North Vancouver, British Columbia (city)
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The City of North Vancouver, British Columbia, is a waterfront municipality on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet. Although it has significant industry of its own, including shipping, chemical production, and film production, the City of North Vancouver is usually regarded as a suburb of Vancouver. With a population in 2001 of 44,303, the City of North Vancouver is ranked number 94 in Wikipedia's List of the 100 largest cities in Canada by population. (Its population in 2005 is 48,000 [link].)
Geography
The City of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by the Burrard Inlet. It is surrounded on three sides by the District of North Vancouver.
The City of North Vancouver is relatively densely populated with a number of residential high rise buildings in the lower Lonsdale Portion.
The City has much in common with the District Municipality of North Vancouver and West Vancouver. Together these three municipalities are commonly referred to as the North Shore. The differences between the two "North Vans" are most apparent to their respective residents. For the most part, other Lower Mainland residents rarely distinguish between the District and the City, referring to both collectively as "North Vancouver".
Transportation
The City of North Vancouver is connected to Vancouver by two bridges; the Lions' Gate Bridge and the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, and also by a passenger only ferry, the SeaBus. This system as well as the bus system in North Vancouver is operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company, an operating company of Translink. The hub of the bus system is Lonsdale Quay, location of the SeaBus terminal.
The main street in the City is Lonsdale Avenue. This street begins at Lonsdale Quay and goes North to 29th Street where it continues in the District of North Vancouver, ending at Rockland Road.
Highway 1, part of the Trans-Canada Highway (often referred to as the "Upper Levels Highway") passes through the northern portion of the City. It is a freeway for its entire length within the City of North Vancouver. There are three interchanges on Highway 1 within the City of North Vancouver:
- Lynn Valley Road (Exit 19)
- Lonsdale Avenue (Exit 18)
- Westview Drive (Exit 17)
Demographics
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- Population: 44,303
- % Change (1996-2001): 6.8
- Dwellings: 21,217
- Area (km².): 11.95
- Density (persons per km².): 3706.2
- Has the highest level of fitness of any city in Canada.
People and Politics
Mayor: Darrell Mussatto. Coroner: Lauren Carlin.
Sister city
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| Chiba, Japan |
Surrounding Municipalities
British Columbia
| Municipalities of the Greater Vancouver Regional District |
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| Population over 100,000: Burnaby | Coquitlam | Delta | Richmond | Surrey | Vancouver |
| Population over 50,000: Langley Township | Maple Ridge | New Westminster | North Vancouver District | Port Coquitlam |
| Population under 50,000: Anmore | Belcarra | Bowen Island | Langley City | Lions Bay | North Vancouver City | Pitt Meadows | Port Moody | West Vancouver | White Rock |
| Unincorporated areas: Barnston Island | Passage Island | Bowyer Island | University Endowment Lands |
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| British Columbia |
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| Regional Districts | Alberni-Clayoquot - Bulkley-Nechako - Capital - Cariboo - Central Coast - Central Kootenay - Central Okanagan - Columbia-Shuswap - Comox-Strathcona - Cowichan Valley - East Kootenay - Fraser Valley - Fraser-Fort George - Greater Vancouver - Kitimat-Stikine - Kootenay Boundary - Mount Waddington - Nanaimo - North Okanagan - Northern Rockies - Okanagan-Similkameen - Peace River - Powell River - Skeena-Queen Charlotte - Squamish-Lillooet - Stikine - Sunshine Coast - Thompson-Nicola |
| Communities over 100,000 | Abbotsford - Burnaby - Coquitlam - Delta - Kelowna - Richmond - Saanich - Surrey - Vancouver |
| 70,000-100,000 | Chilliwack - Kamloops - Langley Township - Maple Ridge - Nanaimo - District of North Vancouver - Prince George - Victoria |
| Other major communities | Campbell River - Cranbrook - Fort St. John - Mission - New Westminster - City of North Vancouver - Penticton - Port Coquitlam - Port Moody - Vernon |
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