Lytton | 26% | under 1% | 1% | – | 9% | 47% | – | 17% |
| Mackenzie | 2% | 1% | under 1% | – | 3% | 11% | under 1% | 83% |
| Maple Ridge | 7% | 1% | 1% | – | 7% | 46% | 1% | 37% |
| Masset | 5% | 4% | 36% | – | 25% | 11% | under 1% | 19% |
| McBride | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 26% | 64% | 1% | 8% |
| Merritt | 6% | 5% | under 1% | – | 9% | 58% | 1% | 21% |
| Metchosin | 2% | 4% | 17% | – | 10% | 53% | under 1% | 14% |
| Metro Vancouver, Electoral Area A | 4% | 1% | under 1% | – | 2% | 2% | under 1% | 91% |
| Midway | 6% | 8% | under 1% | – | 11% | 67% | – | 8% |
| Mission | 18% | 6% | 2% | – | 8% | 27% | under 1% | 39% |
| Montrose | – | – | under 1% | – | 37% | 51% | under 1% | 12% |
| Mount Waddington, Electoral Area A | 4% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 96% |
| Mount Waddington, Electoral Area B | 7% | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 1% | – | 90% |
| Mount Waddington, Electoral Area C | 23% | 8% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 8% | under 1% | 61% |
| Mount Waddington, Electoral Area D | 19% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 79% |
| Nakusp | 10% | 6% | under 1% | – | 15% | 58% | under 1% | 11% |
| Nanaimo | 5% | 5% | 2% | – | 10% | 44% | 3% | 31% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area A | under 1% | 4% | 4% | – | 2% | 66% | 1% | 23% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area B | 1% | 1% | 1% | – | 2% | 13% | under 1% | 82% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area C | 1% | 3% | under 1% | – | 1% | 67% | under 1% | 28% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area E | 2% | 3% | 2% | – | 1% | 26% | 1% | 65% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area F | 6% | 11% | – | – | 1% | 79% | 2% | 1% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area G | 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 1% | 17% | 1% | 79% |
| Nanaimo, Electoral Area H | 2% | 14% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 53% | under 1% | 27% |
| Nelson | 4% | 11% | under 1% | – | 7% | 43% | 1% | 34% |
| New Denver | 2% | 6% | under 1% | – | 4% | 16% | under 1% | 72% |
| New Hazelton | 15% | 32% | under 1% | – | 6% | 42% | – | 5% |
| New Westminster | under 1% | 3% | 2% | – | 12% | 47% | 7% | 29% |
| North Coast, Electoral Area A | 1% | 2% | 1% | – | under 1% | under 1% | – | 96% |
| North Coast, Electoral Area C | 2% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 97% |
| North Coast, Electoral Area D | 11% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 87% |
| North Coast, Electoral Area E | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | – | – | under 1% | under 1% | 98% |
| North Cowichan | 3% | 4% | under 1% | – | 30% | 56% | 1% | 6% |
| North Okanagan, Electoral Area B | 1% | 3% | under 1% | 1% | 1% | 10% | under 1% | 84% |
| North Okanagan, Electoral Area C | 6% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 15% | under 1% | 76% |
| North Okanagan, Electoral Area D | 7% | 1% | – | – | under 1% | 15% | under 1% | 77% |
| North Okanagan, Electoral Area E | 3% | 1% | – | – | under 1% | 3% | – | 93% |
| North Okanagan, Electoral Area F | 8% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 9% | under 1% | 83% |
| North Saanich | 1% | 4% | 11% | – | 4% | 52% | 2% | 26% |
| North Vancouver (district municipality) | 7% | 5% | under 1% | – | 44% | 16% | 1% | 27% |
| North Vancouver (city) | 1% | 2% | 5% | – | 11% | 33% | 7% | 41% |
| Northern Rockies | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | under 1% | – | 100% |
| Oak Bay | 3% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 9% | 49% | 1% | 38% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A | 7% | 5% | 1% | 4% | under 1% | 32% | under 1% | 51% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B | 11% | 3% | 3% | under 1% | under 1% | 21% | under 1% | 62% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C | 11% | 4% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 20% | under 1% | 64% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area D | 35% | 4% | 1% | – | 1% | 8% | under 1% | 51% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E | 44% | 6% | – | – | 1% | 5% | under 1% | 44% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area F | 10% | 3% | 1% | – | under 1% | 9% | under 1% | 77% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G | 3% | 2% | 3% | – | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 88% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H | 5% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 88% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area I | 9% | 2% | 5% | – | under 1% | 23% | 1% | 60% |
