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Most polluted cities in British Columbia, Canada, January 2026
25 cities in British Columbia, Canada ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Williams Lake at 10.7 µg/m³, #1,017 of 2,593 cities in the world. Cleanest: West Vancouver at 3.1. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.
- 1Williams Lake 0%
- 2Port Alberni 0%
- 3Harewood 0%
- 4Kamloops 0%
- 5Campbell River 0%
- 6Terrace 0%
- 6Vancouver 0%
- 8Strawberry Hill 0%
- 9Richmond 0%
- 10Burnaby 0%
- 11North Cowichan 0%
- 12Langley 0%
- 13Kitimat 0%
- 14Fort St. John 0%
- 15Abbotsford 0%
- 16Coquitlam 0%
- 16Gibsons 0%
- 18Port Coquitlam 0%
- 19Chilliwack 0%
- 19Delta 0%
- 21Mission 0%
- 21North Vancouver 0%
- 23Hope 0%
- 24Agassiz 0%
- 25West Vancouver 0%
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in British Columbia, Canada, PM2.5, January 2026, smogrank.com/ca/region/british-columbia/history/2026-01 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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