In the 2021 Canadian federal election, 42 members of parliament were elected to the House of Commons from the province of British Columbia (12.4% of all members). British Columbia had a voter turnout of 61.4% with 2,279,961 ballots cast, making up 13.2% of the total national voter turnout.

Results Summary The Liberal Party managed to win the most seats, taking 15 ridings, a gain of 4 seats from the last election. Despite this they came in third place in the popular vote, with 26.2%. The Conservative Party won the popular vote, with 33.1%, a slight reduction compared to 2019. They won 13 seats, a loss of 4 from the last election. The NDP increased their votes and seat count. Coming in second with the popular vote, with 29.3%, and winning 13 seats, a tie with the Conservatives and a gain of 2 from 2019.

The Green party lost half their seats, being reduced to one. Their popular vote fell to 5.4%. The People's Party still won no seats, but grew their support to 4.9% of the vote.

Independent Jody Wilson Raybold did not run for re-election and her seat was won by the Liberals.

The Animal Protection Party, Canada's Fourth Front, the Christian Heritage Party, the Communist Party, the Libertarian Party, the Marxist-Leninist Party, the Maverick Party and the Rhino Party, all ran at least one candidate in British Columbia in this election.https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2021app/53/table8E.html PartyVotesVote %Vote SeatsSeat 608,588 0.7pp 4 750,394 0.9pp 4 664,054 4.9pp 2 121,919 7.1pp 1 110,523 3.2pp 0 6,668 0.0pp 0 2,439 0.8pp 1Total 2,264,585 – – Seat apportionment diagram:

Comparison with national results + Turnout and participation Statistic BC Natl. Population 4,648,055 35,151,728 13.22 Electors 3,713,048 27,509,496 13.50 Valid ballots 2,264,585 17,034,243 13.29 Rejected ballots 15,376 175,568 8.76 Total ballots 2,279,961 17,209,811 13.23 Statistic BC Natl. avg. Valid ballot % 99.3 99.0 +0.3 Rejected ballot % 0.7 1.0 −0.3 Voter turnout % 61.4 62.6 −1.2

+ Results by partyPartyPopular vote %Seats in caucus BC Natl. avg. 26.87 32.62 −5.75 33.14 33.74 −0.60 29.32 17.82 +11.50 5.38 2.33 +3.05 4.88 4.94 −0.06 no caucus 0.11 0.19 −0.08 no caucus

