Because British Columbia was found, settled, and founded by the British.
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada.
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No. 'Colombia' is a country in South America. 'British Columbia' is a province of Canada, which is in North America.
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It is not a country because its part of a country called Canada.
Columbia became an independent country in 1810.
British "ColUmbia"is in Canada ColOmbia the country is a country with NOOOO association to Britain/British etc..
British Columbia receives the largest number of international students in the country. It is where the 'Twilight' movies were filmed and in 1906, the crest of British Columbia was included on the country's flag.
Manitoba became a province of Canada in 1870. British Columbia followed in 1873.