Free British Columbia High School and College Yearbooks Online

Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.

Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:

• Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research

• A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks

• Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks

And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not: 

• Where to Find High School and College Yearbooks Online

Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the province:

Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.

Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same school’s yearbooks are available online.

(Updated December 2022)

• Armstrong – Armstrong High School
• Armstrong – Armstrong Junior High School
• Burnaby – British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Burnaby – Simon Fraser University
• Cranbrook – Cranbrook High School
• Cranbrook – Laurie Junior Secondary School
• Cranbrook – Mount Baker Junior-Senior High School
• Cranbrook – Mount Baker Secondary School
• Cranbrook – Parkland Junior Secondary School
• Dawson Creek – Central Junior Secondary School
• Elkford – Elkford High School
• Fernie – Fernie High School
• Fernie – Fernie Secondary School
• Jaffray – Jaffray Elementary Junior Secondary School
• Kimberley – Kimberley High School
• Kimberley – Kimberley Selkirk High School
• Kimberley – McKim High School
• Kimberley – McKim Junior Senior High School
• Langley – Trinity Western University
• Mill Bay – Brentwood College School
• Mill Bay – Brentwood College School
• Nanaimo – Nanaimo District Secondary School
• North Vancouver – Western Pentecostal Bible College
• Quesnel – Caribou Junior High School
• Quesnel – Quesnel High School
• Shawnigan Lake – Shawnigan Lake School
• Sparwood – Sparwood High School
• Surrey – West Whalley Junior Secondary School
• Vancouver – Grandview High School of Commerce
• Vancouver – Provinicial Normal School
• Vancouver – University of British Columbia
• Vancouver – Vancouver College
• Victoria – Royal Roads Military College
• Victoria – Royal Roads University
• Victoria – St. Michaels University School
• Victoria – University of Victoria
• Victoria – Victoria College
• Victoria – Victoria High School
• Victoria – Victoria High School
• Waldo – Waldo Junior Senior High School

To see free online yearbooks from other provinces. please visit the Yearbooks page.