BC Parks Visitor Satisfaction Survey
Overview
Who: BC Parks, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
What: A visitor satisfaction survey to better understand park visitors
Where: Province-wide
Why: To support future decision-making, training, and funding for park amenities
How: Online
Engagement summary
BC Parks is committed to protecting and managing the province’s diverse wilderness for future generations, and providing high-quality, safe, outdoor recreation opportunities. To help achieve this goal, BC Parks conducted annual visitor satisfaction surveys from the 1980s until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, we resumed annual satisfaction surveys with an updated questionnaire.
Have you visited a BC Park recently? Whether you camped, hiked, biked, boated, or got up to something else, we want to hear from you.
BC Parks is committed to protecting and managing the province’s diverse wilderness for future generations, and providing high-quality, safe, outdoor recreation opportunities.
To help achieve this goal, BC Parks conducted annual visitor satisfaction surveys from the 1980s until 2019. In 2023, after an in-depth review of the historic program, BC Parks relaunched the survey with an updated questionnaire. In 2024, we’re running the survey again with a few improvements based on your feedback from last year and some new questions targeting our marine visitors. Going forward, we are committed to conducting the visitor satisfaction survey at regular intervals.
How your contribution makes a difference
Our goal is to better understand the experiences of residents and visitors who use parks across the province. Through this survey, we hope to learn more about who is visiting parks, what activities they enjoy while visiting, what they like about parks, and where there is room for improvement. This information will be used to support future decision-making, training, and funding for facilities, trails, and other initiatives.
2023 results
To see the results from last year, check out: Reports and surveys – Province of British Columbia | BC Parks
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