February 15, 2022 - Metro Vancouver Update: Economic Recovery – Shared Investments in Critical Infrastructure

As the regional body responsible for providing critical services to 2.7 million residents - more than half the population of B.C. - Metro Vancouver represents just over 60 percent of B.C.'s GDP and about 1.5 million jobs.

Over the next five years, Metro Vancouver is planning more than $7 billion in critical infrastructure investments to build, maintain and upgrade the infrastructure that underlies the prosperity and livability of the region. A significant amount of this investment will take place South of the Fraser.

In addition to providing essential services such as drinking water, liquid waste treatment and solid waste management, Metro Vancouver is steward to over a quarter of the region's land base. This includes operating a regional park system of over 13,700 hectares and protecting over 59,000 hectares of forested water supply lands.

Metro Vancouver is also one of the largest affordable housing providers in the region, and is responsible for air quality monitoring and regional planning, including the update to the regional growth strategy, the draft Metro 2050. Metro Vancouver is also advancing greater economic opportunity and more broadly-shared prosperity for all 2.7 million residents in a fast-evolving global economy through Invest Vancouver, its recently launched regional economic development leadership service that helps the region better compete as one in a global economy that is increasingly dominated by the world's fastest-growing mega-regions.

Join Metro Vancouver Board Chair Sav Dhaliwal to hear more about how Metro Vancouver plans to work together with local industries and businesses to set the foundation for a future that is greener, resilient, more equitable and more sustainable.