British Columbia

American  

noun

1. a province in western Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 square miles (948,600 square kilometers). Victoria.

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British Columbia British  

noun

1.  BC.  a province of W Canada, on the Pacific coast: largely mountainous with extensive forests, rich mineral resources, and important fisheries. Capital: Victoria. Pop: 4 196 383 (2004 est). Area: 930 532 sq km (359 279 sq miles)

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British Columbia Cultural  

1. Province in western Canada, bordered by Alberta to the east; Montana, Idaho, and Washington to the south; the Pacific Ocean to the west; and the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories to the north.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• British Columbian
  noun

Example Sentences

Other major provinces soon followed, including Quebec and British Columbia.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

To carry out the research, the team relied on a new telescope at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia, a facility operated by the National Research Council Canada.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

The British Columbia resident signed up for Polymarket and began wagering on events in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

He expects the company to require “tens of billions more funding” in order to ramp up its data-center capacities in Texas, Oklahoma and British Columbia.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

One warm spring day in May of 2007, the Medicine Hat Tigers and the Vancouver Giants met for the Memorial Cup hockey championships in Vancouver, British Columbia.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell