British Columbia Cruises: Ports, Ships and Things to Do

At a glance

64 current cruises call at the 6 ports Cruiseable lists under British Columbia, on 14 ships from 9 cruise lines. The busiest of those ports is Prince Rupert, on 64 itineraries. The lowest lead fare across those cruises is $654. The lines sailing the most of them are Princess Cruises (18), Seabourn (13) and Holland America Line (13).

Photos of British Columbia

Try to catch a glimpse of an orca breaching the water when you visit Victoria, British Columbia.
Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938, connects Vancouver to the North Shore in British Columbia.
View of the seawall and part of the downtown high-rise buildings in Vancouver, British Columbia during autumn.
JD Lasica: "I'm still astonished that this bald eagle let me drift within 20 feet of him while I was kayaking off Cortes Island, British Columbia."
Visitors walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge above the Capilano River and surrounding rainforest in Vancouver, BC.
An Impressionist painting? Nope. A couple walks through VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A Harbour Air Floatplane flies past waterfalls near Vancouver, British Columbia.
A trout pond in the rainforest at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver, British Columbia
An experienced stand-up paddle boarder gets a surprise visit from an orca and her baby in Howe Sound, West Vancouver, British Columbia.
On a Sea Safari tour at Christie Island, a bird sanctuary with the peak of Diamond Head in the background.
Children play in the forest at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Visitors go hands-free on a zipline at Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A food triptych in Vancouver, British Columbia
Sunken garden in Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia.
The Parliament building in Victoria, British Columbia.
Morning at Swan Lake near Victoria, British Columbia.
Take a stroll through the famous Sunken Garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC.
Join the celebration for Canada Day in Victoria, British Columbia, on July 1st.
Suit up for whale watching on Clayoquot Sound near Victoria, British Columbia.
Tour Craigdarroch Castle to learn more about life in the 1890s in Victoria, British Columbia.
Take to a board on Dallas Road Beach during your stay in Victoria, British Columbia.
British Columbia is known for water sports of all types, such as sailboarding (or windsurfing) near Dallas Road Beach in Victoria.
Victoria's Fisherman's Wharf offers you a chance to sample the local seafood.
The Inner Harbour in Victoria, British Columbia, is also the site of Parliament.