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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC) is Canada's westernmost province. BC is bordered by on the west by the Pacific Ocean; on the north by Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest Territories; on the east by Alberta; and on the south by Washington, Idaho, and Montana. It covers a land area of 947,796 square kilometers (365,946 square miles), making it the 3rd largest province, and roughly about four times the size of the United Kingdom, or about the size of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana combined. BC is a very mountainous region, including both the Rocky Mountains and Coastal Mountain ranges. BC has a population of about 3.7 million (1996 census), with the largest cities being Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Abbotsford, and Victoria (the provincial capital). BC enjoys a rich cultural heritage, from its First Nations and English roots, and its many immigrants, with the largest number from the United Kingdom, China, India, Germany, and the Netherlands. Principal industries include fisheries, forestry, tourism, and agriculture. Aboriginal peoples developed a rich culture in what is now BC. In the eighteenth century, Spain and Russia had competing claims to what is now BC's Pacific coast. The first permanent colony (present day Victoria) was established by Britain in 1843. In 1871, the promise of a trans-Canada railway prompted British Columbia to become the sixth province to join Canada.

Only regional guides, directories and organizations with members in, more than one regional district belong in this category.

Information covering more than one city or town located in the same regional district should be submitted to that regional district.

Information specific to one city or town should be submited to that Locality.

Arts and Entertainment

Information on music, performing arts, visual arts, literature, architecture and the institutions that support them, as well as entertainment activities and events.

Please submit elementary and secondary school libraries to the appropriate subcategory of Education.

Please submit only sites relating to British Columbia. You can find a list of other localities in British Columbia here. If there are multiple locations for this site, consider Regional/North_America/Canada/Regions/Western or Regional/North_America/Regions/Pacific_Northwest

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Business and Economy

Information on commercial sites, that offer, sell or promote products and/or services to consumers, along with the business organizations that support them; and information on the economic status and trends for British Columbia, and associations that provide economic growth and development opportunities.

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Education

Information on institutions of learning that do not offer diploma programs, educational programs, opportunities and resources in British Columbia.

Please note, collegiate sites should be listed in Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities and @links to the local college's Alumni subcategory.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Government

Information on province-level government, federal agencies and military institutions based in British Columbia.

Service providers should be submitted to this region's Business_and_Economy category, or an appropriate subcategory if available. Police sites should be in the Law_Enforcement subcategory of Government when available.

Please submit only sites relating to the entire province of British Columbia. You can find a list of localities that comprise this region here. If the site relates to only one locality, then please submit to the appropriate category of that locality.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Guides and Directories

Includes resource sites which provide general information on British Columbia, such as business, education, arts, shopping, entertainment, culture, sports, real estate, transportation, religion, media, government, employment and/or tourism.

Note: Guides covering specific topic areas should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory.

Only regional guides, directories or organizations with members in more than one regional district belong in this category.

If your information is specific to towns within one regional district only, please submit to that regional district.

If your information is specific to one city or town, please submit to that Locality.

Health

Information on resources in British Columbia, including health practitioners, hospitals, clinics, providers of information on conditions and diseases, public health and safety organizations, alternative health practitioners and/or providers of health-related supplies.

Only regional guides, directories, organizations with members in, or practitioners with locations in, more than one regional district belong in this category.

If your information is specific to towns within one regional district only, please submit to that regional district.

If your information is specific to one city or town, please submit to that Locality.

Islands

Contains sites relating to Islands, British Columbia.

Maps and Views

Includes maps, photographs, illustrations, webcams or any type of visual representation of British Columbia.

Note: If your submission specifically relates to a topic in one of the subcategories, please submit to that subcategory.

Only regional guides, directories, and maps or views representing more than one regional district belong in this category.

If your information is specific to towns within one regional district only, please submit to that regional district.

If your information is specific to one city or town, please submit to that Locality.

Metro Areas

British Columbia has two Metropolitan Areas (Vancouver and Victoria) as defined by Statistics Canada.

News and Media

Information on newspapers, radio and television stations, magazines, e-zines and other publications specific to British Columbia.

Only news and media sources that are statewide in scope, or that cover more than one regional district in British Columbia belong in this category.

News and media sources covering towns within one regional district only, should be submitted to that regional district.

News and media sources specific to one city or town, should be submitted to that Locality.

Recreation and Sports

Information on hobbies, activities and pastimes which provide enjoyment during a participant's leisure time, as well as British Columbia sports teams, clubs, organizations and information on competitive events in British Columbia.

Only regional guides, directories or organizations with members in more than one regional district belong in this category.

If your information is specific to towns within one regional district only, please submit to that regional district.

If your information is specific to one city or town, please submit to that Locality.

Regional Districts

The province of British Columbia is divided into exactly twenty-eight regional districts. Each regional district is a federation of its component municipalities and electoral areas. Initially enabled by the Municipal Act of 1965, the regional districts have three basic roles:

Act as a regional government over issues affecting the entire region, particularly in the area of service delivery
Provide administrative framework for economic or service partnerships between two or more municipalities or areas, and
In the absence of incorporated municipalities, the regional district acts as the "local" government for rural areas.

Regional districts in British Columbia are somewhat analogous to counties in the United Kingdom or the United States, or departments in France.

Regions

Contains a list of geographical regions in British Columbia, and sites that related to geographical regions in British Columbia.

Science and Environment

Information about British Columbia's natural environment as well as scientific activities and organizations specific to the province.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Society and Culture

Includes sites that reflect the ideas and values of the British Columbia community: its people, history, social resources, organizations and institutions.

Subcategories closely mirror the main ODP Society category.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Transportation

Information on all modes of public transportation, including bus, air, rail, water, roads and highways.

Only regional guides, directories, organizations with members in, or transportation carriers servicing more than one regional district belong in this category.

If your information is specific to towns within one regional district only, please submit to that regional district.

If your information is specific to one city or town, please submit to that Locality.

Travel and Tourism

This category is for sites offering travel and tourism information for the entire province of British Columbia.

Please help us list sites promptly, and submit only sites dealing with Travel and Tourism across the entire province of British Columbia to this category. Sites dealing with Travel and Tourism in specific localities or regions should be submitted to the locality, regional district or region concerned. In particular, hotels, resorts, and bed and breakfast establishments will only be listed once in the appropriate locality category.

Weather

Information on local forecast, current conditions, storm warnings, rainfall, snowfall or other meteorological data relevant to British Columbia.

Only regional weather or meteorological information should be submitted to the province level.

Individual city or town weather information should be submitted to that Locality.