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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Metro Vancouver Regional District</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_regional_del_Gran_Vancouver" title="Districte regional del Gran Vancouver – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Districte regional del Gran Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District" title="Greater Vancouver Regional District – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Greater Vancouver Regional District" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_regional_del_Gran_Vancouver" title="Distrito regional del Gran Vancouver – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito regional del Gran Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolo_Vankuvero" title="Metropolo Vankuvero – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Metropolo Vankuvero" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1" title="مترو ونکوور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مترو ونکوور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_r%C3%A9gional_du_Grand_Vancouver" title="District régional du Grand Vancouver – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District régional du Grand Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%ED%8A%B8%EB%A1%9C_%EB%B0%B4%EC%BF%A0%EB%B2%84" title="메트로 밴쿠버 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메트로 밴쿠버" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC" title="メトロバンクーバー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メトロバンクーバー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ضلع میٹرو وانکوور – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع میٹرو وانکوور" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Vancouver" title="Greater Vancouver – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Greater Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_Regional_de_Metro_Vancouver" title="Distrito Regional de Metro Vancouver – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Distrito Regional de Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vankuver" title="Metro Vankuver – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Metro Vankuver" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region%C3%A1lny_okres_Metro_Vancouver" title="Regionálny okres Metro Vancouver – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Regionálny okres Metro Vancouver" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouverin_metropolialue" title="Vancouverin metropolialue – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vancouverin metropolialue" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District" title="Metro Vancouver Regional District – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Metro Vancouver Regional District" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" title="Metro Vancouver – Turkish" lang="tr" 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Columbia"><b>Delta</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:61.516%;left:79.761%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Maple Ridge"><img alt="Maple Ridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/16px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Maple_Ridge,_British_Columbia" title="Maple Ridge, British Columbia"><b>Maple Ridge</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.133%;left:50.822%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="N. West."><img alt="N. West." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/16px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/New_Westminster" title="New Westminster"><b>N.<br />West.</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.886%;left:36.353%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="North Van."><img alt="North Van." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/16px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/North_Vancouver_(city)" title="North Vancouver (city)"><b>North<br />Van.</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:80.236%;left:74.405%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Langley"><img alt="Langley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/16px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Langley,_British_Columbia_(city)" title="Langley, British Columbia (city)"><b>Langley</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:94.236%;left:60.915%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="White Rock"><img alt="White Rock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/16px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/White_Rock,_British_Columbia" title="White Rock, British Columbia"><b>White Rock</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.744%;left:72.01%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Pitt Ms."><img alt="Pitt Ms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg/16px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Pitt_Meadows" title="Pitt Meadows"><b>Pitt<br />Ms.</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.947%;left:27.97%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West Van."><img alt="West Van." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg/6px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg/9px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="11" data-file-height="11" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div><a href="/wiki/West_Vancouver" title="West Vancouver"><b>West Van.</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.799%;left:6.898%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bowen Island"><img alt="Bowen Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg/6px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg/9px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg/12px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Town.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="11" data-file-height="11" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Bowen_Island" title="Bowen Island"><b>Bowen Island</b></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.372%;left:20.514%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lions Bay"><img alt="Lions Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/5px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png" decoding="async" width="5" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/10px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="9" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div><a href="/wiki/Lions_Bay" title="Lions Bay">Lions Bay</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.562%;left:49.375%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Belcarra"><img alt="Belcarra" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/5px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png" decoding="async" width="5" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/10px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="9" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Belcarra" title="Belcarra">Belcarra</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.255%;left:55.912%;font-size:70%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Anmore"><img alt="Anmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/5px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png" decoding="async" width="5" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/8px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg/10px-Western_Canada_Map_Assets_Village.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="9" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div><a href="/wiki/Anmore" title="Anmore">Anmore</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:24.375%;left:56.251%;font-size:90%"><div class="id" style="left:-0px;top:-0px"></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:1px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Electoral_Area_A" title="Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A"><i>Electoral Area A</i></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Major communities</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in British Columbia"><img alt="A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg/250px-CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg/375px-CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg/500px-CAN_BC_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District_locator.