About 80% of growth in Metro Vancouver to the year 2050 is anticipated to occur through infill and redevelopment and about 20% through the development of greenfield lands within the Urban Containment Boundary. These lands serve as built in space for accommodating future growth without expanding the boundary. Most of this region’s greenfield lands are located in Coquitlam, Delta, Township of Langley, Maple Ridge, Surrey, and West Vancouver.
Contextual performance measure
Metro 2050 establishes the performance measure as the change in hectares of greenfield lands within the Urban Containment Boundary that have a General Urban
regional land use designation.
Progress
This contextual measure tracks the development of greenfield lands across the region relative to the region's growth through infill and redevelopment in existing urban areas. In 2022, the Metro Vancouver region had approximately 4,015 hectares of greenfield lands. This accounts for 5.8% of all lands with a General Urban regional land use designation, totalling approximately 69,627 ha.