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Governance Structure

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Metro Vancouver member jurisdictions​​​

​Metro Vancouver is a partnership of 21 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation that collaboratively plans for and delivers regional-scale services.

Member municipalites and population map
Population - source 2021 census

Governance structure

Metro Vancouver is a political body and corporate entity operating under provincial legislation as a ‘regional district’ and ‘greater boards’ that deliver regional services, policy, and political leadership on behalf of its members.

Four separate corporate entities, each with a different set of members, operate as Metro Vancouver:​

 

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD)Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD)<div class="ExternalClassAFCEF905DAD946E38289C428A9AB11AD"><div class="uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-flex uk-child-width-1-2@s"><div><ul><li>Anmore </li><li>Belcarra</li><li>Bowen Island​​ </li><li>Burnaby</li><li>Coquitlam</li><li>Delta</li><li>Electoral Area A</li><li>Langley City</li><li>Langley Township<br></li><li>Lions Bay</li><li>Maple Ridge </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>New Westminster​<br></li><li>North Vancouver City</li><li>North Vancouver District</li><li>Pitt Meadows</li><li>Port Coquitlam</li><li>Port Moody</li><li>Richmond</li><li>Surrey</li><li>scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen First Nation)​<br></li><li>Vancouver</li><li>West Vancouver</li><li>White Rock </li></ul></div>​ </div></div>
Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District (GVS&DD)Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District (GVS&DD)<div class="ExternalClassA849820588724C6A90E221D358503779"><div class="uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-flex uk-child-width-1-2@s"><div><ul><li>Anmore</li><li>Burnaby</li><li>Coquitlam</li><li>Delta</li><li>Electoral Area A</li><li> Langley City</li><li>Langley Township</li><li>Maple Ridge</li><li>New Westminster</li><li>North Vancouver City </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>North Vancouver District </li><li>Pitt Meadows</li><li>Port Coquitlam</li><li>Port Moody<br></li><li>Richmond</li><li>Surrey</li><li>Vancouver</li><li>West Vancouver</li><li>White Rock </li></ul>​ </div>​ </div>​<br></div>
Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD)Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD)<div class="ExternalClassC4D5553815474B2A905C352FF8314069"><div class="uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-flex uk-child-width-1-2@s"><div><ul><li> Anmore</li><li>Belcarra<br></li><li>Burnaby</li><li> Coquitlam</li><li>Delta</li><li>Electoral Area A*<br></li><li>Langley City</li><li>Langley Township</li><li>Maple Ridge</li><li>New Westminster </li><li>North Vancouver City </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>North Vancouver District </li><li>Pitt Meadows</li><li>Port Coquitlam</li><li>Port Moody</li><li>Richmond</li><li>Surrey</li><li>scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen First Nation)​<br></li><li>Vancouver</li><li>West Vancouver</li></ul>​ </div>​​ </div>​</div>
Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC)Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC)<div class="ExternalClassD13F63B51601414EB5D714B78AF73233"><div class="uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-flex uk-child-width-1-2@s"><div><ul><li>Anmore </li><li>Belcarra</li><li>Bowen Island </li><li>Burnaby</li><li>Coquitlam</li><li>Delta</li><li>Electoral Area A</li><li>Langley City</li><li>Langley Township</li><li>Lions Bay</li><li>Maple Ridge </li><li>New Westminster</li></ul></div><div><ul><li>North Vancouver City</li><li>North Vancouver District</li><li>Pitt Meadows</li><li>Port Coquitlam</li><li>Port Moody</li><li>Richmond</li><li>Surrey</li><li>scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen First Nation)​<br></li><li>Vancouver​<br></li><li>West Vancouver</li><li>White Rock </li></ul>​ </div>​ </div>​<br></div>

​​​* Electoral Area A is not a member jurisdiction but pursuant to the GVWD Act, the Director for Electoral Area A is a voting member of the Board.​



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