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Last Updated: Jul 05, 2025

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Capital	Victoria
Population	(2021) 5,000,879; (2023 est.) 5,581,127
Date Of Admission	1871
Provincial Motto	"Slendor sine occasu (Splendour without diminishment)"
Provincial Flower	Pacific dogwood
Seats In House Of Commons	36 (of 308)
Time Zone	Pacific (GMT − 8 hours) • Mountain (GMT − 7 hours)
Premier	David Eby (New Democratic Party)
Total Area (Sq Km)	944,735
Total Area (Sq Mi)	364,764

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the Bastion, Nanaimo

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