Breetish Columbie
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| Breetish Columbie British Colombia (Inglis) Colombie-Britannique (French) |
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| Motto: Laitin: Splendor sine occasu (Inglis: Splendour without diminishment) |
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| Caipital | Victoria | ||||
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| Lairgest ceety | Vancouver | ||||
| Lairgest metro | Metro Vancouver | ||||
| Offeecial leids | Inglis (de facto) | ||||
| Demonym | Breetish Columbiae[1] | ||||
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| Type | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| Lieutenant-Govrenor | Steven Point | ||||
| Premier | Christy Clark (BC Leeberal) | ||||
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||||
| Federal representation | In Canadian pairlament | ||||
| Hoose seats | 36 o 308 (11.7%) | ||||
| Senate seats | 6 o 105 (5.7%) | ||||
| Confederation | 20 Julie 1871 (7t) | ||||
| Aurie | Ranked 5th | ||||
| Total | 944,735 km2 (364,764 sq mi) | ||||
| Laund | 925,186 km2 (357,216 sq mi) | ||||
| Watter (%) | 19,549 km2 (7,548 sq mi) (2.1%) | ||||
| Proportion o Canadae | 9.5% o 9,984,670 km2 | ||||
| Population | Ranked 3rd | ||||
| Total (2011) | 4,400,057 [2] | ||||
| Densitie (2011) | 4.76 /km2 (12.3 /sq mi) | ||||
| GDP | Ranked 4t | ||||
| Total (2009) | C$191.006 billion[3] | ||||
| Per caipita | C$41,689 (7th) | ||||
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| Postal | BC | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CA-BC | ||||
| Time zone | UTC−8 & −7 | ||||
| Postal code prefix | V | ||||
| Flouer | Pacific Dogwood | ||||
| Tree | Western Red Cedar | ||||
| Bird | Steller's Jay | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.gov.bc.ca | ||||
| Rankins include aw provinces an territories | |||||
Breetish Columbie is the wastrenmaist o Canadae's provinces an is kent for its natural beauty, as reflectit in its Laitin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour athoot Diminishment"). Its name wis chosen bi Queen Victoria in 1858. In 1871, it became the saxt province o Canadae.
The caipital o Breetish Columbie is Victoria, the fifteent lairgest metropolitan region in Canadae. The lairgest ceety is Vancouver, the third-lairgest metropolitan aurie in Canadae an the seicont-lairgest in the Pacific Northwast.
References [edit]
- ↑ According to the Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage (ISBN 0-19-541619-8; p. 335), BCer(s) is an informal demonym that is sometimes used for residents of BC.
- ↑ Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses. Statcan.gc.ca (February 8, 2012). Retrieved on 8 Februar 2012. .
- ↑ Statistics Canada Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory.
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