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{{Short description|Regional district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Redirect2|GVRD|Metro Vancouver|the metropolitan area surrounding Vancouver, British Columbia|Greater Vancouver|other uses|Vancouver Metro (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Metro Vancouver
| official_name      = Metro Vancouver Regional District
| settlement_type    = [[Regional district]]
| image_skyline      = Vancouver by Sentinel-2.jpg
| image_caption      = Satellite image of Metro Vancouver
| image_flag         = Flag of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.svg
| image_blank_emblem = Metrovancouver.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| image_map          = {{CAN BC Greater Vancouver Map}}
| map_caption        = Major communities
| image_map1         = CAN BC Greater Vancouver Regional District locator.svg
| map_alt1           = A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
| map_caption1       = Location in British Columbia
| pushpin_map        = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Canada
| subdivision_type1  = Province
| subdivision_name1  = British Columbia
| established_title  = Incorporated<ref name="RDFB" />
| established_date   = 29 June 1967
| established_title1 = Name change<ref name="RDFB" />
| established_date1  = 13 June 1968
| established_title2 = Name change<ref name="MVRD" />
| established_date2  = 30 January 2017
| seat_type          = Administrative office
| seat               = [[Burnaby]]
| parts_type         = Electoral Areas
| parts              = [[Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A|A]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="government" />
| government_type    = Regional district
| governing_body     = Board of Directors
| leader_title       = Chair
| leader_name        = [[Mike Hurley]] ([[Burnaby]])
| leader_title1      = Vice chair
| leader_name1       = John McEwen ([[Anmore]])
| area_footnotes     = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name="2021census">{{Cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021S0503933&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |title=Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210045725/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021S0503933&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| area_land_km2      = 2878.93
| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags-->
| elevation_min_m    = 0
| elevation_max_m    = 1990
| population_total   = 2642825
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2021census" />
| population_density_km2 = 918.0
| population_est     = 3,108,926
| pop_est_as_of      = 2024
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web |last=Services |first=Ministry of Citizens' |title=Population Estimates – Province of British Columbia |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/statistics/people-population-community/population/population-estimates |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=www2.gov.bc.ca |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724204637/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/statistics/people-population-community/population/population-estimates |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_rank    = 2 ([[Census geographic units of Canada|Canadian CD]])
| population_density_rank = 2 (Canadian CD)
| population_demonym = Metro Vancouverite
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610046801</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = {{CAD|163.772{{nbsp}}billion|link=yes}} (2020)
| timezone1          = [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]]
| utc_offset         = −08:00
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −07:00
| area_code          = [[Area code 604|604]] / [[Area codes 778, 236, and 672|778 / 236 / 672]]
| area_code_type     = [[Area codes]]
| website            = {{Official URL}}
}}

The '''Metro Vancouver Regional District''' ('''MVRD'''), or simply '''Metro Vancouver''', is a Canadian [[political subdivision]] and [[Corporation|corporate entity]] representing the [[metropolitan area]] of [[Greater Vancouver]], designated by provincial legislation as one of the 28 [[regional districts of British Columbia|regional districts]] in [[British Columbia]].<ref name="2013AP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/ActionPlan2013.pdf |title=2013 Action Plan |date=January 2013 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=30 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917023750/http://metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/ActionPlan2013.pdf |archive-date=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=47d814e0-3cf9-4577-bc14-d6b8518fc30b&k=15838 |title=Goodbye GVRD, hello Metro Vancouver |date=2 August 2007 |publisher=[[Vancouver Sun]] |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095651/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=47d814e0-3cf9-4577-bc14-d6b8518fc30b&k=15838 |url-status=live }}</ref> The organization was known as the '''Regional District of Fraser–Burrard''' for nearly one year upon incorporating in 1967, and as the '''Greater Vancouver Regional District''' ('''GVRD''') from 1968 to 2017.

