Vancouverism How warm does it get in summer? And what’s a toonie? Find the answers to your top questions. It’s easy to get here and around town. Here’s how. POPULATION LANGUAGES TIME ZONE CLIMATE AIR City of Vancouver: SPOKEN Vancouver is in the Pacific Metro Vancouver has a mild Domestic and international flights pass 631,000 Official languages: Time Zone. Daylight time climate. In winter, it rarely through Vancouver International Metro Vancouver: English and French (clocks move 1 hour ahead) snows in the city; summers are Airport (YVR), consistently voted a top Almost 2.5 million English is the language is in effect from March 12, warm with cooler evenings. airport. Some flights also depart from spoken in B.C. 2017, until November 5, 2017. downtown Vancouver. Airlines include WestJet, Air Canada, Pacific Coastal Airlines, Helijet International CLIMATE AVERAGES and Harbour Air Seaplanes. WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 25 20 15 (oC) 10 TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE 5 25 RAIL 50 Pacific Central Station located 75 100 just outside downtown 125 Vancouver offers scenic routes (MM) 150 across Canada and the Pacific 175 PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION 200 Northwest. VIA Rail, Conversions: 0 oC = 32 oF • 10 oC = 50 oF • 20 oC = 68 oF Amtrak and Rocky Mountaineer offer rail services to and from METRIC EQUIVALENTS CURRENCY Vancouver. Canada uses the international metric system NOTES: $100, 1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds $50, $20, $10 1 kilometre = 0.6 miles and $5. 1 centimetre = 0.39 inches COINS: 1 litre = 1.06 U.S. quarts $2 (“toonie”), $1 (“loonie”), 25¢ (quarter), SPEED CONVERSIONS ELECTRICAL 10¢ (dime) and 5¢ (nickel). CURRENT Visitors are urged to exchange their = Same in Canada funds for Canadian dollars at a bank or 100 kph 60 mph and the U.S.: 110 foreign exchange outlet where they will COACH volts AC at 60 Hz. receive the prevailing rate of exchange. BC Ferries Connector provides service between Vancouver and Victoria. CANADA Greyhound and Pacific B.C. HOLIDAYS TURNS 150 ALCOHOL & SMOKING Coach Lines operate regular HOLIDAYS 2017 2018 routes to Victoria, Whistler NEW YEAR’S DAY JANUARY 1 JANUARY 1 and other destinations. FAMILY DAY FEBRUARY 13 FEBRUARY 12 GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 14 MARCH 30 EASTER MONDAY APRIL 17 APRIL 12 PUBLIC TRANSIT TransLink’s VICTORIA DAY MAY 22 MAY 21 new Compass CANADA DAY JULY 1 JULY 1 Minors Not permitted in any Card makes it B.C. DAY AUGUST 7 AUGUST 6 Anyone indoor public space easy to use under 19 (including public transit, LABOUR DAY SEPTEMBER 4 SEPTEMBER 3 Vancouver’s years of age shopping malls, restaurants, modern, clean THANKSGIVING DAY OCTOBER 9 OCTOBER 8 is not pubs, nightclubs and casinos) or and safe public REMEMBRANCE DAY NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 11 admitted outdoors within six metres transportation system, CHRISTMAS DAY DECEMBER 25 DECEMBER 25 into nightclubs of a door or window of a whether you travel by bus, BOXING DAY DECEMBER 26 DECEMBER 26 serving public space. Please smoke in SkyTrain, or SeaBus. alcohol. designated areas only. INFOGRAPHIC: STESHA HO 8 tourismvancouver.com 9 *OVG2017.indb 8 2017-04-03 8:29 AM How warm does it get in summer? And what’s a toonie? Find the answers to your top questions. It’s easy to get here and around town. Here’s how. GETTING HERE GO BEYOND VANCOUVER NORTH WHISTLER CLIMATE AIR CAR 2 hours Metro Vancouver has a mild Domestic and international flights pass You can drive (125 km/75 mi) climate. In winter, it rarely through Vancouver International across the U.S. snows in