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="1737" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in British Columbia</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Canada</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Province</th><td class="infobox-data">British Columbia</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated<sup id="cite_ref-RDFB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDFB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">29 June 1967</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name change<sup id="cite_ref-RDFB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDFB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">13 June 1968</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name change<sup id="cite_ref-MVRD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVRD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">30 January 2017</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative office</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burnaby" title="Burnaby">Burnaby</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Electoral Areas</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Electoral_Area_A" title="Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A">A</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-government_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-government-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Regional district</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Board of Directors</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chair</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hurley" title="Mike Hurley">Mike Hurley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Burnaby" title="Burnaby">Burnaby</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Vice chair</th><td class="infobox-data">John McEwen (<a href="/wiki/Anmore" title="Anmore">Anmore</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">2,878.93 km<sup>2</sup> (1,111.56 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,990 m (6,530 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,642,825</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,950,509</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (<a href="/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" title="Census geographic units of Canada">Canadian CD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">918.0/km<sup>2</sup> (2,378/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (Canadian CD)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Metro Vancouverite</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">CA$</a>163.772<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion</span> (2020)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9208:00" title="UTC−08:00">UTC−08:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−07:00</a> (PDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="Area codes">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_604" title="Area code 604">604</a> / <a href="/wiki/Area_codes_778,_236,_and_672" title="Area codes 778, 236, and 672">778 / 236 / 672</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://metrovancouver.org/">metrovancouver<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1061069#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metro Vancouver Regional District</b> (<b>MVRD</b>), or simply <b>Metro Vancouver</b>, is a Canadian <a href="/wiki/Political_subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Political subdivision">political subdivision</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">corporate entity</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Vancouver" title="Greater Vancouver">Greater Vancouver</a>, designated by provincial legislation as one of the 28 <a href="/wiki/Regional_districts_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional districts of British Columbia">regional districts</a> in <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization was known as the <b>Regional District of Fraser–Burrard</b> for nearly one year upon incorporating in 1967, and as the <b>Greater Vancouver Regional District</b> (<b>GVRD</b>) from 1968 to 2017. </p><p>Metro Vancouver borders <a href="/wiki/Whatcom_County,_Washington" title="Whatcom County, Washington">Whatcom County, Washington</a>, to the south, the <a href="/wiki/Fraser_Valley_Regional_District" title="Fraser Valley Regional District">Fraser Valley Regional District</a> to the east, the <a href="/wiki/Squamish-Lillooet_Regional_District" title="Squamish-Lillooet Regional District">Squamish-Lillooet Regional District</a> to the north, and the <a href="/wiki/Nanaimo_Regional_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanaimo Regional District">Nanaimo Regional District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cowichan_Valley_Regional_District" title="Cowichan Valley Regional District">Cowichan Valley Regional District</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Georgia" title="Strait of Georgia">Strait of Georgia</a> to the west. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, and Metro Vancouver's administrative offices are located in the city of <a href="/wiki/Burnaby" title="Burnaby">Burnaby</a>. The MVRD's boundaries match those of the Vancouver <a href="/wiki/Census_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Census metropolitan area">census metropolitan area</a> (CMA) as identified by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Greater Vancouver Water District and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District were established in 1924 and 1956 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of British Columbia incorporated a regional district for this western portion of the Lower Mainland named the Regional District of Fraser-Burrard on 29 June 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-RDFB_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDFB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just under a year later, the regional district was renamed as the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) on 13 June 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-RDFB_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDFB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, the GVRD applied to change its official legal name a second time to simply "Metro Vancouver", which was deemed more recognizable at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-namechangereport_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-namechangereport-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British Columbia's Minister of Community Services denied the application due to the absence of the term "regional district" within the proposed new name, though it was suggested that the GVRD could brand itself under the unofficial name of Metro Vancouver.<sup id="cite_ref-namechangereport_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-namechangereport-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After nine years, with growing public recognition of Metro Vancouver, the overall success of the brand, and confusion between the brand and the official legal name of the regional district, the GVRD moved in 2016 to change its name to the Metro Vancouver Regional District.<sup id="cite_ref-namechangereport_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-namechangereport-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional district was therefore formally renamed a second time by the Government of British Columbia on 30 January 2017 to the Metro Vancouver Regional District.<sup id="cite_ref-MVRD_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVRD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) is located east of the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Georgia" title="Strait of Georgia">Strait of Georgia</a> and north of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">State of Washington</a> and is bisected by the <a href="/wiki/Fraser_River" title="Fraser River">Fraser River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CDmap_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDmap-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boundaries of the MVRD match those of the Vancouver CMA.<sup id="cite_ref-CDmap_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDmap-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CMAmap_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMAmap-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg/220px-Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg/330px-Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg/440px-Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4356" data-file-height="2450" /></a><figcaption>With 662,248 residents recorded in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 census</a>, Vancouver is the most populated city in Metro Vancouver.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_George_Hub_(20230507_150235).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/King_George_Hub_%2820230507_150235%29.jpg/220px-King_George_Hub_%2820230507_150235%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/King_George_Hub_%2820230507_150235%29.jpg/330px-King_George_Hub_%2820230507_150235%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/King_George_Hub_%2820230507_150235%29.jpg/440px-King_George_Hub_%2820230507_150235%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>With a population of 568,322 (2021), <a href="/wiki/Surrey,_British_Columbia" title="Surrey, British Columbia">Surrey</a> is the second-most populated city in Metro Vancouver.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Metrotown_201807.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Metrotown_201807.jpg/220px-Metrotown_201807.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Metrotown_201807.jpg/330px-Metrotown_201807.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Metrotown_201807.jpg/440px-Metrotown_201807.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="1554" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Burnaby" title="Burnaby">Burnaby</a> is the third-most populated city in Metro Vancouver with a population of 249,125 (2021).</figcaption></figure> <p>This regional district comprises 23 local authorities as members: 21 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation.<sup id="cite_ref-membership_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-membership-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232966811">.mw-parser-output .hover-highlight tr:hover,.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable tr:hover{background-color:var(--background-color-progressive-subtle,#eaf3ff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}.mw-parser-output .mw-datatable{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-base,#333)}</style> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Metro Vancouver member populations (<small class="editlink noprint plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Metro_Vancouver_population_by_member&action=edit">edit</a></small>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Member </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" title="Census geographic units of Canada">Census subdivision</a> </th> <th>Population (2021) </th> <th>Population (2016) </th> <th>% change (2016–2021) </th> <th>2021 provincial rank </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anmore" title="Anmore">Anmore</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">Village</td> <td>2,356</td> <td>2,210</td> <td>+6.6%</td> <td>185th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belcarra" title="Belcarra">Belcarra</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">Village</td> <td>687</td> <td>643</td> <td>+6.8%</td> <td>301st </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bowen_Island" title="Bowen Island">Bowen Island</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">Island municipality</td> <td>4,256</td> <td>3,680</td> <td>+15.7%</td> <td>118th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Burnaby" title="Burnaby">Burnaby</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>249,125</td> <td>232,755</td> <td>+7.0%</td> <td>3rd </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coquitlam" title="Coquitlam">Coquitlam</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>148,625</td> <td>139,284</td> <td>+6.7%</td> <td>6th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Delta,_British_Columbia" title="Delta, British Columbia">Delta</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>108,455</td> <td>102,238</td> <td>+6.1%</td> <td>10th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Langley, City of"><a href="/wiki/Langley,_British_Columbia_(city)" title="Langley, British Columbia (city)">City of Langley</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>28,963</td> <td>25,888</td> <td>+11.9%</td> <td>30th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Langley, Township of"><a href="/wiki/Langley,_British_Columbia_(district_municipality)" title="Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)">Township of Langley</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">District municipality</td> <td>132,603</td> <td>117,285</td> <td>+13.1%</td> <td>8th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lions_Bay" title="Lions Bay">Lions Bay</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">Village</td> <td>1,390</td> <td>1,334</td> <td>+4.2%</td> <td>251st </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maple_Ridge,_British_Columbia" title="Maple Ridge, British Columbia">Maple Ridge</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>90,990</td> <td>82,256</td> <td>+10.6%</td> <td>15th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Electoral_Area_A" title="Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A">Metro Vancouver A</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">Regional district electoral area</td> <td>18,612</td> <td>16,133</td> <td>+15.4%</td> <td>39th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Westminster" title="New Westminster">New Westminster</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>78,916</td> <td>70,996</td> <td>+11.2%</td> <td>17th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="North Vancouver, City of"><a href="/wiki/North_Vancouver_(city)" title="North Vancouver (city)">City of North Vancouver</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>58,120</td> <td>52,898</td> <td>+9.9%</td> <td>20th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="North Vancouver, District of"><a href="/wiki/North_Vancouver_(district_municipality)" title="North Vancouver (district municipality)">District of North Vancouver</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">District municipality</td> <td>88,168</td> <td>85,649</td> <td>+2.9%</td> <td>16th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pitt_Meadows" title="Pitt Meadows">Pitt Meadows</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>19,146</td> <td>18,573</td> <td>+3.1%</td> <td>37th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Port_Coquitlam" title="Port Coquitlam">Port Coquitlam</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>61,498</td> <td>58,612</td> <td>+4.9%</td> <td>19th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Port_Moody" title="Port Moody">Port Moody</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>33,535</td> <td>33,551</td> <td>±0.0%</td> <td>28th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_British_Columbia" title="Richmond, British Columbia">Richmond</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>209,937</td> <td>198,309</td> <td>+5.9%</td> <td>4th </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Surrey,_British_Columbia" title="Surrey, British Columbia">Surrey</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>568,322</td> <td>517,887</td> <td>+9.7%</td> <td>2nd </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tsawwassen_First_Nation" title="Tsawwassen First Nation">Tsawwassen</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">First Nation</td> <td>2,256</td> <td>816</td> <td>+176.5%</td> <td>191st </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>662,248</td> <td>631,486</td> <td>+4.9%</td> <td>1st </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/West_Vancouver" title="West Vancouver">West Vancouver</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">District municipality</td> <td>44,122</td> <td>42,473</td> <td>+3.9%</td> <td>23rd </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/White_Rock,_British_Columbia" title="White Rock, British Columbia">White Rock</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;">City</td> <td>21,939</td> <td>19,952</td> <td>+10.0%</td> <td>33rd </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Metro Vancouver</a></b></td> <td><b>2,642,825</b></td> <td><b>2,463,431</b></td> <td><b>+7.3%</b></td> <td><b>–</b> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:left; background-color:#eaecf0" colspan="6"><b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Metro Vancouver Regional District</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Greater_Vancouver_A,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Vancouver A, British Columbia">Electoral Area A</a> comprises all <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated land</a> within the regional district boundaries, which totals about 818 square kilometres. Most of the area is in the northernmost part of the district, including residential areas and isolated dwellings on <a href="/wiki/Howe_Sound" title="Howe Sound">Howe Sound</a> between Lions Bay and Horseshoe Bay, on Indian Arm to the north of Deep Cove and Belcarra/Anmore and on the west side of <a href="/wiki/Pitt_Lake" title="Pitt Lake">Pitt Lake</a> to the north of Port Coquitlam. Other areas included are Barnston Island on the <a href="/wiki/Fraser_River" title="Fraser River">Fraser River</a>, Passage Island between Bowen Island and West Vancouver, and finally the urban communities of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia" title="University of British Columbia">University of British Columbia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_Endowment_Lands" title="University Endowment Lands">University Endowment Lands</a>, in which 98% of the population of Electoral Area A lives.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are also seventeen <a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserves</a> within the geographical area that are not subject to governance by local authorities or the regional district; they have a combined population of 7,550 (2006). </p><p>The cities of <a href="/wiki/Abbotsford,_British_Columbia" title="Abbotsford, British Columbia">Abbotsford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chilliwack" title="Chilliwack">Chilliwack</a> and the district of <a href="/wiki/Mission,_British_Columbia" title="Mission, British Columbia">Mission</a>, located to the east, although often linked to Vancouver in promotions and tourism, are part of a separate regional district, the <a href="/wiki/Fraser_Valley_Regional_District" title="Fraser Valley Regional District">Fraser Valley Regional District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Metro Vancouver</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">21,887</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">42,926</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+96.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_1911_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 1911 Census">1911</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">164,020</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+282.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">232,597</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+41.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">347,709</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+49.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">393,898</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">562,462</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+42.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">790,741</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+40.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,028,334</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+30.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,169,831</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+13.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,602,590</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+37.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_1996_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 1996 Census">1996</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,831,665</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2001_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2001 Census">2001</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,986,965</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2006_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2006 Census">2006</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,116,581</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2011_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2011 Census">2011</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,313,328</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+9.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2016_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2016 Census">2016</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,463,431</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/Canada_2021_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2021 Census">2021</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,642,825</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.3%</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Metro_Vancouver" title="Demographics of Metro Vancouver">Demographics of Metro Vancouver</a></div> <p>As a <a href="/wiki/Census_divisions_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Census divisions of Canada">census division</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 Canadian census</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>, the Metro Vancouver Regional District had a population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7006264282500000000♠"></span>2,642,825</span> living in <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7006104331900000000♠"></span>1,043,319</span> of its <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7006110453200000000♠"></span>1,104,532</span> total private dwellings, a change of <span data-sort-value="7000728228231275810♠" style="display:none"></span>7.3% from its 2016 population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7006246343100000000♠"></span>2,463,431</span>. With a land area of 2,878.93 km<sup>2</sup> (1,111.56 sq mi), it had a population density of <span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002917988627719326♠"></span>918.0/km<sup>2</sup> (2,377.6/sq mi) in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2021censusb_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021censusb-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Metro Vancouver Regional District is the densest and most populous regional district in British Columbia, and the second-densest and second-most populous census division in Canada behind <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible sortable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Panethnicity" title="Panethnicity">Panethnic</a> groups in the Metro Vancouver Regional District (2001–2021) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Panethnicity" title="Panethnicity">Panethnic</a> group </th> <th colspan="2">2021<sup