BC's Federal Electoral Districts


Here's a handy list of federal electoral districts in British Columbia and the three-character abbreviations to use as your exhange in the BC QSO Party. Note that these districts came into effect in 2025 and are used for the 2026 BCQP and until further notice.

View a map of British Columbia's electoral districts

Detailed inset maps of British Columbia electoral districts (multipliers) by region

North and Central BC
South Coast, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island
Southern Interior
Metro Vancouver

View a printer-friendly PDF of the multipliers (electoral districts)
ASL	Abbotsford-South Langley
BNS	Burnaby North-Seymour
BUC	Burnaby Central
CHP	Chilliwack-Hope
CKS	Columbia-Kootenay-Southern Rockies
CLC	Cloverdale-Langley City
CML	Cowichan-Malahat-Langford
COA	Courtenay-Alberni
CPC	Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam
CPG	Cariboo-Prince George
DEL	Delta
ESQ	Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke 
FPK	Fleetwood-Port Kells
KEL	Kelowna
KSC	Kamloops-Shuwswap-Central Rockies
KTN	Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola
LTF	Langley Township-Fraser Heights
MMA	Mission-Matsqui-Abbotsford
NAL	Nanaimo-Ladysmith
NBM	New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville
NPR	North Island-Powell River
NVC	North Vancouver-Capilano
OSK	Okanagan Lake West-South Kelowna
PMC	Port Moody-Coquitlam 
PMM	Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge
PPN	Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies
RCM	Richmond Center-Marpole
RES	Richmond East-Steveston
SBV	Skeena-Bulkley Valley
SGI	Saanich-Gulf Islands
SSW	Similkameen-South Okangan-West Kootenay
SUC	Surrey Centre
SUN	Surrey Newton
SWR	South Surrey-White Rock
VAC	Vancouver Centre
VAE	Vancouver East
VAG	Vancouver Granville
VAK	Vancouver Kingsway
VAQ	Vancouver Quadra
VIC	Victoria
VLM	Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee
VSB	Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby
WVS	West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country

United States Abbreviations

US State      Abbreviation       US State         Abbreviation
Alabama       AL                 Montana          MT
Alaska        AK                 Nebraska         NE
Arizona       AZ                 Nevada           NV
Arkansas      AR                 New Hampshire    NH
California    CA                 New Jersey       NJ
Colorado      CO                 New Mexico       NM
Connecticut   CT                 New York         NY
Delaware      DE                 North Carolina   NC
Florida       FL                 North Dakota     ND
Georgia       GA                 Ohio             OH
Hawaii        HI                 Oklahoma         OK
Idaho         ID                 Oregon           OR
Illinois      IL                 Pennsylvania     PA
Indiana       IN                 Rhode Island     RI
Iowa          IA                 South Carolina   SC
Kansas        KS                 South Dakota     SD
Kentucky      KY                 Tennessee        TN
Louisiana     LA                 Texas            TX
Maine         ME                 Utah             UT
Maryland      MD                 Vermont          VT
Massachusetts MA                 Virginia         VA
Michigan      MI                 Washington       WA
Minnesota     MN                 West Virginia    WV
Mississippi   MS                 Wisconsin        WI
Missouri      MO                 Wyoming          WY