Metro Vancouver Regional District
The Metro Vancouver Regional District, or simply Metro Vancouver, is a Canadian political subdivision and corporate entity representing the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver, designated by provincial legislation as one of the 28 regional districts in British Columbia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Thom Quine, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: regional district in British Columbia with 3,110,000 residents
- Description: regional district of British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “GVRD”, “Metro Vancouver”, and “MVRD”
- Historically known as: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pacific Coliseum and Maplewood Flats Conservation Area.
Pacific Coliseum
Stadium
Pacific Coliseum, locally known as The Coliseum or the Rink on Renfrew, is an indoor arena located at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its main use has been for ice hockey and the arena has been the home for several ice hockey teams. Pacific Coliseum is situated 6 km southwest of Metro Vancouver Regional District.
Maplewood Flats Conservation Area
Nature reserve
Photo: Bosancich123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Maplewood Flats Conservation Area is a 126 hectare conservation area located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The area is composed of a 96 hectare intertidal zone of mudflats and salt marsh, and a 30 hectare upland area.
Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, also called the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and Second Narrows Bridge, is the second bridge constructed at the Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Vancouver and Commercial Dr-Hastings Park.
North Vancouver
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Vancouver is a mostly suburban area across the Burrard Inlet from downtown Vancouver. Surrounded by mountains and water on three sides, it's the ideal playground for the outdoor-minded.
Commercial Dr-Hastings Park
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Commercial Drive-Hastings Park makes up part of "East Vancouver". Its main draw is Commercial Drive, which is one of the most interesting areas of Vancouver in terms of ethnic and culinary diversity.
Gastown-Chinatown
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown Vancouver between downtown and East Van. The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.
Metro Vancouver Regional District
- Category: metropolitan area
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Metro Vancouver Regional District” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Metro Vankuver”
- Armenian: “Մետրո Վանկուվեր”
- Asturian: “Distritu rexonal del Gran Vancouver”
- Azerbaijani: “Metro-Vankuver”
- Basque: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
- Catalan: “Districte regional del Gran Vancouver”
- Catalan: “Metro Vancouver”
- Cebuano: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
- Chinese: “大温哥华”
- Chinese: “大温哥华区域局”
- Chinese: “大溫”
- Chinese: “大溫區域局”
- Chinese: “大溫哥華區域局”
- Chinese: “大溫哥華地區”
- Chinese: “大溫地區”
- Czech: “Metro Vancouver”
- Czech: “Regionální okres Velký Vancouver”
- Danish: “Metro Vancouver”
- Danish: “Stor-Vancouver”
- Dutch: “Metro Vancouver”
- Esperanto: “GVRD”
- Esperanto: “Metropolo Vankuvero”
- Esperanto: “MVRD”
- Esperanto: “Vankuvera Metropolo”
- Finnish: “Vancouverin metropolialue”
- French: “district régional du Grand Vancouver”
- French: “District régional du Grand Vancouver”
- French: “Grand Vancouver”
- French: “Metro Vancouver”
- German: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
- German: “Greater Vancouver”
- German: “Metro Vancouver Regional Distric”
- German: “Metro Vancouver”
- Greek: “Μετρό Βανκούβερ”
- Indonesian: “Metro Vancouver”
- Italian: “Distretto Regionale della Grande Vancouver”
- Italian: “Distretto regionale di Metro Vancouver”
- Italian: “Metro Vancouver”
- Japanese: “GVRD”
- Japanese: “グレーターバンクーバー”
- Japanese: “グレーターバンクーバー地域”
- Japanese: “グレイターバンクーバー”
- Japanese: “バンクーバー広域行政体”
- Japanese: “バンクーバー都市圏”
- Japanese: “メトロ・ヴァンクーヴァー”
- Japanese: “メトロ・バンクーバー”
- Japanese: “メトロバンクーバー”
- Japanese: “メトロバンクーバー地域”
- Japanese: “大バンクーバー地域”
- Korean: “광역 밴쿠버”
- Korean: “메트로 밴쿠버”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Greater Vancouver”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Metro Vancouver”
- Norwegian: “Metro Vancouver”
- Persian: “مترو ونکوور”
- Polish: “Greater Vancouver”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Regional de Metro Vancouver”
- Portuguese: “Distrito regional do grande vancouver”
- Portuguese: “Grande Vancouver”
- Portuguese: “Metro Vancouver”
- Russian: “Большой Ванкувер”
- Russian: “Метро-Ванкувер”
- Slovak: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
- Slovak: “Metro Vancouver”
- Slovak: “Regionálny okres Greater Vancouver”
- Slovak: “Regionálny okres Metro Vancouver”
- Slovak: “Regionálny okres Veľký Vancouver”
- Slovak: “Veľký Vancouver”
- Spanish: “Distrito Regional de Greater Vancouver”
- Spanish: “Distrito regional del Gran Vancouver”
- Spanish: “Distrito Regional del Gran Vancouver”
- Swedish: “Greater Vancouver Regional District”
- Swedish: “Metro Vancouver Regional District”
- Turkish: “Metro Vancouver”
- Ukrainian: “Метро-Ванкувер”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع میٹرو وانکوور”
- Yue Chinese: “大溫哥華區域局”
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