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". Metro Vancouver is the political entity of the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver.

The regional district includes 22 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation. 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.

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

+ Metro Vancouver member populations Member Census subdivision Population (2021) Population (2016) % change (2016–2021) 2021 provincial rank Anmore  Village  2,356  2,210  +6.6%  185th Belcarra  Village  687  643  +6.8%  301st Bowen Island  Island municipality  4,256  3,680  +15.7%  118th Burnaby  City  249,125  232,755  +7.0%  3rd Coquitlam  City  148,625  139,284  +6.7%  6th Delta  City  108,455  102,238  +6.1%  10th City of Langley  City  28,963  25,888  +11.9%  30th Township of Langley  District municipality  132,603  117,285  +13.1%  8th Lions Bay  Village  1,390  1,334  +4.2%  251st Maple Ridge  City  90,990  82,256  +10.6%  15th Metro Vancouver A  Regional district electoral area  18,612  16,133  +15.4%  39th New Westminster  City  78,916  70,996  +11.2%  17th City of North Vancouver  City  58,120  52,898  +9.9%  20th District of North Vancouver  District municipality  88,168  85,649  +2.9%  16th Pitt Meadows  City  19,146  18,573  +3.1%  37th Port Coquitlam  City  61,498  58,612  +4.9%  19th Port Moody  City  33,535  33,551  ±0.0%  28th Richmond  City  209,937  198,309  +5.9%  4th Surrey  City  568,322  517,887  +9.7%  2nd Tsawwassen  First Nation  2,256  816  +176.5%  191st Vancouver  City  662,248  631,486  +4.9%  1st West Vancouver  District municipality  44,122  42,473  +3.9%  23rd White Rock  City  21,939  19,952  +10.0%  33rd Metro Vancouver  2,642,825  2,463,431  +7.3%  – Source: Statistics Canada

 References 

Category:1960s establishments in British Columbia
Category:1967 establishments in Canada
Category:Regional districts in British Columbia
Category:Vancouver
Category:Lists of settlements in Canada