id="cite_ref-indigenous2021_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indigenous2021-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VancouverMetroMinority2021_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VancouverMetroMinority2021-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2016<sup id="cite_ref-indigenous2016_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indigenous2016-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VancouverMetroMinority2016_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VancouverMetroMinority2016-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2011<sup id="cite_ref-indigenous2011_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indigenous2011-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VancouverMetroMinority2011_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VancouverMetroMinority2011-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2006<sup id="cite_ref-VancouverMetro2006_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VancouverMetro2006-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2001<sup id="cite_ref-VancouverMetro2001_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VancouverMetro2001-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Canadians" title="European Canadians">European</a><sup id="cite_ref-euro2016_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro2016-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-euro2021_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro2021-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,124,475 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001431326632182783♠" style="display:none"></span>43.13% </td> <td>1,179,100 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001485979305384680♠" style="display:none"></span>48.6% </td> <td>1,197,985 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001525271901766786♠" style="display:none"></span>52.53% </td> <td>1,182,355 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001563572318889972♠" style="display:none"></span>56.36% </td> <td>1,204,970 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001612443328521763♠" style="display:none"></span>61.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_Canadians" title="East Asian Canadians">East Asian</a><sup id="cite_ref-EastAsian_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EastAsian-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>606,920 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001232802649773783♠" style="display:none"></span>23.28% </td> <td>557,745 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001229880864796691♠" style="display:none"></span>22.99% </td> <td>488,240 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001214075095530090♠" style="display:none"></span>21.41% </td> <td>451,790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001215346776519150♠" style="display:none"></span>21.53% </td> <td>395,540 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001201038892390265♠" style="display:none"></span>20.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Canadians" title="South Asian Canadians">South Asian</a> </td> <td>369,295 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001141654344144548♠" style="display:none"></span>14.17% </td> <td>291,005 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001119940978511974♠" style="display:none"></span>11.99% </td> <td>252,405 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001110670212369475♠" style="display:none"></span>11.07% </td> <td>207,165 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000987456892750832♠" style="display:none"></span>9.87% </td> <td>164,365 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000835408746213430♠" style="display:none"></span>8.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asian</a><sup id="cite_ref-SoutheastAsian_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoutheastAsian-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>198,940 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000763094957259547♠" style="display:none"></span>7.63% </td> <td>168,075 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000692739986027734♠" style="display:none"></span>6.93% </td> <td>156,315 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000685383183634813♠" style="display:none"></span>6.85% </td> <td>112,365 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000535590441213271♠" style="display:none"></span>5.36% </td> <td>85,485 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000434489804216561♠" style="display:none"></span>4.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_Canadians" title="Middle Eastern Canadians">Middle Eastern</a><sup id="cite_ref-MiddleEastern_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiddleEastern-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>87,090 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000334060218295636♠" style="display:none"></span>3.34% </td> <td>62,440 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000257353471530993♠" style="display:none"></span>2.57% </td> <td>48,870 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000214276788435104♠" style="display:none"></span>2.14% </td> <td>35,590 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000169640580276601♠" style="display:none"></span>1.7% </td> <td>27,340 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000138959481163722♠" style="display:none"></span>1.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada" title="Indigenous peoples in Canada">Indigenous</a> </td> <td>63,345 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000242979039246034♠" style="display:none"></span>2.43% </td> <td>61,455 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000253293683423081♠" style="display:none"></span>2.53% </td> <td>52,375 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000229644910871466♠" style="display:none"></span>2.3% </td> <td>40,310 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000192138572378471♠" style="display:none"></span>1.92% </td> <td>36,855 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000187320836806473♠" style="display:none"></span>1.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Latin_American_Canadians" title="Latin American Canadians">Latin American</a> </td> <td>51,500 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000197543934346369♠" style="display:none"></span>1.98% </td> <td>34,805 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000143452715833379♠" style="display:none"></span>1.43% </td> <td>29,125 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000127702301272199♠" style="display:none"></span>1.28% </td> <td>22,695 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000108176256515242♠" style="display:none"></span>1.08% </td> <td>18,715 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999951216784922845♠" style="display:none"></span>0.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="African-Canadian">African</a> </td> <td>41,180 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000157958431386087♠" style="display:none"></span>1.58% </td> <td>29,830 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000122947694679204♠" style="display:none"></span>1.23% </td> <td>23,545 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000103236074968375♠" style="display:none"></span>1.03% </td> <td>20,670 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999985240459206898♠" style="display:none"></span>0.99% </td> <td>18,405 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999935460589180067♠" style="display:none"></span>0.