| Electoral Area A | |
| Official Name: | Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district electoral area |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Regional district |
| Subdivision Name1: | British Columbia |
| Subdivision Name2: | Metro Vancouver |
| Seat Type: | Regional district office |
| Seat: | Metrotower III[1] |
| Leader Title: | Director |
| Leader Name: | Jen McCutcheon |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Land Km2: | 815.21 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 14.49 |
| Area Rural Km2: | 800.72 |
| Population Total: | 18612 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 22.8 |
| Population Urban: | 18296 |
| Population Urban Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 316 |
| Population Density Rural Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Pacific Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Area Code: | 604, 778, 236, 672 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A is a part of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia. It includes several unincorporated areas: the University Endowment Lands and the University of British Columbia, west of the City of Vancouver; Bowyer, Passage, and Barnston Islands; the west side of Pitt Lake; the northern portion of Indian Arm; and a large area to the north of the North Shore that is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated except for certain subdivisions between Horseshoe Bay and the Village of Lions Bay.
The Electoral Area is represented by a director on the board of the regional district. This is an elected position, with a four-year term. The current director is Jen McCutcheon.[5]
In the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada reported that Metro Vancouver A had a population of 18,612 living in 7,682 of its 9.201 total dwellings, a 15.4% change from its 2016 population of 16,133. With a land area of 815.21km2, it had a population density of in 2011.
| Population | % change 2016-2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2021 | |||
| UBC campus | 12,908 | 15,103 | +17.0% | |
| Rest of UEL | 2,982 | 3,193 | +7.1% | |
| Total urban population | 15890 | 18296 | +15.1% | |
| Barnston Island | 127 | 111 | -12.6% | |
| Howe Sound communities (including Passage and Bowyer Islands) | 72 | 104 | +44.4% | |
| Indian Arm/Pitt Lake communities | 44 | 101 | +129.5% | |
| Total rural population | 243 | 316 | +30% | |
| Electoral Area A | 16,133 | 18,612 | 15.4% |
| Ethnicity | Population | % of Total Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visible minority groups[6] | 300 | |||
| 3,370 | ||||
| 155 | ||||
| 20 | ||||
| 170 | ||||
| 190 | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 110 | |||
| 390 | ||||
| 1,025 | ||||
| 255 | ||||
| Other visible minority | 15 | |||
| Mixed visible minority | 25 | |||
| Total visible minority population | 6,040 | |||
| Aboriginal groups[7] | 60 | |||
| Métis | 0 | |||
| 0 | ||||
| Total Aboriginal population | 55 | |||
| 4,840 | ||||
| Total population | 10,935 | 100% | ||