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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: Metro Vancouver, population projections (2024)

​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:​​
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Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD)Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD)<div class="ExternalClass6E3FABF08E024730952CD82DBFB5AF77"><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​<br></li></ul></div></div></div>
Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District (GVS&DD)Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District (GVS&DD)<div class="ExternalClassC3B646FC149F4A41930E6BDFD68B786F"><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<br></li></ul></div></div></div>​<br>
Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD)Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD)<div class="ExternalClass821157AA8FC34E78B9BE5F617EEB8F22"><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<br></li><li>Surrey</li><li>scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen First Nation)​<br></li><li>Vancouver</li><li>West Vancouver​​​​​​<br></li></ul></div></div>​<br></div>
Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC)Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC)<div class="ExternalClass427E7D92BF0F4DE782D8D855F28342D8"><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></div>

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