BC Transit

BC Transit

Formerly	Urban Transit Authority and the Metro Transit Operating Company
Founded	1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Headquarters	520 Gorge Road East Victoria, British Columbia
Locale	Province of British Columbia (except Greater Vancouver)
Service area	130 communities
Service type	bus service, paratransit, transportation planning
Fleet	1,128 vehicles[1]
Annual ridership	27.0 million (FY 2020/21) [1]
Website	www.bctransit.com

BC Transit is a provincial crown corporation responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside Greater Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 26,377,500, or about 108,500 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.

BC Transit is the successor to the British Columbia Electric Railway, which started in 1897 and in 1961 became BC Hydro, as the BC Hydro and Power Authority.^[2] In 1979, the province separated the transit authority into a separate agency called the Urban Transit Authority which was later restructured into BC Transit in 1983.^[3]

BC Transit carries out overall planning and delivery for all of the different municipal transit systems in British Columbia. In 1999, responsibility for the management of transportation in Greater Vancouver, including public transit, was taken over by the newly formed TransLink. In the future, TransLink's jurisdiction is planned to expand into adjacent regions east and north of Greater Vancouver (see TransLink 2007 reorganization).