This is a checklist of the wildlife I’ve seen on and around Vancouver Island, the links you see here go straight to their article on wikipedia.

So far I’ve seen the following animals:
(new sightings appear at the top, mammals in orange, birds in blue)

• Sharp-shinned hawk / Accipiter striatus
• Purple martin / Progne subis
• Barred owl / Strix varia
• Sea otter / Enhydra lutris
• Velella / Velella velella
• Western black widow / Latrodectus hesperus
• Geoduck / Panopea generosa
• Trumpeter swan / Cygnus buccinator
• Grizzly bear / Ursus arctos
• Harbour porpoise / Phocoena phocoena
• Pacific white-sided dolphin / Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
• Rhinoceros auklet / Cerorhinca monocerata
• Humpback whale / Megaptera novaeangliae
• Dall’s porpoise / Phocoenoides dalli
• American dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
• Black bear / Ursus americanus
• White-tailed ptarmigan / Lagopus leucura
• Northern clingfish / Gobiesox maeandricus
• Grey whale / Eschrichtius robustus
• Raccoon / Procyon lotor
• California sea lion / Zalophus californianus
• Black katy chiton / Katharina tunicata
• Varied thrush / Ixoreus naevius
• Anna’s hummingbird / Calypte anna
• Norway rat / Rattus norvegicus
• Pacific wren / Troglodytes pacificus
• American mink / Neovison vison
• Leather star / Dermasterias imbricata
• Dungeness crab / Metacarcinus magister
• Pacific banana slug / Ariolimax columbianus
• Pink-tipped anemone / Anthopleura elegantissima
• Giant green anemone / Anthopleura xanthogrammica
• Red-breasted sapsucker / Sphyrapicus ruber
• Northern goshawk / Accipiter gentilis
• Steller sea lion / Eumetopias jubatus
• American red squirrel / Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
• North American river otter / Lontra canadensis
• Tree swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
• Brewer’s blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
• California quail / Callipepla californica
• Merlin / Falco columbarius
• Steller’s jay / Cyanocitta stelleri
• Sunflower sea star / Pycnopodia helianthoides
• Osprey / Pandion haliaetus
• Rufous hummingbird / Selasphorus rufus
• Downy woodpecker / Picoides pubescens
• Black oystercatcher / Haematopus bachmani
• Western terrestrial garter snake / Thamnophis elegans
• Pileated woodpecker / Dryocopus pileatus
• Turkey vulture / Cathartes aura
• Killer whale / Orcinus orca
• Bald eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• Belted kingfisher / Megaceryle alcyon
• Great blue heron / Ardea herodias
• Purple sea star / Pisaster ochraceus
• Harbour seal / Phoca vitulina
• Columbian black-tailed deer / Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
• Northern flicker / Colaptes auratus
• European rabbit / Oryctolagus cuniculus
• Eastern cottontail / Sylvilagus floridanus
• Spotted towhee / Pipilo maculatus
• Eastern grey squirrel / Sciurus carolinensis

These are the animals we didn’t see during our time in BC: