Regional Parks Rangers

Ranger training includes sessions related to effective communication, de-escalation, voluntary compliance, park bylaws, and personal safety.

Ranger duties include:

• Providing a friendly and positive presence in regional parks and on regional trails.
• Responding to and resolving bylaw concerns in parks and on trails.
• Encouraging safe and positive use of parks.
• Attending permitted events in parks and liaising with community groups.

Rangers are not police officers and are not armed. They take an education-first approach and promote voluntary compliance by teaching the public about park regulations. 

Park rangers also work with bylaw enforcement, police, fire and rescue service, BC Ambulance and other departments and agencies on issues found in regional parks and on regional trails. Rangers have full authority to enforce and ticket under the Parks Regulation Bylaw.

Uniforms

You’ll find park rangers out in parks wearing dark grey pants, tan shirts, and black jackets in the rainy, winter months. All park rangers are clearly identifiable by their uniforms, and all carry a first aid kit and radio or cell phone for emergencies. Rangers drive clearly-marked Capital Regional District trucks, and some are marked with “Park Ranger” text. 

Getting the Right Help in Parks

• If people or property are in immediate danger, call 911.
• For non-emergency issues, park visitors can report an issue online.
• To report a conflict with domestic animals in parks, find the local municipal contact.
• To report a conflict with wildlife contact BC Conservation at 1.877.952.7277.
• To report injured wildlife contact BCSPCA Wild Arc at 250.478.9453.