The City of North Vancouver is a waterfront municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, directly across from Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the smallest in area of the three North Shore municipalities and the most urbanized as well. Although it has significant industry of its own – including shipping, chemical production, and film production – the city is usually considered to be a suburb of Vancouver. The city is served by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia Ambulance Service, and the North Vancouver City Fire Department.




The City of North Vancouver was incorporated in 1890. It is the second-smallest municipality in British Columbia, after the Village of Queen Charlotte. The city's boundaries are roughly equivalent to those of the old Districts 3 and 4 (North and West) respectively, which were formed when Greater Vancouver Regional District was created on April 1, 1967; however it has no land area or population with which to be associated as a district.

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