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A. Municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region. 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 ...
Vancouver. / 49.26083°N 123.11389°W / 49.26083; -123.11389. Vancouver ( / vænˈkuːvər / ⓘ van-KOO-vər) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016.
- Canada
- George Vancouver
- April 6, 1886 (as Vancouver)
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport on the mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city has a population of over 630,000 and is the largest city in British Columbia. Metro Vancouver has a population of over 2 million people. [5] That makes it the third largest metropolitan area in Canada.
- Canada
- British Columbia
- April 6, 1886
- Lower Mainland
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. Formerly an industrial manufacturing area, it was named after Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville .
- peninsula
- Vancouver
- 14 ha (35 acres)
- False Creek
Jan 23, 2009 · We looked to the government, but it is all over the map. Some B.C. ministries do use the term Lower Mainland. The ministry of environment says it is “the southwestern corner of the province ...
The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), or simply Metro Vancouver, is a Canadian political subdivision and corporate entity representing the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver, designated by provincial legislation as one of the 28 regional districts in British Columbia.
- Canada
- 13 June 1968
- 29 June 1967
- British Columbia
Bridges in Vancouver. This category is located at Category:Bridges in Greater Vancouver. There are no pages or files in this category. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). Hidden category: Wikipedia soft redirected categories.
