At Almost a Million Square Kilometres, British Columbia’S Size Is Exceeded Only by Our Province’S Richness and Diversity
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Ferries Terminal | | | | | (by major municipalities) REGIONS >> SERIES CAPACITOR STATIONS << GRID to Nanaimo and CHILLIWACK Vancouver 60 km the Sunshine Coast MISSION BRIDGE Populations North Northeast 98%+ of the provinces electricity is 1 Vancouver 653,046 Coast BOB QUINN LAKE 11 (ECONOMIC REGIONS) from clean and renewable resources WEST 13 Surrey 543,940 G.M. SHRUM 1A Vancouver Island Coast: 800,716 FORT ST. JOHN VANCOUVER ABBOTSFORD Industrial electricity costs lower than ALDERGROVE Burnaby 238,728 Mainland/Southwest: 2,930,041 PEACE DAWSON CREEK in San Francisco, New York, Toronto 1 Abbotsford Richmond 213,392 Thompson Okanagan: 549,956 CANYON International Airport Kootenay: 149,661 99 NORTH Indian Arm Aldergrove Border Crossing Huntington Border Crossing USA Coquitlam 147,619 KENNEDY VANCOUVER Cariboo: 154,026 PRINCE RUPERT | | CN | | | | Langley, District 122,415 English Bay | | | | TERRACE | | CPR BURNS LAKE 2015-2016 International | | | | | | Port of Vancouver | | | North Coast: 53,659 | | | | Delta 101,997 TELKWA Burrard Inlet | Immigration to B.C.: 42,832 | | SKEENA | | | | | | | KITIMAT GLENANNAN | | | | | | | | | | | COQUITLAM Nechako: 41,057 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Downtown | | CPR | North Vancouver, District 86,602 | | | | | | | | | | Net in-migration from | | 7A | | Northeast: 72,496 PRINCE GEORGE | Simon Fraser PORT SANDSPIT | | | | | | | | | | within Canada 2016: 20,026 University | | | | Maple Ridge 85,653 | | | COQUITLAM | | | | WILLISTON | | | ||||||||||||||| | | | | | | PORT MOODY | | | | | | | HAIDA GWAII BURNABY | | | QUESNEL PRINCE University of | | | | New Westminster 73,711 | | | | West Coast Express | | | | | | | | | | B.C. Cities | | | GEORGE | British Columbia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commuter Rail | Evergreen Line | | | | | | | | | | (BY POPULATION) | | BNSF A 1 | | 99 | Port Coquitlam 61,187 | | Rapid Trasit | Cariboo | | | | | | | | | | | | | CN | VANCOUVER | | | | | | | | | | Over 500,000 | | | | | | | | | North Vancouver, City 52,794 Millennium Line | | | | | | CPR | | | | | | CPR | | | | 100,000-500,000 Expo Line CN | 99 | | | Rapid Transit | | WILLIAMS LAKE | | McLEESE | Rapid Transit | | | West Vancouver 40,923 50,000-100,000 CPR | Canada Line | MAPLE RIDGE | | | PITT | | | BELLA COOLA Thompson/ | Rapid Transit | Under 50,000 MICA | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | CPR PATTULLO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MEADOWS | Port Moody 34,193 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | | | | Okanagan | | | | CHAPMANS | | | | | | BRIDGE | | | | | | | | | | | Vancouver Island/ | | | | | | | | | | | | YVR | | | | | | GUICHON NEW| | | PORT MANN | | | Langley, City 27,283 | | | KELLY LAKE | CN | | | | | | Coast | | | | REVELSTOKE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRIDGE GOLDEN EARS | | | | | NICOLA | | | REVELSTOKE WESTMINSTER| | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRIDGE CPR | Fraser | | | Total 2,463,431 CN | | ||||||||||||||||||||| | | | | | | | | KAMLOOPS | | | | | | | | Mainland/ | | Surrey Docks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CREEKSIDE | | | | | 91 | | CN | | | Southwest | | | VERNON | | Kootenay | | CN | | ASHTON CREEK | | | CAMPBELL RIVER MERRITT | | | | | BNSF/CN/CPR | POWELL RIVER CHEEKYE | Delta Port | KIMBERLEY KAMLOOPS Strait of Georgia | Source: BC Stats Population Estimates 2016 | | | | | KELOWNA | | | | | | COURTENAY ALEX FRASER | BURRARD KOOTENAY CANAL | SECHELT WHISTLER | | | PENTICTON CRANBROOK BRIDGE | 1 | RICHMOND | | 1A GREATER Fraser | | SQUAMISH VASEUX | | NELSON | | | | | VANCOUVER SELKIRK Port Terminals | | | | NANAIMO CASTLEGAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MERIDIAN | | | CHILLIWACK DUNSMUIR | | | | A | PORT ALBERNI TRAIL NELWAY | 99 | GREATER | | AMERICAN CREEK | CRANBROOK | SURREY INGLEDOW | | << GREATER VANCOUVER STEVESTON | | | | | VANCOUVER | 17 | | | CLAYBURN | TO FORTISB.C. | | CN| CN/CPR | | | VI TERMINAL | 91 | 15 | ARNOTT | BNSF GREATER | | | VICTORIA | | WASHINGTON SEVEN MILE GEORGE MASSEY DELTA | | | | VICTORIA | | | | PIKE LAKE | | Downtown Vancouver TUNNEL | | | | | | 10 | LANGLEY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | || || | | | | | | | | | | | Main Commercial Rail Lines | | | | 17A 99 | | CLOVERDALE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Canadian National Railway (CN) | | | Boundary Bay | LADNER | Vancouver Island / Coast (pop. 800,716) The Vancouver Island/Coast Thompson / Okanagan (pop. 549,956) Located in the interior of B.C., North Coast (pop. 53,659) Bordering the Pacic Ocean, the northern coastal region | | Airport | | Canadian Pacic Railway (CPR) | | | region includes B.C.’s capital city of Victoria, several medium-sized cities the Thompson-Okanagan region is a popular tourist destination. Its is an area of forests, mountains and rugged coastlines. In addition to commercial | | BNSF/CN/CPR | | | 0 2.125 4.25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) | | | ABBOTSFORD and many smaller oceanside communities. The service sector plays a diverse economy is based on agriculture, the service sector, logging