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Richmond
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city in British Columbia, Canada
Richmond is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located in the southwestern part of the province. It is a significant urban area that serves as part of the greater Vancouver metropolitan region.
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Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Regional district
- Metro Vancouver
- Incorporated
- 10 November 1879 ( municipality status)
- Seat
- Richmond City Hall
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Body
- Richmond City Council
- Mayor
- Malcolm Brodie ( Ind. )
- City council
- List of councillors Chak Au Carol Day Laura Gillanders Kash Heed Andy Hobbs Alexa Loo Bill McNulty Michael Wolfe
- Mp
- List of MPs Chak Au ( Conservative ) Richmond Centre—Marpole Parm Bains ( Liberal ) Richmond East—Steveston
- Mla
- List of MLAs Hon Chan ( BCC ) Richmond Centre Kelly Greene ( NDP ) Richmond-Steveston Steve Kooner ( BCC ) Richmond-Queensborough Teresa Wat ( BCC ) Richmond-Bridgeport
- Land
- 128.87 km (49.76 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Total
- 209,937
- Estimate 2023
- 229,781
- Rank
- 26th in Canada 4th in British Columbia 4th in Metro Vancouver
- Density
- 1,629/km (4,220/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Metro Vancouver Regional District
- Population
- 209937
- Area
- 129.27
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Body of water
- Strait of Georgia
- Head of government
- Malcolm Brodie
- Shares border with
- Vancouver
- Official website
- richmond.ca
- Image
- Richmond BC Skyline.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richmond, British Columbia
- topic's main category
- Category:Richmond, British Columbia
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Richmond, British Columbia
- office held by head of government
- mayor
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Richmond, British Columbia
- inception
- 1879-11-10
- owner of
- Minoru Park
- twinned administrative body
- Wakayama
- P8168
- Anna Wörner
- different from
- Richmond
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Encyclopedic overview
Richmond is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), the adjacent Sea Island (where the Vancouver International Airport is located) and several other smaller islands and uninhabited islets to its north and south. Across the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River, it neighbours Vancouver and Burnaby on the Burrard Peninsula to the north, New Westminster and Annacis Island to the east, Delta to the south, and the Strait of Georgia to the west.
The indigenous Coast Salish peoples were the first people to inhabit the area of modern-day Richmond, with the Musqueam Band naming the site near Terra Nova "spələkʷəqs" or "boiling point". Today, East Asian Canadians make up a majority of Richmond's population, along with the Continental Asian Canadian population numbering almost three-fourths of the city's population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richmond” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.