Synopsis by riding

Results by riding in British Columbia - 2021 Canadian federal election Riding 2019 Winning party Turnout Votes Party Votes Share Margin# Margin% Lib Con NDP Green PPC Other Total  Abbotsford Con Con 21,597 47.9% 10,690 23.7% 59.6% 10,907 21,597 7,729 1,517 3,300 – – 45,050 Burnaby North—Seymour Lib Lib 19,445 39.5% 5,127 10.4% 62.3% 19,445 12,535 14,318 1,516 1,370 – – 49,184 Burnaby South NDP NDP 16,382 40.3% 4,021 9.9% 51.1% 12,361 9,104 16,382 1,175 1,290 296 – 40,608 Cariboo—Prince George Con Con 25,771 50.8% 15,448 30.4% 59.8% 8,397 25,771 10,323 1,844 4,160 – 218 50,713 Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Con Con 30,563 47.6% 16,750 26.1% 64.6% 13,291 30,563 13,813 1,755 4,788 – – 64,210 Chilliwack—Hope Con Con 23,987 46.0% 10,060 19.3% 61.4% 8,851 23,987 13,927 1,391 4,004 – – 52,160 Cloverdale—Langley City Con Lib 20,877 39.2% 1,654 3.1% 61.0% 20,877 19,223 10,587 – 2,563 – – 53,250 Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam Lib Lib 21,454 38.5% 4,547 8.2% 60.1% 21,454 16,907 14,982 – 2,373 – – 55,716 Courtenay—Alberni NDP NDP 30,612 44.2% 8,431 12.2% 65.8% 9,276 22,181 30,612 3,590 3,467 – 124 69,250 Cowichan—Malahat—Langford NDP NDP 26,968 42.8% 9,098 14.4% 64.4% 10,320 17,870 26,968 3,922 3,952 – – 63,032 Delta Lib Lib 22,105 42.3% 4,410 8.5% 67.5% 22,105 17,695 9,591 1,244 1,291 379 – 52,305 Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke NDP NDP 28,056 42.8% 13,590 20.7% 64.4% 14,466 13,885 28,056 5,891 2,995 – 249 65,542 Fleetwood—Port Kells Lib Lib 21,350 45.2% 6,797 14.4% 58.7% 21,350 14,553 8,960 892 1,284 146 – 47,185 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Con Con 30,281 43.0% 9,850 14.0% 66.5% 12,717 30,281 20,431 2,576 4,033 410 – 70,448 Kelowna—Lake Country Con Con 30,409 45.3% 12,642 18.8% 63.9% 17,767 30,409 12,204 2,074 4,688 – – 67,142 Kootenay—Columbia Con Con 28,056 43.2% 4,070 6.3% 68.3% 5,879 28,056 23,986 2,577 4,467 – – 64,965 Langley—Aldergrove Con Con 28,643 45.7% 12,078 19.3% 65.0% 16,565 28,643 12,288 1,798 3,341 – – 62,635 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Con Con 18,908 43.8% 8,310 19.3% 61.5% 10,598 18,908 8,709 1,887 3,073 – – 43,175 Nanaimo—Ladysmith Grn NDP 19,826 28.8% 1,199 1.7% 64.0% 9,314 18,627 19,826 17,640 3,358 – – 68,765 New Westminster—Burnaby NDP NDP 24,054 48.8% 12,369 25.1% 57.1% 11,685 9,710 24,054 2,035 1,840 – – 49,324 North Island—Powell River NDP NDP 23,833 39.5% 2,163 3.5% 65.4% 7,922 21,670 23,833 3,656 2,795 – 387 60,263 North Okanagan—Shuswap Con Con 33,626 46.4% 19,697 27.2% 65.2% 13,666 33,626 13,929 3,967 7,209 – – 72,397 North Vancouver Lib Lib 26,756 45.1% 10,085 17.0% 66.1% 26,756 16,671 11,750 2,598 1,545 – – 59,320 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Con Con 19,371 36.7% 2,502 4.8% 64.4% 13,179 19,371 16,869 – 2,800 453 161 52,833 Port Moody—Coquitlam Con NDP 19,367 37.2% 2,762 5.3% 62.7% 14,231 16,605 19,367 – 1,766 – 122 52,091 Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Con Con 29,882 60.7% 23,235 47.2%62.1 % 4,236 29,882 6,647 1,661 5,138 – 1,633 49,197 Richmond Centre Con Lib 13,440 39.3% 772 2.2% 46.2% 13,440 12,668 6,196 1,109 748 – – 34,161 Saanich—Gulf Islands Grn Grn 24,648 37.6% 9,873 15.1% 70.4% 12,056 14,775 11,959 24,648 1,943 – 141 65,522 Skeena—Bulkley Valley NDP NDP 15,921 42.6% 2,408 6.5% 55.7% 2,866 13,513 15,921 1,406 2,888 – 797 37,391 South Okanagan—West Kootenay NDP NDP 27,595 41.3% 3,920 5.8% 65.6% 8,159 23,675 27,595 2,485 4,866 – – 66,780 South Surrey—White Rock Con Con 24,158 42.5% 1,992 3.5% 65.0% 22,166 24,158 8,395 – 2,186 – – 56,905 Steveston—Richmond East Con Lib 16,543 42.5% 3,477 9.0% 52.8% 16,543 13,066 7,525 860 955 – – 38,949 Surrey Centre Lib Lib 16,862 43.9% 6,235 16.2% 51.7% 16,862 8,094 10,627 838 1,539 – 426 38,386 Surrey—Newton Lib Lib 19,721 53.9% 10,185 27.9% 56.2% 19,721 5,758 9,536 – 967 628 – 36,610 Vancouver Centre Lib Lib 20,873 40.4% 5,004 9.7% 57.0% 20,873 11,162 15,869 2,030 1,683 – – 51,617 Vancouver East NDP NDP 27,969 56.4% 18,172 36.6% 55.0% 9,797 5,399 27,969 3,826 1,382 – 1,218 49,591 Vancouver Granville Ind Lib 17,050 34.4% 431 0.9% 60.8% 17,050 13,280 16,619 1,434 1,177 – – 49,560 Vancouver Kingsway NDP NDP 20,994 52.3% 9,972 24.9% 54.1% 11,022 5,456 20,994 1,575 868 – 243 40,158 Vancouver Quadra Lib Lib 20,814 43.6% 7,028 14.7% 63.5% 20,814 13,786 9,220 2,922 963 – – 47,705 Vancouver South Lib Lib 19,910 49.4% 9,988 24.8% 54.8% 19,910 9,060 9,922 – 1,104 – 287 40,283 Victoria NDP NDP 29,301 43.9% 11,107 16.6% 67.3% 18,194 9,152 29,301 7,472 2,065 – 564 66,748 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country Lib Lib 21,500 33.9% 2,438 3.9% 64.9% 21,500 19,062 16,265 4,108 2,299 127 98 63,459

