Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond
Richmond
City
	City of Richmond
	Downtown Richmond from the SkyTrain
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	Motto(s): Child of the Fraser; Island City by Nature; Better in Every Way
	Location of Richmond in Metro Vancouver
	Coordinates: 49°10′N 123°8′W / 49.167°N 123.133°W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional district	Metro Vancouver
Incorporated	10 November 1879 (municipality status)
	3 December 1990 (city status)
Seat	Richmond City Hall
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Body	Richmond City Council
• Mayor	Malcolm Brodie (Ind.)
• City Council	List of councillors
• MP	List of MPs Parm Bains (Liberal) Steveston—Richmond East; Wilson Miao (Liberal) Richmond Centre;
• MLA	List of MLAs Henry Yao (NDP) Richmond South Centre; Kelly Greene (NDP) Richmond-Steveston; Aman Singh (NDP) Richmond-Queensborough; Teresa Wat (BC United) Richmond North Centre;
Area
• Land	128.87 km2 (49.76 sq mi)
Highest elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	209,937
• Estimate (2022)	230,584
• Rank	26th in Canada; 4th in British Columbia; 4th in Metro Vancouver;
• Density	1,629.0/km2 (4,219/sq mi)
Demonym	Richmondite
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Forward sortation area	V6V – V6Y, V7A – V7C, V7E
Area codes	604, 778, 236, 672
Highways	Hwy 91; Hwy 99
Website	richmond.ca

Richmond is a city in the coastal Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly a suburban city, it occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), between the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River. Encompassing the adjacent Sea Island (where the Vancouver International Airport is located) and several other smaller islands and uninhabited islets to its north and south, the suburb neighbours Vancouver and Burnaby on the Burrard Peninsula to the north, New Westminster and Annacis Island to the east, Delta to the south, and the Strait of Georgia to the west.

The indigenous Coast Salish peoples were the first people to inhabit the area of modern-day Richmond, with the Musqueam Band naming the site near Terra Nova "spələkʷəqs" or "boiling point".^[5] Today, East Asian Canadians make up a majority of Richmond's population, along with the Continental Asian Canadian population numbering almost three-fourths of the city's population. As a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, Richmond is composed of eight local neighbourhoods: Sea Island, City Centre, Thompson, West Richmond, Steveston, South Arm, East Richmond and Hamilton.^[6] As of 2022, the city has an estimated population of 230,584 people.^[3]

During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Richmond Olympic Oval was a venue for long track speed skating events.

^ "About City Council: Members". City of Richmond, BC. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Population_Hot_Facts6248.pdf" (PDF). City of Richmond. May 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Demonyms—From coast to coast to coast – Language articles – Language Portal of Canada". Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Musqueam Place Names Map". placenamemap.musqueam.bc.ca. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "City of Richmond Parks and Recreation- Locations". City of Richmond-. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[1] "About City Council: Members". City of Richmond, BC. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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

[PopEstimate-3] "Population_Hot_Facts6248.pdf" (PDF). City of Richmond. May 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[4] "Demonyms—From coast to coast to coast – Language articles – Language Portal of Canada". Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[5] "Musqueam Place Names Map". placenamemap.musqueam.bc.ca. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[6] "City of Richmond Parks and Recreation- Locations". City of Richmond-. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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