| Oliver | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | – | 13% | 55% | 3% | 24% |
| Osoyoos | under 1% | 1% | 1% | – | 30% | 36% | 4% | 28% |
| Parksville | 1% | 7% | under 1% | – | 12% | 56% | 8% | 16% |
| Peace River, Electoral Area B | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 93% |
| Peace River, Electoral Area C | 14% | 3% | under 1% | – | 1% | 75% | under 1% | 7% |
| Peace River, Electoral Area D | 6% | under 1% | – | under 1% | under 1% | 20% | under 1% | 74% |
| Peace River, Electoral Area E | 3% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 6% | under 1% | 90% |
| Peachland | 19% | 3% | – | – | 6% | 58% | 2% | 12% |
| Pemberton | 9% | 8% | under 1% | – | 3% | 11% | 1% | 68% |
| Penticton | 7% | 4% | 3% | – | 14% | 57% | 3% | 12% |
| Pitt Meadows | 8% | 13% | under 1% | – | 5% | 63% | 1% | 10% |
| Port Alberni | 1% | 5% | under 1% | under 1% | 21% | 47% | 1% | 25% |
| Port Alice | 16% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 3% | 19% | 1% | 61% |
| Port Clements | 45% | 4% | under 1% | – | 2% | 14% | 3% | 32% |
| Port Coquitlam | 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 23% | 48% | 6% | 21% |
| Port Edward | 21% | 17% | 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | – | 56% |
| Port Hardy | 8% | 27% | 19% | – | 9% | 20% | under 1% | 17% |
| Port McNeill | 9% | 2% | under 1% | – | 3% | 68% | under 1% | 18% |
| Port Moody | 5% | 4% | 2% | – | 31% | 29% | 4% | 25% |
| Pouce Coupe | 2% | under 1% | – | – | 24% | 58% | under 1% | 16% |
| Powell River | 4% | 1% | under 1% | 4% | 12% | 45% | 1% | 33% |
| Prince George | 12% | 10% | 3% | under 1% | 7% | 64% | under 1% | 4% |
| Prince Rupert | 7% | 20% | 7% | under 1% | 7% | 19% | under 1% | 40% |
| Princeton | 19% | 39% | under 1% | – | 6% | 16% | under 1% | 20% |
| qathet, Electoral Area A | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 96% |
| qathet, Electoral Area B | 11% | 3% | under 1% | 1% | 1% | 9% | under 1% | 75% |
| qathet, Electoral Area C | 3% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 89% |
| qathet, Electoral Area D | 4% | 3% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 10% | under 1% | 83% |
| qathet, Electoral Area E | 3% | 2% | – | – | under 1% | 13% | under 1% | 82% |
| Qualicum Beach | 2% | 3% | under 1% | – | 20% | 54% | 3% | 18% |
| Quesnel | 17% | 5% | under 1% | – | 15% | 54% | under 1% | 9% |
| Radium Hot Springs | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 5% | 79% | 8% | 6% |
| Revelstoke | 30% | 12% | under 1% | – | 9% | 25% | 1% | 23% |
| Richmond | 8% | 2% | 8% | – | 5% | 31% | 4% | 42% |
| Rossland | 38% | 3% | under 1% | – | 4% | 23% | under 1% | 32% |
| Saanich | under 1% | 1% | 3% | – | 18% | 61% | 2% | 15% |
| Salmo | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | 11% | 73% | under 1% | 15% |
| Salmon Arm | 11% | 1% | under 1% | – | 5% | 45% | under 1% | 38% |
| Saltspring Island | 4% | 6% | under 1% | – | 2% | 45% | 1% | 42% |
| Sayward | 8% | 1% | 1% | – | 3% | 58% | under 1% | 29% |
| Sechelt | 6% | 8% | under 1% | under 1% | 6% | 51% | 2% | 27% |
| Sicamous | 7% | 2% | 1% | – | 5% | 54% | 2% | 29% |
| Sidney | 6% | 1% | 7% | – | 8% | 41% | 11% | 26% |
| Silverton | 2% | 1% | – | – | 5% | 18% | under 1% | 74% |
| Slocan | 7% | 4% | under 1% | – | 21% | 29% | 1% | 38% |
| Smithers | 2% | 2% | under 1% | – | 35% | 47% | 1% | 13% |
| Sooke | 5% | 2% | under 1% | – | 24% | 54% | 4% | 11% |
| Southern Gulf Islands | 2% | 1% | 3% | – | under 1% | 11% | 1% | 82% |
| Spallumcheen | 13% | 2% | under 1% | – | 2% | 73% | under 1% | 10% |
| Sparwood | 9% | 9% | under 1% | – | 2% | 73% | under 1% | 7% |
| Squamish | 10% | 17% | 1% | – | 7% | 27% | 1% | 37% |
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | – | 97% |
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B | 1% | 1% | 1% | – | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 93% |
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C | 1% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 97% |
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D | 1% | 3% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 95% |