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other/<a href="/wiki/Multiracial_people" title="Multiracial people">Multiracial</a><sup id="cite_ref-Other_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Other-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>65,350 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000250669827369616♠" style="display:none"></span>2.51% </td> <td>41,780 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000172200961572147♠" style="display:none"></span>1.72% </td> <td>31,835 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000139584644154523♠" style="display:none"></span>1.4% </td> <td>25,035 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000119329922091169♠" style="display:none"></span>1.19% </td> <td>15,810 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999803565982881655♠" style="display:none"></span>0.8% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th>Total responses </th> <th>2,607,015 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001986450105474255♠" style="display:none"></span>98.65% </th> <th>2,426,235 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001984900733976311♠" style="display:none"></span>98.49% </th> <th>2,280,695 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001985893483327915♠" style="display:none"></span>98.59% </th> <th>2,097,965 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001991204683402147♠" style="display:none"></span>99.12% </th> <th>1,967,480 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001990193586701325♠" style="display:none"></span>99.02% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th>Total population </th> <th>2,642,825 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>2,463,431 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>2,313,328 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>2,116,581 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th> <th>1,986,965 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="11"><span style="font-size:85%;">Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metro Vancouver technically comprises four separate corporate entities: the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (GVS&DD), the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) and the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC).<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of these is governed by a board of directors. The board of the MVRD has 40 directors coming from the 23 local authorities who are MVRD members.<sup id="cite_ref-government_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-government-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of directors coming from each local authority is determined by population, and the number of votes allocated to each director further helps proportionally represent the population distribution of the region. Each board director is also an elected official of one of the local authorities, with the exception of the elected representative for Electoral Area A (which has no council).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As of 2017, the organization had about 1,500 employees.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current organizational structure shows ten departments reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer:<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Human Resources & Corporate Services; External Relations; Financial Services; Legal Services & Aboriginal Relations; Board & Information Services; Liquid Waste Services; Parks & Housing Services; Planning & Environment; Solid Waste Services; and Water Services.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_role">Administrative role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Administrative role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The principal function of Metro Vancouver is to administer resources and services which are common across the metropolitan area. The Metro Vancouver Board has defined its strategic priorities for 2015 through 2018 in its Board Strategic Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-board_strategic_plan_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-board_strategic_plan-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organization categorizes its work into action areas<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as described in the following subsections. However, 84% of the organization's budget is spent in three of those areas – the three utilities (water, liquid waste, solid waste).<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Metro Vancouver's commitments and its members' commitments to each action area are outlined in eight board-approved management plans<sup id="cite_ref-compendium_page_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compendium_page-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as referenced below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ClevelandDam-front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/ClevelandDam-front.jpg/220px-ClevelandDam-front.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/ClevelandDam-front.jpg/330px-ClevelandDam-front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/ClevelandDam-front.jpg/440px-ClevelandDam-front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>Metro Vancouver manages the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Dam" title="Cleveland Dam">Cleveland Dam</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/North_Vancouver_(district_municipality)" title="North Vancouver (district municipality)">District of North Vancouver</a>. The dam is used to store portions of the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Mainland" title="Lower Mainland">Lower Mainland</a>'s drinking water.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_watersheds" title="Metro Vancouver watersheds">Metro Vancouver watersheds</a></div> <p>Metro Vancouver's <a href="/wiki/Tap_water" title="Tap water">tap water</a> is provided by four legal entities that operate under the name Metro Vancouver: the GVWD, the GVS&DD, the MVRD and MVHC.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They collectively serve 2.8 million residents in the region and provide 1.5 billion litres (400,000,000 US gal) of water during peak summer days.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Water_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Water-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GVWD provides tap water to a land area covering more than 2,600 km² with all of the water coming from three sources: the <a href="/wiki/Capilano_Lake" title="Capilano Lake">Capilano reservoir</a>, the Seymour reservoir and the <a href="/wiki/Coquitlam_Lake" title="Coquitlam Lake">Coquitlam reservoir</a>. Metro Vancouver controls the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Dam" title="Cleveland Dam">Cleveland Dam</a> on the Capilano reservoir, which supplies 40 percent of the district's water.<sup id="cite_ref-GVRDwater_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GVRDwater-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system includes 26 storage tanks, 19 pump stations, and 520 kilometres (320 mi) of <a href="/wiki/Water_main" class="mw-redirect" title="Water main">water mains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun-Water_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun-Water-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liquid_waste">Liquid waste</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Liquid waste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metro Vancouver operates and maintains the liquid waste facility, which includes managing "the network of trunk sewers, pumping stations and wastewater treatment plants that connect with municipal sewer systems".<sup id="cite_ref-MVliquidwaste_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVliquidwaste-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout operations, the organization is committed to protecting public health and the environment, and recovering as much resources (energy, nutrients, etc.) as possible out of the waste stream.