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
Vancouver
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Vancouver occupies an enviable spot in the world. Blessed with miles of coastline, lush vegetation and crowned by the North Shore Mountains, it's hard to be there and not stop at some point and be amazed by what you see.
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 center
55.0013° or 55° 0' 5" northLongitude of center
-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
- Hawaiian: Kolumepia Pelekania
- Hebrew: בריטיש קולומביה
- Hebrew: קולומביה הבריטית
- Hindi: ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया
- Hindi: ब्रिटिश कोलम्बिया
- Hungarian: Brit Columbia
- Hungarian: Brit Kolumbia
- Icelandic: Breska Kólumbía
- Ido: British Columbia
- Inari Sami: Brittilâš Kolumbia
- Indonesian: British Columbia
- Interlingua: Columbia Britannic
- Interlingue: British Colombia
- Inuktitut: ᐳᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊ
- Irish: An Cholóim Bhriotanach
- Irish: British Columbia
- Irish: Colóim Bhriotanach
- Irish: an Cholóim Bhriotanach
- 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
- Mazanderani: بریتیش 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): Colòmbia Britanica
- 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: برېتانوي 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
- Tamil: பிரித்தானிய 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
- Kolombiyaya Britanya
- بریتش کۆلۆمبیا
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