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

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

== History ==
The Greater Vancouver Water District and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District were established in 1924 and 1956 respectively.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/Includes/Timeline/index.html#timeline |title=Metro Vancouver history |publisher=Metro Vancouver |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729232320/http://www.metrovancouver.org/Includes/Timeline/index.html#timeline |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="RDFB">{{cite web |url=http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/1873_1968/search/CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ROOT_STEM:(Greater%20Vancouver%20regional%20district)%20AND%20CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ANCESTORS:arc_oic?28#hit1 |title=Order in Council No. 1873/1968 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |date=13 June 1968 |access-date=20 February 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220172045/http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/1873_1968/search/CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ROOT_STEM:(Greater%20Vancouver%20regional%20district)%20AND%20CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ANCESTORS:arc_oic?28#hit1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Just under a year later, the regional district was renamed as the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) on 13 June 1968.<ref name="RDFB" />

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.<ref name="namechangereport">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/MV-name-change/Documents/Metro_Vancouver_Legal_Entities_Name_Change_-_2016_Sep_1_-_5.2_Report.pdf |title=Metro Vancouver Legal Entities Name Change |publisher=Metro Vancouver |date=1 September 2016 |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220173613/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/MV-name-change/Documents/Metro_Vancouver_Legal_Entities_Name_Change_-_2016_Sep_1_-_5.2_Report.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="namechangereport" /> 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.<ref name="namechangereport" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/MV-name-change/Pages/default.aspx |title=Metro Vancouver Name Change |publisher=Metro Vancouver |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220173705/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/MV-name-change/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="MVRD">{{cite web |url=http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/oic/OIC_CUR/0023_2017 |title=Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council: Order in Council No. 023, Approved and Ordered January 30, 2017 |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=20 February 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220175501/http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/oic/OIC_CUR/0023_2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Geography ==
The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) is located east of the [[Strait of Georgia]] and north of the [[Washington (state)|State of Washington]] and is bisected by the [[Fraser River]].<ref name="CDmap">{{cite map |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/geo/maps-cartes/pdf/A0003/2016A00035915.pdf |title=Census Division 5915: Greater Vancouver, RD |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |year=2016 |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220174744/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/geo/maps-cartes/pdf/A0003/2016A00035915.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The boundaries of the MVRD match those of the Vancouver CMA.<ref name="CDmap" /><ref name="CMAmap">{{cite map |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/geo/maps-cartes/pdf/S0503/2016S0503933.pdf |title=Census Metropolitan Area 933: Vancouver |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |year=2016 |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220172540/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/geo/maps-cartes/pdf/S0503/2016S0503933.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Membership ==
[[File:Concord Pacific Master Plan Area.jpg|thumb|With 662,248 residents recorded in the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], Vancouver is the most populated city in Metro Vancouver.]]
[[File:King George Hub (20230507 150235).jpg|thumb|With a population of 568,322 (2021), [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] is the second-most populated city in Metro Vancouver.]]
[[File:Metrotown 201807.jpg|thumb|[[Burnaby]] is the third-most populated city in Metro Vancouver with a population of 249,125 (2021).]]
This regional district comprises 23 local authorities as members: 21 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation.<ref name="membership">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/municipalities/Pages/default.aspx |title=Member Municipalities |publisher=Metro Vancouver |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128112758/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/municipalities/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Metro Vancouver population by member}}

[[Greater Vancouver A, British Columbia|Electoral Area A]] comprises all [[unincorporated area|unincorporated land]] 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 [[Howe Sound]] between Lions Bay and Horseshoe Bay, on Indian Arm to the north of Deep Cove and Belcarra/Anmore and on the west side of [[Pitt Lake]] to the north of Port Coquitlam. Other areas included are Barnston Island on the [[Fraser River]], Passage Island between Bowen Island and West Vancouver, and finally the urban communities of the [[University of British Columbia Vancouver|University of British Columbia campus]] and the [[University Endowment Lands]], in which 98% of the population of Electoral Area A lives.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Electoral Area A |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/electoral-area-a/about/Pages/default.aspx |website=Metro Vancouver |publisher=Metro Vancouver |access-date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510002232/https://metrovancouver.org/search/Pages/page-not-found.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are also seventeen [[Indian reserve|First Nations reserves]] within the geographical area of Metro Vancouver, with a combined population of 7,550 as of 2006. While reserves are not subject to Metro Vancouver by-laws, people living on reserve are still eligible to vote in local and Electoral Area A elections and therefore help select the Metro Vancouver board of directors.<ref>{{cite web| title=Voter's Guide for Electors Living on Reserve| url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/local-governments/governance-powers/voters_guide_for_electors_living_on_reserve.pdf |date=2022 |publisher= BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs}}</ref>

The cities of [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford]] and [[Chilliwack]] and the district of [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]], located to the east, although often linked to Vancouver in promotions and tourism, are part of a separate regional district, the [[Fraser Valley Regional District]].

