Free transit on federal election day

BC Transit and many local government partners across the province are offering free transit on Monday, April 28, 2025, for the federal election. Offering free transit helps make it easier for residents to get to the polls and cast their ballots. Decisions to offer free transit are made by local government partners in each separate community  

Take advantage of free transit in the following communities:  

  • 100 Mile House 
  • Bella Coola 
  • Campbell River 
  • Comox Valley (includes handyDART) 
  • Cranbrook 
  • Dawson Creek 
  • Fort St. John (includes handyDART) 
  • Hazeltons – excluding Highway 16 regional service route 164 
  • Kamloops (includes handyDART) 
  • Kitimat (includes handyDART) 
  • Mount Waddington 
  • Penticton (includes handyDART) 
  • Port Alberni  
  • Port Edward 
  • Prince George (includes handyDART) 
  • Prince Rupert (includes handyDART) 
  • Quesnel (includes handyDART) 
  • Regional District of Nanaimo – this does not include service on the 70 Nanaimo-Cowichan Express (includes handyDART) 
  • Revelstoke (includes handyDART) 
  • Skeena – excluding Route 11 Terrace-Kitimat Regional Connector 
  • Smithers – excluding Highway 16 regional service, routes 162 and 163. Service hours may be extended 
  • South Okanagan-Similkameen – All Penticton and regional routes (Route 30 is free for Summerland residents only). Additional Saturday service will be provided in Princeton 
  • Vernon – Routes 1 – 9 only (includes handyDART) 
  • Victoria Regional Transit (includes handyDART) 
  • West Coast Transit 
  • West Kootenay Region – Nelson, Castlegar, Trail (includes handyDART) 
  • Whistler 
  • Williams Lake (includes handyDART) 

For more information on each individual transit system, please visit bctransit.com

Media Contacts 

BC Transit Communications         

250-880-1303 | media@bctransit.com