Richmond

About Richmond

Population

190,473 in city
2,285,893 in metro

Size

128 km² (49 mi²)

Altitude

0 m

Richmond lies immediately south of Vancouver across the Fraser River. It is home to the Vancouver International Airport which welcomes 18 million passengers a year and over 20,000 employees each day. The community has a strict building height restriction due to the airport. Although not one building is more than 18 stories high there are nonetheless dozens of hotel, office and apartment towers between 10 and 18 floors including the new Hilton and Marriott. Richmond is an island and its topography is flat as a pancake. The city is surrounded by an extensive dyke system since overall it is 2 feet below sea level. Richmond is the most asian city in Canada (over 40% of its population) resulting in buildings and signage everywhere reflecting its citizens origins. In fact, the city is home to the largest "Asian" shopping centre outside of Asia.

Boroughs

Bridgeport (4), City Centre (5), Nelson Road Industrial Park (1),

Metro Cities

Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Township of Langley, University Endowment Lands, Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
113	All Buildings
109	existing
4	planned

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Lafarge Tower	372 ft	1999
2	Sandman Signature Hotel Vancouver Airport	189 ft	1983
3	Monaco at the Palms	168 ft	2000
4	Imperial Grand	168 ft	1993
5	Residence at Richmond Inn	162 ft	1997

Building types

No.	Type
91	high-rise building
20	low-rise building
1	airport tower
1	skyscraper

Other buildings

No.	Type
0	Famous buildings
6	Buildings with construction images