<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The liquid waste utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management plan,<sup id="cite_ref-ILWRMP_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILWRMP-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as approved by the board. The three goals are to: </p> <ul><li>Protect public health and the environment</li> <li>Use liquid waste as a resource</li> <li>Effective, affordable and collaborative management</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solid_waste">Solid waste</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Solid waste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metro Vancouver's solid waste utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management plan,<sup id="cite_ref-ISWRMP_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISWRMP-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as approved by the board. The four goals are to: </p> <ul><li>Minimize waste generation</li> <li>Maximize reuse, recycling and material recovery</li> <li>Recover energy from the waste stream after material recycling</li> <li>Dispose of all waste in landfill after material recycling and <a href="/wiki/Energy_recovery" title="Energy recovery">energy recovery</a></li></ul> <p>One initiative of the organization was the Ashcroft Manor Ranch Mega-<a href="/wiki/Landfill" title="Landfill">Landfill</a> Proposal in <a href="/wiki/Ashcroft,_British_Columbia" title="Ashcroft, British Columbia">Ashcroft, British Columbia</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Thompson_Country" title="Thompson Country">Thompson Country</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Interior" title="British Columbia Interior">British Columbia Interior</a>, as there is no more room in the Lower Mainland for Metro Vancouver's garbage.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A similar project nearby adjacent to the town of <a href="/wiki/Cache_Creek,_British_Columbia" title="Cache Creek, British Columbia">Cache Creek, British Columbia</a> has almost reached capacity. Environmental concerns about the area's sensitive <a href="/wiki/Shrub%E2%80%93steppe" title="Shrub–steppe">shrub–steppe</a> climate and ecology are strong, while <a href="/wiki/Highland_Valley_Copper" class="mw-redirect" title="Highland Valley Copper">Highland Valley Copper</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Logan_Lake,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Logan Lake, British Columbia">Logan Lake</a>, has offered the use of its mine-pit instead. Other MVRD landfill locations serving the regional district in the past have been in the <a href="/wiki/Fraser_Mills" title="Fraser Mills">Fraser Mills</a> area, between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Fraser, and at <a href="/wiki/Port_Mann" title="Port Mann">Port Mann</a>, beneath the south foot of the <a href="/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge" title="Port Mann Bridge">Port Mann Bridge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing">Housing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metro Vancouver owns and manages housing complexes throughout the region via the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Housing_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (page does not exist)">Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation</a> (MVHC); it also forms policy on <a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Vancouver" title="Homelessness in Vancouver">homelessness</a> and <a href="/wiki/Affordable_housing_in_Canada" title="Affordable housing in Canada">affordable housing</a> for the region. The MVHC's board-approved goals, as outlined in the Affordable Housing Strategy,<sup id="cite_ref-AHS_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHS-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are to: </p> <ul><li>Expand the supply and diversity of housing to meet a variety of needs</li> <li>Expand the rental supply and balance preservation of existing stock with redevelopment while supporting existing tenants</li> <li>Meet housing demand estimates for very low and low income earners</li> <li>Increase the rental housing supply along the frequent transit network</li> <li>End homelessness in the region</li></ul> <p>The MVHC's sole shareholder is the Metro Vancouver Regional District. The number of directors of the housing corporation is 13.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_planning">Regional planning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Regional planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metro Vancouver works in collaboration with its members to achieve a shared vision of livability across the generations, as laid out in the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS),<sup id="cite_ref-RGSdoc_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGSdoc-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was approved by the board in 2011, replacing the Livable Region Strategic Plan (LRSP).<sup id="cite_ref-LRSP_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LRSP-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RGS requires each member local authority to provide a Regional Context Statement to "demonstrate to the Metro Vancouver Board how its Official Community Plan Supports the RGS."<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five goals of the RGS are to: </p> <ul><li>Create a compact urban area</li> <li>Support a sustainable economy</li> <li>Protect the environment and respond to climate change impacts</li> <li>Develop <a href="/wiki/Complete_communities" title="Complete communities">complete communities</a></li> <li>Support sustainable transportation choices</li></ul> <p>Regional planning also includes planning and policy-making in agriculture and the food industry. The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Regional Food System Strategy,<sup id="cite_ref-RFSS_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFSS-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as approved by the board. The goals are to: </p> <ul><li>Increase capacity to produce food close to home</li> <li>Improve the financial viability of the food sector</li> <li>Have people make healthy and sustainable food choices</li> <li>Provide everyone with access to healthy, culturally diverse and affordable food</li> <li>Maintain a food system consistent with ecological health</li></ul> <p>In 2018, the organization's board also adopted the Ecological Health Framework,<sup id="cite_ref-EHF_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EHF-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which encapsulates Metro Vancouver’s collective efforts around ecological health and provides guiding principles, goals, and strategies to help achieve the vision of a "beautiful, healthy, and resilient environment for current and future generations." The goals are: </p> <ul><li>Goal 1: Build <a href="/wiki/Ecological_resilience" title="Ecological resilience">ecological resilience</a> and minimize impacts</li> <li>Goal 2: Protect natural areas and conserve <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem_service" title="Ecosystem service">ecosystem services</a></li> <li>Goal 3: Nurture nature within communities</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_quality">Air quality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Air quality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organization runs programs and set policy to protect public health and the environment with respect to air quality, improve visual air quality and minimize the region's contribution to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2013AP_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013AP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan,<sup id="cite_ref-IAQGGMP_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAQGGMP-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as approved by the board. The three goals are to: </p> <ul><li>Protect public health and the environment</li> <li>Improve visual air quality</li> <li>Minimize the region's contribution to global climate change</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_parks">Regional parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Regional parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The parks department of Metro Vancouver oversees the development and maintenance of 23<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> regional parks, as well as various nature reserves and