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‘From Nanaimo to Fort St. John’ Uber looking for drivers as ride hailing company expands across BC

By The Canadian Press
An Uber Technologies Inc. sticker is displayed on a vehicle in the Time Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Simmering tensions between drivers and ride-hailing companies are flaring again, as drivers in major cities across the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike Wednesday over low wages and unstable working conditions. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg)

Uber is expanding its services to all of B-C, although driver availability may differ across different cities.

The ride-share app company launched service in 2020 for Metro Vancouver, and its applications to the Passenger Transportation Board to operate in other regions were denied.

Uber says in May, it received approval from B-C’s Passenger Transportation Board for a licence transfer from another ride-share company to operate across the province.

Michael van Hemmen, a spokesman with Uber Canada, says as the ride-sharing service is expanding across the province, the company is now also looking for drivers from Nanaimo to Fort St. John and everywhere in between.

This story was originally published by The Canadian Press on May 28,th 2025.