British Columbia

Functional Classification

Rural Highways

Highways are defined by the provincial numbering scheme.  Any numbered route will be either a Freeway, Major Highway or Minor Highway, regardless of the use of stop lights or the path it takes through a city/town. Other routes may also receive highway types based on their relative importance.

Differentiation between a major and minor highway is largely based on its destination and importance of the route.  A highway with a letter suffix in its number is usually less important than the corresponding highway without the letter suffix. For example Hwy 19A in Courtenay is a major highway, one type lower than Hwy 19 (freeway), and Hwy 4A in Coombs is a minor highway, one type lower than Hwy 4 (major highway).

Roads in cities

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Classifications in parentheses fall in between Waze road types. Roads in these classes will be split between the Waze types based on their relative importance.

Links by municipality	Page	Major Highway	Minor Highway	Primary Street	Street
Bowen Island	7			Trunk Main (Residential)	(Residential) Service
Burnaby	7	(Arterial - Primary)	(Arterial - Primary) Arterial - Secondary (Major Collector - Primary)	(Major Collector - Primary) Major Collector - Secondary Major Collector - Greenway (Local Collector)	(Local Collector) Local Residential
Coquitlam	40	(Major Road Network)	(Major Road Network) (City Arterial)	(City Arterial) City Collector Community Collector (Local)	(Local)
Delta	1	(Arterial)	(Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) (Local)	(Local)
Langley (city)	1	(Major Road Network)	(Major Road Network) (Arterial)	(Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) Local
Langley (township)	110	(Major Road Network)	(Major Road Network) (Arterial)	(Arterial) Collector (Local)	(Local)
Maple Ridge	59	(Major Road Network)	(Major Road Network) (Arterial)	(Arterial) Major Collector Collector (Local)	(Local)
New Westminster	140	(Major Road Network)	(Major Road Network) Arterial (City Collector)	(City Collector) (Neighbourhood Collector) (Local)	(Neighbourhood Collector) (Local)
North Vancouver (city)	1	(Major Arterial)	(Major Arterial) (Minor Arterial)	(Minor Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) Local
North Vancouver (district)	77	(Major Arterial)	(Major Arterial) (Minor Arterial)	(Minor Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) Local
Pitt Meadows	225		(Arterial)	(Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) Local
Port Coquitlam	44	(MRN)	(MRN) (Arterial)	(Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) Local
Port Moody	51	(MRN)	(MRN) (Arterial)	(Arterial) (Collector)	(Collector) Local
Richmond	9	(Major Arterial)	(Major Arterial) (Minor Arterial)	(Minor Arterial) Collector (Local)	(Local)
Richmond (centre)	5	(Major Thoroughfare)	(Major Thoroughfare) (Major Street)	(Major Street) (Minor Street)	(Minor Street)
Surrey
West Vancouver
White Rock