The Province of British Columbia


The Capital City of Brithish Columbia is the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island.
The largest city is Vancouver.

BC MuralBritish Columbia has a population of 4.31 million people, and over 40 thousand immigrants move to British Columbia each year. It has an aboriginal population of over 170 thousand.

British Columbia has a large number of immigrants who have lived in British Columbia for less than 30 years.

The largest group of visible minorities are Asian.


The province has mountains, lakes, rivers, and forests, and the people enjoy hiking and camping, rock climbing and mountaineering, as well as fishing and hunting.


Vancouver is host to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games

University of British Columbia
http://www.gov.bc.ca/
http://www.tourism.bc.ca/