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A few of BC's vital statistics at your fingertips.
Total area of BC - 947,800 sq km
1996 population - 3,724,500 (12.7% of Canadian population; third most populous province)
Percentage of population living in Lower Mainland - 55.5%
Length of the coastline - 27,200 km (including shorelines of islands)
Number of national parks - 6
Number of provincial parks - about 550 (new ones are being created all the time)
Largest provincial park - Tweedsmuir (974,246 ha)
Three highest mountains - Fairweather Mtn (4,663 m), Mt Quincy Adams (4,133 m), Mt Waddington (4,016 m)
Highest point on Vancouver Island - Golden Hinde (2,200 m)
Size of Vancouver Island - 31,284 sq km
Population of Vancouver Island - 671,000
BC's aboriginal population (1996) - 139,655 (3.8% of total population%