Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A

Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A is a part of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia. It includes several unincorporated areas: the University Endowment Lands and the University of British Columbia, west of the City of Vancouver; Bowyer, Passage, and Barnston Islands; the west side of Pitt Lake; the northern portion of Indian Arm; and a large area to the north of the North Shore that is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated except for certain subdivisions between Horseshoe Bay and the Village of Lions Bay.

Electoral Area A
Regional district electoral area
Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A
Location of Electoral Area A in Metro Vancouver
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional district	Metro Vancouver
Regional district office	Metrotower III[1]
Government [2]
• Director	Jen McCutcheon
Area [3][4]
• Land	815.21 km2 (314.75 sq mi)
• Urban	14.49 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
• Rural	800.72 km2 (309.16 sq mi)
	[Note 1]
Population  (2021)[3]
• Regional district electoral area	18,612
• Density	22.8/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Urban [5]	18,296
• Urban density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
• Rural [5]	316
• Rural density	0.39/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area codes	604, 778, 236, 672

The Electoral Area is represented by a director on the board of the regional district. This is an elected position, with a four-year term. The current director is Jen McCutcheon.^[2]

Communities

• Barnston Island
• Buntzen Bay
• Gambier Island Trust Area (part)
  • Bowyer Island
  • Passage Island
• Granite Falls
• Strachan Creek
• UBC Campus
• University Endowment Lands

Demographics

In the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada reported that Metro Vancouver A had a population of 18,612 living in 7,682 of its 9.201 total dwellings, a 15.4% change from its 2016 population of 16,133. With a land area of 815.21 km² (314.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.8/km² (59.1/sq mi) in 2011.^[3]

Population by community^[5]

Area	Population		% change 2016-2021
	2016	2021
UBC campus	12,908	15,103	+17.0%
University Endowment Lands	2,982	3,193	+7.1%
Total urban population	15890	18296	+15.1%
Barnston Island	127	111	-12.6%
Howe Sound communities (including Passage and Bowyer Islands)	72	104	+44.4%
Indian Arm/Pitt Lake communities	44	101	+129.5%
Total rural population	243	316	+30%
Electoral Area A	16,133	18,612	15.4%

Canada 2006 Census

Ethnicity		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority groups[6]	South Asian	300	2.7%
	Chinese	3,370	30.8%
	Black	155	1.4%
	Filipino	20	0.2%
	Latin American	170	1.6%
	Arab	190	1.7%
	Southeast Asian	110	1%
	West Asian	390	3.6%
	Korean	1,025	9.4%
	Japanese	255	2.3%
	Other visible minority	15	0.1%
	Mixed visible minority	25	0.2%
Total visible minority population		6,040	55.2%
Aboriginal groups[7]	First Nations	60	0.5%
	Métis	0	0%
	Inuit	0	0%
Total Aboriginal population		55	0.5%
White		4,840	44.3%
Total population		10,935	100%

Notes

1. As defined by Metro Vancouver,^[5] the UEL is defined as urban land and all other areas are defined as rural.

See also

• List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia