British Columbia
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Flag |
Arms of BC |
Province of the Canadian Republic | |
Location of British Columbia Map of British Columbia | |
Country | Canada |
Confederation | 20 July 1871 |
Capital | New Westminster |
Largest city | Vancouver |
Official language | English |
Demonym | British Columbian |
Government | Federated provincial government within a constitutional parliamentary republic |
Deputy President | Marcus Gillespie |
Premier | Annabelle Nguyen |
Legislature | Assembly of British Columbia |
Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
House seats | 38 out of 338 |
Senate seats | 2 out of 37 |
Area | 944,735 km2 |
Population | • 20,405,334 (2021 census) • 3rd out of 13 provinces • 21.6/km2 |
Time zone | UTC -8 (-7 DST) |
Postal abbr. | BC |
Post code prefix | V |
Internet TLD | .bc.ca |
Flower | Dogwood |
Tree | Western red cedar |
Bird | Stellar's jay |
British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is a province of the Canadian Republic, the second-westernmost mainland province (after Alaska) and Canada's third-most populous (after Ontario and Quebec). Its capital city is New Westminster, which forms part of the metropolitan area centred around the province's main port and most populous city of Vancouver. The province borders the province of Alberta to the east and the United States to the south, just west of southern coastal BC (near Vancouver) across the Georgia Strait is the province of Vancouver Island, Alaska lays to the northwest, and the territories of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories lay to the north and northeast, respectively.