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'''Vancouver''' is also the name of a city in Southern [[Washington|Washington State]] in the [[United States of America|US]], across the [[Columbia River]] from [[Portland]], [[Oregon]]. <ref>http://www.cityofvancouver.us/default.asp Offical Website</ref>
'''Vancouver''' is also the name of a city in Southern [[Washington|Washington State]] in the [[United States of America|US]], across the [[Columbia River]] from [[Portland]], [[Oregon]]. <ref>http://www.cityofvancouver.us/default.asp Offical Website</ref>
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=History of Vancouver=
The townsite of Gastown grew around a logging sawmill established in 1867, enlarging to become the townsite of Granville. With the announcement that the railhead would reach the site, it was renamed "Vancouver" and incorporated as a city in 1886. By 1887, the transcontinental railway was extended to the city to take advantage of its large natural seaport, which soon became a vital link in a trade route between the Orient, Eastern Canada, and London. Port Metro Vancouver is the new name for the Port of Vancouver, which is now the busiest and largest in Canada, as well as the fourth largest port (by tonnage) in North America.<ref>[http://vancouver.ca:8765/query.html?qt=History+of+vancouver&col=all&qt=-url%3A%2Fctyclerk%2Fcclerk%2F&submit=+Search+ History of Vancouver]</ref>
=Politics of Vancouver=
Vancouver is per capita the most liberal city in British Columbia<ref> cite [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/search&query=british_columbia&order=politics&search#2039089q89 Stats canada]</ref>, with the liberal party, Vision Vancouver leading in all elections since 2003<ref> [http://votevision.ca/ very liberal policies]</ref>. Vancouver also has a large [[homosexual]] presence<ref>[http://davievillage.ca/ davie village]</ref>
==Religion in Vancouver==
Vancouver is generally tolerant of public displays of religion, than other Canadian cities, barring [[Calgary]].
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"
|+ Religion in Vancouver City and Vancouver (CMA), compared with British Columbia and Canada
|-
!Religion<br>!!Total<br>!!%<br>!!Total<br>!!%<br>!!Total<br>!!%<br>!!Total<br>!!%<br>
|- class="sortbottom"
|
!colspan=2|Vancouver City
!colspan=2|Vancouver (CMA)
!colspan=2|British Columbia
!colspan=2|Canada
|-
|align=left|''Total''||539,630||100.0%||1,967,480||100.0%||3,868,875||100.0%||29,639,035||100.0%
|-
|align=left|'''Catholic'''[1]||102,315||19.0%||364,790||18.5%||675,320||17.5%||12,936,910||40.6%
|-
|align=left|'''Protestant'''||94,010||17.4%||499,185||25.4%||1,213,290||31.4%||8,654,850||20.2%
|-
|align=left|'''Christian Orthodox'''||9,090||1.7%||26,520||1.3%||35,655||0.9%||479,620||1.6%
|-
|align=left|'''Christian,n.i.e.'''[2]||23,600||4.4%||101,620||5.2%||200,340||5.2%||780,450||2.6%
|-
|align=left|'''Muslim'''||9,345||1.7%||52,590||2.7%||56,220||1.5%||579,640||2.0%
|-
|align=left|'''Jewish'''||9,620||1.8%||17,270||0.9%||21,230||0.5%||329,995||1.1%
|-
|align=left|'''Buddhist'''||37,140||6.9%||74,550||3.8%||85,540||2.2%||300,345||1.0%
|-
|align=left|'''Hindu'''||7,670||1.4%||27,410||1.4%||31,495||0.8%||297,200||1.0%
|-
|align=left|'''Sikh'''||15,200||2.8%||99,000||5.0%||135,310||3.5%||278,410||0.9%
|-
|align=left|'''Eastern religions'''[3]||1,250||0.2%||5,580||0.3%||9,975||0.3%||37,550||0.1%
|-
|align=left|'''Other religions'''[4]||2,455||0.5%||6,195||0.3%||16,205||0.4%||63,975||0.2%
|-
|align=left|'''No religious affiliation'''[5]||227,925||42.2%||692,765||35.2%||1,388,300||40.9%||4,900,090||19.5%
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|Source:[[Canada 2001 Census]]<ref>
{{cite web
| url= http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Ceo2=CMA&Code2=933__&Data=Count&SearchText=Vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=All
| title= Religion Statistics in Vancouver, in BC, in Canada}} Select Another Region for other columns</ref>
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:left; font-size:90%"|
[1] Includes Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Polish National Catholic Church, Old Catholic<br>
[2] Includes mostly answers of "Christian", not otherwise stated.<br>
[3] Includes Baha'i, Eckankar, Jains, Shinto, Taoist, Zoroastrian and Eastern religions, not identified elsewhere.<br>
[4] Includes Aboriginal spirituality, Pagan, Wicca, Unity – New Thought – Pantheist, Scientology, Rastafarian, New Age, Gnostic, Satanist, etc.<br>
[5] Includes Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, and No religion, and other responses, such as Darwinism, etc.
|}
==Vancouver Sports Franchises ==
==Vancouver Sports Franchises ==