The Great Outdoors

• B.C. has nearly 1,000 provincial parks and protected areas, attracting about 20 million visits every year.
• Since 2001, the provincial government has established 65 new parks, 144 conservancies, two ecological reserves and nine protected areas, and expanded more than 60 parks and six ecological reserves, protecting more than 1.9 million hectares (an area almost three times the size of Prince Edward Island.)
• This includes 200,000 hectares of habitat for the world-famous Spirit Bear, B.C.'s official mammal.
• Today, 14.27 per cent (or more than 13.5 million hectares) of British Columbia is protected – more than any other province in Canada.
• To find which provincial parks are closest to where you live, click here.
• To reserve a campsite online, click here.
• For more information about B.C.’s provincial parks, please visit: www.bcparks.ca.