Beautiful BC has so much to see and do, and it can honestly be a bit overwhelming when it comes to your choices. We’ve rounded up our top 100 ultimate things to do list, and if you are a local, it might even have some bucket list ideas you’ve never tried.
For those just visiting BC, we hope some of these suggestions let you get a glimpse of all that British Columbia offers, but you’ll have to come back to see it all!
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4. See the SuperDogs at the PNE
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5. Hug the more than 1,100-year-old Hollyburn Fir tree on the North Shore
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12. Watch a championship Whitecaps game at BC Place
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15. Ski or (or aprés!) in Whistler
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16. Go kayaking around one of the Gulf Islands
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20. Walk with wolves
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23. Take a train journey through the province
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30. Scratch Panorama Ridge in Garibaldi Park off your bucket list
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31. Get a refreshing massage with a view of the Vancouver skyline
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32. See all the best views along the Sea to Sky Highway
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34. Relax in the grotto spa at Tigh-Na-Mara
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37. Take a scenic tour of Vancouver from a seaplane
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43. Eat a taco at the original Tacofino in Tofino
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44. Take it all off at Wreck Beach
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46. Bob around in a cranberry bog during harvest season
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54. Peer into the tidal pools at Botanical Beach
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One of the few boardwalk communities left in BC is on northern Vancouver Island. (Max Lindenthaler/Shutterstock)
59. Catch the whitewater wonder at the Skookumchuck Narrows
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61. Say hi to our southern neighbours at Peace Arch Park
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63. Find the hidden waterfall at Sombrio Beach
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66. Try the BC Ale Trail full of craft breweries
CAMP Beer Co, a local brewery in the Fraser Valley (The Fraser Valley)
67. Rent a boat in the Okanagan on a summer day
68. Soak up the cherry blossom petals as they rain down in spring
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The U’mista Cultural Centre is one of the longest-operating and most successful First Nations cultural facilities in BC. (umistapotlatch.ca)
70. Bust out your chicest fit for a day at Hastings Racecourse
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71. Smoke some of that good BC bud, endorsed by Seth Rogen himself
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74. Climb to Cox Bay lookout in Tofino
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75. Visit Finn Slough, the floating fishing village in Richmond
76. Get swept away on the charming Sunshine Coast
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78. See the totem poles in Stanley Park
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Apex Mountain Resort
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83. Live it up at Bass Coast Music Festival
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85. Catch a glimpse of the view from the Lions Gate Bridge at night
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86. Bike the Stanley Park Seawall
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87. Experience the beauty and culture of Haida Gwaii
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91. Warm up in Canada’s pocket desert, Osoyoos
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94. Explore the Upana Caves on Vancouver Island
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96. Take the ferry from Vancouver to Vancouver Island
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98. Be an extra in a movie filmed here in Hollywood North
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100. Keep exploring, because you know this is just the beginning
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