British Columbia is part of 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 . The largest city is Vancouver , the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada , the largest in Western Canada , and the third-largest in the Pacific Northwest . By the arrangements of the Canadian federation , Canada 's monarchy operates in British Columbia as the core of the province 's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy .