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title: "BC Transit offers free rides in 31 communities on provincial election day, October 24"
description: "BC Transit will waive fares on Saturday, October 24 in 31 of the 48 communities it serves, including Campbell River, Nanaimo, Prince George, Kamloops and Victoria."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-transit-free-rides-election-day-october-24-2026"
last_updated: "2026-10-18T06:00:24.738Z"
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BC Transit will waive fares in 31 of the 48 communities it serves on provincial election day, Saturday, October 24, 2026, according to CHEK News. The free rides also cover handyDART service.

Local government partners in each community decide whether to participate. Of the 48 communities BC Transit operates in, 31 chose to offer free fares on election day.

## Communities with free transit on October 24

CHEK News lists the following 31 communities:

Bella Coola, Campbell River, Central Fraser Valley (Abbotsford and Mission, excluding interregional Route 66 FVX), Chilliwack (excluding Route 66 FVX), Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley (excluding interregional routes 66 CVX, 99 SVX and 70 NCX), Cranbrook, Fort St. John, Hazelton (excluding interregional routes 163 and 164), Kamloops, Kitimat (including Skeena regional routes), Merritt, Mount Waddington, Nanaimo (excluding interregional Route 70 NCX), Pemberton, Port Alberni, Port Edward, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Salt Spring Island, Smithers (Routes 22 and 23, plus free curb-to-curb service), South Okanagan-Similkameen (Penticton local routes only), Squamish, Vernon (local routes only), Victoria, West Coast Transit, West Kootenays, Whistler and Williams Lake.

Not all routes are free in every community. CHEK News reports several route exclusions, which are listed in the sources section.

## handyDART included

The free fare also applies to handyDART service, CHEK News reports. If you use handyDART and live in one of the 31 communities on the list, your trip to and from the polls will be at no cost on October 24.

## How to vote on October 24

Voting day is Saturday, October 24, 2026. You can find your polling place and confirm your voter registration at elections.bc.ca. If you want to vote before election day, advance voting is open through October 21 at locations across British Columbia. Candidate and party profiles for the BC provincial election are at [/bc/provincial-2026/news](/bc/provincial-2026/news).

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