West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Industry

🇨🇦 West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, West Vancouver is to the north-west of the city of Vancouver on the northern side of English Bay and the south-east shore of Howe Sound, and is adjoined by the District of North Vancouver to its east. Together with the District of North Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver, it is part of a local regional grouping referred to as the North Shore municipalities, or simply "the North Shore". West Vancouver is connected to the downtown city of Vancouver via Lions Gate Bridge.

Cypress Provincial Park, mostly located within the municipal boundaries, was one of the venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics. West Vancouver is also home of Canada's first shopping mall, Park Royal Shopping Centre, and also of the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, one of the main connecting points between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island.

Industry West Vancouver is mainly a residential district as many residents are retired, work at home, or take the short commute to downtown Vancouver. West Vancouver has no manufacturing industry by law.

A 13-block strip of Marine Drive serves as a commercial district, featuring shops, small offices, garages and gas stations, restaurants, banks, and other common amenities. The area between 13th and 19th Streets is commonly known as Ambleside Village, and the area between 24th and 26th Streets is known as the village of Dundarave. This commercial area is served by the Ambleside Dundarave Business Improvement Association.

West Vancouver is also home to Park Royal Shopping Centre, Canada's first mall. Opened in the 1950s, it now consumes 2 km (1.2 mi) of both sides of Marine Drive near North Vancouver. Park Royal is the second largest mall in British Columbia, after Metrotown shopping mall in Burnaby. It is also a major bus terminal for Blue Bus and North Vancouver TransLink buses.

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West Vancouver has a population of over 42,694 people. West Vancouver also forms part of the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area which has a population of over 2,463,431 people. West Vancouver is situated 10 km west of North Vancouver.

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  • Ralph P.H. Gillett |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇨🇦 Architect/Exhibition Designer Ralph P.H. Gillett is associated with West Vancouver.

Antipodal to West Vancouver is: 56.833,-49.367

Locations Near: West Vancouver -123.167,49.3667

🇨🇦 North Vancouver -123.075,49.321 d: 8.4  

🇨🇦 Vancouver -123.1,49.25 d: 13.9  

🇨🇦 Richmond -123.16,49.152 d: 23.8  

🇨🇦 Burnaby -122.973,49.245 d: 19.6  

🇨🇦 Delta -123.065,49.09 d: 31.6  

🇨🇦 New Westminster -122.9,49.2 d: 26.8  

🇨🇦 Squamish -123.15,49.7 d: 37.1  

🇨🇦 Coquitlam -122.794,49.285 d: 28.5  

🇨🇦 Port Coquitlam -122.767,49.25 d: 31.8  

🇨🇦 Surrey -122.823,49.105 d: 38.4  

Antipodal to: West Vancouver 56.833,-49.367

🇫🇷 Saint-Pierre 55.478,-21.342 d: 16896.6  

🇫🇷 Saint-Benoît 55.713,-21.034 d: 16863.1  

🇫🇷 Saint-Paul 55.27,-21.01 d: 16858.9  

🇫🇷 Saint-Paul 55.279,-21 d: 16857.8  

🇫🇷 Saint-Denis 55.457,-20.867 d: 16843.7  

🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 16794  

🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 16784.3  

🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 16782.5  

🇲🇺 Quatre Bornes 57.479,-20.266 d: 16778.7  

🇲🇺 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 16775.3  

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