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British Columbia

Provincial investment by riding

Where the province's large building projects, its transfers to local governments and its community gaming grants have gone since 2003, sorted by the party each riding elected. Amounts are adjusted for inflation to 2026 dollars, and every figure comes from public budget, election and local government records.

Capital projects over $50 million

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Capital spending each year by the party that won the riding, 2026 dollars

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Share of spending compared with share of seats, %

Spending that can be placed in a riding, with the current filters. When the solid line sits above the dashed line, that group of ridings received more than its share of seats.

NDP ridings: spendingNDP: seatsBC Liberal or Conservative ridings: spendingBC Liberal or Conservative: seats
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What the $50 million list leaves out

The province's capital spending each year, and how much of it is on the $50 million list, 2026 dollars

Taxpayer-supported capital spending (not Crown corporations), full cost. The list can be placed by riding; the rest is reported only as totals by sector.

Projects on the $50 million listSmaller projects and routine capital (not placed by riding)
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Term by term

Capital spending in each term, by the party that won the riding (2026 dollars)

Uses the options chosen above. A term runs from one general election to the next; the "per riding" columns divide each group's spending by the number of ridings it held.

Provincial grants to local governments

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Provincial transfers to municipalities and regional districts, by the party that won the riding, 2026 dollars

Each local government's transfers are split among the ridings it overlaps, in proportion to where its registered voters live. 2009 to 2024, the years the riding maps allow.

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Community gaming grants

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Community gaming grants by the party that won the riding, 2026 dollars

Grants to non-profit groups, parent advisory councils and other community organizations, placed by each organization's town or city. Fiscal years starting in April of the year shown.

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Riding by riding

Pick a term to see what each riding received while it was held by the party it elected. Riding boundaries change between some elections, so compare ridings within a term rather than across terms.

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Sources and method

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Capital spending totals

Elections, maps, local governments, gaming grants and prices