The Metro Vancouver region’s Regional Growth Strategy, Metro 2050, was unanimously approved by regional members and adopted by the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) Board in 2023.
Guiding regional growth to 2050
Metro 2050 is the region’s long-term plan for managing anticipated population, housing, and job growth. It outlines how regional partners will support complete, connected, and resilient communities while protecting important lands. It also ensures infrastructure like water, energy, and transportation can be delivered efficiently.
The strategy includes goals, policies, and actions, while responding to key drivers of change and aligning with
Transport 2050, the Regional Transportation Strategy.
| Metro 2050 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050.pdf, Metro 2050 (PDF Version) | Metro 2050 | |
| Metro 2050 (Interactive Version) | https://view.publitas.com/metro-vancouver/metro-2050-regional-growth-strategy-consolidation-of-bylaw-1406, Metro 2050 (Interactive Version) | Metro 2050 (Interactive Version) | |
How Metro 2050 was developed
Metro 2050 is the result of three years of extensive review, collaboration, and engagement. The update began in 2019, and the plan was approved by all members and adopted by the MVRD Board in February 2023.
Learn more about the process to update Metro 2050.
Key improvements in Metro 2050
Metro 2050 includes:
- New policies that support resilience to climate and natural hazards
- Expanded policies on housing choice and affordability
- Regional targets including protecting 50 per cent of the land base for nature, expanding tree canopy cover in the urban area from 31 per cent to 40 per cent, and ensuring that at least 15 per cent of new and redeveloped housing units in urban centres and Frequent Transit Development Areas (FTDAs) are affordable, rental housing
- Tools to help the region direct more growth to transit-oriented locations and to protect the supply of trade-oriented industrial lands