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Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Motto: Building a sustainable region

Area:

2.878.52 sq. km.

Population

- Total (2001)
- Cdn. CD Rank:

- Density

1,986,965
Ranked 2nd

690.3/km²

MPs

Don Bell, Chuck Cadman, Raymond Chan, John M. Cummins , Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Paul Forseth, Hedy Fry, Gurmant Grewal , Nina Grewal , Russ Hiebert , Peter Julian , Randy Kamp , James Moore, Stephen OwenThe Honourable Stephen Owen (b. September 8 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician. Owen is currently a member of Paul Martin's Liberal government, serving in cabinet as Canada's tenth Minister of Western Economic Diversification as, John Reynolds, Bill SiksayBill Siksay is a Canadian politician, the Member of Parliament who represents the British Columbia riding of Burnaby-Douglas for the New Democratic Party of Canada. Prior to running for elected office, he was constituency assistant to Svend Robinson., Mark Warawa

MLAThe Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. The members of the 37th Legislature were elected in the general election held on May 16, 2001 Members of the 37th Legislature George Malcolm Abbott, Liberal Shuswap Val Anderson, Liberals

Val Anderson , Tony Bhullar , Harry Bloy , Jagrup Brar , Elayne Brenzinger , Gordon CampbellFor the receipient of the Victoria Cross, see Gordon Campbell, VC Premier Campbell with Queen Elizabeth II The Honourable Gordon Campbell (b. 1947) is the current Premier of British Columbia. He is the leader of the politically conservative BC Liberal Par, Christy ClarkFor the American soap actress, see Christie Clark. Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician, representing the riding of Port Moody-Westwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a memb, 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 MacPhailJoy MacPhail is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. She is a longtime member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia and served in the cabinets of three NDP premiers. Under Premier Mike Harcourt she served as Minister of Social Services fro, Karn Manhas , Reni Masi , Lorne Mayencourt , Joyce Murray , Ted NebbelingTed Nebbeling is a British Columbia Legislative Assembly Member and former Minister of State for the 2010 Olympics. He married Jan Holmberg, his partner of 32 years, on November 15, 2003, in one of the world's first same-sex weddings of a serving cabinet, 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

Governing body

Greater Vancouver Regional District Board of Directors

Greater Vancouver Regional District

The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is a sub-provincial administrative district within the 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.

1 Geography

The Greater Vancouver Regional District occupies the southwest corner of mainland British Columbia. It comprises the western half of the lower Fraser Valley (commonly referred to as Lower Mainland), the eastern half being occupied by the Fraser Valley Regional District , which includes the communities of Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission. To the north lie the Coast Mountains and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, including the communities of Squamish and Whistler. To the west lies Georgia Strait, and to the south lies Whatcom County in Washington State.

According to the 2001 census, the metropolitan area is home to 1,986,965 people, 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 occurred.

2 Municipalities

The Regional District consists of 21 incorporated municipalities and one unincorporated area. The 21 municipalities are:

Village of Anmore [1] - 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 [2]- Pop. 23,643 (2001)
District of Langley - Pop. 86,896 (2001)
Village of Lions Bay [3]- 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. 3,091 (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 , which comprises all unincorporated land within the Regional District boundaries, including the University of British Columbia 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 reserves within the geographical area that are not subject to governance by the municipalities or the Regional District with a population of 6,543 (2001).

3 Administrative Role

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.

4 External links

Official Site - http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/
GVRD Regional Parks - http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/parks
TransLink - http://www.translink.bc.ca

Regional Districts of British Columbia
Alberni-Clayoquot \| Bulkley-Nechako \| Capital \| Cariboo \| Central Coast \| Central Kootenay \| Central Okanagan \| Columbia-Shuswap \| Comox-Strathcona \| Cowichan Valley \| East Kootenay \| Fraser Valley \| Fraser-Fort George \| Greater Vancouver \| Kitimat-Stikine \| Kootenay Boundary \| Mount Waddington \| Nanaimo \| North Okanagan \| Northern Rockies \| Okanagan-Similkameen \| Peace River \| Powell River \| Skeena-Queen Charlotte \| Squamish-Lillooet \| Stikine \| Sunshine Coast \| Thompson-Nicola

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