Analysis and political significance The incumbent Liberal Party won the most seats in the province, despite losing the popular vote to both the Conservatives and the New Democrats.

Despite winning the most seats in the province two years earlier, the Conservatives ultimately lost four of their seats in British Columbia to either the Liberals or New Democrats. Similar to the conservative British Columbia Liberal Party's recent losses in the 2020 British Columbia provincial election, the Conservatives lost support from urban and suburban voters in much of Greater Vancouver. It is also speculated that an increased vote share for the right-wing People's Party may have contributed to vote-splitting.

The Green Party saw a significant decrease in support in British Columbia, dropping from 12.5% in 2019 to 5.4%, and losing their Nanaimo—Ladysmith riding to the New Democrats. On Vancouver Island where the Greens are typically more competitive, they only managed to receive the most or second-most votes in one of the island's seven ridings. Student vote results Student votes are mock elections that run parallel to actual elections, in which students not of voting age participate. They are administered by Student Vote Canada. These are for educational purposes and do not count towards the results.https://studentvote.ca/canada/

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party ! rowspan="2" | Leader ! colspan="3" | Seats ! colspan="3" | Popular vote |- ! Elected ! % ! Δ ! Votes ! % ! Δ ()

| style="text-align: left;"| Jagmeet Singh | 31 || 73.81 || 6|| 49,126|| 34.76|| 5.17

| style="text-align: left;"| Justin Trudeau | 6 || 14.29 || 6|| 29,400|| 20.80|| 4.29

| style="text-align: left;"| Erin O'Toole | 4 || 9.52 || 5|| 28,730|| 20.33|| 0.61

| style="text-align: left;"| Annamie Paul | 1 || 2.38 || 7|| 20,441|| 14.46|| 9.87

| style="text-align: left;"| Maxime Bernier | 0 || 0 || 0||9,461|| 6.69|| 2.47 |- | style="background-color:gainsboro"| | colspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Other | 0 || 0 || 0|| 4,189 || 2.96|| 1.46 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align: left;" | Total | 42 || 100.00 || 0 || 141,347 || 100.00|| – |- | colspan="7" style="text-align: left;" | Source: Student Vote Canadahttps://studentvote.ca/results/provincial_results/38/1 |} See also Canadian federal election results in the British Columbia Interior Canadian federal election results in the Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland Canadian federal election results on Vancouver Island Canadian federal election results in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast 2020 British Columbia general election

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