Population
In 2011 there was 2,590,921 people living in the communities of the Lower Mainland, comprising
- 277,593 in the Fraser Valley Regional District
- 2,313,328 in Metro Vancouver
These figures are slightly inflated due to the inclusion of areas within the Regional Districts which are not normally considered to be part of the Lower Mainland, notably the lower Fraser Canyon and the heads of Harrison and Pitt Lakes, which are within the FVRD, and Lions Bay and Bowen Island, which are within the GVRD
The population of the Lower Mainland was up 9.2 percent from the 2006 census. This is among the highest growth rates in the continent.
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