Vancouver

City Highlight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

City Highlight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Important Facts
 

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"