60 Facts About Vancouver Canada

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In terms of housing affordability, Vancouver is one of the most expensive cities in Canada and in the world.

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Indigenous settlement of Vancouver Canada began more than 10,000 years ago, and included the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

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City takes its name from George Vancouver Canada, who explored the inner harbour of Burrard Inlet in 1792 and gave various places British names.

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Vancouver Canada is among British Columbia's youngest cities; the first European settlement in what is Vancouver Canada was not until 1862 at McCleery's Farm on the Fraser River, just east of the ancient village of Musqueam in what is Marpole.

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City of Vancouver Canada was incorporated on April 6,1886, the same year that the first transcontinental train arrived.

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Vancouver Canada's population grew from a settlement of 1,000 people in 1881 to over 20,000 by the turn of the century and 100,000 by 1911.

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Vancouver Canada merchants outfitted prospectors bound for the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898.

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Economy of early Vancouver Canada was dominated by large companies such as the CPR, which fuelled economic activity and led to the rapid development of the new city; in fact, the CPR was the main real estate owner and housing developer in the city.

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Amalgamation with Point Grey and South Vancouver Canada gave the city its final boundaries not long before it became the third-largest metropolis in the country.

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Until the city's naming in 1885, "Vancouver Canada" referred to Vancouver Canada Island and it remains a common misconception that the city is located on the island.

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Vancouver Canada has one of the largest urban parks in North America, Stanley Park, which covers 404.

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Vegetation in the Vancouver Canada area was originally temperate rainforest, consisting of conifers with scattered pockets of maple and alder and large areas of swampland.

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Vancouver Canada's climate is temperate by Canadian standards and is classified as oceanic or marine west coast, that borders on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate.

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Winters in Greater Vancouver Canada are the fourth-mildest of Canadian cities after nearby Victoria, Nanaimo and Duncan, all on Vancouver Canada Island.

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Urban planning in Vancouver Canada is characterized by high-rise residential and mixed-use development in urban centres, as an alternative to sprawl.

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Vancouver Canada has been ranked one of the most livable cities in the world for more than a decade.

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In contrast, according to Forbes, Vancouver Canada had the fourth-most expensive real estate market in the world in 2019.

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18.

The 556-room Hotel Vancouver Canada, opened in 1939 and the third by that name, is across the street with its copper roof.

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At the census metropolitan area level in the 2021 census, the metropolitan area referred to as Greater Vancouver Canada had a population of 2,642,825 living in 1,043,319 of its 1,104,532 total private dwellings, a change of 7.

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Germans are the next-largest European ethnic group in Vancouver Canada and were a leading force in the city's society and economy until the rise of anti-German sentiment with the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

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Since the 1980s, immigration increased substantially, making the city more ethnically and linguistically diverse; 49 percent of Vancouver Canada's residents do not speak English as their first language.

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22.

The black population of Vancouver Canada is small in comparison to other Canadian major cities, making up 0.

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Vancouver Canada has a significant aboriginal community of about 11,000 people.

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Vancouver Canada has a large LGBT community, with a recognized gay male enclave focused in the West End neighbourhood of the downtown core, particularly along Davie Street, officially designated as Davie Village, though the gay community is omnipresent throughout West End and Yaletown areas.

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Vancouver Canada is host to one of the country's largest annual pride parades.

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Vancouver Canada is the headquarters of forest product and mining companies.

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In recent years, Vancouver Canada has become a centre for software development, biotechnology, aerospace, video game development, animation studios and television production and film industry.

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In 2012, Vancouver Canada was ranked by Demographia as the second-most unaffordable city in the world, rated as even more severely unaffordable in 2012 than in 2011.

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Concern was expressed that Vancouver Canada's increasing homelessness problem would be exacerbated by the Olympics because owners of single room occupancy hotels, which house many of the city's lowest income residents, converted their properties to attract higher income residents and tourists.

