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| '' Motto : Building a sustainable region'' |
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| Area : | 2,878.52 km&2 |
| Population |
| - Total (2001): | 2,134,300 |
| - Cdn. CD Rank: | Ranked 3rd |
| - Pop. Density | 690.3/km&2 |
MP s
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| Don Bell , Dawn Black , Raymond Chan , John M. Cummins , Libby Davies , Sukh Dhaliwal , Ujjal Dosanjh , David Emerson , Hedy Fry , Nina Grewal , Russ Hiebert , Peter Julian , Randy Kamp , James Moore , Stephen Owen , Penny Priddy , Bill Siksay , Mark Warawa , Blair Wilson |
MLA s
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| Val Anderson , Tony Bhullar , Harry Bloy , Jagrup Brar , Elayne Brenzinger , Gordon Campbell , Christy Clark , Rich Coleman , Gary Collins , Kevin Falcon , Greg Halsey-Brandt , Colin Gordon Hansen , Randy Hawes , Dave Hayer , Gordon J. Hogg , Daniel Javis , Ken Johnston , Jenny Wai Ching Kwan , Richard T. Lee , Brenda Locke , Joy MacPhail , Karn Manhas , Reni Masi , Lorne Mayencourt , Joyce Murray , Ted Nebbeling , Rob Nijjar , John Nuraney , Geoff Plant , Linda Reid , Val Roddick , Patty Sahota , Lynn Stephens , Ken Stewart , Richard Stewart , Ralph Sultan , Katherine Whittred , Patrick Wong |
| Board Chair | Marvin Hunt
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| Governing body | Greater Vancouver Regional District Board Of Directors
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| Greater Vancouver Regional District |
| Municipalities in GVA |
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The (GVRD) is a sub-provincial
Administrative District within the
Canadian Province of
British Columbia ,
Canada . It comprises the metropolitan area surrounding the city of
Vancouver , and is essentially synonymous with '''Greater Vancouver''' or the '''Vancouver
Metropolitan Area '''. The seat is in
Burnaby .
The Greater Vancouver Regional District occupies the southwest corner of mainland British Columbia. It comprises the western half of the
Lower Mainland .
According to the 2001 census, 2,134,300 people live in the metropolitan area, about half of the population of British Columbia. Recent estimates (2003) have placed the population at 2.5 million, representing an enormous estimated growth since the last census. One current initiative of the GVRD is the
Ashcroft, British Columbia , Ranch Mega-
Landfill Proposal.
The Regional District consists of 21 incorporated municipalities and one unincorporated area. The 21 municipalities are:
- Village of Anmore - Pop. 1,344 (2001)
- Village of Belcarra - Pop. 682 (2001)
- District of Bowen Island - Pop. 2,957(2001)
- City of Burnaby - Pop. 193,954 (2001)
- City of Coquitlam - Pop. 112,890 (2001)
- District of Delta - Pop. 96,950 (2001)
- City of Langley Pop. 23,643 (2001)
- District (Township) of Langley - Pop. 86,896 (2001)
- Village of Lions Bay - Pop. 1,379 (2001)
- District of Maple Ridge - Pop. 63,169 (2001)
- City of New Westminster - Pop. 54,656 (2001)
- City of North Vancouver - Pop. 44,303 (2001)
- District of North Vancouver - Pop. 82,310 (2001)
- District of Pitt Meadows - Pop. 14,670 (2001)
- City of Port Coquitlam - Pop. 51,257 (2001)
- City of Port Moody - Pop. 30,091 (2001)
- City of Richmond - Pop. 164,345 (2001)
- City of Surrey - Pop. 347,825 (2001)
- City of Vancouver - Pop. 545,671 (2001)
- District of West Vancouver - Pop. 41,421 (2001)
- City of White Rock - Pop. 18,250 (2001)
The unincorporated
Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A comprises all unincorporated land within the Regional District boundaries, including the
University Of British Columbia Endowment Lands (see
University Endowment Lands ) and Fraser River islands of Douglas Island and
Barnston Island .
The population of Electoral district A is 7,096 (2001).
There are also a number of
Indian Reserve s within the geographical area that are not subject to governance by the municipalities or the Regional District with a population of 6,543 (2001).
The principal function of the Greater Vancouver Regional District is to administer resources and services which are common across the metropolitan area. These include community planning, water, sewage, drainage, housing, transportation, air quality, and parks.
For example,
GVRD Regional Parks oversees the development and maintenance of nineteen regional parks, as well as various nature reserver and greenways. (The regional parks are distinct from municipal parks in that they are typically more "wild" and represent unique geographical zones within the region, such as bogs and mature rainforests.)
The Greater Vancouver Regional District also oversees
TransLink , which administers public transportation and major bridges and highways throughout the region. TransLink also runs the
AirCare program, which primarily aims to improve air quality by reducing harmful emissions from automobiles. In the period 1992 to 2002, this program is credited with reducing the air emissions in the urban area by thirty-five percent.
- Europe an: 1,200,010 or 63.5%
- Chinese: 332,560 or 17.6%
- Other Asian : 161,145 or 8.5%
- Filipino: 54,280 or 2.8%
- Mixed Ethnicity : 44,680 or 2.3%
(based on single responses)
More than a third -- 36.9% -- of Greater Vancouver residents are members of a visible minority according to the 2001 Census. The largest visible minority groups are:
- Chinese: 17.4%
- South Asian (Indo-Canadian): 8.4%
- Filipino: 2.9%
- West Asian (Iranian, Afghani): 1.1%
- Latin American: 1.0%
- Black: 0.9%
- Multiple response (mixed-race): 0.6%
''Aboriginals, which make up 1.9% of Greater Vancouver's population, are not officially considered a visible minority group by Statistics Canada.''
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- Official Site - http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/
- GVRD Regional Parks - http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/parks
- TransLink - http://www.translink.bc.ca
- Steveston Community Portal - http://www.stevestonivillage.com
