The people of British Columbia
British Columbia is Canada's 3rd most populated Province after Ontario and Quebec. Did you know that as of December 2012 the population of BC was recorded at 4.62 million people. Roughly half of the population reside in the Greater Vancouver area, while the second largest population of people reside around the Southern tip of Vancouver Island near the capital of Victoria.
British Columbia is home to people from all different origins who celebrate a variety of cultural traditions, speak different languages, and practice a number of different religions. The Diversity of the population continues to grow as BC sees a steady influx of newcomers from around the world.
Yearly 34,000 immigrants from around the world arrive in BC.
Over the past 10 years net migration has accounted for 75% of BC's population growth with the natural increase of Births minus deaths accounting for the remaining 25%.
For instance back in 2008 the government stated that 9.205 immigrants arrived in BC totaling 17.2% of all immigrants to Canada heading to British Columbia.
Roughly half the population of BC lives in the Greater Vancouver Area and as of 2011 the 10 most Populous Areas included Vancouver City at the most populated city with 2,13,328 million people living there. The other 9 cities included our Capital of Victoria with the 2nd most amount of people with 344, 615 with Kelowna, Abbotsford, Kamloops, Nanaimo, Chilliwack, Prince George, Vernon and Courtney with a total of 55, 213 people.
Since the 2011 consensus the top 10 most commonly spoken languages in BC are English, Chinese including Cantonese and Mandarin, Punjabi, German, Tagalog, French, Korean, Spanish and Farsi.
Since the 2011 consensus the top 10 most commonly spoken languages in BC are English, Chinese including Cantonese and Mandarin, Punjabi, German, Tagalog, French, Korean, Spanish and Farsi.
Back during the 2006 Census the Top 10 Ethnic Immigrants to travel to BC were Chinese 18%. Canadian 12%, English 11%, East Indian 10%, German 5%, Scottish 4%, Filipino 3%, Italian 2%, Irish 2%, Ukrainian 1%, and Miscellaneous 32%.
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