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British Columbia
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British Columbia

Province of Canada

CityQ11828004Q1973

Also known as Province of British Columbia

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 944,735 km²
Head of government
Founded
  • 1871
Time zone
Postal code
  • V

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

348 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Replaces
Motto text
  • Splendor Sine Occasu
Shares border with
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Legislative body
Flag
Capital
Office held by the head of government
Foundational text
Executive body
Official name
Located in or next to body of water
Geography of topic
Official language
Highest point
Lowest point
Coordinates of northernmost point
Coordinates of southernmost point
Coordinates of easternmost point
  • 49.0000°N, 114.0692°W statement is subject of: Monument 272
Coordinates of westernmost point
  • 60.0000°N, 139.0611°W statement is subject of: Mount Jetté
Short name
Official symbol
Head of state
Office held by head of state
Coat of arms
Wikimedia outline
Category for people buried here
Named after
Demonym
  • British Columbian
  • Britanno-Colombien applies to part: masculine
  • Britanno-Colombienne applies to part: feminine
Owner of
Local dialing code
  • 236
  • 778
  • 250
  • 604
List of monuments
Government
Language used
Geoshape
  • Data:Canada/British Columbia.map
Currency
Continent
Economy of topic
Coordinates of geographic center
  • 53.9656°N, 123.9971°W
Demographics of topic
Twinned administrative body
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Total fertility rate
  • 1.2332(2019)
Median income
Social media followers
  • 284,299(May 24, 2023) subreddit: britishcolumbia
  • 179,242(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 89522068
  • 168,114(February 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 89522068
  • 142,086(May 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 89522068
Life expectancy
Maximum temperature record
  • 47.9°C(June 28, 2021) location: Q2957125
Minimum temperature record
  • -58.9°C(January 31, 1947)
Different from
Native label
GDP (nominal)
  • 309B CAD(2020)
Permanent duplicated item
Driving side
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Territory overlaps
Has cabinet

On other databases

145 identifiers linking British Columbia across the web's reference databases