[27], The Agricultural Land Reserve preserves 4,916 hectares within the city as farmland, an area that makes up most of east Richmond.
Hence, the population of Richmond in 2019 as per the figures = 232,349. Fairchild Developments built a six-floor expansion to its Chinese-oriented shopping centre, Aberdeen Centre. On Canada Day, Richmond has an annual festival in Steveston called the Steveston Salmon Festival. As per the data reports of the year 2000, there were 197,790 individuals living in the city as well as 43,627 families. The city is known internationally as the headquarters of the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society, and also as the city where the National Annual Hemochromatosis Awareness Month was initiated by former Mayor G. H. Blair in 1987. The television series Aliens in America and Life Unexpected also made use of Cambie Secondary School in the northern part of the city. Lecky UBC Boathouse.
The old fishing village of Steveston on the southwestern tip of Lulu Island is now home to several museums and heritage sites, as well as a working harbour for fishing boats. The economy is essentially determined by law and government, with elected, state and local legislative agencies, and in addition prominent legitimate banking firms, situated in the downtown territory.
Richmond city, Virginia. The first family to settle in Richmond, that of Hugh McRoberts, had formerly lived in Australia.
Currently, London Heritage Farm, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and the Britannia Shipyard National Historic Site in Steveston highlight these parts of Richmond's diverse history. [42], The Musqueam band has since brought a lawsuit against the City of Richmond claiming they sold it under duress. Richmond Centre, Lansdowne Centre, McArthurGlen Vancouver, Parker Place and Aberdeen Centre are some of the most prominent malls in Richmond. W.D. 20 (Cambie) Rd near the main settlement on the northwestern tip of Lulu Island at North Arm. Other Asian Canadians in Richmond include Indo-Canadians, Filipino Canadians and Japanese Canadians.[12]. Richmond Island, a former sand bar that has been turned into a peninsula that can only be reached from Vancouver, but technically is within Richmond's city limits. Richmond also has two swim clubs: the Kigoos summer swimming club and the Richmond Rapids Swim Club.
Aspac's plans are for "probably the highest-end development Richmond has seen to date" said Mayor Brodie.
During the summer weekends, an annual Richmond Night Market is held. Transit users are charged $3.00 per day to use the facility (up from an initial $2.00 charge). Three bridges (one of them twinned) connect Lulu Island to Sea Island and the Vancouver International Airport; one bridge connects Sea Island and the Vancouver International Airport to Vancouver; two bridges connect Lulu Island to Vancouver; one bridge connects Queensborough (on eastern Lulu Island) to New Westminster; one bridge connects Queensborough to Annacis Island in Delta; one twinned bridge connects Richmond to Annacis Island; and one of the few underwater tunnels in British Columbia connects Richmond to Delta. The lawsuit remains dormant and it is the understanding of Coun. | Zoocasa", "Community Profiles from the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada – Census Subdivision", "Effort being made to preserve Canada's 1st McDonald's golden arches sign", "These are the most profitable malls in Canada", "McArthurGlen Vancouver wins best outlet centre award", PressReader.com – Connecting People Through News, "Lansdowne Centre closing in 2025 for redevelopment into 24 towers (RENDERINGS)", Richmond News – Canada Line drives massive development – 8 May 2007, "CAPSTAN STATION: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RICHMOND'S NEW SKY TRAIN STATION", "TransLink to start designing Canada Line's new $28-million Capstan Way Station", Garden city property memorandum of understanding, "City to buy Garden City Lands for $60 million", "Bog meets farm in unique design for Richmond's Garden City Lands", Richmond News: "Richmond Tall Ships 2002 attracts 400,000 people", Richmond News: "'Holy mackerel,' tall ships festival draws huge crowd", Richmond News: "Parking woes lead to anger and profits", Royal City Record: "Small – but Tall – better", "CKNW AM 980: "Richmond's River Rock Casino to host this year's Gemini Awards, http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/sports_team_story.asp?id=14&storyid=1436, "VANOC Board of Directors approves revised budget in principle; Jack Poole re-elected as chairman", "Dockless bike-sharing coming to Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, and Richmond this summer", "Vancouver Coastal Health Authority- Richmond Acute Tower Redevelopment", "New Richmond Hospital tower bigger, more expensive than planned", Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britanique, City of Richmond BC – Richmond's Sister Cities, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richmond,_British_Columbia&oldid=977723070, Populated places on the British Columbia Coast, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English, Pages using infobox settlement with possible area code list, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2015, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.