BC Transit and participating local government partners across the province will offer transit free of charge on Saturday, October 24, 2026. Decisions to provide free transit are made by local government partners in participating communities.
Free transit will be available in the following communities:
Bella Coola
Campbell River
Central Fraser Valley (Abbotsford/Mission) – excluding interregional Route 66 FVX
Chilliwack – excluding Route 66 FVX
Comox Valley
Cowichan Valley – excluding interregional Routes 66 CVX, 99 SVX and 70 NCX
Cranbrook
Fort St. John
Hazeltons – excluding interregional routes (Routes 163 and 164)
Kamloops
Kitimat – includes Skeena regional routes
Merritt
Mount Waddington
Nanaimo – excluding interregional Route 70 NCX
Pemberton
Port Alberni
Port Edward
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Quesnel
Revelstoke
Salt Spring Island
Smithers – free transit on Routes 22 and 23. Free curb-to-curb service on election day.
South Okanagan-Similkameen – Penticton local routes only
Squamish
Vernon – Vernon local routes only. Route 1 is free for riders boarding within Vernon
Victoria
West Coast Transit
West Kootenays
Whistler
Williams Lake
Free transit includes handyDART service in all applicable regions.
For more information about trip planning, fares and schedules, please visit bctransit.com.
Media Contacts
BC Transit Communications
250-880-1303 | media@bctransit.com