| Stewart | 1% | 13% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 2% | – | 84% |
| Stikine Region | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 100% |
| Strathcona, Electoral Area A | 7% | under 1% | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 91% |
| Strathcona, Electoral Area B | 10% | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | 1% | 17% | under 1% | 70% |
| Strathcona, Electoral Area C | 3% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 95% |
| Strathcona, Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake) | 1% | 5% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 28% | under 1% | 66% |
| Summerland | 13% | 5% | 2% | – | 13% | 47% | 1% | 19% |
| Sun Peaks | 1% | under 1% | – | – | under 1% | 2% | 1% | 96% |
| Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area A | 2% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 93% |
| Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area B | 1% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 96% |
| Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area D | 4% | 2% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 12% | under 1% | 82% |
| Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area E | 4% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 15% | under 1% | 78% |
| Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area F | 3% | 1% | under 1% | – | 1% | 9% | under 1% | 86% |
| Surrey | under 1% | 2% | 1% | – | 14% | 59% | 5% | 19% |
| Tahsis | 27% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 13% | 28% | under 1% | 32% |
| Taylor | under 1% | 4% | – | – | 14% | 71% | under 1% | 11% |
| Telkwa | 1% | 16% | under 1% | – | 11% | 59% | under 1% | 13% |
| Terrace | 16% | 15% | under 1% | under 1% | 15% | 48% | under 1% | 6% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country) | 3% | under 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | 95% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area B (Thompson Headwaters) | 3% | under 1% | – | – | under 1% | 1% | – | 96% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau) | 15% | 4% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 5% | under 1% | 76% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country) | 17% | 1% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 3% | under 1% | 78% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country) | 17% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 9% | under 1% | 73% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area L (Grasslands) | 31% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 27% | under 1% | 41% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North) | 5% | 1% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 26% | under 1% | 67% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South) | 12% | 7% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 12% | under 1% | 68% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson) | 4% | 1% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 4% | under 1% | 91% |
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks) | 18% | 1% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 16% | under 1% | 65% |
| Tofino | 11% | 10% | under 1% | – | 8% | 31% | 1% | 39% |
| Trail | under 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 25% | 60% | under 1% | 13% |
| Tumbler Ridge | under 1% | 1% | – | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 98% |
| Ucluelet | 6% | under 1% | under 1% | under 1% | 7% | 47% | 2% | 38% |
| Valemount | 2% | 1% | under 1% | – | 12% | 74% | under 1% | 11% |
| Vancouver | 4% | 1% | 4% | – | 13% | 44% | 6% | 28% |
| Vanderhoof | 2% | 5% | under 1% | – | 10% | 73% | under 1% | 10% |
| Vernon | 1% | 5% | 3% | – | 8% | 61% | 2% | 20% |
| Victoria | 4% | 3% | 1% | – | 12% | 56% | 8% | 16% |
| View Royal | 2% | 4% | under 1% | – | 45% | 31% | 3% | 15% |
| Warfield | – | 1% | – | – | 10% | 68% | under 1% | 21% |
| Wells | 5% | 13% | under 1% | – | under 1% | 1% | under 1% | 81% |
| West Kelowna | 8% | 6% | under 1% | – | 4% | 29% | 1% | 52% |
| West Vancouver | 1% | 4% | under 1% | – | 31% | 27% | 1% | 36% |
| Whistler | 1% | 2% | under 1% | – | 3% | 6% | 1% | 87% |
| White Rock | 5% | under 1% | under 1% | – | 3% | 23% | 4% | 65% |
| Williams Lake | 13% | 6% | under 1% | under 1% | 15% | 44% | 1% | 21% |
| Zeballos | 26% | under 1% | 1% | – | 12% | 5% | – | 56% |
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