Port Moody
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city in British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Regional district
- Metro Vancouver
- City
- 11 March 1913
- Named after
- Richard Moody
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Body
- Port Moody City Council
- Mayor
- Meghan Lahti
- City council
- Councillors Callan Morrison Diana Dilworth Samantha Agtarap Kyla Knowles Haven Lurbiecki Amy Lubik
- Mp
- Zoe Royer ( Liberal )
- Mla
- Rick Glumac ( BC NDP )
- Land
- 25.85 km (9.98 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 712 m (2,336 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Total
- 33,535
- Estimate 2023
- 39,316
- Density
- 1,297.3/km (3,360/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( BC Pacific Time )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Metro Vancouver Regional District
- Population
- 33535
- Area
- 25.89
- Elevation
- 40
- Body of water
- Sasamat Lake
- Shares border with
- North Vancouver
- Official website
- www.portmoody.ca
- Image
- Port Moody.jpg
- Dialing code
- 778
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- Commons category
- Port Moody, British Columbia
- topic's main category
- Category:Port Moody
- postal code
- V3J-V3H
- social media followers
- 9754
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Encyclopedic overview
Port Moody is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It envelops the east end of Burrard Inlet and is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south and by Burnaby on the west. The villages of Belcarra and Anmore, along with the rugged Coast Mountains, lie to the northwest and north, respectively. It is named for Richard Clement Moody, who was the founder and the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port Moody” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.