British Columbia of British Columbia, and Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is "Splendor sine occasu" ("Splendour without Diminishment"). The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for Queen Victoria who ruled during the creation of the original colonies. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 (about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The
Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia The Certified General Accountants of British Columbia (CGA-BC) is the self-regulating professional association of Certified General Accountants in the province of British Columbia (B.C.), Canada. CGA-BC is the largest and fastest growing accounting designation in the province of B.C. As of February 2011, it has more than 10,000 members (CGAs) and 5,000 CGA students. The association is responsible for the training, accreditation, regulation, ethics and discipline, and professional development of its members. CGAs work in businesses of all sizes and virtually every sector of B.C.'s economy: banking and finance, business and industry, government