" Metro Vancouver is a diverse organization that plans for and delivers regional utility services, including water, sewers and wastewater treatment, and solid waste management.  It also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system, provides affordable housing, and serves as a regional federation. The organization is a federation of 21 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation located in the region of the same name.  The organization is governed by a Board of Directors of elected officials from each member jurisdiction." [quote from https://metrovancouver.org/about-us 2024.04.18]

Metro Vancouver Members:

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• City of Vancouver vancouver.ca/
  • Vancouver Board of Trade www.boardoftrade.com/ about
  • City of Vancouver had population of 662,248 in 2021 and 631,486 in 2016; 545,671 in 2001
    nb. 96,965 with Cantonese as mother tongue, and 74,695 with Mandarin as mother tongue.
  • St Paul's Hospital https://www.providencehealthcare.org/en/locations/st-pauls-hospital
  • Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) www.vch.ca/en/ location/ vancouver-general-hospital
• Village of Anmore anmore.com/
• Village of Belcarra belcarra.ca/
• Bowen Island Municipality www.bowenisland municipality.ca/ home
• City of Burnaby www.burnaby.ca/
  • "Data from the 2021 Census indicates that Burnaby is among the fastest-growing major municipalities in Canada, as the city welcomed 16,370 new residents between 2016 and 2021.
    
    The data also shows that Burnaby is adding new homes at a faster rate than the regional average, as Burnaby's private dwelling count is up 9% from 2016, compared to the 7% average for the Metro Vancouver region." [quote from City of Burnaby website 2024 April 17 https://www.burnaby.ca/ our-city/news/ 2022-02-10/burnaby-among-fastest-growing-major-municipalities-canada ]
  • Burnaby Board of Trade https://bbot.ca/about-membership/
  • Burnaby Hospital fraserhealth.ca/ Service-Directory/Locations/ Burnaby/ burnaby-hospital
• City of Coquitlam www.coquitlam.ca/
• City of Delta www.delta.ca/
• Electoral Area A www.metrovancouver .org/ services/ electoral-area-a/ Pages/default.aspx
  • includesUniversity Endowment Lands (includes most of Pacific Spirit Regional Park)
  • University of British Columbia (including University Neighbourhoods) see also www.ubc.ca/
• City of Langley www.langleycity.ca/
• Township of Langley www.tol.ca/
• Village of Lions Bay www.lionsbay.ca/home
• City of Maple Ridge www.mapleridge.ca/
• City of New Westminster www.newwestcity.ca
  - see also Royal Columbian Hospital
• City of North Vancouver ww.cnv.org/
• District of North Vancouver www.dnv.org
• City of Pitt Meadows www.pittmeadows.ca
• City of Port Coquitlam www.portcoquitlam.ca/
• City of Port Moody www.portmoody.ca/ en/index.aspx
• City of Richmond www.richmond.ca/ home.htm
• City of Surrey www.surrey.ca/
  • Surrey Board of Trade businessinsurrey.com/
  • The City of Surrey had a population of 568,322 (Statistics Canada Census Profile, 2021 n.b. 128,305 mother tongue was Punjabi, 28,080 had Mandarin as mother tongue, and 8,165 had Cantonese as mother tongue as told Stats Canada )
    the population was 517,887 ( in census taken 2016)
  • +Surrey Memorial Hospital www.fraserhealth.ca/ Service-Directory/ Locations/Surrey/ surrey-memorial-hospital "is the largest of three regional hospitals in Fraser Health’s integrated network of care, providing primary, secondary, and tertiary services, including 24/7 emergency"
• Tsawwassen First Nation tsawwassenfirst nation .com/
• District of West Vancouver westvancouver.ca/
• City of White Rock www.whiterockcity.ca/

• For more information about Metro Vancouver Regional Government Services, go to www.metrovancouver.org
  
  
• For information about the Port of Vancouver, go to www.portvancouver.com/ about-us/
  "The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority: Enabling Canada's trade The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is an arm's-length federal agency responsible for the shared stewardship of the lands and waters that make up the Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest port. Our mandate, as outlined in the Canada Marine Act, is to enable Canada's trade objectives on behalf of all Canadians, ensuring goods are moved safely through the Port of Vancouver, while protecting the environment and considering local communities. " [quote fr. above web page 2024.04.23]

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