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|title       = Metro Vancouver
|type        = Canada
|align       = right
|width       =
|state       =
|shading     =
|percentages =
|footnote    =
|1891|21887
|1901|42926
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|164020
|1921|232597
|1931|347709
|1941|393898
|1951|562462
|1961|790741
|1971|1028334
|1981|1169831
|1991|1602590
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|1831665
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|1986965
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|2116581
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|2313328
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|2463431
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|2642825
}}}}

{{main|Demographics of Metro Vancouver}}
As a [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]] in the [[2021 Canadian census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the Metro Vancouver Regional District had a population of {{val|2642825|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1043319|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1104532|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2642825-2463431}}|2463431|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2463431|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|2878.93|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2642825|2878.93|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusb>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=9 February 2022 | accessdate=3 April 2022 | archive-date=6 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306233556/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 | url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[Toronto]].<ref name="2021census"/>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the Metro Vancouver Regional District (2001–2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="indigenous2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=21 September 2022 |title=Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810026601 |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=27 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027012129/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810026601 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VancouverMetroMinority2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=26 October 2022 |title=Visible minority and population group by generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810032401 |access-date=26 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204144216/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=97-562-XCB2006007&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=0&IPS=97-562-XCB2006007&METH=0&ORDER=&PID=92334&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=&StartRow=&SUB=&Temporal=2006&Theme=80&VID=&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="indigenous2016">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=17 June 2019 |title=Aboriginal Identity (9), Age (20), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census – 25% Sample Data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110511&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926132326/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110511&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VancouverMetroMinority2016">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=27 October 2021 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Greater Vancouver, Regional district [Census division], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province] Visible Minority |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&SearchText=Greater+Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612165409/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&SearchText=Greater+Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="indigenous2011">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=23 January 2019 |title=2011 National Household Survey: Data tables Aboriginal Identity (8), Age Groups (20), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census divisions and Census subdivisions, 2011 National Household Survey |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=107504&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=94&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006094011/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=107504&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=94&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VancouverMetroMinority2011">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=27 November 2015 |title=NHS Profile, Greater Vancouver, RD, British Columbia, 2011 Visible Minority |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=Visible%20minority&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114234938/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=Visible%20minority&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="VancouverMetro2006">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=20 August 2019 |title=2006 Community Profiles Greater Vancouver British Columbia (Regional district) |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510002409/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="VancouverMetro2001">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2 July 2019 |title=2001 Community Profiles Greater Vancouver Regional District British Columbia (Regional District) |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114234938/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=5915&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Greater%20Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
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!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|2001–2016: Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro2016}}{{efn|2021: Statistic includes all persons belonging to the non-indigenous and non-visible minority "White" population group.|name=euro2021}}
| 1,124,475
| {{Percentage | 1124475 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 1,179,100
| {{Percentage | 1179100 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 1,197,985
| {{Percentage | 1197985 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 1,182,355
| {{Percentage | 1182355 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 1,204,970
| {{Percentage | 1204970 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 606,920
| {{Percentage | 606920 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 557,745
| {{Percentage | 557745 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 488,240
| {{Percentage | 488240 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 451,790
| {{Percentage | 451790 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 395,540
| {{Percentage | 395540 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 369,295
| {{Percentage | 369295 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 291,005
| {{Percentage | 291005 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 252,405
| {{Percentage | 252405 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 207,165
| {{Percentage | 207165 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 164,365
| {{Percentage | 164365 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 198,940
| {{Percentage | 198940 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 168,075
| {{Percentage | 168075 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 156,315
| {{Percentage | 156315 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 112,365
| {{Percentage | 112365 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 85,485
| {{Percentage | 85485 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 87,090
| {{Percentage | 87090 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 62,440
| {{Percentage | 62440 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 48,870
| {{Percentage | 48870 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 35,590
| {{Percentage | 35590 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 27,340
| {{Percentage | 27340 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 63,345
| {{Percentage | 63345 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 61,455
| {{Percentage | 61455 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 52,375
| {{Percentage | 52375 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 40,310
| {{Percentage | 40310 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 36,855
| {{Percentage | 36855 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 51,500
| {{Percentage | 51500 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 34,805
| {{Percentage | 34805 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 29,125
| {{Percentage | 29125 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 22,695
| {{Percentage | 22695 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 18,715
| {{Percentage | 18715 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 41,180
| {{Percentage | 41180 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 29,830
| {{Percentage | 29830 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 23,545
| {{Percentage | 23545 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 20,670
| {{Percentage | 20670 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 18,405
| {{Percentage | 18405 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 65,350
| {{Percentage | 65350 | 2607015 | 2 }}
| 41,780
| {{Percentage | 41780 | 2426235 | 2 }}
| 31,835
| {{Percentage | 31835 | 2280695 | 2 }}
| 25,035
| {{Percentage | 25035 | 2097965 | 2 }}
| 15,810
| {{Percentage | 15810 | 1967480 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total responses
! 2,607,015
! {{Percentage | 2607015 | 2642825 | 2 }}
! 2,426,235
! {{Percentage | 2426235 | 2463431 | 2 }}
! 2,280,695
! {{Percentage | 2280695 | 2313328 | 2 }}
! 2,097,965
! {{Percentage | 2097965 | 2116581 | 2 }}
! 1,967,480
! {{Percentage | 1967480 | 1986965 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 2,642,825
! {{Percentage | 2642825 | 2642825 | 2 }}
! 2,463,431
! {{Percentage | 2463431 | 2463431 | 2 }}
! 2,313,328
! {{Percentage | 2313328 | 2313328 | 2 }}
! 2,116,581
! {{Percentage | 2116581 | 2116581 | 2 }}
! 1,986,965
! {{Percentage | 1986965 | 1986965 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}
{{clear}}

