Power outages in British Columbia
Live outage status from BC Hydro · updated ~every 15 minutes
600
customers reported out province-wide · 8 areas reporting · 3 with 50+ customers out
Updated 4:32 PM PDT.
Includes 11 that a utility reports without saying which area — search your address for your exact status.
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Squamish-Lillooet — 274 reported out · no reliable recovery trend yet
Sunshine Coast — 172 reported out · no reliable recovery trend yet
Greater Vancouver — 82 reported out · ~33 min to restore at the current pace (roughly 149 customers an hour)
Numbers come straight from BC Hydro's own public outage map. “Significant” means 50+ customers out.
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Coverage in British Columbia
Canada has no independent nationwide outage count like the US government's. BC Hydro's own data covers most of the province.
Utility: BC Hydro — official outage map ↗
Outage pages by regional district
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox Valley · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Peace River · Powell River · Squamish-Lillooet · Strathcona · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola
Each regional district page shows its own live count, restoration outlook, and past-outage history.
Covered on this page, without a page of their own (fewer than 3 outages of their own tracked so far): Kootenay Boundary Regional District, Northern Rockies Regional District, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District and Stikine.
Common questions
How do I check power outages in British Columbia?
This page shows live outage status for British Columbia, refreshed about every 15 minutes from BC Hydro's own public outage map. There is no independent nationwide outage count in Canada the way US states have one, so the numbers come straight from the utility. Search your address for the most specific view.
Which utility serves British Columbia?
BC Hydro is the main electricity provider we track in British Columbia. Report an outage or downed line directly to BC Hydro so crews can be dispatched — this is an independent tracker, not the utility.