British Columbia Coast

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British Columbia Coast French: Côte de la Colombie-Britannique
Region
From top, left to right: Vancouver, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Lax Kw'alaams backdropped by the Kitimat Ranges, Qualicum Beach and the Strait of Georgia
Nickname:  "The Coast"
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Principal cities	List Vancouver Surrey Burnaby Richmond Abbotsford Coquitlam Delta Nanaimo Victoria Chilliwack Maple Ridge New Westminster Port Coquitlam North Vancouver
Area [1]
• 15 Districts	244,778 km2 (94,509 sq mi)
Highest elevation Mt. Waddington	4,019 m (13,186 ft)
Lowest elevation Sea level	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2016)	3,686,900[2]
• Density	80.24/km2 (207.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Postal code prefixes	V
Area codes	236, 250, 604, 672, 778

The British Columbia Coast, popularly referred to as the BC Coast or simply the Coast, is a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. As the entire western continental coastline of Canada along the Pacific Ocean is in the province, it is synonymous with being the West Coast of Canada.

While the exact boundaries are variously defined, the region is generally defined to include the 15 regional districts that have coastline along the Pacific Ocean or Salish Sea, or are part of the Lower Mainland, a subregion of the British Columbia Coast. Other boundaries may exclude parts of or even entire regional districts, such as those of the aforementioned Lower Mainland.