== Governance ==
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).<ref name="2013AP" /> 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.<ref name="government">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/boards/membership/board-members/Pages/default.aspx |title=Board Members |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=10 December 2018 |archive-date=16 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516172953/http://www.metrovancouver.org/boards/membership/board-members/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> 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).{{fact|date=December 2021}}

As of 2017, the organization had about 1,500 employees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/departments/Pages/default.aspx |title=Departments |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=7 February 2017 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510002359/https://metrovancouver.org/search/Pages/page-not-found.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> The current organizational structure shows ten departments reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/departments/Pages/default.aspx |title=Departments |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022238/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/departments/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

== Administrative role ==
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.<ref name="board strategic plan">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/aboutuspublications/BoardStrategicPlan2015-2018.pdf |title=Metro Vancouver Board Strategic Plan 2015 to 2018 |access-date=5 October 2016 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617004113/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/aboutuspublications/BoardStrategicPlan2015-2018.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The organization categorizes its work into action areas<ref name="2013AP" /> 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).<ref name="2013AP" /> Metro Vancouver's commitments and its members' commitments to each action area are outlined in eight board-approved management plans<ref name="compendium page">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/Pages/ManagementPlans.aspx |title=Compendium of Regional Management Plans |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221212515/http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/Pages/ManagementPlans.aspx |archive-date=21 February 2013}}</ref> as referenced below.

=== Water ===
[[File:ClevelandDam-front.jpg|thumb|Metro Vancouver manages the [[Cleveland Dam]], located in the [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|District of North Vancouver]]. The dam is used to store portions of the [[Lower Mainland]]'s drinking water.]]
{{main|Metro Vancouver watersheds}}

Metro Vancouver's [[tap water]] is provided by four legal entities that operate under the name Metro Vancouver: the GVWD, the GVS&DD, the MVRD and MVHC.{{cn|date=July 2024}} They collectively serve 2.8 million residents in the region and provide {{convert|1.5|e9L|gal}} of water during peak summer days.<ref name="Sun-Water">{{cite news |last=Culbert |first=Lori |date=15 July 2024 |title=Water has flowed from Vancouver taps for 100 years. What about the next century? |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-water-system-future |work=The Vancouver Sun |accessdate=15 July 2024}}</ref> The GVWD provides tap water to a land area covering more than 2,600&nbsp;km² with all of the water coming from three sources: the [[Capilano Lake|Capilano reservoir]], the Seymour reservoir and the [[Coquitlam Lake|Coquitlam reservoir]]. Metro Vancouver controls the [[Cleveland Dam]] on the Capilano reservoir, which supplies 40 percent of the district's water.<ref name="GVRDwater">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/water/sources-and-supply.htm |title=Metro Vancouver Water Sources & Supply |access-date=23 September 2006 |archive-date=12 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712161925/http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/water/sources-and-supply.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The system includes 26 storage tanks, 19 pump stations, and {{convert|520|km|mi}} of [[water main]]s.<ref name="Sun-Water"/>

