British Columbia
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Province
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Motto:
Splendor sine occasu (
Latin for 'splendour without diminishment')
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Coordinates: 54°N 125°W / 54°N 125°W / 54; -125[4] | |
Country | Canada |
Before confederation | United Colony of British Columbia |
Confederation | July 20, 1871 (7th) |
Capital | Victoria |
Largest city | Vancouver |
Largest metro | Greater Vancouver |
Government | |
• Type | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Lieutenant governor | Janet Austin |
• Premier | David Eby |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
House seats | 42 of 338 (12.4%) |
Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) |
Area | |
• Total
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944,735 km2 (364,764 sq mi) |
• Land | 925,186 km2 (357,216 sq mi) |
• Water | 19,548.9 km2 (7,547.9 sq mi) 2.1% |
• Rank | 5th |
9.5% of Canada | |
Population
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2021)
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• Total
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5,000,879[5] |
• Estimate
(Q4 2024)
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5,719,594[6] |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 5.41/km2 (14.0/sq mi) |
Demonym | British Columbian[a] |
Official languages | English (de facto) |
GDP | |
• Rank | 4th |
• Total (2015) | CA$249.981 billion[7] |
• Per capita | CA$53,267 (8th) |
HDI | |
• HDI (2021) | 0.944[8] — Very high (2nd) |
Time zones | |
Most of province[b] | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (Pacific DST) |
Southeastern | UTC−07:00 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST) |
Eastern | UTC−07:00 (Mountain [no DST]) |
Canadian postal abbr. |
BC
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Postal code prefix | |
ISO 3166 code | CA-BC |
Flower | Pacific dogwood |
Tree | Western red cedar |
Bird | Steller's jay |
Rankings include all provinces and territories |
British Columbia
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Province
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|
Motto:
Splendor sine occasu (
Latin for 'splendour without diminishment')
|
|
Coordinates: 54°N 125°W / 54°N 125°W / 54; -125[4] | |
Country | Canada |
Before confederation | United Colony of British Columbia |
Confederation | July 20, 1871 (7th) |
Capital | Victoria |
Largest city | Vancouver |
Largest metro | Greater Vancouver |
Government | |
• Type | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Lieutenant governor | Janet Austin |
• Premier | David Eby |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
House seats | 42 of 338 (12.4%) |
Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) |
Area | |
• Total
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944,735 km2 (364,764 sq mi) |
• Land | 925,186 km2 (357,216 sq mi) |
• Water | 19,548.9 km2 (7,547.9 sq mi) 2.1% |
• Rank | 5th |
9.5% of Canada | |
Population
(
2021)
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|
• Total
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5,000,879[5] |
• Estimate
(Q4 2024)
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5,719,594[6] |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 5.41/km2 (14.0/sq mi) |
Demonym | British Columbian[a] |
Official languages | English (de facto) |
GDP | |
• Rank | 4th |
• Total (2015) | CA$249.981 billion[7] |
• Per capita | CA$53,267 (8th) |
HDI | |
• HDI (2021) | 0.944[8] — Very high (2nd) |
Time zones | |
Most of province[b] | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (Pacific DST) |
Southeastern | UTC−07:00 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST) |
Eastern | UTC−07:00 (Mountain [no DST]) |
Canadian postal abbr. |
BC
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Postal code prefix | |
ISO 3166 code | CA-BC |
Flower | Pacific dogwood |
Tree | Western red cedar |
Bird | Steller's jay |
Rankings include all provinces and territories |