Metro Vancouver Regional District

Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver
Regional district
	Metro Vancouver Regional District
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	Vancouver Surrey Burnaby Richmond Coquitlam Delta Maple Ridge N.; West. North; Van. Langley White Rock Pitt; Ms. West Van. Bowen Island Lions Bay Belcarra Anmore Electoral Area A Major communities
	Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Incorporated	29 June 1967
Name change	13 June 1968
Name change	30 January 2017
Administrative office	Burnaby
Electoral Areas	A
Government
• Type	Regional district
• Body	Board of Directors
• Chair	George Harvie (Delta)
• Vice chair	John McEwen (Anmore)
Area (2021)
• Land	2,878.93 km2 (1,111.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,990 m (6,530 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	2,642,825
• Estimate (2023)	2,950,509
• Rank	2 (Canadian CD)
• Density	918.0/km2 (2,378/sq mi)
• Rank	2 (Canadian CD)
Demonym	Metro Vancouverite
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Area codes	604 / 778 / 236 / 672
Website	metrovancouver.org

The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), or simply Metro Vancouver, is a Canadian political subdivision and corporate entity representing the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver, designated by provincial legislation as one of the 28 regional districts in British Columbia.^[6]^[7] The organization was known as the Regional District of Fraser–Burrard for nearly one year upon incorporating in 1967, and as the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) from 1968 to 2017.

Metro Vancouver borders Whatcom County, Washington, to the south, the Fraser Valley Regional District to the east, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the north, and the Nanaimo Regional District and Cowichan Valley Regional District across the Strait of Georgia to the west.

The MVRD is under the direction of 23 local authorities and delivers regional services, sets policy and acts as a political forum. The regional district's most populous city is Vancouver, and Metro Vancouver's administrative offices are located in the city of Burnaby. The MVRD's boundaries match those of the Vancouver census metropolitan area (CMA) as identified by Statistics Canada.

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^ ^a ^b "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia". Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ Services, Ministry of Citizens'. "Population Estimates – Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ Metro Vancouver (January 2013). "2013 Action Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Goodbye GVRD, hello Metro Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

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[5] Services, Ministry of Citizens'. "Population Estimates – Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[2013AP-6] Metro Vancouver (January 2013). "2013 Action Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[7] "Goodbye GVRD, hello Metro Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

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