=== Liquid waste ===
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".<ref name="MVliquidwaste">[http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/wastewater/Pages/default.aspx Wastewater Collection & Treatment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221212200/http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/wastewater/Pages/default.aspx |date=21 February 2013}}. Metrovancouver.org. Retrieved on 26 July 2013.</ref> 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.<ref name="2013AP" />

The liquid waste utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management plan,<ref name="ILWRMP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/IntegratedLiquidWasteResourceManagementPlan-ApprovedGVSDDBoard.pdf |title=Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management |date=May 2010 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916232012/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/IntegratedLiquidWasteResourceManagementPlan-ApprovedGVSDDBoard.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012}}</ref> as approved by the board. The three goals are to:
* Protect public health and the environment
* Use liquid waste as a resource
* Effective, affordable and collaborative management

=== Solid waste ===
Metro Vancouver's solid waste utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management plan,<ref name="ISWRMP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/ISWRMP.pdf |title=Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management |date=July 2010 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917094235/http://metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/ISWRMP.pdf |archive-date=17 September 2013}}</ref> as approved by the board. The four goals are to:
* Minimize waste generation
* Maximize reuse, recycling and material recovery
* Recover energy from the waste stream after material recycling
* Dispose of all waste in landfill after material recycling and [[energy recovery]]

One initiative of the organization was the Ashcroft Manor Ranch Mega-[[Landfill]] Proposal in [[Ashcroft, British Columbia]], in the [[Thompson Country]] of the [[British Columbia Interior]], as there is no more room in the Lower Mainland for Metro Vancouver's garbage.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} A similar project nearby adjacent to the town of [[Cache Creek, British Columbia]] has almost reached capacity. Environmental concerns about the area's sensitive [[shrub–steppe]] climate and ecology are strong, while [[Highland Valley Copper]], near [[Logan Lake, British Columbia|Logan Lake]], has offered the use of its mine-pit instead. Other MVRD landfill locations serving the regional district in the past have been in the [[Fraser Mills]] area, between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Fraser, and at [[Port Mann]], beneath the south foot of the [[Port Mann Bridge]].

=== Housing ===
Metro Vancouver owns and manages housing complexes throughout the region via the [[Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation]] (MVHC); it also forms policy on [[Homelessness in Vancouver|homelessness]] and [[affordable housing in Canada|affordable housing]] for the region. The MVHC's board-approved goals, as outlined in the Affordable Housing Strategy,<ref name="AHS">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/PlanningPublications/RegionalAffordableHousingStrategy2016.pdf |title=Metro Vancouver Regional Affordable Housing Strategy |date=20 June 2016 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214212327/http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/PlanningPublications/RegionalAffordableHousingStrategy2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> are to:
* Expand the supply and diversity of housing to meet a variety of needs
* Expand the rental supply and balance preservation of existing stock with redevelopment while supporting existing tenants
* Meet housing demand estimates for very low and low income earners
* Increase the rental housing supply along the frequent transit network
* End homelessness in the region

The MVHC's sole shareholder is the Metro Vancouver Regional District. The number of directors of the housing corporation is 13.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/boards/GVRD%20Board/RD_22-Feb-13_AGE-Revised.pdf |title=Greater Vancouver Regional District Regular Board Meeting Friday, February 22, 2013 |date=19 February 2013 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=26 February 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

=== Regional planning ===
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),<ref name="RGSdoc">{{cite web |url=http://public.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/strategy/RGSDocs/RGSAdoptedbyGVRDBoardJuly292011.pdf |title=Regional Growth Strategy |date=29 July 2011 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224040331/http://public.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/strategy/RGSDocs/RGSAdoptedbyGVRDBoardJuly292011.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> which was approved by the board in 2011, replacing the Livable Region Strategic Plan (LRSP).<ref name="LRSP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/LRSP.pdf |title=Livable Region Strategic Plan |date=December 1999 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224072902/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/LRSP.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> 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."<ref name="2013AP" /> The five goals of the RGS are to:
* Create a compact urban area
* Support a sustainable economy
* Protect the environment and respond to climate change impacts
* Develop [[complete communities]]
* Support sustainable transportation choices

