Thanks for the update.
Metro Van + Fraser Valley combined (aka the "Lower Mainland" region) is now at 3 million if you include a part of Squamish in the area (i.e. as per the ever-accurate Wikipedia definition -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Mainland).
This artificially important number is quite a feat in mentally thinking about the area; I remember growing up and thinking of the GVRD as a 2-million class region. Up and coming, but still solidly a mid-size by NA metropolitan standards - like today's Austin, Kansas Columbus or Cleveland. Nowadays though, it's closer to a St. Louis, Denver, Tampa or San Diego - what people might begin to think of as "large" cities.
Same goes (in a way) for the CRD in Victoria. 400k is a different class of thinking about a city (i.e. Halifax) than 300k (i.e. Saskatoon)
Another surprise I missed in recent estimates; I didn't realize PG eclipsed the 90k mark. We might see it join the 100k club in the next decade.