British Columbia

===Population===
[[File:BC Population Density 2021.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Population density map of British Columbia]]
Statistics Canada's [[2021 Canadian census]] recorded a population of 5,000,879 — making British Columbia Canada's third-most populous province after [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]].<ref name="census2021"/><ref name="census2021ByProvincesAndTerritories">{{cite web |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000101 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209134802/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000101 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics Canada&nbsp;– Population |url=http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo62k.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519055145/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo62k.htm |archive-date=May 19, 2006 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Canada's population |url=http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060927/d060927a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104230200/http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060927/d060927a.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=September 28, 2006 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref>

====Cities====
{{See also|List of cities in British Columbia|List of metropolitan areas in British Columbia|List of municipalities in British Columbia|List of regional districts of British Columbia}}
[[File:Concord Pacific Master Plan Area.jpg|thumb|The Vancouver skyline]]
Half of all British Columbians live in the [[Metro Vancouver Regional District]], which includes Vancouver, [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], [[Burnaby]], [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]], [[Coquitlam]], [[Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)|Langley (district municipality)]], [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]], [[North Vancouver (district municipality)]], [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]], [[New Westminster]], [[Port Coquitlam]], [[North Vancouver (city)]], [[West Vancouver]], [[Port Moody]], [[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley (city)]], [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]], [[Pitt Meadows]], [[Bowen Island]], [[Anmore]], [[Lions Bay, British Columbia|Lions Bay]], and [[Belcarra]], with adjacent unincorporated areas (including the [[University Endowment Lands]]) represented in the regional district as the [[List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia|electoral area]] known as [[Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A, British Columbia|Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A]]. The metropolitan area has [[List of First Nations governments in British Columbia|seventeen Indian reserves]], but they are outside of the regional district's jurisdiction and are not represented in its government.

The second largest concentration of British Columbia population is at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, which is made up of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria, [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]], [[Esquimalt, British Columbia|Esquimalt]], [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]], [[View Royal, British Columbia|View Royal]], [[Highlands, British Columbia|Highlands]], [[Colwood, British Columbia|Colwood]], [[Langford, British Columbia|Langford]], [[Central Saanich, British Columbia|Central Saanich]]/[[Saanichton, British Columbia|Saanichton]], [[North Saanich, British Columbia|North Saanich]], [[Sidney, British Columbia|Sidney]], [[Metchosin, British Columbia|Metchosin]], [[Sooke, British Columbia|Sooke]], which are part of the [[Capital Regional District]]. The metropolitan area also includes several [[Indian reserve]]s (the governments of which are not part of the regional district). Almost half of the Vancouver Island population is in Greater Victoria.
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:20px;"
|+ Ten largest metropolitan areas by population<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CMA-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&PR=59&S=3&O=D |title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations |year=2002 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=April 26, 2007 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220141922/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CMA-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&PR=59&S=3&O=D |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{efn|Indian reserve populations are not included in these figures}}
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!Metropolitan area
!2021<ref name="census2021BySubdivisions">{{cite web|date=February 9, 2022|title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=Statistics Canada|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209152451/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202|url-status=live}}</ref>
!2016
!2011
|-
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Greater Vancouver|Vancouver]]
| style="text-align: right;" |2,642,825
| style="text-align: right;" |2,463,431
| style="text-align: right;" |2,313,328
|-
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Greater Victoria|Victoria]]
| style="text-align: right;" |397,237
| style="text-align: right;" |367,770
| style="text-align: right;" |344,615
|-
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Kelowna]]
| style="text-align: right;" |222,162
| style="text-align: right;" |194,882
| style="text-align: right;" |179,839
|-
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford]]
| style="text-align: right;" |195,726
| style="text-align: right;" |180,518
| style="text-align: right;" |170,191
|-
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Nanaimo]]
| style="text-align: right;" |115,459
| style="text-align: right;" |104,936
| style="text-align: right;" |98,021
|-
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Kamloops]]
| style="text-align: right;" |114,142
| style="text-align: right;" |103,811
| style="text-align: right;" |98,754
|-
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Chilliwack]]
| style="text-align: right;" |113,767
| style="text-align: right;" |101,512
| style="text-align: right;" |92,308
|-
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]]
| style="text-align: right;" |89,490
| style="text-align: right;" |86,622
| style="text-align: right;" |84,232
|-
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Greater Vernon|Vernon]]
| style="text-align: right;" |67,086
| style="text-align: right;" |61,334
| style="text-align: right;" |58,584
|-
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Courtenay, British Columbia|Courtenay]]
| style="text-align: right;" |63,282
| style="text-align: right;" |54,157
| style="text-align: right;" |55,213
|}

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!Municipality
!2021<ref name="census2021BySubdivisions"/>
!2016
!2011
|-
| 1
| [[Vancouver]]
| 662,248
| 631,486
| 603,502
|-
| 2
| [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]]
| 568,322
| 517,887
| 468,251
|-
| 3
| [[Burnaby]]
| 249,125
| 232,755
| 223,218
|-
| 4
| [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]]
| 209,937
| 198,309
| 190,473
|-
| 5
| [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford]]
| 153,524
| 141,397
| 133,497
|-
| 6
| [[Coquitlam]]
| 148,625
| 139,284
| 126,456
|-
| 7
| [[Kelowna]]
| 144,576
| 127,380
| 117,312
|-
| 8
| [[Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)|Langley]]
| 132,603
| 117,285
| 104,177
|-
| 9
| [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]]
| 117,735
| 114,148
| 109,752
|-
| 10
| [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]]
| 108,455
| 102,238
| 99,863
|}

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