See also: Vancouver's Island
- 1862  Such an enterprise would draw an immense amount of travel to our shores, create strong bonds between Canada and the Pacific Provinces, and eventually lead to the settlement of many of the fortunate gold diggers in our midst.
2 in modern use, British Columbia.
- 1871  Liberal, even munificent, as these stipulations are in favor of the Pacific Province, yet they are all deemed necessary to the project of a Pacific Railroad.
- 1921  . . . it was Queen Victoria who bestowed the title of British Columbia upon the Pacific Province. . . .