Vancouver: Did You Know?

This blog on "Vancouver: Did You Know" lists a multitude of interesting facts about Vancouver. Many of these facts are not widely known even among those born here.  MyVancouver4u will continually update this blog with new facts as we come across them. Check back often and if you know some facts please pass them on to us.

• Vancouver was acknowledged by Economist Intelligence Unit as the first city to rank among the top-ten of the world's most liveable cities for five straight years.
• Vancouver is very rich with parks having close to 200 parks including well known Stanley Park.
• Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada.
• The city population was listed as 603,000 in 2011.  The Metro Vancouver area has 2.3 million.
• Vancouver's Chinatown is the second largest in North America.
• Vancouver has the highest proportion (per capita) of Asians of any North American city.
• Vancouver has the highest real estate prices in Canada. 
• The Vancouver Aquarium ranks in the top 5 around the world.
• Approximately 35% of Vancouver’s population are foreign born, the most of any city in the world.
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