greenways. The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Regional Parks Plan,<sup id="cite_ref-RPP_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPP-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as approved by the board. The four goals are to: </p> <ul><li>Promote ecological health</li> <li>Promote outdoor recreation for human health and wellness</li> <li>Support community stewardship, education and stewardships</li> <li>Promote philanthropy and economic opportunities</li></ul> <p>Regional parks are distinct from municipal parks in that they are typically more "wild" and represent unique geographical zones within the region, such as <a href="/wiki/Bog" title="Bog">bogs</a> and mature <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforests</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_economic_prosperity">Regional economic prosperity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Regional economic prosperity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regional economic prosperity is a service of Metro Vancouver organized to advance a shared prosperity in the region. The service is structured around three functions: fostering collaboration, conducting regional data collection and research, and attracting investment.<sup id="cite_ref-REPS_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-REPS-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_federation">Regional federation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Regional federation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metro Vancouver undertakes support functions that underpin the rest of its service areas. In these areas, the organization commits to "contribute to the effective and efficient performance of our regional roles through leadership and collaboration with our members and other stakeholders." There are eight strategic directions guiding work in this area:<sup id="cite_ref-board_strategic_plan_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-board_strategic_plan-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Livable and sustainable region: Use livability and sustainability objectives to guide Metro Vancouver services and operations.</li> <li>Effective federation: Strengthen the alignment of member and regional objectives.</li> <li>Public education: Increase Metro Vancouver's profile by leveraging events and news related to regional services.</li> <li>Engagement: Enhance relationships between Metro Vancouver and other orders of government, First Nations and stakeholders.</li> <li>Regional transportation: Advocate the merits of integrating regional land use and transportation planning.</li> <li>Regional prosperity: Clarify and strengthen Metro Vancouver's role in pursuing a collaborative approach to regional prosperity.</li> <li>Emergency preparedness: Collaborate with stakeholders to prepare for major emergencies.</li> <li>Fiscal responsibility: Use value for service to guide Metro Vancouver operations and service provision.</li></ul> <p>The organization's board has also adopted the Corporate Climate Action Plan,<sup id="cite_ref-CCAP_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCAP-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the purpose of which is to, "set out strategies and actions to achieve Metro Vancouver's commitment to corporate <a href="/wiki/Carbon_neutrality" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon neutrality">carbon neutrality</a> and to adapt [its] corporate infrastructure and activities to the anticipated <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change" title="Effects of climate change">consequences of climate change</a>." 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/AgricultureAndFood/Documents/RegionalFoodSystemStrategy.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 22 December 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnston_Island" title="Barnston Island">Barnston Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passage_Island_(British_Columbia)" title="Passage Island (British Columbia)">Passage Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowyer_Island" title="Bowyer Island">Bowyer Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Endowment_Lands" title="University Endowment Lands">University Endowment Lands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District">Alberni–Clayoquot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_District_of_Bulkley-Nechako" title="Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako">Bulkley–Nechako</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Regional_District" title="Capital Regional District">Capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cariboo_Regional_District" title="Cariboo Regional District">Cariboo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Regional_District" title="Central Coast Regional District">Central Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_District_of_Central_Kootenay" title="Regional District of Central Kootenay">Central Kootenay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_District_of_Central_Okanagan" title="Regional District of Central Okanagan">Central Okanagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia-Shuswap_Regional_District" title="Columbia-Shuswap Regional District">Columbia–Shuswap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comox_Valley_Regional_District" title="Comox Valley Regional District">Comox 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Mexico_City" title="Greater Mexico City">Mexico City</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dallas-Fort_Worth_metroplex" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas-Fort Worth</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">Houston</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Toronto_Area" title="Greater Toronto Area">Toronto</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Metropolitan Area">Washington, D.C.</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Philadelphia</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Florida_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="South Florida metropolitan area">Miami</a></li></ol></div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:20em;"><div> <div><ol start="11"><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta metropolitan area">Atlanta</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guadalajara_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalajara Metropolitan Area">Guadalajara</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Boston</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_metropolitan_area" title="Phoenix metropolitan area">Phoenix</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Inland_Empire" title="Inland Empire">Inland Empire</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monterrey_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Monterrey Metropolitan Area">Monterrey</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Detroit</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Montreal" title="Greater Montreal">Montreal</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area" title="Seattle metropolitan area">Seattle</a></li></ol></div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:20em;"><div> <div><ol start="21"><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego metropolitan area">San Diego</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area_of_Puebla" title="Metropolitan area of Puebla">Puebla</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denver-Aurora_combined_statistical_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver-Aurora combined statistical area">Denver</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Metro_Vancouver" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro Vancouver">Vancouver</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Charlotte</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_metropolitan_area" title="Cincinnati metropolitan area">Cincinnati</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 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