不列颠哥伦比亚省与马尼托巴省、阿尔伯塔省、新不伦瑞克省、纽芬兰省和拉布拉多省、安大略省、新斯科舍省、爱德华王子岛、魁北克省和萨斯喀彻温省一起，是加拿大的十个省之一。加拿大的其余土地由三个地区组成：西北地区、努纳武特和育空地区。

不列颠哥伦比亚省，包括其太平洋岛屿，西部与坎贝尔河、胡安·德富卡海峡、太平洋、夏洛特女王海峡、阿拉斯加湾和阿拉斯加州接壤。北部与育空地区和西北地区接壤，东部与阿尔伯塔省接壤，南部与华盛顿州、爱达荷州和蒙大拿州接壤。

不列颠哥伦比亚省的名字来源于1858年在哥伦比亚河地区形成的殖民地。不列颠哥伦比亚省是加拿大第三大省，面积364764平方英里（944735平方公里），如果包括这些领土，则是第五大分区。它占据了加拿大近10%的土地。2007年不列颠哥伦比亚省的人口为4380300人，在所有地区中排名第三。维多利亚是该省的省会，其他重要城市包括温哥华——加拿大最大的港口之一，北温哥华和新威斯敏斯特。。

不列颠哥伦比亚省被昵称为太平洋省，不列颠哥伦比亚省的座右铭是“无时无刻的辉煌”，意思是辉煌而不减。省徽如下：

• 花徽：开花山茱萸
• 矿物标志：翡翠
• 树上徽章：西部红雪松
• 鸟类标志：斯泰勒周杰伦

• Mammal emblem: Spirit Bear in its white color phase
• Shield of Arms: Union Jack above with wavy blue and silver lines to symbolize the position between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, with the setting sun below.
• Coat of Arms: The shield of arms with an elk and bighorn sheep supporting it, surmounted by a royal crest in which the lion is decked with dogwood flowers, and a golden helmet to symbolize sovereignty. The motto appears below.
• Flag: The design of the flag is identical to the shield of arms.

  British Columbia’s population directly reflects its history. Still prominent are people’s whose ancestors helped found the province: the English, Scottish, and Northern Irish, as well as descendants of miners who responded to the gold rush of 1858 and Chinese laborers who came to help build the Canadian Pacific railroad, and — with an opening up if the immigration policy — many other minorities. The Native peoples, whose numbers were seriously reduced by the diseases they contracted from colonists, have now reattained something close to the population ranks they had before settlers arrived, but are a minority in the population as a whole.

  Service and manufacturing form the mainstay of today’s economy in British Columbia, much of this enterprise connected with its abundant natural resources, as well as a healthy amount of tourism. Arable land is limited in this province of mountains and many tiny islands, but on the other hand, British Columbia has a full fifth of Canada’s forests and is responsible for half the timber harvested in Canada each year.