Fraser Valley/Victoria – 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
- Hazelton – 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.
