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Greater Vancouver. / 49.24944°N 122.97972°W / 49.24944; -122.97972. 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 ...
- Demographics of Metro Vancouver
The demographics of Metro Vancouver indicate a multicultural...
- Vancouver
Vancouver. / 49.26083°N 123.11389°W / 49.26083;...
- Metro Vancouver Regional District
West Van. The Metro Vancouver Regional District ( MVRD ), or...
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History of Vancouver. The history of Vancouver, British...
- Demographics of Metro Vancouver
Downtown Vancouver. / 49.28417°N 123.12111°W / 49.28417; -123.12111. Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north shore of the False Creek ...
- 3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi)
- 62,030
- Canada
- 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.
3 days ago · Vancouver was originally a small sawmilling settlement, called Granville in the 1870s. It was incorporated as a city in April 1886 (just before it became the western terminus of the first trans-Canada railway, the Canadian Pacific) and was renamed to honour the English navigator George Vancouver, of the Royal Navy, who had explored and surveyed the coast in 1792.
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