This regulation sets no-shooting, no-hunting, and no-trapping areas, and restricts firearm discharge in listed areas unless specified shot requirements are met.
76/84 O.C. 518/84 March 19, 1984 Wildlife Act Closed Areas Regulation [Last amended July 1, 2026 by B.C. Reg. 97/2026] 76_84_pit Interpretation 1 In this regulation: Act means the Wildlife Act ; management unit or M.U. has the same meaning as in the Management Unit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 64/96; non-toxic shot has the same meaning as in the Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84; shot means a cartridge manufactured so that it contains 8 or more roughly spherical projectiles. [en. B.C. Reg. 194/99, s. 1; am. B.C. Regs. 219/2000, s. 1; 72/2014, App. 1, s. 1.] Conflict with other Wildlife Act regulations 1.1 If there is a conflict between this regulation and another regulation made under the Act, this regulation prevails to the extent of the conflict. [en. B.C. Reg. 97/2026, App. 1, s. 1.] No shooting, hunting or trapping areas 2 The areas set out in Schedule 1 are designated as no shooting areas and, for the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species in those areas. Seasonal no shooting, hunting or trapping areas 3 Section 2 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 2 during the period set out for each area. No shooting or hunting areas 4 The areas set out in Schedule 3 are designated as no shooting areas and, for the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species in those areas except as prescribed for the trapping of furbearing animals. Seasonal no shooting or hunting areas 5 Section 4 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 4 during the period set out for each area. No shooting areas 6 The areas set out in Schedule 5 are designated as No Shooting areas. Seasonal no shooting areas 7 Section 6 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 6 during the period set out for each area. No shooting areas â specified Crown land 7.1 The areas set out in Schedule 5.1 are designated as no shooting areas. [en. B.C. Reg. 135/2017, App. 1, s. 1.] No hunting areas 8 For the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species, except as prescribed for the trapping of furbearing animals in the areas set out in Schedule 7. No hunting or trapping areas 8.1 For the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act, there is no open season for any wildlife species in the areas set out in Schedule 8.1. [en. B.C. Reg. 151/2006, s. 1.] Seasonal no hunting areas 9 Section 8 applies to the areas set out in Schedule 8 during the period set out for each area. Prohibited discharge areas under section 108 (2) (o) of the Act 10 1 A person commits an offence if the person discharges a a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 9 unless the person uses shot only, b a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 10 during the period set out for each area unless the person uses shot only, c a rifle in an area set out in Schedule 11, or d a firearm in an area set out in Schedule 13 unless the person uses non-toxic shot only. 2 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 170/2001, s. 1.] 3 Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a person hunting with a muzzle-loading firearm in the part of an area described in section 27, 29 or 30 of Schedule 9 that is west of Highway 1 or Highway 19. [en. B.C. Reg. 219/2000, s. 2; am. B.C. Regs. 170/2001, s. 1; 157/2022, App. 3, s. 1.] Repealed 10.1 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 157/2022, App. 3, s. 2.] Repealed 11 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 211/93, s. 2.] Road allowance no shooting or hunting areas 12 1 For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) and of section 31 of the Act, highway means every public road of two lanes or more that is maintained by the ministry of the minister responsible for the administration of the Transportation Act , and includes all other public roads of two lanes or more within the Province that are operated or maintained by the government of another province or of a territory or by the government of Canada. 2 For the purpose of subsection (3), road allowance means the highway and that area on either side of the highway including the shoulder and ditch to the lesser of a a distance of 15 m from i the midline of a road of less than three lanes, or ii the nearest edge of the paved surface of a highway with three lanes or more, or b the boundary of private property as indicated by i a fence, or ii the limit of cultivated land. 3 The road allowance of any highway is designated as a no shooting area, and for the purposes of section 26 (1) (c) of the Act there is no open season for any wildlife species in that area. [en. B.C. Reg. 211/93, s. 3; am. B.C. Regs. 205/94, s. 1; 221/2005, s. 1; 4/2010, s. 3.] Contents 76_84_00 Sections 1 to 12 76_84_01 Schedule 1 76_84_02 Schedule 2 76_84_03 Schedule 3 76_84_04 Schedule 4 76_84_05 Schedule 5 to 5.1 76_84_06 Schedule 6 76_84_07 Schedule 7 76_84_08 Schedule 8 76_84_09 Schedule 8.1 76_84_10 Schedule 9 76_84_11 Schedule 10 to 13 76_84_12 Schedule 14 76_84_13 Schedule 15 76_84_14