I 💖 Canada
Especially Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower
Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the
province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from
603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of
2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in
Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with
over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most
densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America,
behind New York City, Guadalajara, San Francisco, and Mexico City.
Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse
cities in Canada: 52% of its residents are not native English speakers,
48.9% are native speakers of neither English nor French, and 50.6% of
residents belong to visible minority groups.
Vancouver is consistently named as one of the top five worldwide cities
for livability and quality of life, and the Economist Intelligence Unit
acknowledged it as the first city ranked among the top ten of the
world's most well-living cities for ten consecutive years.