This is a list of all known, published, and unpublished records of casual and accidental species that have been reported on and around Vancouver Island. This list of records covers all the land mass of Vancouver Island from Cape Scott at the northern most point of Vancouver Island to East Sooke Park which is the southern most point of land on Vancouver Island. The rare bird records found within this document also cover the waters that surround all of Vancouver Island. On the west coast this extends out to the 200-mile limit of what is considered Canadian waters. On the northern part of Vancouver Island this extends up into Queen Charlotte Sound down the Johnstone Strait to the middle of the Strait of Georgia south to the International Boundary and west through the Juan de Fuca Strait following the International Boundary back out to the 200-mile edge. The islands included on this list area includes Triangle Island and the Scott Islands at the northwest tip of the island. The list also includes the islands off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island such as Hope Island, Nigei Island, Hurst Island south to Malcolm Island and Hanson Island. Then the boundary travels south through Johnstone Strait including Sonora Island, Stuart Island, Quadra Island, Maurelle Island, Reed Island, Cortes Island, Martina Island, Hernando Island, Savary Island, Mitlenatch Island, Harwood Island, Texada Island and Lasquetti Islands in the northern Strait of Georgia.  At the southern most part of the area covered is Mandarte Island in the Juan De Fuca Strait plus all islands found off the west coast of Vancouver Island. This a general list and will be added to throughout the future as more information becomes available. If you have a sighting, you wish to have added please send the information to the contact the authors.