The capital of British Columbia is a metropolitan region in Canada.
British Columbia . The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria , the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada , named for the Queen who created the original European colonies . Victoria [ vɪkˈtɔriə ] is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia , and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada 's Pacific coast . The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with 4,405.8 people per square kilometre , which is a greater population density than Toronto .