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Best Transit Access in British Columbia
The StatCan Proximity Measures Database (PMD) transit score measures how close residents are to public transit stops. These BC communities have the best transit proximity scores within the province.
Metro Vancouver dominates: TransLink's dense network in Metro Vancouver gives Lower Mainland FSAs a structural advantage on PMD transit proximity. Victoria (BC Transit) ranks second. Interior BC communities score low regardless of bus service, as PMD measures proximity across all residents.
| # | Community | Transit Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver - Downtown Business DistrictBC | 1.0 |
| 2 | Vancouver — DowntownBC | 1.0 |
| 3 | Vancouver - Robson / Downtown CoreBC | 1.0 |
| 4 | Vancouver - Downtown Eastside / StrathconaBC | 1.0 |
| 5 | Vancouver - West EndBC | 1.0 |
| 6 | Vancouver - Canada Place / WaterfrontBC | 1.0 |
| 7 | Vancouver — YaletownBC | 1.0 |
| 8 | East Vancouver - Mount PleasantBC | 1.0 |
| 9 | Victoria - Fort StreetBC | 1.0 |
| 10 | Vancouver - West End NorthBC | 0.9 |
| 11 | Vancouver - FairviewBC | 0.9 |
| 12 | Vancouver - Mount PleasantBC | 0.9 |
| 13 | Victoria - FernwoodBC | 0.9 |
| 14 | East Vancouver - Grandview-WoodlandBC | 0.9 |
| 15 | Vancouver - KitsilanoBC | 0.9 |
| 16 | East Vancouver - Kensington-Cedar CottageBC | 0.9 |
| 17 | East Vancouver - FairviewBC | 0.9 |
| 18 | East Vancouver - Renfrew HeightsBC | 0.9 |
| 19 | Vancouver - Dunbar-SouthlandsBC | 0.9 |
| 20 | Vancouver - South GranvilleBC | 0.9 |
StatCan Proximity Measures Database (PMD) 2021 transit score. Scores represent the percentile rank of transit proximity within Canada, computed at dissemination block level and aggregated to FSA. Source: Statistics Canada open government licence.