The Lower Mainland is in British Columbia, Canada. The actual boundaries of this region are contentious depending on whom you speak to: some say it is only Greater Vancouver, some say it stretches to Abbotsford or even Hope in the east. For simplicity it is used here to describe the area from Vancouver in the west to the town of Hope in the east, and from the American border to the south, to the town of Whistler and the Sunshine Coast to the north.

Regions

• Greater Vancouver
• Fraser Valley
• Sea to Sky
• Sunshine Coast

Cities

• Abbotsford
• Burnaby
• Chilliwack
• Coquitlam
• Delta
• Hope
• Langley
• Maple Ridge
• Mission
• New Westminster
• Richmond
• Squamish
• Surrey
• Vancouver
• North Shore - Includes both North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
• Whistler
• White Rock

Understand

This area is home to Greater Vancouver, the largest metropolitan area west of Toronto. It is also home to the mainly agricultural Fraser Valley and the outdoor playground of the Whistler environs.

Talk

The de facto language is English, though you may be able to find official services in French.

Get in

Most travellers will be arriving into Vancouver.

Get around

See

Do

Get out