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Vancouver

Surrounded by water on three sides and nestled alongside the Coast Mountain Range, Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia with over half a million residents and one of the mildest climates in Canada. Home to spectacular natural scenery and a bustling metropolitan core, Vancouver was the host city to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. Whether just relaxing in a park or bike riding around the seawall, there is always something to do in Vancouver.

Below are some links we have compiled to help you with your trip to Vancouver. You can also visit Tourism Vancouver , the official source for information and services focused on visitors. You’ll find maps, travel guides, accommodation listings, and a comprehensive directory of Vancouver attractions and sightseeing ideas.

Burnaby

Burnaby was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. In the first 30 to 40 years after its incorporation, the growth of Burnaby was influenced by its location between expanding urban centres of Vancouver and New Westminster. It first served as a rural agricultural area supplying nearby markets. Later, it served as an important transportation corridor between Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and the interior of the Province.

Burnaby occupies 98.60 square kilometres (38.07 square miles) and is located at the geographical centre of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Situated between the City of Vancouver on the west and Port Moody, Coquitlam and New Westminster on the east, the City is further bounded by Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River on the North and South respectively. Burnaby, Vancouver and New Westminster collectively occupy the major portion of the Burrard Peninsula. The elevation of Burnaby ranges from sea level to a maximum of 1,200 feet atop Burnaby Mountain. Overall, the physical landscape of Burnaby is one of hills, ridges, valleys and an alluvial plain. The land features and their relative locations have had an influence on the location, type and form of development in the City.

While Burnaby occupies about 4 percent of the land area of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, it accounted for about 10% of the Region’s population in 2006. It is the third most populated urban centre in British Columbia with an estimated population of 202,799.

Burnaby is a maturing, increasingly integrated community, that is centrally located within a rapidly growing metropolitan area. Burnaby’s characteristic has shifted from rural to suburban to largely urban. The City features high density residential areas, major commercial town centres, rapid transit, high technology research and business parks, comprehensive industrial estates and major post-secondary institutions.

Coquitlam

Coquitlam is a diverse and cosmopolitan Metro Vancouver community that provides residents with excellent access to business, employment and lifestyle opportunities.

Coquitlam is a mountainside community with unparalleled links to outdoor recreation on our many parks and trails and on Eagle and Burke Mountains. Coquitlam’s City Centre, which includes civic amenities such as the Evergreen Cultural Centre and the Coquitlam City Aquatic Centre, is flanked by streams and rivers and is adjacent to the 103 acre Town Centre Park.

Coquitlam’s retail businesses serve all of Metro Vancouver. In addition to being home to the 170 store Coquitlam Centre, Coquitlam boasts Metro Vancouver’s largest concentration of furniture stores, anchored by Ikea. It is also home to an emerging Korean focused business centre on North Road. Beyond shopping, the City offers a wide array of culinary experiences, from contemporary North American standbys to the high-end Chinese and Korean cuisine.

The City is well served by transit, with close connections to the Skytrain and the quick comfort of the Westcoast Express commuter train which whisks Coquitlam residents to Downtown Vancouver in only 30 minutes. Soon, the City will also receive other transportation investments in the form of the Evergreen Skytrain Line and the Highway 1 corridor improvements.

These improvements will create opportunities for a variety of housing products. Coquitlam’s large landbase offers a number of receiving zones for new development. Coquitlam residents have the opportunity to choose high density properties in the urban core or single-family detached executive homes on Burke Mountain.

Our forward looking, progressive community is served by modern infrastructure and boasts excellent civic services. As you consider where to live in Metro Vancouver, we urge you to look at the Coquitlam advantage. At the nexus of lifestyle, access and affordability, we in Coquitlam look forward to meeting you.

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