I'm sure there are more, but this list is just from
http://wenswritings.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/2300-missing-people--in-b-c-canada/ with some other cases I found on WS.
Certainly picks up in 2006/7. With so many already missing this year.
1997 - Gerald Jensen, Surrey
1998 - Todd Fraser, 29, Vancouver
2000 - Glenn Fry, 37, Delta
2001 - Karamjeet Gill, Surrey
Bree Carlson, 22, Vancouver
Gordon Fowlie, 47, Vancouver
Robert Meagher, 40, Vancouver
Martin Balfour, 26, Pitt Meadows
Jody Denis, 29, New Westminster
2002 - Raymond Kohout, 42, Salmon Arm
Robert Hoffman, 24, Vancouver
Kris Syrzycki, 16, Coquitlam
Brian Faughnan, 35, Whistler
Joseph Andrew, 10, Prince George
2003 - Tyler Davidovitch, 5, Maple Ridge
Dante Ponzanetti, 20, Vancouver
Greg Cyr, 43, Vancouver
Joseph Purdy, 53, Alexis Creek
2004 - Ranvir Atwal, 28, Surrey
2005 - Patrick Cottrell, 29, Namaimo
Kevin Siluch, 42, Vancouver
Richard Deren, 58, Vancouver
David McMorran, 45, Vancouver
Gary Hansen, 52, Greenwood
2006 - Randy Peal, 55, Prince George
Munny Sidhu, 17, Abbotsford
Brandyn Dirienzo, 20, Chilliwack
Gaganpreet Sandhar, 17, Surrey
Aaron Derbyshire, 22, Kelowna
Michael Bosma, 25, Kelowna
Patrick Ratto, 43, Burnaby
2007 - Desmond Peter, 15, Cowichan Valley
Miguel Goncalves, Keremeos
Darreld Rayner, 52, Lake Cowichan
Irvin Mitchell, 32, Burns Lake
Asim Chaudhry, 24, Burnaby
David Bonel, 48, Kelowna
Brian Braumberger, 18, Coquitlam
Ron Carlow, 38, Vancouver
Beric Bason, 26, Loon Lake
Luke Degerness, 14, Prince George
2008 - Ira Chidlow, 77, Coquitlam
Cedric Smith, 59, Langley
Anthony Lee, 22, Prince George
Camilo Slusher, 30, Williams Lake
Richard Tamassy, 42, Vancouver
Derek Kelly, 31, Langley
Wade MacKenzie, 23, White Rock
Michael Scullian, 30, Chilliwack
Sahil Sharma, 20, Surrey
Kenneth Shigehiro, 46, Coquitlam
Kellen McElwee, 25, Langley
John Patrick, 40, Kelowna
Terry Beckett, 55, Burnaby
2009 - Robert Slaughter, 43, Esquimalt
Cory Vallee, 34, Vancouver
Jim Neufeld, 55, Penticton
Gregory Schleen, 47, Coquitlam
Peter Warner, 44, Vancouver
Daniel McCallum, 46, Lillooet
Geoff Meisner, 33, Kelowna
Yashpal Mehay, 40, Surrey
2010 - Dae Kim, 17, Vancouver
Jonathan Jette, 34, Pemberton
Cole Barr, 26, Kelowna
Brian Martin, 52, Vancouver
Adam Myers, 25, Burnaby
Charles Mackie, 49, Victoria
Newton Pilkey, 57, Maple Ridge
Michael Parkhurst, 47, Saanich
Josh Bowe, 21, Mission
Dave Hayward, 29, Vancouver
Owen Rooney, 24, Grand Forks
2011 - Gordon Krompocker, 35, Nanaimo
Perry Sabastian, 28, Burns Lake
Olivier Howard, 30, Nelson
Seyed Nourbakhsh-Saleh, 26, Vancouver
William McHendry, 67, Kelowna
Stephen Begg, 36, Surrey
Tyler Fetterly, 26, Prince George
Derrick Pek, 24, Surrey
Matthew Huszar, 25, Vancouver
2012 - Roderic Maynard, 54, Saanich
Stephen Marshall, 52, Vancouver
Joseph Dumont, 45, Coquitlam
Douglas Sawatzky, 40, Chilliwack
George Peter, 62, Surrey
Mike Grefner, 34, Whistler