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,<ref name="RFSS">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/AgricultureAndFood/Documents/RegionalFoodSystemStrategy.pdf |title=Regional Food System Strategy |date=February 2010 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222233920/http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/AgricultureAndFood/Documents/RegionalFoodSystemStrategy.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2012}}</ref> as approved by the board. The goals are to:
* Increase capacity to produce food close to home
* Improve the financial viability of the food sector
* Have people make healthy and sustainable food choices
* Provide everyone with access to healthy, culturally diverse and affordable food
* Maintain a food system consistent with ecological health

In 2018, the organization's board also adopted the Ecological Health Framework,<ref name="EHF">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/conserving-connecting/about-ecological-health/Pages/default.aspx |title=Ecological Health Framework |date=October 2018 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129183646/http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/conserving-connecting/about-ecological-health/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> 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:
* Goal 1: Build [[ecological resilience]] and minimize impacts
* Goal 2: Protect natural areas and conserve [[ecosystem service]]s
* Goal 3: Nurture nature within communities

=== Air quality ===
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 [[climate change]].<ref name="2013AP" /> The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan,<ref name="IAQGGMP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/IntegratedAirQualityGreenhouseGasManagementPlan-October2011.pdf |title=Integrated Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan |date=October 2011 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827231923/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/IntegratedAirQualityGreenhouseGasManagementPlan-October2011.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2013}}</ref> as approved by the board. The three goals are to:
* Protect public health and the environment
* Improve visual air quality
* Minimize the region's contribution to global climate change

=== Regional parks ===
The parks department of Metro Vancouver oversees the development and maintenance of 23<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/parks/Pages/default.aspx |title=Regional Parks, Greenways & Reserves |publisher=Metro Vancouver |access-date=7 February 2017 |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128123352/http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/parks/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> regional parks, as well as various nature reserves and greenways. The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Regional Parks Plan,<ref name="RPP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/RegionalParksPlan.pdf |title=Regional Parks Plan |date=28 October 2011 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827231850/http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/RegionalParksPlan.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2013}}</ref> as approved by the board. The four goals are to:
* Promote ecological health
* Promote outdoor recreation for human health and wellness
* Support community stewardship, education and stewardships
* Promote philanthropy and economic opportunities

Regional parks are distinct from municipal parks in that they are typically more "wild" and represent unique geographical zones within the region, such as [[bog]]s and mature [[rainforest]]s.

=== Regional economic prosperity ===
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.<ref name="REPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/economic-prosperity |title=Regional Economic Prosperity |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510002234/https://metrovancouver.org/search/Pages/page-not-found.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Regional federation ===
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:<ref name="board strategic plan" />
* Livable and sustainable region: Use livability and sustainability objectives to guide Metro Vancouver services and operations.
* Effective federation: Strengthen the alignment of member and regional objectives.
* Public education: Increase Metro Vancouver's profile by leveraging events and news related to regional services.
* Engagement: Enhance relationships between Metro Vancouver and other orders of government, First Nations and stakeholders.
* Regional transportation: Advocate the merits of integrating regional land use and transportation planning.
* Regional prosperity: Clarify and strengthen Metro Vancouver's role in pursuing a collaborative approach to regional prosperity.
* Emergency preparedness: Collaborate with stakeholders to prepare for major emergencies.
* Fiscal responsibility: Use value for service to guide Metro Vancouver operations and service provision.

The organization's board has also adopted the Corporate Climate Action Plan,<ref name="CCAP">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/AirQualityPublications/CorporateClimateActionPlan.pdf |title=Corporate Climate Action Plan |date=16 June 2010 |author=Metro Vancouver |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126115447/http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/AirQualityPublications/CorporateClimateActionPlan.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> the purpose of which is to, "set out strategies and actions to achieve Metro Vancouver's commitment to corporate [[carbon neutrality]] and to adapt [its] corporate infrastructure and activities to the anticipated [[effects of climate change|consequences of climate change]]." The strategies of the plan are to:
* Reduce energy consumption
* Switch to renewable energy
* Maximize energy recovery
* Sequester and remove carbon
* Adapt existing infrastructure and operations
* Plan and build resilient new infrastructure and facilities

== See also ==
{{portal|Pacific Northwest|Canada}}
* [[Greater Vancouver]]
* [[Greater Victoria, British Columbia]]
** [[Capital Regional District]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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|Centre    = Metro Vancouver Regional District
|E         = [[Fraser Valley Regional District]]
|SW        = ''[[Strait of Georgia]]''<br />([[Capital Regional District]])
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