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 February 2020 Vancouver had an estimated population of 2.33 million, while its metropolitan area, consisting of the seven counties of Capilano, Coquitlam, Fraser Valley, Golden Ears, North Shore, North Fraser and South Fraser (including all constituent municipalities and unincorporated communities located therein), is home to about 6.78 million people, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total provincial population.

The seven counties which constitute the Lower Mainland are coterminous with the Lower Mainland Police Area (one of five police areas of British Columbia). The Lower Mainland Police Area (the largest police area in BC and third-largest in Canada) is under the jurisdiction of the Lower Mainland Constabulary (LMC), the second-largest law enforcement agency in British Columbia, after the British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP), which itself maintains law enforcement authority within the Lower Mainland Police Area concerning law enforcement matters under provincial jurisdiction, and also assists the LMC with major investigations and operations.