British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas SystemStatistics (June 2025) Designation Number Area (ha) Class A Parks62810,717,866 Class B Parks23,778 Class C Parks13484 Conservancies1693,143,935 Ecological Reserves148160,418 Protected Areas86387,064 Recreation Areas25,929 Total1,04814,419,474 The British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas System is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by BC Parks, an agency of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. These protected areas are established by order-in-council under one of several different pieces of enabling legislation.
The system includes 644 provincial parks, two recreation areas, 156 conservancies, 84 protected areas, and 148 ecological reserves. Four provincial parks are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites, while 24 provincial parks are designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.
Provincial parks by regional district The following articles list provincial parks of British Columbia by regional district.
Alberni-Clayoquot Bulkley-Nechako Capital Cariboo Central Coast Central Kootenay Central Okanagan Columbia-Shuswap Comox Valley Cowichan Valley East Kootenay Fraser-Fort George Fraser Valley Kitimat-Stikine Kootenay Boundary Metro Vancouver Mount Waddington Nanaimo North Coast North Okanagan Northern Rockies Okanagan-Similkameen Peace River qathet Squamish-Lillooet Stikine Region Strathcona Sunshine Coast Thompson-Nicola
List of provincial parks and protected areas Please refer to the BC Parks website for lists of parks/protected areas and ecological reserves.