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New Westminster
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city in British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Regional district
- Metro Vancouver
- Renamed
- July 20, 1859
- Incorporated
- July 16, 1860
- Founded by
- Richard Clement Moody
- Named after
- City of Westminster
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Body
- New Westminster City Council
- Mayor
- Patrick Johnstone
- Councillors
- Ruby Campbell Tasha Henderson Jaimie McEvoy Nadine Nakagawa Paul Minhas Daniel Fontaine
- Mp
- Jake Sawatzky ( Lib. )
- Mla
- Raj Chouhan ( NDP ) Steve Kooner ( Con. ) Jennifer Whiteside ( NDP )
- Total
- 16.03 km (6.19 sq mi)
- Land
- 15.62 km (6.03 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 60 m (200 ft)
- Estimate 2023
- 88,945
- Density
- 5,052.4/km (13,086/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Welcome to New Westminster | City of New Westminster
newwestcity.ca →Link to the official site · 7,979 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Metro Vancouver Regional District
- Population
- 70996
- Area
- 15.63
- Elevation
- 60
- Body of water
- Fraser River
- Capital of
- Colony of British Columbia
- Shares border with
- Coquitlam
- Official website
- newwestcity.ca
- Image
- New Westminster (2024).jpg
- Dialing code
- 604
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- Commons category
- New Westminster
- topic's main category
- Category:New Westminster
- inception
- 1865-01-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in New Westminster
- category of associated people
- Category:People from New Westminster
- twinned administrative body
- Moriguchi
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
New Westminster (colloquially known as New West, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓: sӽəyəməɬ) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
It was founded in 1858 by Richard Clement Moody as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia, and served as such until the mainland and Vancouver Island colonies were merged to form the new Colony of British Columbia in 1866. It was the British Columbia mainland's largest city from its foundation until the first decade of the 20th century, when it was surpassed in population by Vancouver.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Westminster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.