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 had a population of just over 2.33 million, 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 almost 9 million people in 2016, accounting for about 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, but otherwise leaves the great majority of investigations and police operations in the seven counties to the Lower Mainland Constabulary.