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Richmond, British Columbia is located on Canada's Pacific
Coast. Richmond is a unique island city, ideally located
within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in close
proximity to both downtown Vancouver and the U.S. border. It
is comprised of a series of islands in the mouth of the
Fraser River.
Richmond is known
throughout the Greater Vancouver region for its quality
parks, leisure facilities, and recreation services. Richmond
has over 1200 acres of park land and a variety of
recreational amenities, including pools, arenas, community
centers, tennis courts, playgrounds, picnic areas, golf
courses, lacrosse boxes, running tracks and playing fields.
The City also maintains a system of interconnecting
perimeter dyke trails which provide for a variety of
recreational opportunities as well as scenic views of the
North Shore.
With a population
of 175,000 people, Richmond is a growing dynamic urban
centre with a unique mix of residential, and commercial
property, agricultural lands, industrial parks, waterways
and natural areas. It is interesting to note that, according
to Statistics Canada, residents of Richmond have the
greatest life expectancy in all of Canada. The agency
recently reported people in Richmond have the lowest smoking
and obesity rates in the country and live an average of 81.2
years, almost three years longer than the National average
of 78.3 years.
Richmond is the
home of Vancouver International Airport and two
International Seaports. Richmond is connected to neighboring
Lower Mainland cities by a series of bridges and a tunnel.
There are two major freeways feeding into Richmond and two
railway lines. Richmond is truly a major centre of
commercial activity.
Whether you are coming to
shop, dine, golf, ski, play on the beach or just relax,
Richmond offers the BEST of everything. There are hundreds
of shops and places to eat, drink, play and relax. |
