Lower Mainland

Table of Contents: Regions / Cities / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to Lower Mainland, visa requirements / Get around / Lower Mainland attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Get out More from British Columbia: Cariboo-Chilcotin, Dawson Creek, Kootenays, Lower Mainland, North Coast (British Columbia), Okanagan-Similkameen, Peace River, Thompson-Shuswap, Vancouver Island, Whistler More from Canada: Atlantic Provinces, British Columbia, North (Canada), Ontario, Prairies (Canada), Quebec, Rocky Mountains (Canada) More from North America: Canada, Caribbean, Cascade Mountains, Central America, Great Lakes, Greenland, Mexico, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

The Lower Mainland is in British Columbia, Canada. The actual boundaries of this region are contentious depending on whom you speak to: some say it is only Greater Vancouver, some say it stretches to Abbotsford or even Hope in the east. For simplicity it is used here to describe the area from Vancouver in the west to the town of Hope in the east, and from the American border to the south, to the town of Whistler and the Sunshine Coast to the north.

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Regions

• Greater Vancouver
• Fraser Valley
• Sea to Sky
• Sunshine Coast

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Cities

• Abbotsford
• Burnaby
• Chilliwack
• Coquitlam
• Delta
• Hope
• Langley
• Maple Ridge
• Mission
• New Westminster
• Richmond
• Squamish
• Surrey
• Vancouver
• North Shore - Includes both North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
• Whistler
• White Rock

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Culture and History

This area is home to Greater Vancouver, the largest metropolitan area west of Toronto. It is also home to the mainly agricultural Fraser Valley and the outdoor playground of the Whistler environs.

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Talk

The de facto language is English, though you may be able to find official services in French.

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Travel to Lower Mainland, visa requirements

Most travellers will be arriving into Vancouver.

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Get around

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Lower Mainland attractions and sightseeing

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City tours

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Get out

More from British Columbia: Cariboo-Chilcotin, Dawson Creek, Kootenays, Lower Mainland, North Coast (British Columbia), Okanagan-Similkameen, Peace River, Thompson-Shuswap, Vancouver Island, Whistler More from Canada: Atlantic Provinces, British Columbia, North (Canada), Ontario, Prairies (Canada), Quebec, Rocky Mountains (Canada) More from North America: Canada, Caribbean, Cascade Mountains, Central America, Great Lakes, Greenland, Mexico, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

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