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British Columbia

province of Canada
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British Columbia
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Summary

British Columbia is a province of Canada[1]. It draws 31,767 Wikipedia views per month (province of canada category, ranking #4 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canada[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[5]
  • Head of government: David Eby[6]
  • Continent: North America[7]
  • Head of state: Charles III[8]
  • Capital: Victoria[9]
  • Official language: English[10]
  • Currency: Canadian dollar[11]
  • Shares border with: Alberta[12], Montana[13], Alaska[14], Yukon[15], Washington[16], Idaho[17], Northwest Territories[18]
  • Basic form of government: parliamentary democracy[19]
  • Named after: British Isles[20], Columbia District[21]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District[22], Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako[23], Cariboo Regional District[24], Capital Regional District[25], Central Coast Regional District[26], Regional District of Central Kootenay[27], Comox Valley Regional District[28], Columbia-Shuswap Regional District[29], Cowichan Valley Regional District[30], Fraser Valley Regional District[31], Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine[32], Metro Vancouver Regional District[33], North Coast Regional District[34], Northern Rockies Regional Municipality[35]
  • Flag: flag of British Columbia[36]
  • Twinned administrative body: Guangdong[37]
  • Legislative body: Parliament of British Columbia[38]
  • Executive body: Government of British Columbia[39]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of British Columbia[40]
  • Postal code: V[41]
  • Commons category: British Columbia[42]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[43], UTC−07:00[44]
  • Foundational text: British Columbia Act, 1866[45], British Columbia Terms of Union[46]
  • Local dialing code: 236[47], 778[48]

Why It Matters

British Columbia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Arctic.gnome · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−06:00, UTC−07:00
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Located in time zone: UTC−06:00"
  2. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/British_Columbia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/British_Columbia"
  3. 12w ago · Yue · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4bGJxx
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 5,000,879"
  4. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → british-columbia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: british-columbia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920318|british columbia (#289920318)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0279550-Britska-Kolumbie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0279550-Britska-Kolumbie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 21w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'amount': '+944735'}
    Located in time zone → UTC−06:00, UTC−07:00
    List of monuments → list of historic places in British Columbia
    Population → {'amount': '+4659272'}, {'amount': '+4648055'}, {'amount': '+4400057'} +18
    + 81 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Columbia Britànnica, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779096159559"
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