British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, between the Pacific Ocean, and the Rocky Mountains. BC has great scenery along the coast and inland, and is a rewarding destination for outdoor life, especially downhill snowsports and wilderness backpacking.Tap on the map to travel |
Popular Destinations
Victoria
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Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
North Vancouver
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North Vancouver is a mostly suburban area across the Burrard Inlet from downtown Vancouver.
Destinations
Lower Mainland
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The Lower Mainland is in British Columbia, Canada. The official tourist information site calls the area "Vancouver, Coast and Mountains".
Vancouver Island
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Vancouver Island is a large island off the coast of British Columbia.
Thompson-Okanagan
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The Thompson-Okanagan is a region in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Kootenays
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Kootenays is a large region in British Columbia. This area begins at the Alberta border and extends west to the Monashee range of the Columbia Mountains.
Northern British Columbia
Northern British Columbia is a vast region covering most of the northern half of the province of British Columbia.Cariboo-Central Coast
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The Cariboo-Central Coast is a sparsely populated region in the central interior and coast of British Columbia, with beautiful scenery, endless outdoor opportunities, and a fascinating gold rush history.
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British Columbia
- Type: State with 4,400,000 residents
- Description: province of Canada
- Neighbors: Alaska, Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Northwest Territories, Washington and Yukon
- Categories: province of Canada and locality
- Location: Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
55.0013° or 55° 0' 5" northLongitude of centre
-125.0024° or 125° 0' 9" westPopulation
4,400,000Elevation
714 metres (2,343 feet)Abbreviation
BCOpenStreetMap ID
node 305700699OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
5909050Wikidata ID
Q1973British Columbia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Brits-Columbië
- Albanian: Kolumbia Britanike
- Amharic: ብሪቲሽ ኮለምቢያ
- Arabic: British Columbia
- Arabic: كولومبيا البريطانية
- Armenian: Բրիտանական Կոլումբիա
- Assamese: ব্ৰিটিছ কলম্বিয়া
- Asturian: Columbia Británica
- Awadhi: ब्रिटिश कोलम्बिया
- Azerbaijani: Britaniya Kolumbiyası
- Balinese: British Columbia
- Bashkir: Британ Колумбияһы
- Basque: Brita Kolumbio
- Basque: Britainiar Kolunbia
- Basque: Columbia Britainiarra
- Bavarian: British Columbia
- Belarusian: Брытанская Калумбія
- Belarusian: Брытанская Калюмбія
- Belarusian: Правінцыя Брытанская Калумбія
- Bengali: ব্রিটিশ কলাম্বিয়া
- Bhojpuri: बीसी
- Bhojpuri: ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया
- Bosnian: Britanska Kolumbija
- Breton: British Columbia
- Breton: Kolombia Vreizhveuriat
- Bulgarian: Британска Колумбия
- Burmese: ဗြိတိသျှ ကိုလံဘီယာ ပြည်နယ်
- Catalan: Colúmbia Britànica
- Cebuano: British Columbia
- Central Kurdish: ھەرێمی بریتش کۆلۆمبیا
- Cherokee: ᏈᏗᏏ ᎪᎸᎻᏈᎢᎠ
- Chinese: British Columbia
- Chinese: 不列顛哥倫比亞省
- Chinese: 不列颠哥伦比亚
- Chinese: 不列颠哥伦比亚省
- Chinese: 卑詩省
- Chinese: 英屬哥倫比亞殖民地
- Chinese: 英屬哥倫比亞省
- Cornish: Kolombi Bredennek
- Corsican: British Columbia
- Corsican: Culumbia Britannica
- Croatian: Britanska Kolumbija
- Czech: Britská Kolumbie
- Danish: British Columbia
- Danish: Britisk Columbia
- Dimli (individual language): Kolombiyay Britanya
- Dutch: BC
- Dutch: British Columbia
- Dutch: Brits-Columbia
- Egyptian Arabic: بريتيش كولومبيا
- Egyptian Arabic: كولومبيا البريطانيه
- English: B.C.
- English: BC
- English: CA-BC
- English: Province of British Columbia
- Esperanto: BC
- Esperanto: BK
- Esperanto: Brita Kolumbio
- Estonian: Briti Columbia
- Faroese: British Columbia
- Finnish: BC
- Finnish: British Columbia
- Finnish: Brittiläinen Kolumbia
- French: B.C.
