11 Facts About British Columbia Canada That You Never Know

Canada is second largest and vast country after Russian Federation. It has large territory, British Columbia Canada has population i.e about 35, 939, 000 till 2015. Amazing facts about British Columbia Canada make British Columbia a very amazing tourist destination in Canada.

British Columbia has 10 provinces which consists of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, British Columbia and Alberta.

Among all of these provinces British Columbia is third province in terms of population. This province has mildest climate among Canadian provinces and has cities of Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Surrey.

British Columbia provides huge opportunity to work over there.

Below are some facts about British Columbia Canada that you never know:

1. British Columbia has 1,030 parks and among all of these parks there are Canadian Rockies which show the milky way galaxy during night and there is a Okanagan valley having lush vineyard winery which overlook spectacular view of lake.

2. British Columbia is one of the territory of North American which enjoys lower electricity cost because of its hydroelectric dams, natural gas and solar power plants. British Columbia has extensive lakes and rivers to support energy generation.

3. British Columbia has white majority of the European origin, around 20% of minority population is from Asian origin namely North American Indians, Vietnamese, Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese and Filipinos. On top of this, there is significant population of Arab and Latin Americans.

4. Capital of British Columbia is Victoria which is named after British Queen Victoria.

5. Area of British Columbia is around 944,735km2 it is larger than individual Asian countries and European.

6. Popular activities in British Columbia were paragliding, snowmobiling, skiing, sailing, fresh water fishing, kayaking, golfing, diving and canoeing.

7. Vancouver holds largest community in west and they hold annual gay parade during August.

8. British Columbia’s largest city is Vancouver which was named after George Vancouver, he was a British naval officer in Royal British Navy. George lived from 1757 until he died in 1798 at age 40.

9. For flora and fauna, BC has diverse plant population and animal, because of proximity to North Polar region British Columbia has 4 temperate climates – spring, autumn, summer and winter.

Common plants are cedar, cherry, magnolia, dandelion, thistle, birch and fig. Common animals are muskrat, beavers, squirrel, moose, badger, elk, deer, coyotes and raccoons.

10. Largest cities of British Columbia Canada are:
– Castlegar
– Burnaby
– West Kelowna
– Victoria
– Vernon
– Prince Rupert
– Prince George
– Parksville
– Naniamo
– Duncan
– Surrey
– Victoria
– Vancouver

11. Vancouver has a lots of industries like manufacturing to support employment, fishing, hydroelectric generation, oil and gas, real estate and tourism this all supports manufacturing to make province a great place for career.

You can visit www2.gov.bc.ca to know about Government Services in British Columbia.