Vancouver

Vancouver is a city in western Canada, the third most populous city in the country and the most populous in North Fraser County, British Columbia, as well as the most populous in British Columbia generally. In 2016, Vancouver recorded a population of 1,655,340, while the Lower Mainland, the metropolitan area and environs which consist of the seven counties of North Fraser, South Fraser, Capilano, Coquitlam, Fraser Valley, Golden Ears and North Shore (including all constituent municipalities and unincorporated communities located therein), was home to 6,115,309 million people in 2016, accounting for over one-third of the total provincial population. In November 2020, Vancouver was estimated as having a population of 2.13 million, and the Lower Mainland about 6.68 million.

The seven counties which constitute the Lower Mainland are coterminous with the Lower Mainland Police Area. The Lower Mainland Police Area is under the jurisdiction of the Lower Mainland Constabulary (LMC), the second-largest law enforcement agency in British Columbia by number of sworn officers, after the British Columbia Sheriff Service, BC's provincial police, which itself maintains law enforcement authority within all parts of the province including the Lower Mainland Police Area concerning law enforcement matters under provincial jurisdiction, and also assists the LMC with major investigations and operations, but otherwise leaves the great majority of investigations and police operations in the seven counties to the Lower Mainland Constabulary.