British Columbia

British Columbia (short: BC) is the Westernmost province of Canada, between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

The capital city is Victoria situated on the Vancouver Island, while Vancouver is the largest city and the third metropole of Canada.

The legality of hitchhiking is described in BC's Motor Vehicle Act. According to section 182 (3), "A person must not be on a roadway to solicit a ride, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle." However, the Act defines roadways to mean "the portion of the highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder, and if a highway includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of them collectively (...)", albeit there are a number of highways which entirely bar pedestrian use (see external links). While this indicates that hitchhiking should be legal when standing on the shoulder of a highway, law enforcement may not be aware of the details of this legislation.

In practice however, hitchhiking is very popular and very easy in most parts of BC. Other than where signposts expressly prohibit it, and around Vancouver, hitchhiking is perfectly fine, and you will not have any problem from the police.

Cities

• Vancouver
• Victoria
• Nelson
• Kelowna
• Penticton
• Kamloops
• Revelstoke
• Squamish
• Whistler

Regions

• Vancouver Island
• Okanagan
• Kootenays

Towns

• Hope
• Golden
• Osooyos
• Fernie
• Oliver
• Okanagan Falls
• Summerland
• Peachland

External links

• digihitch: Hitchhiking in British Columbia and its laws

• BC Motor Vehicles Act regarding hitchhiking

• [http://www.legaltree.ca/node/671 Legaltree: Is hitchhiking legal in BC?}

Provinces and Territories of Canada

Provinces: British Columbia • Alberta • Saskatchewan • Manitoba • Ontario • Quebec • New Brunswick • Nova Scotia • Prince Edward Island • Newfoundland and Labrador

Territories: Yukon • Northwest Territories • Nunavut

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