the city; summers are Airport (YVR), consistently voted a top border. Interstate warm with cooler evenings. airport. Some flights also depart from 5 (I-5) from downtown Vancouver. Airlines include Seattle becomes WestJet, Air Canada, Pacific Coastal Hwy. 99 across Airlines, Helijet International the Canada/U.S. and Harbour Air Seaplanes. border. WEST VICTORIA FALL EAST 4 hours, including a 1.5-hour ferry crossing (115 km/70 mi) OKANAGAN RAIL FERRY 4 hours Pacific Central Station located Walk on or take your vehicle on a (400 km/250 mi) just outside downtown ferry across the Strait of Georgia Vancouver offers scenic routes to visit Victoria or Nanaimo on across Canada and the Pacific Vancouver Island. You can also Northwest. VIA Rail, explore the Sunshine Coast, SOUTH Amtrak and Rocky Haida Gwaii and a variety of SEATTLE Mountaineer offer rail smaller islands near Vancouver. services to and from For more information visit 3 hours CURRENCY Vancouver. the BC Ferries website. (235 km/145 mi) NOTES: $100, $50, $20, $10 and $5. GETTING AROUND COINS: $2 (“toonie”), $1 (“loonie”), 25¢ (quarter), 10¢ (dime) and 5¢ (nickel). Visitors are urged to exchange their funds for Canadian dollars at a bank or foreign exchange outlet where they will COACH BOAT TAXI receive the prevailing rate of exchange. BC Ferries Connector Aquabus and False Creek Taxis going from Vancouver International Airport to provides service between Ferries water taxis take downtown Vancouver charge a flat fee of $31 CAD. Companies Vancouver and Victoria. passengers around the False Creek include Black Top & Checker Cabs, MacLures Cabs, Greyhound and Pacific area. Stops include Yaletown, Vancouver Taxi and Yellow Cab Company. Ripe Rides Coach Lines operate regular Granville Island, Science is a luxury sedan service you can book through its app. Sedans routes to Victoria, Whistler World and the Vancouver and limousines are also available without a reservation through and other destinations. Maritime Museum. YVR’s official car service, Aerocar. PUBLIC TRANSIT BUSES: Numerous bus lines operate throughout Metro Vancouver to various - it’s a tiny point, but in the lower-left corner locations, providing easy access to our city’s top neighbourhoods and attractions. HOLIDAYS table, it does appear like the top use of TransLink’s *tap new Compass 150th logo refers to 2018, below it. I think it’s meant to Not permitted in any SKYTRAIN: TransLink’s automated light-rail transit system connects Card makes it serve as a kind of legend to the usage below. Could we indoor public space easy to use C downtown Vancouver with nearby municipalities Burnaby, New Westminster, (including public transit, Vancouver’s Surrey and Richmond. The Canada Line whisks riders from Vancouver say “B.C. Holidays” to shift everything left? shopping malls, restaurants, modern, clean International Airport to three downtown stations in about 25 minutes. - last year’s Vancouverism entries don’t have URLs. pubs, nightclubs and casinos) or and safe public The new Evergreen Line extension now goes to Port Moody and Coquitlam. Do you think we could/should remove them (from Air, outdoors within six metres transportation system, Rail, Coach, Boat, Transit? Taxi doesn’t have URLs.) of a door or window of a SEABUS: The SeaBus passenger ferry connects downtown Vancouver with whether you travel by bus, There’s a lot of copy! public space. Please smoke in SkyTrain, or SeaBus. North Vancouver. designated areas only. INFOGRAPHIC: STESHA HO See map page 88 - should BY BOAT be just “BOAT” and BY TAXI 8 tourismvancouver.com 9 be “TAXI” for consistency? YES. DELETE THE WORD “BY” *OVG2017.indb 9 2017-04-03 8:29 AM.