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• Size: 114 square kilometres (44 square miles) • Population: 662,248 (according to the 2021 census) • Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia, and the eighth largest municipality in Canada • The Metro Vancouver region (which includes neighbouring cities such as Burnaby, Richmond, and Surrey) is the third largest in Canada
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The City of Vancouver is located on the British Columbia's west coast, adjacent to the Strait of Georgia and across that waterway from Vancouver Island. It is also north of the Fraser River and lies mostly on the western part of the Burrard Peninsula. The city of Vancouver is well-known as one of the world's most "livable cities" but it is also one...
The following is a list of the most important things to know about Vancouver, British Columbia: 1. The City of Vancouver is named after George Vancouver, a British captain who explored Burrard Inlet in 1792. 2. Vancouver is one of Canada's youngest cities and the first European settlement was not until 1862 when McLeery's Farm was established on th...
Vancouver is nicknamed Hollywood North because it is the third-largest film production center in North America following Los Angeles and New York City. The Vancouver International Film Festival takes place annually each September. Music and visual arts are also common in the city. Vancouver also has another nickname of "city of neighborhoods" as mu...
Wikipedia. (2010, March 30). "Vancouver." Wikipedia- the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver
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Size: 114 square kilometres (44 square miles) Population: 631,486 (according to the 2016 census) Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia, and the eighth largest municipality in Canada; the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area (which includes neighbouring cities such as Burnaby, Richmond, and Surrey) is the third largest in Canada
Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər / ⓘ van-KOO-vər; Canadian French: [vãkuvaɛ̯ʁ]) 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.
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. With an area of 944,735 km 2 (364,764 sq mi) it is Canada's third-largest province. The province is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than every United States state except Alaska.
Feb 13, 2011 · Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia and the eighth largest in Canada (see also Largest Cities in Canada by Population). The City of Vancouver lies on a peninsula in the southwest corner of the province's mainland.
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The land area of Vancouver is 2,882.68 square kilometres and the population density was 854.6 people per square kilometre. In 2016, there were 960,894 private dwellings occupied in Vancouver, which represent a change of 7.8% from 2011.
