Richmond
Richmond is a riverine city to the south of Vancouver in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Comprising several islands, the city is protected by a system of dikes from the Fraser River's occasional flooding.Photo: Grotskiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: City with 210,000 residents
- Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Richmond, BC” and “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Neighbors: Burnaby, Delta, New Westminster, and Vancouver
Places of Interest
Highlights include Richmond Olympic Oval and Richmond Centre.
Richmond Olympic Oval
Stadium
Photo: Robert Scoble, CC BY 2.0.
The Richmond Olympic Oval is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canadian city of Richmond, British Columbia. The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skating rink.
Richmond Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Richmond Centre is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Its street address is on No. 3 Rd, with other entrances on Minoru Blvd and Granville Ave. Richmond City Hall is immediately south of it.
Minoru Park
Park
Photo: Canuckle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minoru Park is a park located on the site of a former horse-racing track and airstrip in Richmond, British Columbia. The park's running track is often used by School District 38 Richmond for school competitions, such as track and field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighouse and Golden Village.
Brighouse
Neighborhood
Brighouse is a neighbourhood that comprises most of the urban core of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. The area includes community facilities, civic offices, Richmond Centre, and the Canada Line Richmond–Brighouse station terminus.
Golden Village
Neighborhood
The Golden Village is a commercial district in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, with a high concentration of Asian-themed shopping malls. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 54 percent of Richmond's population identify their ethnic origin as Chinese.
Burkeville
Neighborhood
Burkeville, British Columbia is a village located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The village is the only residential area on Sea Island, which is primarily covered by the Vancouver International Airport.
Richmond
- Categories: city in British Columbia and locality
- Location: Richmond, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.1632° or 49° 9′ 47″ northLongitude
-123.1374° or 123° 8′ 15″ westPopulation
210,000Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA RBCOpen location code
84XR5V77+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 6006378717OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Richmond” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Richmond”
- Arabic: “ريتشموند، كولومبيا البريطانية”
- Arabic: “ريتشموند، كولومبيا البريطانيه”
- Arabic: “ريتشموند”
- Armenian: “Ռիչմոնդ (Բրիտանական Կոլումբիա)”
- Armenian: “Ռիչմոնդ”
- Asturian: “Richmond”
- Belarusian: “Рычманд (Брытанская Калумбія)”
- Belarusian: “Рычманд”
- Bulgarian: “Ричмънд”
- Catalan: “Richmond”
- Cebuano: “Richmond”
- Chinese: “列治文”
- Chinese: “列治文市”
- Chinese: “里士满”
- Chinese: “里奇蒙”
- Croatian: “Richmond, Britanska Kolumbija”
- Czech: “Richmond”
- Danish: “Richmond”
- Dimli (individual language): “Richmond, Kolombiyay Britanya”
- Dutch: “Richmond”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ريتشموند, كولومبيا البريطانيه”
- Esperanto: “Richmond”
- Finnish: “Richmond”
- French: “Richmond”
- Galician: “Richmond”
- German: “Richmond”
- Greek: “Ρίτσμοντ (Βρετανική Κολομβία)”
- Greek: “Ρίτσμοντ”
- Hebrew: “ריצ’מונד”
- Indonesian: “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Italian: “Richmond”
- Japanese: “リッチモンド”
- Japanese: “リッチモンド市”
- Korean: “리치먼드”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Lithuanian: “Ričmondas, Britų Kolumbija”
- Lithuanian: “Ričmondas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Richmond, Britisk Columbia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Richmond”
- Norwegian: “Richmond”
- Ossetian: “Ричмонд”
- Panjabi: “ਰਿਚਮੰਡ”
- Panjabi: “ਰਿਚਮੋਂਡ, ਬਰੀਟੀਸ਼ ਕੋਲੰਬਿਆ”
- Persian: “ریچموند، بریتیش کلمبیا”
- Polish: “Richmond”
- Portuguese: “Richmond, british columbia”
- Portuguese: “Richmond”
- Russian: “Ричмонд”
- Sardinian: “Richmond”
- Scots: “Richmond”
- Serbian: “Ričmond”
- Serbian: “Ричмонд”
- Slovak: “Richmond”
- Slovenian: “Richmond”
- South Azerbaijani: “ریچموند، بریتیش کولومبیا”
- Spanish: “Richmond (Columbia Británica)”
- Spanish: “Richmond”
- Swahili: “Richmond, British Kolumbia”
- Swedish: “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Tagalog: “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Tatar: “Ричмонд (Канада)”
- Tatar: “Ричмонд”
- Turkish: “Richmond, Britanya Kolumbiyası”
- Turkish: “Richmond”
- Ukrainian: “Ричмонд”
- Ukrainian: “Річмонд”
- Urdu: “رچمنڈ، برٹش کولمبیا”
- Vietnamese: “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Vietnamese: “Richmond”
- Volapük: “Richmond”
- Waray (Philippines): “Richmond, British Columbia”
- Western Panjabi: “رچمونڈ”
- Yue Chinese: “列治文”
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