British Columbia is Canada’s westernmost province, bordered by the Alaskan Panhandle and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north, and by Washington, Idaho, and Montana to the south. Alberta lies to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Ten mountain ranges push west from the Canadian Rockies, and ancient temperate rainforests hug the coast. In between are rolling grasslands, lush valleys, tens of thousands of lakes, glacier-fed rivers, and even semi-arid desert.
British Columbia’s national and provincial parks protect a wide wilderness which represents the best natural features and diverse environments of the province. Approximately 14% of BC’s land base in protected, and all of this wild nature supports wildlife in abundance, on land and in the sea.
Today, BC is home to more than 200 First Nations whose living traditions can be enjoyed through art, food, immersive cultural experiences, and guided tours around the province. There is a large Asian population here with Chinese and Punjabi the most spoken languages after English, and also sizeable German, Italian, and Russian communities.
British Columbia’s population of over 4.5 million is concentrated in urban centres, with Vancouver home to over half the province’s people, or around 2.5 million residents. Other city centres in the province include Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna and Prince George.
Visitors to British Columbia can arrive by air, road, rail, or ferry.
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