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About British Columbia, Canada
The following series of quick facts will help you get to know our province: Capital - City is Victoria situated on Vancouver Island Largest City - Vancouver, BC Canadian Pacific Railway Western Terminal – Vancouver Port Cities - Vancouver, Prince Rupert, & Victoria, BC Confederation - British Columbia joined Canada in 1871 Provincial Premier - Gordon Campbell, Liberal Party Population - 4.096 million people, as of July 2001. First Peoples - are known as First Nations. There are 197 First Nations bands in the province. Cultural Diversity - people of many different origins, cultural traditions, languages, ethnicities, and religions live in British Columbia. Top 10 languages - English, Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin), Punjabi, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Tagalog, Spanish and Japanese. (source: 1996 Census) Immigaration - 35,000 immigrants from around the world arrive in B.C. yearly. Area - is 95 million hectares (larger than France and Germany combined) - about 10 per cent of Canada's land surface – Canada’s 3rd largest province with 3rd largest population. BC Ferries - One of the largest ferry fleets in the world http://www.bcferries.com/ Tallest Waterfall in Canada - Della falls, Vancouver Island Natural Resources - Forestry, mining, fishing and agriculture are Provincial Flower - Pacific Dogwood Provincial Bird - Steller's Jay Provincial Gemstone - Jade Provincial Tree - Western Red Cedar. |
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