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Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The term "Greater Vancouver" describes an area that is roughly coterminous with the region governed by the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), though it predates the 1966 creation of the regional district.
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.
English: Experimental SVG overview of British Columbia's regional districts, using open CEC Landsat-derived land cover data (2010) to generate a naturalistic colour scheme. More information here . Vector features are from Statistics Canada and BC Open Data.
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Vancouver. Metropolitan areas ... name Type Region Regional district Population (2021) Population (2016) Population (2011) 1 Vancouver: CMA Lower Mainland: Metro ...
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.
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