Tofino and Ucluelet power outage affects 4,951 BC Hydro customers
BC Hydro reported a power outage affecting 4,951 customers in Tofino, Ucluelet and nearby areas on Vancouver Island on Monday, 9 November. Its outage list gave a transmission circuit failure as the cause in four entries. Each showed a crew assigned, with no time listed for electricity to return.
Status of this incident
Power outage confirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · BC Hydro reported 4,951 customers affected. The four outage entries showed crews assigned and no restoration time.
Source moment: Nov 9, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC
In 20 seconds
BC Hydro reported 4,951 customers affected across Tofino, Ucluelet and nearby areas.
The four BC Hydro outage entries showed start times of 10:24–10:25 a.m. Pacific on 9 November.
The entries showed crews assigned and did not list a restoration time.
Where the power outage was reported
The utility reported one combined figure for Tofino, Ucluelet and surrounding areas. The total is a count of electricity customers. It does not tell us how many people were without power or how the affected customers were split between the two communities.
The four entries in the utility’s outage list showed start times from 10:24 to 10:25 a.m. Pacific time on 9 November. BC Hydro announced the combined count later that day. The announcement time does not show how long any individual customer was without electricity.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Affected customers reported by BC Hydro
- 4,951 in Tofino, Ucluelet and nearby areas.
- Cause in the BC Hydro outage list
- Transmission circuit failure.
- Crew and restoration status
- Crews assigned in the four entries. No restoration time listed.
What BC Hydro reported about the fault and repairs
The outage list attributed each of the four entries to a transmission circuit failure. What triggered the failure remains unverified. There is also no confirmed connection between this outage and the earlier storm outages elsewhere in British Columbia.
All four entries showed crews assigned when they were checked. That describes the utility’s response, but the entries gave no time for power to return and did not confirm that any of the affected customers had regained electricity.
Where to check for updates
BC Hydro’s outage list is the place to check for changes to crew status or restoration estimates for your area. For general preparation, see the power outage essentials guide. The runtime calculator can help estimate how long a charged battery might run the lights or other devices you need.