 Vancouver is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia. It is the largest metropolitan centre in western Canada and the third largest in the country. Vancouver is one of the cities of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and of the larger geographic region commonly known as the Lower Mainland of B.C.
The city's population is 545,671 and that of the metropolitan area 2,186,965 (2001 census). Some predict that by 2020, the population of the metropolitan area will be 2.6 million.A resident of Vancouver is called a "Vancouverite." The current mayor is Sam Sullivan.With its location on the Pacific Rim and at the western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highway and rail routes, Vancouver one of the nation's largest industrial centres. |
