Population: 514 008
Temperature Range: -1 to
23
Average Precipitation High:
170-175 (Dec)
Average Precipitation Low:
30-35 (Jul)
Top 3 Albums:
1. "Songs in A Minor"
by Alicia Keys
2. "Survivor" by Destiny's
Child
3. "8701" by Usher
Top 3 Singles:
1. "Knives Out" by
Radiohead
2. "There You'll Be"
by Faith Hill
3. "Elevation Part
II" by U2
Music Info Source: jam!
Showbiz 31-Aug-01
Currency Used: Canadian
Dollar (CAD)
Major School: University
of British Columbia
Place to Have Fun: Stanley
Park
- 42 km of US border
- 3rd largest metro area
- Main commercial, manufacturing,
financial, tourist
& cultural centre of
BC
- Mainly a service centre
- Employment in real-estate-related,
finance,
insurance activites tripled
since 1961
- Since 1961, food &
accommodation services
quadrupled
- Health & welfare quintupled
- Services for business
increased eightfold
- Population of Vancouver
gown faster than British
Columbia as a whole
- 26.2% European, 26.2%
Asian, 1.4% Black, 0.07%
Aboriginal, 0.04% Hispanic
- 3rd largest film and TV
production centre in North
America. Home of "The
X Files"