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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 ]
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In order for a municipality to be classified as a district municipality, its geographic area must be greater than 800 hectares (2,000 acres) and its population density must be lower than 5 residents per hectare (or 500/km 2); there is no population requirement. [4]
In 2011, 9.6% of married and common-law couples in Greater Vancouver are interracial; double the Canadian average of 4.6%, [20] and higher than in the Toronto CMA (8.2%) and the Greater Montreal (5.2%). Vancouver has less residential segregation of its ethnic minorities compared to Canadian cities like Montreal. [21] However, residential ...
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