Lower Mainland

The Lower Mainland (French: Les Basses-terres (continentales); IPA: [le bas.tɛr kɔ̃tjinɑ̃tal] ), officially the Lower Mainland Regional Municipality, is the most populous upper-tier municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC). Its population in 2021 was 10,337,804, accounting for over two thirds of the total population of British Columbia.