1. Vancouver is recognized worldwide as one of the three best cities in the world to live in.

Panoramic view of Vancouver

  1. Real estate in Vancouver is very expensive. We rank third on the planet when it comes to "cost of housing" (price per square meter built). We only "lose" to Hong Kong and Sydney (Australia).

  2. The temperature here is very mild. We don't have "Canadian cold" or a "scorching summer." The temperature rarely drops below zero degrees Celsius, and the winter average is +5°C / +8°C. In summer, it's extremely rare for the temperature to exceed 28°C.

  3. It's very rare to see or hear thunder or lightning here. Since there's no "clash" of warm and cold air masses, we don't get the storms that are so common in Central and Eastern Canada.

  4. We're a multicultural city. In Vancouver, more than half the population (52%, to be exact) speaks a language other than English as their first language.

  5. Vancouver is the city with the best quality of life in Canada. And Canada is the country with the best quality of life in the world. So you can conclude Vancouver is the ........ city in the world. (If you answered "best," you got it right!)

  6. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada, with a population of just under 3 million people.

  7. "Greater Vancouver" includes municipalities like Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, Surrey, Coquitlam, and more. The City of Vancouver itself has around 600,000 residents and is the densest area in all of Canada, with about 5,400 people per square kilometer.

  8. Vancouver has the second largest port in North America (the first is New York).

Port of Vancouver

  1. Vancouver has one of the largest passenger cruise terminals in the world. From May to October, our city receives ships daily, most of them headed to Alaska. On the busiest days, we can have up to four ships docked at our cruise terminal at once, with around 15,000 people embarking or disembarking.

  2. Vancouver has the largest Asian population (per capita) of any city in North America. Just walk around our streets for a few minutes and you'll sometimes feel like you're in another country (China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, and more).

  3. A direct result of so many different cultures living here is the sheer number of restaurants serving every type of cuisine from every corner of the planet. It's very rare to find a city anywhere in the world that offers as many menu options as Vancouver.

Restaurant in Vancouver

  1. Vancouver is the second largest film production hub in North America. We only lose to Los Angeles, the "capital of cinema." Many movies that "seem" to have been filmed in the United States were actually shot here. It's rare to go a day in the city without running into film trucks along the way — often with "San Francisco police" cars in tow. This generates a lot of local jobs.

Film production in Vancouver

  1. Vancouver has more than 1 million cars — roughly one for every two residents. Even so, the (excellent) public transit system is widely used, and so are bicycles (especially from May to September, when the days are drier).

  2. Vancouver is home to the most expensive neighborhoods and the wealthiest people in all of Canada. It's common for houses to sell for more than 20 million dollars. It's also very common to see "millionaire" cars cruising our streets — Ferraris, Jaguars, Porsches, Lamborghinis — often driven by teenagers.

  3. Greenpeace was founded here. Not exactly in downtown Vancouver, but in one of the nicest neighborhoods nearby: Kitsilano.

  4. As you walk around, you'll notice not just the usual red fire hydrants, but some blue ones too. Do you know why? The blue hydrants are the "second emergency line" and are connected to the sea (saltwater runs through those pipes). The reason? We do get earthquakes here (they've been small so far, but we're all trained in case of "the Big One"). If a strong earthquake breaks the regular water network for hydrants, the emergency line kicks in, and that's what the blue hydrants are for.

  5. Vancouver is the only city in the world where you can golf in the morning, sail in the afternoon, and ski at night. The closeness of the mountains and the sea makes this possible! Because we have night skiing, it's common for people to leave class or work and head up the mountain in the evening to ski, snowboard, or snowshoe. Since it's so close, you can even get there by public transit for almost nothing.

  6. Canada's largest pool is right here in Vancouver. Located in Kitsilano, it's filled with saltwater and stretches 137 meters long. Open to the public during the summer, it's a great option for anyone visiting during that season.

  7. Stanley Park, voted "the world's best park" in a survey of Tripadvisor readers, is about 10% larger than Central Park in New York.

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