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British Columbia
British Columbia (BC) is Canada's Pacific-coast, westernmost province, sixth to join Confederation on July 20, 1871. Mountainous, hazard-prone, biodiverse; 5,000,879 people in 2021, capital Victoria.
British Columbia Highway 5
British Columbia Highway 5, or the Coquihalla Highway, is a provincial route built between 1986 and 1990. It is the largest route connecting the Lower Mainland and Interior.
British Columbia Highway 97
British Columbia Highway 97 is the longest numbered highway in British Columbia, running from the US border near Osoyoos to the Yukon boundary near Lower Post.
British Columbia Highway 99
British Columbia Highway 99, the Sea to Sky Highway, runs from the US border at Blaine through Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, and Lillooet to Highway 97 near Cache Creek, including the George Massey Tunnel.
British Columbia Hockey Conference
British Columbia Hockey Conference (BCHC), B.C.'s Hockey Canada-sanctioned Junior A league, launched April 2026 with 22 teams (14 KIJHL, 8 PJHL) after the BCHL went independent in 2023.
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is a Canadian statutory corporation created in 1999 that invests for British Columbia's public sector pension plans, managing $313.7 billion from Victoria.
British Columbia New Democratic Party
The British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) is the provincial wing of Canada's New Democratic Party in British Columbia, founded in 1961 and the current governing party under Premier David Eby.
British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridge Authority
The British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridge Authority was a British Columbia Crown corporation, created in 1953 under Premier W.A.C. Bennett to finance and operate toll bridges and highways.
British Columbia Treaty Process
British Columbia Treaty Process: the made-in-BC, six-stage tripartite negotiation framework (First Nations, Canada, BC) established in 1992 and overseen by the BC Treaty Commission, producing modern treaties such as Tsawwassen, Maa-nulth, and Tla'amin.
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), agreed in December 1939 by Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, trained 131,533 aircrew in Canada during the Second World War.
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, also known as BCS, is the United Kingdom's professional body for computing, founded in 1957 and incorporated by royal charter in 1984.
British conquest of Asante and exile of Prempeh I
The British conquest of Asante was the bloodless 1896 occupation of Kumasi by Colonel Sir Francis Scott, ending with the Asantehene Prempeh I's exile until 1924.
British conquest of Bornu
The British conquest of Bornu was the 1900 to 1902 takeover of the Bornu state west of Lake Chad, after French forces destroyed the Rabih dynasty.
British conquest of Sokoto
The British conquest of Sokoto was a 1903 campaign in which British forces captured Kano and Sokoto and killed Caliph Attahiru I, ending the Sokoto Caliphate.
British Council
British Council: UK international cultural relations and educational organization, founded 1934, Royal Charter 1940, FCDO-sponsored charity and public body; earns ~85% of income, £162.5m core grant 2024-25.
British country clothing
British country clothing: rural sportswear for shooting, stalking, and country pursuits built on tweed, waxed cotton, moleskin, and corduroy rather than synthetics; includes Barbour wax jackets, estate tweeds, flat caps, and wellington boots.
British cuisine
British cuisine: the cooking traditions of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, also called UK or British food. Regional dishes, Victorian decline, wartime rationing, curry adoption, and the 1970s invention of a national cuisine distinguish it.
British Cycling
British Cycling, the national governing body for cycling in Great Britain, formed as the British Cycling Federation in 1959, based at Manchester's National Cycling Centre, running the Great Britain Cycling Team, membership insurance, and talent pathways.
British Dam Society
The British Dam Society is a British professional society for dam and reservoir engineering, founded in 1990 as a charity Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
British dance band
British dance bands were jazz-influenced British orchestras, roughly 1919-1945, playing anglicised, precisely arranged dance music for ballrooms, records, and the BBC, with bandleaders such as Ambrose and Jack Payne.
British Darts Organisation
British Darts Organisation (BDO), founded 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, was the UK darts governing body and staged the original World Championship from 1978, mostly at Lakeside Frimley Green, until its 2020 liquidation.
British declaration of war on Germany (1939)
British declaration of war on Germany (1939): Chamberlain's 3 September announcement after the 11 a.m. ultimatum over the Polish invasion expired, under the 31 March guarantee and 25 August Anglo-Polish agreement; France declared at 5 p.m.
British degree abbreviations
British degree abbreviations (BA, BSc, MA, PhD, FdA) are short forms for UK qualifications, mapped to FHEQ levels, written without full stops, and used as post-nominal letters.
British diaspora
British diaspora: Britons and people of British birth or nationality living outside the UK, also called British expatriates. At least 4.8 million British-born people lived abroad in 2024, mainly in Australia, Spain, the US, and Canada.
British Dressage
British Dressage is the UK national governing body for dressage and para-dressage, founded 1998, a British Equestrian and FEI member body, with about 18,500 members, 2,500 shows a year, the Introductory-to-Grand Prix ladder, and Team GBR selection.
British East India Company in China
The British East India Company (英國東印度公司) was an English chartered trading company, founded in 1600, that held a monopoly on British trade with China through its Canton factory.
British Empire
The British Empire, also known as the British colonial empire, was the territories ruled by the United Kingdom, covering a quarter of the world's land at its peak.
British Empire in World War II
British Empire in World War II: the UK, Dominions, and colonies' collective war effort 1939-1945, also called the British Commonwealth war effort. Over 2.5 million Indian volunteers, empire-wide home fronts, and the wartime shift from British to American leadership.
British Empire Medal
British Empire Medal (BEM): UK award for hands-on local community service, part of the Order of the British Empire honours system. Created 1917, suspended 1993, reintroduced 2012 with 293 Diamond Jubilee awards; announced at New Year and the King's birthday.
British Energy
British Energy plc was a British nuclear power company, privatized in 1996, that operated eight nuclear stations and produced about 20% of England and Wales's electricity.