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Here are some interesting and fun facts about Vancouver – a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. 

Country-Area Code: +1-604, 778, 236, 672

Population: City 687,933, metropolitan area over 2,6 mio (2025)

Language: English

Currency: Canadian dollar

• The world’s first steam clock is located in Gastown, a historic neighborhood in Vancouver.
• The city is named after Captain George Vancouver, who explored the coast in 1792 and the first settlement started as Gastown in 1867 and officially became a city in 1886.
• Vancouver is home to Canada’s longest saltwater swimming pool, the Kitsilano Pool. It is more than 137 metres long and three times longer than an Olympic swimming pool.
• Stanley Park contains an almost 22-kilometer seawall that locals and tourists enjoy walking or biking along. It is approximately 10% bigger than New York’s Central Park.

Did you know…?

• It is among the five most popular feature film spots behind cities like Los Angeles and New York and popular movies like “Deadpool” and “Godzilla (2014)” and the series “Bates Motel” were filmed in Vancouver.
• Greenpeace, the international environmental organization, was founded in Vancouver in 1971.