This statistic shows the population distribution of British Columbia, Canada in 2016, by urban/rural type. In 2016, 61.8 percent of British Columbia's population lived in large urban population centers.
Population distribution of British Columbia, Canada, in 2016, by rural/urban type
Population centres are classified into three groups, depending on the size of their population: small population centres, with a population between 1,000 and 29,999; medium population centres, with a population between 30,000 and 99,999; and large urban population centres, with a population of 100,000 or more.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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