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BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)

946,011 squ. km (365,255 squ. mi)

Population: 3,029,000

  • Population density: 3 people per squ. km (7 /squ. mi)
  • Distribution: 79 % urban, 21 % rural
  • Language spoken: 80.9 % English, 1.4 % French, 14.5 % other (mostly Chinese and Southeast Asian languages)

Entered Dominion of Canada: 20 July 1871

Capital City: Victoria

Provincial motto: Splendor sine occasu (Splendor without diminishment)

Provincial flower: Pacific dogwood

Provincial bird: Steller's jay

Principal products: lumber, pulp-and-paper products, processed foods, livestock, primary minerals

Employment:

  • Services - 72 %
  • Industry - 24 %
  • Agriculture - 4 %
Notes: Canada's most geographically diverse province. It contains mountains, coastline, dense rainforests, and the country's only true desert. More than 90% of the land is owned by the provincial government. Stanley Park in Vancouver is one of the largest urban parks and covers more than 400 hectares (1000 acres). BC has the greatest diversity of birds in mammals of any Canadian provinces, including 44 of Canada's 578 birds species.

Vancouver hosted the World Expo in 1986. Victoria hosted the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

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