The history of transit in British Columbia, Canada, is really the history of one company, the British Columbia Electric Railway Ltd. It and its successor companies -it was provincialised in 1962- provide public transit throughout the province. At first, just Vancouver and Victoria, but beginning in 1972, the provincial government offered transit service to various other communities. Some cities, like Nelson, Powell River, and West Vancouver, already had municipally owned transit systems. These were amalgamated into the provincially owned fleets. Other cities received transit service for the first time. Responsibility for transit services has passed to various departments and crown corporations in the intervening years.

BC Transit is currently the provincial government crown corporation, providing public transit in British Columbia, other than the GVRD. It is responsible for funding, planning, and operating transit vehicles in Victoria and by contracting with private and public sector operators in the rest of the province.