Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, and the most populous city in the province. It has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,400 people per square kilometer. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 52 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 48.9 percent are native speakers of neither English nor French, and 50.6 percent of residents belong to visible minority groups.
Vancouver in the 1980s
Vancouver is one of the most livable cities in Canada and in the world. In terms of housing affordability, Vancouver is also one of the most expensive cities in Canada and in the world. Vancouver plans to become the greenest city in the world. Vancouverism is the city’s urban planning design philosophy.
As of 2016, Port Metro Vancouver is the fourth-largest port by tonnage in the Americas, the busiest and largest in Canada, and the most diversified port in North America. While forestry remains its largest industry, Vancouver is well known as an urban centre surrounded by nature, making tourism its second-largest industry. Major film production studios in Vancouver and nearby Burnaby have turned Greater Vancouver and nearby areas into one of the largest film production centers in North America, earning it the nickname “Hollywood North”.
These fascinating photos from CanadaGood Gregory that captured street scenes of Vancouver in the 1980s.
PR railway trestle and the Burrard Street bridge as seen from Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver, 1980
Flying Karamazov Brothers at Vancouver Folk Festival in Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, 1982
Looking east from 1200 block of West Broadway in Vancouver, 1982
View of back laneway parking and apartment building lawn as seen from Burnaby Street apartment, Vancouver, 1982
View west from apartment on Barclay Street, Vancouver, 1983
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