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Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The term "Greater Vancouver" describes an area that is roughly coterminous with the region governed by the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), though it predates the 1966 creation of the regional district.
The City of Vancouver is a member of Metro Vancouver, which provides sustainable regional services [267] to the Greater Vancouver area. The city electrical grid is serviced by BC Hydro, which claims 97.8% of the energy it generates is clean owing to the extensive use of hydroelectric power generation. [268]
With 662,248 residents recorded in the 2021 census, Vancouver is the most populated city in Metro Vancouver. With a population of 568,322 (2021), Surrey is the second-most populated city in Metro Vancouver. Burnaby is the third-most populated city in Metro Vancouver with a population of 249,125 (2021).
A city's metropolitan area in colloquial or administrative terms may be different from its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area , where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east ...
Some other regions of greater population density outside this corridor include the Greater Victoria area and Greater Nanaimo area on Southern Vancouver Island (with a population of approximately 530,000), [61] [62] the Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia interior (about 350,000 people centered around the city of Kelowna, which has close to ...
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [1] out of which 53 are classified as cities. [2] According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the second largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles).
The City of Vancouver uses neighbourhood boundaries to break up the city's geographic area for delivering services and resources. The 22 official neighbourhoods are as follows: [1] Arbutus Ridge - Located in the middle of Vancouver's west side, characterized by tree-lined streets and heritage homes with large lot sizes.
The Tri-Cities within the GVRD. The Tri-Cities are an informal grouping of the three adjacent suburban cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody, along with the two villages of Anmore and Belcarra in the northeast sector of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia. [1] [2] Combined, these five communities had a population of 246,701 ...