Vancouver City, Canada

A trip through the city of Vancouver, Canada. Google Earth 3D.
Vancouver is a city on the Pacific coast of Canada, located in the southwest of the province of British Columbia, between the Strait of Georgia and the Coast Mountains. The city was named after Captain George Vancouver, an English explorer.
It is part of the metropolitan area of ​​the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which, with a population of 2,313,328 inhabitants (2011), constitutes the largest metropolitan area in western Canada and the third in the country after Toronto and Montreal. Vancouver itself has 675,218 inhabitants. The demonym used to refer to the residents of Vancouver is Vancouverite or Vancouverite (in English Vancouverite).
Vancouver has, in recent years, consistently ranked as one of the top five cities in the world with the best quality of life. In 2013, it was ranked 21st among the most expensive cities to live in and was the most expensive city in North America. It is also one of the safest cities in the world, due to its extremely low crime rates.