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This sign is posted after the Canada–US border to remind US drivers that Canada uses the metric system. The imperial speed limit (left) is a BC-style sign, rather than an MUTCD-standard one as would be used in the US.
Bishop's College School or BCS is an English-language non-profit independent boarding prep school in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada for students in Grades 7 to 12. Founded in 1836, BCS is the fifth oldest private school in Canada. BCS has the highest endowment per student of any independent school in Canada.
British Columbia. / 54°N 125°W / 54; -125. British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts ...
Yellowhead Highway Trans-Canada Highway BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Route information Length 2,859 km (1,777 mi) History Established in 1970 Renumbered to Hwy 16 in 1976 Trans-Canada Highway in 1990 Major junctions West end Hodges Avenue / Towhill Road in Masset, BC Major intersections Hwy 97 in Prince George, BC Hwy 5 near Tête Jaune Cache, BC Hwy 43 near Stony Plain, AB Hwy 216 ...
Highway 16 Yellowhead Highway Trans-Canada Highway Highway 16 highlighted in red. Route information Maintained by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Length 1,173 km (729 mi) Existed 1941–present Haida Gwaii segment Length 101 km (63 mi) North end Masset South end BC Ferries dock in Skidegate Mainland segment Length 1,072 km (666 mi) West end BC Ferries dock in ...
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with 4,406 inhabitants per square ...
86% [3] Education in British Columbia comprises public and private primary and secondary schools throughout the province. Like most other provinces in Canada, education is compulsory from ages 6–16 (grades 1–10), although the vast majority of students remain in school until they graduate from high school ( grade 12) at the age of 18. In ...
V. Area codes. 236, 250, 604, 672, 778. The British Columbia Coast, popularly referred to as the BC Coast or simply the Coast, is a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. As the entire western continental coastline of Canada along the Pacific Ocean is in the province, it is synonymous with being the West Coast of Canada .
In Canada, driver's licences are issued by the government of the province or territory in which the driver is residing. Thus, specific regulations relating to driver's licences vary province to province, though overall they are quite similar. All provinces have provisions allowing non-residents to use licences issued by other provinces and ...
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...