<P> With the agreement by the Canadian government to extend the Canadian Pacific Railway to British Columbia and to assume the colony 's debt , British Columbia became the sixth province to join Confederation on July 20 , 1871 . The borders of the province were not completely settled . The Treaty of Washington sent the Pig War San Juan Islands Border dispute to arbitration in 1871 and in 1903 , the province 's territory shrank again after the Alaska boundary dispute settled the vague boundary of the Alaska Panhandle . </P>
<P> With the agreement by the Canadian government to extend the Canadian Pacific Railway to British Columbia and to assume the colony 's debt , British Columbia became the sixth province to join Confederation on July 20 , 1871 . The borders of the province were not completely settled . The Treaty of Washington sent the Pig War San Juan Islands Border dispute to arbitration in 1871 and in 1903 , the province 's territory shrank again after the Alaska boundary dispute settled the vague boundary of the Alaska Panhandle . </P>
when did british columbia became a province of canada
when did british columbia became a province of canada
July 20 , 1871
July 20 , 1871