New Westminster

New Westminster
New Westminster
City
	The City of New Westminster
	From top, left to right: New Westminster skyline; Expo Line; Queens Park; New Westminster pier; New Westminster Court House; the SkyBridge, a cable-stayed bridge located over the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey; Poplar Island and Fraser River
	Flag Coat of arms Logo
	Nickname: "New West"
	Location of New Westminster in Metro Vancouver
	Coordinates: 49°12′25″N 122°54′40″W / 49.20694°N 122.91111°W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional district	Metro Vancouver
Founded	1858
Renamed	July 20, 1859
Incorporated	July 16, 1860
Founded by	Richard Moody
Named for	City of Westminster
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Body	New Westminster City Council
• Mayor	Patrick Johnstone
• Councillors	Ruby Campbell; Tasha Henderson; Jaimie McEvoy; Nadine Nakagawa; Paul Minhas; Daniel Fontaine;
• MP	Peter Julian (NDP)
• MLA	Jennifer Whiteside (BC NDP); Aman Singh (BC NDP);
Area
• Land	15.62 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	78,916
• Estimate (2022)	85,708
• Density	5,052.4/km2 (13,086/sq mi)
• Private Dwellings	37,737
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Forward sortation area	V3L – V3M
Area codes	604, 778, 236, 672
Website	newwestcity.ca

New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858 and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island colonies were merged in 1866. It was the British Columbia Mainland's largest city from that year until it was passed in population by Vancouver during the first decade of the 20th century.

It is located on the banks of the Fraser River as it turns southwest towards its estuary, on the southwest side of the Burrard Peninsula and roughly at the centre of the Greater Vancouver region.

^ Granger, Grant (March 1, 2012). "'Gastown-type potential' for Downtown New West: Fung". New Westminster News Leader. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Services, Ministry of Citizens'. "Population Estimates - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

[1] Granger, Grant (March 1, 2012). "'Gastown-type potential' for Downtown New West: Fung". New Westminster News Leader. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.

[2021census-2] Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Services, Ministry of Citizens'. "Population Estimates - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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