The ban will go into effect at noon on Thursday because the majority of the province has a high to extreme fire risk.
As on Thursday at noon, much of the province will have a campfire ban.


The B.C. Wildfire Service said in statements released Tuesday announcing the measure that anyone found in violation could be given a ticket carrying a $1,150 fine and could be required to pay an administrative penalty of up to $10,000 or, if found guilty in court, could be fined up to $100,000 and sentenced to one year in jail.
The BCWS further cautions that if the violation results in or aids in the start of a wildfire, the offender may be required to cover all firefighting and related expenses.
The restriction will not apply to outdoor stoves that are used for cooking, heating, or ambiance and have a flame height of less than 15 centimetres.
However, the restriction will also apply to sky lanterns, binary exploding targets, air curtain burners, chimineas, tiki torches, and other torches of a similar nature.
Most of the province has a fire danger rating between high and extreme, and much of the Interior is expected to have a particularly dry month, according to forecasters.
With the exclusion of Haida Gwaii, the whole Prince George, Cariboo, and Kamloops fire centres, the Coastal fire zone, and the Nadina fire zone encompassing Burns Lake in the Northwest fire centre will be subject to the measure.
Although there are bans on bigger types of open burning in place for both that region and the Northwest fire centre, only the Southeast fire centre will be completely unaffected. For the majority of the province, bans on bigger varieties of open burning have been in effect from early to mid-May.