- French: CA-BC
- French: Colombie-Britannique
- French: Province de Colombie-Britannique
- Galician: British Columbia
- Galician: Columbia Británica
- Georgian: ბრიტანეთის კოლუმბია
- German: BC
- German: Britisch-Kolumbien
- German: British Columbia
- Greek: Βρετανική Κολομβία
- Guarani: Kolumbia Vyretañagua
- Gujarati: બ્રિટિશ કોલમ્બિયા
- Hakka Chinese: British Columbia
- Hausa: British Columbia
- Hebrew: בריטיש קולומביה
- Hebrew: קולומביה הבריטית
- Hindi: ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया
- Hindi: ब्रिटिश कोलम्बिया
- Hungarian: Brit Columbia
- Hungarian: Brit Kolumbia
- Icelandic: Breska Kólumbía
- Ido: British Columbia
- Indonesian: British Columbia
- Interlingua: Columbia Britannic
- Interlingue: British Colombia
- Inuktitut: ᐳᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊ
- Irish: An Cholóim Bhriotanach
- Irish: British Columbia
- Italian: Columbia Britannica
- Japanese: ブリティッシュコロンビア州
- Japanese: 英領コロンビア州
- Javanese: British Columbia
- Kalaallisut: Britisk Columbia
- Kannada: ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ ಕೊಲಂಬಿಯಾ
- Kazakh: Британдық Колумбия
- Korean: 브리티시컬럼비아
- Korean: 브리티시컬럼비아 주
- Korean: 브리티시컬럼비아주
- Korean: 영국컬럼비아
- Kurdish: Kolumbiya Brîtanî
- Ladino: British Kolombiya
- Ladino: Kolombia Britanika
- Latin: Columbia Britannica
- Latvian: Britu Kolumbija
- Ligurian: Combia Britannega
- Ligurian: Cómbia Britannega
- Limburgan: Brits-Columbia
- Lingua Franca Nova: British Columbia
- Literary Chinese: 不列顛哥倫比亞
- Lithuanian: Britų Kolumbija
- Lombard: Columbia Britanega
- Luxembourgish: British Columbia
- Macedonian: Британска Колумбија
- Malay: British Columbia
- Malayalam: ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് കൊളംബിയ
- Malayalam: ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് കൊളമ്പിയ
- Manx: Yn Cholombey Ghoaldagh
- Marathi: ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया
- Mazanderani: بریتانیائیج کلمبیا
- Min Dong Chinese: British Columbia
- Min Nan Chinese: British Columbia
- Mingrelian: ბრიტანეთიშ კოლუმბია
- Mongolian: Бритиш Коламбиа
- Moroccan Arabic: كولومبيا لبريطانية
- Northern Frisian: British Columbia
- Northern Sami: Brihttalaš Kolumbia
- Norwegian: Britisk Columbia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Britisk Columbia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Britisk Columbia
- Occitan (post 1500): Colómbia Britanica
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܘܠܘܡܒܝܐ ܒܪܝܛܝܬܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Bryttisc Columbia
- Ossetian: Британийы Колумби
- Pampanga: British Columbia
- Panjabi: ਬਰੀਟੀਸ਼ ਕੋਲੰਬਿਆ
- Panjabi: ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ ਕੋਲੰਬੀਆ
- Papiamento: British Columbia
- Persian: بریتیش کلمبیا
- Piemontese: Columbia Britànica
- Polish: Kolumbia Brytyjska
- Portuguese: B.C.
- Portuguese: BC
- Portuguese: British Columbia
- Portuguese: Colúmbia Britânica
- Portuguese: Província da Colúmbia Britânica
- Pushto: برتانوي کولمبيا
- Quechua: British Columbia pruwinsya
- Romanian: Columbia Britanică
- Russia Buriat: Британиин Колумби
- Russian: Британская Колумбия
- Samogitian: Brėtu Kolumbėjė
- Santali: ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱤᱭᱟ
- Sardinian: Colùmbia Britànnica
- Scots: Breetish Columbie
- Scottish Gaelic: Columbia Bhreatannach
- Serbian: Британска Колумбија
- Serbo-Croatian: Britanska Kolumbija
- Silesian: Brytyjsko Kolůmbijo
- Sinhala: බ්රිටිෂ් කොලොම්බියා
- Slovak: Britská Kolumbia
- Slovenian: Britanska Kolumbija
- South Azerbaijani: بریتیش کولومبیا
- Spanish: B.C.
- Spanish: BC
- Spanish: Columbia Británica
- Spanish: Columbia Británica (Canadá)
- Spanish: Provincia de Columbia Britanica
- Swahili: British Kolumbia
- Swedish: BC
- Swedish: British Columbia
- Swedish: Brittiska Columbia
- Swedish: Brittiska Kolumbien
- Tagalog: British Columbia
- Tamil: பிரிட்டிசு கொலம்பியா
- Tamil: பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா
- Tatar: Британия Колумбиясе
- Telugu: బ్రిటిష్ కొలంబియా
- Thai: รัฐบริติชโคลัมเบีย
- Tosk Albanian: British Columbia
- Tumbuka: British Columbia
- Turkish: Britanya Kolumbiyası
- Uighur: Britani Kolumbiye
- Ukrainian: Британська Колумбія
- Urdu: برٹش کولمبیا
- Uzbek: Britaniya Kolumbiyasi
- Venetian: British Columbia
- Venetian: Cołonbia Britànica
- Vietnamese: B.C.
- Vietnamese: BC
- Vietnamese: British Columbia
- Vietnamese: Columbia thuộc Anh
- Vlaams: Brits-Columbia
- Volapük: British Columbia
- Võro: Briti Columbia
- Waray (Philippines): British Columbia
- Welsh: British Columbia
- Western Frisian: Britsk-Kolumbia
- Western Panjabi: برطانوی کولمبیا
- Western Panjabi: برٹش کولمبیا
- Wu Chinese: 不列颠哥伦比亚省
- Yiddish: בריטישע קאלומביע
- Yue Chinese: 卑詩省
- Breska-Kólumbía
- بریتش کۆلۆمبیا
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