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Some still-standing Vancouver landmarks, including the SkyTrain public transit system and Canada Place, were built as part of the exposition.

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The legislation, passed in 1953, supersedes the Vancouver Canada Incorporation Act, 1921 and grants the city more and different powers than other communities possess under BC's Municipalities Act.

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Vancouver Canada is governed by the eleven-member Vancouver Canada City Council, a nine-member School Board, and a seven-member Park Board, all of whom serve four-year terms.

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Historically, in all levels of government, the more affluent west side of Vancouver Canada has voted along conservative or liberal lines while the eastern side of the city has voted along left-wing lines.

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34.

Vancouver Canada operates the Vancouver Canada Police Department, with 1,327 sworn members and an operating budget of $316.

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Vancouver Canada plays host to special events such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, the Clinton-Yeltsin Summit, or the Symphony of Fire fireworks show that require significant policing.

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Jericho Beach in Vancouver Canada is the location of the headquarters of 39 Canadian Brigade Group of the Canadian Army.

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RCAF Station Jericho Beach, the first air base in Western Vancouver Canada, was taken over by the Canadian Army in 1947 when sea planes were replaced by long-range aircraft.

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The district administers about 76 elementary schools, 17 elementary annexes, 18 secondary schools, 7 adult education centres, 2 Vancouver Canada Learning Network schools, which include 18 French immersion schools, a Mandarin bilingual school, and fine arts, gifted, and Montessori schools.

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SFU consistently ranks as the top comprehensive university in Vancouver Canada and is among the 300 best universities in the world.

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Prominent theatre companies in Vancouver Canada include the Arts Club Theatre Company on Granville Island, and Bard on the Beach.

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Vancouver Canada has become a major film location, known as Hollywood North, as it has stood in for several US cities.

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The first Canadian prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver Canada was Cold Squad and its storyline was physically set in the city.

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Libraries in Vancouver Canada include the Vancouver Canada Public Library with its main branch at Library Square, designed by Moshe Safdie.

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Vancouver Canada School of conceptual photography is a term applied to a grouping of artists from Vancouver Canada who achieved international recognition starting in the 1980s.

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Musical contributions from Vancouver Canada include performers of classical, folk and popular music.

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The Vancouver Canada Opera is a major opera company in the city, and City Opera of Vancouver Canada is the city's professional chamber opera company.

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Recent successful Vancouver Canada bands include Gob, Marianas Trench, Theory of a Deadman and Stabilo.

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Today, Vancouver Canada is home to a number of popular independent bands such as The New Pornographers, Japandroids, Destroyer, In Medias Res, Tegan and Sara, and independent labels including Nettwerk and Mint.

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Vancouver Canada produced influential metal band Strapping Young Lad and pioneering electro-industrial bands Skinny Puppy, Numb and Front Line Assembly; the latter's Bill Leeb is better known for founding ambient pop super-group Delerium.

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Vancouver Canada has a vibrant nightlife scene, whether it be food and dining, or bars and nightclubs.

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51.

Vancouver Canada currently has the second-largest trolleybus fleet in North America, after San Francisco.

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In 2012, Vancouver had the worst traffic congestion in Canada and the second-highest in North America, behind Los Angeles.

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Vancouver Canada has a citywide network of bicycle lanes and routes, which supports an active population of cyclists year-round.

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In 2011, Vancouver Canada hosted the Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League championship game which is awarded every year to a different city which has a CFL team.

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Vancouver Canada is a centre for the fast-growing sport of ultimate.

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In 2015, Vancouver Canada was one of six venues for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and hosted the Final game between the United States and Japan.

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Vancouver Canada is one of two Canadian cities which will host matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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58.

Vancouver Canada has an adult obesity rate of 12 percent, compared to the Canadian average of 23 percent.

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59.

The City of Vancouver is the greenest city in Canada according to an independent ongoing urban ecological footprint study.

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City of Vancouver was one of the first cities in Canada to enter into an international sister cities arrangement.

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