BC FACTS
Capital: Victoria
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu
(Splendour without diminishment)
Provincial Flower: Pacific Dogwood
Highest Point: Fairweather Mountain: 4,663 meters
Entered Confederation with Canada 20 Jul 1871
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Population
| Year | BC | Vancouver | Greater
Vancouver |
Victoria | Greater
Victoria | Prince
George |
|---|
| 1871 |
36,247 |
--- | --- | 3,270 | --- | --- |
| 1881 |
49,459 |
--- | --- | 5,925 | --- | --- |
| 1891 |
98,173 |
13,709 | --- | 16,841 | --- | --- |
| 1901 |
178,657 |
26,133 | --- | 20,816 | --- | --- |
| 1911 |
392,480 |
95,235 | --- | 31,660 | --- | --- |
| 1921 |
524,582 |
117,217 | --- | 38,727 | --- | 2,053 |
| 1931 |
694,263 |
246,593 | --- | 39,082 | --- | 2,053 |
| 1941 |
817,861 |
275,353 | 377,447 | 44,068 | --- | 2,027 |
| 1951 |
1,165,210 |
344,833 | 530,728 | 51,331 | 103,994 | 4,703 |
| 1961 |
1,629,082 |
384,522 | --- | 54,941 | --- | 13,877 |
| 1971 |
2,184,621 |
426,256 | 1,082,352 | 61,761 | 195,800 | 33,101 |
| 1981 |
2,744,467 |
--- | 1,268,183 | --- | 233,481 | 67,559 |
| 1991 |
3,282,061 |
471,844 | 1,602,502 | 71,228 | 287,897 | 71,000 |
| 1996 |
3,724,450 |
514,008 | 1,831,665 | 73,504 | 304,287 | 75,150 |
| 2001 |
3,907,738 |
545,671 | 1,986,965 | 74,125 | 311,902 | 72,406 |
Geography
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Total Area: 947,800 sq. km of which 929,730 sq. km. land surface and
18,070 sq. km. is freshwater surface. |
| This represents 9.5% of Canada and makes BC the third largest province. |
| Length of coastline: 17,856 km. |
| Topography: The province in mostly mountainous with deep river valleys.
However the north-east part of the province is an extension of the
Central Plains.
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