Medal of Good Citizenship recipients
Last updated on April 29, 2025British Columbia recognizes outstanding citizens with the Medal of Good Citizenship for their contributions to their communities without expectation of remuneration or reward. The medal reflects their generosity, service, acts of selflessness and contributions to community life.
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2024 Recipients
List of all recipients
| Year | First Name | Last Name | Region | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | John | Phare *(posthumous) | Mainland/Southwest | Roberts Creek |
| 2016 | Trudie | BonBernard | Thompson/Okanagan | Kamloops |
| 2016 | The People of Ahousaht First Nation Community | Vancouver Island/Coast | Ahousaht | |
| 2016 | Nicholas | Marsden | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2016 | Judith | Armstrong | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2016 | Bud | Abbott | Kootenay | Cranbrook |
| 2016 | Dave | Dickson | Cariboo | Williams Lake |
| 2016 | Clayton | Cassidy* | Thompson/Okanagan | Cache Creek |
| 2016 | Ray | Abernethy | Mainland/Southwest | Burnaby |
| 2016 | Richard W. | Bergen | Cariboo | Forest Grove |
| 2016 | Marilyn | Rushton | Burnaby | |
| 2016 | Abbe | Gates | Mainland/Southwest | Burnaby |
| 2016 | Dylan | Van Rooyen | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2016 | Patricia | Housty | Northern BC | Bella Bella |
| 2016 | John | Simpson | Mainland/Southwest | Chilliwack |
| 2016 | John | Scott | Northern BC | Prince George |
| 2016 | Dave | Holmberg | Mainland/Southwest | Abbotsford |
| 2016 | Kevin | England | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2016 | Joan | LeMoine | Vancouver Island/Coast | Parksville |
| 2016 | Marion | Sallenbach | Thompson/Okanagan | Winfield |
| 2016 | Troy | Becker | Thompson/Okanagan | West Kelowna |
| 2016 | Kamal | Dhillon | Mainland/Southwest | Langley |
| 2016 | Lita | Salanski *(posthumous) | Kootenay | Grasmere |
| 2017 | Ken | Ryan | Mainland/Southwest | Burnaby |
| 2017 | Daniel | Brown | Vancouver Island/Coast | Campbell River |
| 2017 | Chad | Farquharson | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2017 | Terry | Nichols | Northern BC | Quesnel |
| 2017 | Peter | Lawless | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2017 | Terry | Yung | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2017 | Lorna | Gibbs | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2017 | Edwin | Findlater | Thompson/Okanagan | Okanagan Falls |
| 2017 | Wayne | McGill | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2017 | Lou | Ryan | Mainland/Southwest | Burnaby |
| 2017 | Patrick | Ashton | Kootenay | Slocan |
| 2017 | Michal | Smialowski | Cariboo | Tatlayoko |
| 2017 | Joann | Gabriel | Thompson/Okanagan | Princeton |
| 2017 | Paul | Nichols | Northern BC | Quesnel |
| 2017 | W.A. "Sandy" | Burpee | Mainland/Southwest | Coquitlam |
| 2017 | Sahib | Thind | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2017 | Larry | White | Northern BC | Tumbler Ridge |
| 2018 | Beth | Laur | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2018 | Brandon | Laur | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2018 | Darren | Laur | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2018 | Michael | Langridge | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2018 | Kris | Patterson | Vancouver Island/Coast | Port Alberni |
| 2018 | Sylvie Silvakantie | Pather | Mainland/Southwest | North Vancouver |
| 2018 | Shawna | Narayan | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2018 | Lois | Nahirney | Mainland/Southwest | North Vancouver |
| 2018 | Peggy | Lee | Mainland/Southwest | North Vancouver |
| 2018 | Alberta "Wadzeed" | Billy | Vancouver Island/Coast | Quathiaski Cove |
| 2018 | Stan | McCarthy* | Cariboo | 150 Mile House |
| 2018 | Ronald Allen | Greene | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2018 | Selen | Alpay | Cariboo | Prince George |
