According to the newest Statscan data, Vancouver reached 2,971,853 at the end of 2023, growing by over 120,000 people in a single year. By that metric, Vancouver has already surpassed 3 million people in 2024.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1...pid=1710014801
So how has the city changed in your eyes?
It definitely feels more busy on the sidewalks. Downtown between Robson, Granville, Burrard and Georgia used to be the only area in the metro that had a critical mass of people walking around, but that has spread to areas like Cambie and Broadway, Waterfront Station, Commercial/Broadway and around Metrotown Station.
Traffic doesn't seem any worse than it was ten years ago (it was bad ten years ago). I'm sure that has to do with WFH being a thing, and TOD developments still being a big part of our new housing stock.
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