“English speaking cities”: Students take the initiative to have a look at the English speaking cities world wide, single out their favourite one, collect all relevant information and come up with a presentation of the specific city either on word document or PowerPoint presentation and as a follow up activity on construction paper for their school notice board.

1. VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA
Anastasia
Helen
April 2013

2. VANCOUVER AND ITS MUNICIPALITIES
• Vancouver is located in
the south west corner
of British Columbia,
which is one of
Canada’s provinces.
The city is found on the
mainland of North
America and it is on
the west side of
Canada.
The area of Greater
Vancouver is made up
of 21 municipalities
that occupy 2,930
square kilometres on
and around the Fraser
River delta.
The City of Vancouver
is one of these
municipalities and
covers 114 square
kilometers.

3. POPULATION
• Vancouver’s population is made up of a variety of nationalities and
cultures and is very unique.
• This attracts many visitors and many companies invest in
Vancouver, which helps the economy.
• The city has a population of approximately 2 million people and it is
the third biggest city in British Columbia.
• It is also the third largest city in Canada.

4. LANGUAGES AND CULTURE
• The two official languages that the people speak in Vancouver are
English and French as these are the official languages of Canada.
• Because the City is multicultural, many people speak other
languages and many follow the traditions of their mother countries.
They also cook the food from their mother countries.
• After English and Chinese, the most common mother tongue
languages spoken are Punjabi, German, Italian, French, Filipino and
Spanish.
• More than half of Vancouver's school-age children have been raised
speaking a language other than English.
• The native Indian people are a small percentage of the population
but they gave a lot of history and culture to Vancouver with totem
poles in the parks and art.

5. CLIMATE
• Vancouver has a mild climate as it is warmed by the Pacific Ocean
and it is protected by a range of mountains (the Coast Mountains).
• Vancouver temperatures range from low to middle 20's Celsius in
summer to a mild middle 0º to 5º Celsius in the winter.
• The climate is always friendly. The winters are wet since it rains very
much, but it rarely snows, except on local ski hills.
• Average Daily High Temperatures:
– January 5º Celsius - July 23º Celsius
– February 7º Celsius - August 23º Celsius
– March 10º Celsius - September 18º Celsius
– April 14º Celsius - October 14º Celsius
– May 18º Celsius - November 9º Celsius
– June 21º Celsius - December 6º Celsius

6. 10 KEY FACTS ABOUT VANCOUVER
• 40% of people living in Vancouver were born outside of Canada.
• Vancouver has the highest number of Asian people in North America.
• The people of Vancouver are environmentally friendly and live “green” in
their life.
• Hockey is the main sport of Vancouver.
• Many movies are filmed in Vancouver.
• The people of Vancouver love the outdoors – they like hiking, biking, skiing
and snowboarding during the year.
• It always rains in Vancouver.
• You can see the sea and also see the mountains at the same time in
Vancouver.
• Vancouver is one of the best cities to live in the world.
• Vancouver is located in an area with lots of earthquakes.

7. ATTRACTIONS - SIGHTS
• There are many attractions and sights to see in Vancouver.
• They are:
– Down town Vancouver.
– Whistler – a ski resort that is 2 hours north of Vancouver.
– Minter Gardens – beautiful gardens in Chilliwack (2 hours away).
– Metrotown Mall - in Burnaby, suburb of Vancouver.
– Telus – World of Science – exhibition for technology.
– Vancouver Lookout – to see mountains, harbor, down town Vancouver
– Stanley Park – well known park and tourist sight and has animals, zoo,
aquarium. Also there are totem poles from the Indians.
– Granville Street – main street in down town Vancouver.
– Burnaby Village Museum – old western village museum for tourists.
– Vancouver Art Gallery – has paintings, sculptures, photography.
– Capilano suspension bridge – in North Vancouver.
– Famous Steam clock in Gastown.

8. DOWN TOWN VANCOUVER

9. WHISTLER MOUNTAIN AND THE VILLAGE

10. MINTER GARDENS

11. MINTER GARDENS

12. METROTOWN MALL, BURNABY
There are 400 stores in the Mall. This is one of British Columbia's largest
shopping centre and it also has restaurants and theatres.

13. TELUS - WORLD OF SCIENCE

14. THE INSIDE OF TELUS

15. VIEW FROM VANCOUVER
LOOKOUT

16. STANLEY PARK

17. AQUARIUM AT STANLEY PARK

18. BEAVERS AT ZOO AT STANLEY PARK

19. TOTEM POLES AT STANLEY PARK

20. GRANVILLE STREET

21. BURNABY VILLAGE MUSEUM

22. VANCOUVER ART GALLERY

23. CAPILANO SUSPENSION BRIDGE

24. FAMOUS STEAM CLOCK AT GAS TOWN
This clock works with a steam engine and it is found in a part of Vancouver
named Gas town. In this area, there are historical buildings.

25. MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
The means of transportation in Vancouver are:
– The Bus.
– Bicycles.
– The Sky train – metro on land.
– The Sea Bus – goes from down town Vancouver to North Vancouver.
– The train and freight train.
– The Air tram.
– Cruise ships – tourists that mainly go to Alaska.

26. MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION - BUS

27. BICYCLES

28. SKY TRAIN

29. SEA BUS

30. FREIGHT TRAIN

31. TRAIN

32. AIRTRAM

33. CRUISE SHIPS

34. SPORTS
Vancouver has three sports teams
• B.C. Lions – a football team
• Vancouver Canucks – a hockey team
• Vancouver Grizzlies – a basketball team

35. SPORTS
BC LIONS FOOTBALL

36. CANUCKS
HOCKEY

37. GRIZZLIES
BASKETBALL

38. ANIMALS SEEN IN VANCOUVER
Eagle Raccoon

39. ANIMALS SEEN IN VANCOUVER
Beluga whale
Killer whale

40. ANIMALS SEEN IN VANCOUVER
Beaver Squirrel

41. ANIMALS SEEN IN VANCOUVER
White seal Seal

42. ANIMALS SEEN IN VANCOUVER
Black jellyfish
Orange
jellyfish

43. ANIMALS SEEN IN VANCOUVER
Black
bear
Dolphins

44. Sources
• Personal archives
• en.wikipedia.org
• www.tourismvancouver.com
• www.worldofstock.com