| 2018 | Joan "Bays" H. | Blackhall *(posthumous) | Mainland/Southwest | Langley |
| 2018 | Suzanne | Bolton | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2018 | Edward S. | Dickins | Thompson/Okanagan | Kelowna |
| 2018 | Stephanie | Fischer | Kootenay | Nelson |
| 2018 | Fran | Fowler | Northern BC | Queen Charlotte |
| 2018 | Joyce | Fraser | Thompson/Okanagan | Princeton |
| 2019 | Vivian | Tsang | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2019 | Thomas Wilfrid | Smithwick | Thompson/Okanagan | Kelowna |
| 2019 | Jack | Hutton | Vancouver Island/Coast | Duncan |
| 2019 | John | Cameron | Mainland/Southwest | Richmond |
| 2019 | Adrienne | Montani | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2019 | Bruce | Curtis | Vancouver Island/Coast | Courtenay |
| 2019 | Dr. Peter | Newbery | Northern BC | New Hazelton |
| 2019 | Joseph | Roberts | Mainland/Southwest | Township of Langley |
| 2019 | Louis | Thomas | Thompson/Okanagan | Salmon Arm |
| 2019 | Patricia | Roy | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2019 | Chief M. Jason | Louie | Kootenay | Creston |
| 2019 | Joe | Average | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2019 | Michelle Renee | Wilson | Mainland/Southwest | Delta |
| 2019 | Shirley | Gratton | Cariboo | Keremeos |
| 2019 | Patricia | Shields | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2019 | Charlotte | Brady | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2019 | Anastasia | Castro | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2019 | Neil | Cook | Kootenay | Cranbrook |
| 2020 | Zeeshan | Hayat | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2020 | Fawzan | Hussain | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2020 | Kristi | Blakeway | Mainland/Southwest | Maple Ridge |
| 2020 | Gale | Stewart | Mainland/Southwest | New Westminster |
| 2020 | Farouq | Manji | Mainland/Southwest | Richmond |
| 2020 | Andrew | Beckerman | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2020 | Cara | Sinclair | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2020 | Irene | Bischler | Kootenay | Cranbrook |
| 2020 | Donna | Kane | Northern BC | Rolla |
| 2020 | Imogene | Lim | Vancouver Island/Coast | Nanaimo |
| 2020 | Robert | McMinn | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2020 | Stephanie | Quon | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2020 | Cole | Izsak | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2020 | George Conrad | Reifel | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Song | Hu | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2021 | Gayle | Ireland | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2021 | Jasper Doyle Catcheside | Johnston | Vancouver Island/Coast | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Renée | Katz | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Aditi | Kini | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2021 | Esther | Lang | Thompson/Okanagan | Ashcroft |
| 2021 | James | Lester | Mainland/Southwest | North Vancouver |
| 2021 | Ping | Li | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Beverly | Lore | Northern BC | Port Clements |
| 2021 | Amber | Price | Mainland/Southwest | Chilliwack |
| 2021 | Jonathan | Yeung | Mainland/Southwest | West Vancouver |
| 2021 | Spencer | van Vloten | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Isabelle | Tang | Mainland/Southwest | Richmond |
| 2021 | David | Horton | Cariboo | Prince George |
| 2021 | Rachel | Staples | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2021 | Steven | Ngo | Mainland/Southwest | Burnaby |
| 2021 | Natalia | Skapski | Mainland/Southwest | North Vancouver |
| 2021 | Jeffery | McLellan | Mainland/Southwest | Port Moody |
| 2021 | Leon | Ng | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Stan | Shaw | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Niis | Miou | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Robert | Cruickshank | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Christopher | Horner | Northern BC | Masset |
