• Continually voted one of the world's most desirable places to live.
• A major port city Vancouver is called Canada's Pacific Gateway.
• A mild West Coast climate.
• Surrounded by water on three sides and is nestled alongside the Coast Mountain Range
• Thirty-eight kilometres (24 miles) north of the US  border (2 hour drive from Seattle).
• Almost exactly halfway between Western Europe  and Asia Pacific countries.
• Population estimated at 582,041 (2006 Census)

• Average summer temperature 22C (+72F)
• Average winter temperature 5C (+42F)
• Average annual rainfall 1050mm (41in.)
• Lowest annual rainfall in the Greater Vancouver area

The City of Vancouver is diverse metropolitan city contains made up of a wide range of multi-ethnic groups. Because the Vancouver is multicultural city, it's also multilingual. Many people speak more than one language and follow the traditions from both Canada and of their native lands.

After English and Chinese, the most common native languages in Vancouver are Punjabi, German, Italian, French, Tagalog (Filipino) and Spanish. More than half of Vancouver's school-age children have been raised speaking a language other than English.

In addition services by the Canadian Federal government are provided in both English and French.