Area: 946 011 squ. km
Population: 3 000 000
Distribution: 79 % urban, 21 % rural
Language spoken: 80.9 % English, 1.4 % French, 14.5 %
Entered Dominion of Canada: 20 July 1871
Capital City: Victoria
Provincial motto: Splendor without diminishment
Provincial flower: Pacific dogwood
Provincial bird: Steller's jay
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 in B.C. B.C. has the greatest diversity of birds in mammals of any Canadian provinces.
Vancouver hosted the World Expo in 1986. Victoria hosted the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
