Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A

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Electoral Area A
Area codes
604, 778, 236, 672

Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A is a part of

University of British Columbia, west of the City of Vancouver; Bowyer, Passage, and Barnston Islands; the west side of Pitt Lake; the northern portion of Indian Arm; and a large area to the north of the North Shore that is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated except for certain subdivisions between Horseshoe Bay and the Village of Lions Bay
.

The Electoral Area is represented by a director on the board of the regional district. This is an elected position, with a four-year term. The current director is Jen McCutcheon.[2]

Communities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada reported that Metro Vancouver A had a population of 18,612 living in 7,682 of its 9.201 total dwellings, a 15.4% change from its 2016 population of 16,133. With a land area of 815.21 km2 (314.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.8/km2 (59.1/sq mi) in 2011.[3]

Population by community[5]
Area Population % change 2016-2021
2016 2021
UBC campus
 12,908 15,103 +17.0%
Rest of UEL 2,982 3,193 +7.1%
Total urban population 15890 18296 +15.1%
Barnston Island 127 111 -12.6%
Howe Sound communities (including Passage and Bowyer Islands) 72 104 +44.4%
Indian Arm/Pitt Lake communities 44 101 +129.5%
Total rural population 243 316 +30%
Electoral Area A 16,133 18,612 15.4%
Canada 2006 Census
Ethnicity Population % of Total Population
Visible minority groups[6] South Asian 300 2.7%
Chinese 3,370 30.8%
Black 155 1.4%
Filipino 20 0.2%
Latin American
 170 1.6%
Arab 190 1.7%
Southeast Asian 110 1%
West Asian
 390 3.6%
Korean 1,025 9.4%
Japanese 255 2.3%
Other visible minority 15 0.1%
Mixed
visible minority		 25 0.2%
Total visible minority population 6,040 55.2%
Aboriginal groups[7]
 First Nations 60 0.5%
Métis 0 0%
Inuit 0 0%
Total Aboriginal population 55 0.5%
White
 4,840 44.3%
Total population 10,935 100%

Notes

  1. ^ As defined by Metro Vancouver,[5] the UEL is defined as urban land and all other areas are defined as rural.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Metro Vancouver Board of Directors - Contact Information" (PDF). Metro Vancouver Regional District. February 28, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Board Members". Metro Vancouver. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Metro Vancouver A, Regional district electoral area (RDA) [Census subdivision], British Columbia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  4. ^ "Urban Containment". www.metrovancouver.org. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  5. ^ a b c d "About Electoral Area A". www.metrovancouver.org. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  6. ^ "File not found | Fichier non trouvé". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  7. ^ [1], Aboriginal Peoples - Data table

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