Category: Vancouver

English. Knowledge of official languages, Vancouver, 2011 and 2016 Language 2016 Number Percent English 2,130,565 87.3 French 1,115 0.0 English and French 172,140 7.1 Is Vancouver French or English? Federal government departments provide service in English and French, but most of the population speaks English as either a first or second language. The City of […]

Christianity is the largest religion in Canada, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Christians, representing 53.3% of the population in 2021, are followed by people having no religion at 34.6% of the total population. What is the most popular religion in British Columbia? In British Columbia, 34.3% of the population reported a Christian religion, 52.1% […]

Population. As of 2021, there are nearly 370,000 South Asians in Metro Vancouver, representing 14.2% of the total population. Is there a lot of Indians in Vancouver? Some of the first Indian immigrants to Canada came to the country through Vancouver, and over 100 years later the relationship between the city and recent arrivals from […]

The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples are the original inhabitants of the unceded land which is now known as the city of Vancouver. What are the three First Nations in Vancouver? The City of Vancouver is on the traditional territories of three Local First Nations: the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh. What are […]

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There are several famous people who call Vancouver their home, including actors Finn Wolfhard and Hayden Christensen. Others include Emmanuelle Vaugier and Lauren Lee Smith. Where do actors stay in Vancouver? With unrivalled luxury and a location deep in the heart of central Vancouver, it’s easy to see why the Sutton Place Hotel has long […]

The site was originally inhabited by Chinook Indians. The city is named for George Vancouver (1758-1798), the British explorer who mapped the Northwest coast in 1792. As the oldest non-Indian settlement in the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver perhaps celebrates its history more than most cities. Who was Vancouver Canada named after? The place names are derived […]

Vancouver was originally a small sawmilling settlement, called Granville in the 1870s. Who was Vancouver founded by? The first Europeans to explore the area were Spanish Captain José María Narváez in 1791, and British naval Captain George Vancouver in 1792. The area was not settled by Europeans until almost a century later, in 1862. What […]

navigator George Vancouver. It was incorporated as a city in April 1886 (just before it became the western terminus of the first trans-Canada railway, the Canadian Pacific) and was renamed to honour the English navigator George Vancouver, of the Royal Navy, who had explored and surveyed the coast in 1792. Was Vancouver named after a […]

Etymology. The family name is from the Dutch place name Coevorden (“the place where cows ford the river”) via the Dutch family name van Coevorden (“a person from Coevorden”). Where does the name Vancouver come from? It was incorporated as a city in April 1886 (just before it became the western terminus of the first […]