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Originally Posted by Changing City

It seemed appropriate to bump this thread, rather than start a new one. Metro Vancouver have released their projections through to 2050. There are three scenarios, low, medium and high growth (with medium being the current best guess).

Unlike the last projection (from 2021), in the new one Surrey still won't have overtaken Vancouver's expected 2050 population. (Both would have just under a million residents).

The previous projection saw Metro Vancouver at 3.8m people in 2050, now there could be 4.2m. (The low growth scenario still anticipates 3.98m).

Rounding to the nearest 1,000, the greatest growth in the scenario is obviously Surrey, adding 362,000 to 2050, but the City of Vancouver adds 293,000. Burnaby is expected to add 126,000, Township of Langley 99,000, Coquitlam 94,000 and Richmond 90,000. The entire north shore adds 82,000.

Don't forget New West which sees 79% growth and adds 66k people - for such a little city that's very impressive.

Meanwhile Burnaby's numbers continue to underwhelm compared to its closest neighbours Vancouver (by volume) and New West (by percentage).