| 2021 | Rory | Richards | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Daniel | Brown | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2021 | Greg | Ehman | Thompson/Okanagan | Leduc |
| 2021 | Aysha Luena Johnston | Emmerson | Vancouver Island/Coast | Cambridge |
| 2021 | Gambier Grocery Group | Mainland/Southwest | Gambier Island | |
| 2021 | Lori | Girard | Mainland/Southwest | Pitt Meadows |
| 2021 | Amber | Gregory | Mainland/Southwest | Coquitlam |
| 2021 | Bonnie | Henry | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2021 | Kendall | Ho | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2022 | Rishika | Selvakumar | Mainland/Southwest | Richmond |
| 2022 | Rachel | Dong | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2022 | Bob | Burrows | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2022 | Landon Douglas | Brown | Mainland/Southwest | North Vancouver |
| 2022 | Debra | Arnott | Thompson/Okanagan | Cache Creek |
| 2022 | Karen | Hira | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2022 | Andrei | Marti | Vancouver Island/Coast | Saanichton |
| 2022 | Barry | English | Northern BC | Terrace |
| 2022 | Winston | Sayson | Mainland/Southwest | Richmond |
| 2022 | Shannon | Fisher | Kootenay | Cranbrook |
| 2022 | Farhad (Fred) | Soofi | Mainland/Southwest | Port Moody |
| 2022 | Chantal | Stefan | Vancouver Island/Coast | Cumberland |
| 2022 | Guul Jiit | Jaad | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2022 | Jody | Woodford | Thompson/Okanagan | Coalmont |
| 2022 | Ronald | Rice | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2023 | Spring | Hawes | Thompson/Okanagan | Kelowna |
| 2023 | Ruth | Billmann | Kootenay | Cranbrook |
| 2023 | Rhoda | Taylor | Vancouver Island/Coast | Duncan |
| 2023 | Gail | Elder | Kootenay | Winlaw |
| 2023 | Vivian | Edwards | Thompson/Okanagan | Ashcroft |
| 2023 | Jim | Sawada | Kootenay | Nelson |
| 2023 | Brian | Ironmonger | Kootenay | Vegreville |
| 2023 | Navjit | Moore | Mainland/Southwest | Burnaby |
| 2023 | David | Reid | Mainland/Southwest | Squamish |
| 2023 | Mohammad Aminul | Islam | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2023 | Ricky | Tsang | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2023 | Parminder | Virk | Vancouver Island/Coast | Saanich |
| 2023 | Joyce | Bueckert | Cariboo | 100 Mile House |
| 2023 | Vishad | Deeplaul | Mainland/Southwest | Coquitlam |
| 2023 | Johannes | Mulder | Mainland/Southwest | Hope |
| 2023 | Madison | Fleischer | Mainland/Southwest | Surrey |
| 2023 | Tim | Cormode | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2023 | Brian | De Beck | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2023 | Craig | Evans | Vancouver Island/Coast | Nanaimo |
| 2023 | Talia | Lorincz | Mainland/Southwest | Vancouver |
| 2023 | Andrew | Tom | Northern BC | Smithers |
| 2024 | William | Erving | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2024 | Yuzuru | Kojima | Lower Mainland | Richmond |
| 2024 | Janicé | Dallaire | Kootenay | Invermere |
| 2024 | Mary | Daniel | Mainland Sowthwest | Vancouver |
| 2024 | Rabiah | Dhaliwal | Metro Vancouver | Surrey |
| 2024 | Donna | Furneaux | Vancouver Island/Coast | Qualicum Beach |
| 2024 | Stephen | Hamilton | Cariboo | Prince George |
| 2024 | Matthew | Heneghan | Thompson/Okanagan | Falkland |
| 2024 | Helen | Campbell | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2024 | Christopher | Lee | Lower Mainland | Vancouver |
| 2024 | Reihaneh | Mirjani | Lower Mainland | Coquitlam |
| 2024 | Margaret | Mubanda | Mainland/ Southwest | Surrey |
| 2024 | Dale | Douglas | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2024 | Lawrence | Napier | Cariboo | Mackenzie |
| 2024 | Carla | Stephenson | Kootenay | Ymir |
| 2024 | Murray | Stewart | Vancouver Island/Coast | Victoria |
| 2024 | Louise | Allen | Metro Vancouver | Vancouver |
| 2024 | Thelma | Rodriguez | Mainland/ Southwest | Pitt Meadows |