Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created in 1966. For 40 years it was called "The Greater Vancouver Regional District", but now it is called "Metro Vancouver".^[1]

Downtown Vancouver.

The regional district includes 22 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation.^[2] The district covers 2,877.36 square kilometres (1,111 square miles). Metro Vancouver administers several services common to the local government units, such as utilities.

About half of households in Metro Vancouver live in strata-titled properties.^[3]

Membership

With 631,486 residents recorded in the 2016 census, Vancouver is the most populated city in Metro Vancouver.

With a population of 517,887 (2016), Surrey is the second-most populated city in Metro Vancouver.

Burnaby is the third-most populated city in Metro Vancouver with a population of 232,755 (2016).

This regional district comprises 23 local authorities as members: 21 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation.^[4]

Metro Vancouver members
Member[4]	Census subdivision type[5]	2016 population[5]	2011 population	Growth Rate 2011-2016
Vancouver	City	631,486	603,502	4.64%
Surrey	City	517,887	468,251	10.60%
Burnaby	City	232,755	223,218	4.27%
Richmond	City	198,309	190,473	4.11%
Coquitlam	City	139,284	126,804	9.84%
Langley	District municipality	117,285	104,177	12.58%
Delta	City	102,238	99,863	2.38%
North Vancouver	District municipality	85,935	84,412	1.80%
Maple Ridge	City	82,256	76,052	8.16%
New Westminster	City	70,996	65,976	7.61%
Port Coquitlam	City	58,612	55,958	4.74%
North Vancouver	City	52,898	48,196	9.76%
West Vancouver	District municipality	42,473	42,694	-0.52%
Port Moody	City	33,551	33,011	1.64%
Langley	City	25,888	25,081	3.22%
White Rock	City	19,952	19,339	3.17%
Pitt Meadows	City	18,573	17,736	4.72%
Electoral Area A	Regional district electoral area	16,133	12,988	24.21%
Bowen Island	Island municipality	3,680	3,402	8.17%
Anmore	Village	2,210	2,092	5.64%
Lions Bay	Village	1,334	1,318	1.21%
Tsawwassen	Indian reserve (Treaty First Nation)	816	720	13.33%
Belcarra	Village	643	644	-0.16%
Total Metro Vancouver Regional District		2,463,431	2,313,328	6.49%

References

1. Vancouver Sun (2 August 2007). "Goodbye GVRD, hello Metro Vancouver". CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
2. Kelly Sinoski (13 May 2014). "Judge's ruling upholds Langley rezoning plans". CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
3. "B.C. Stratas on edge after reports of soaring insurance premiums".
4. "Member Municipalities". Metro Vancouver. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
5. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.