New Westminster
New Westminster | |
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City | |
| The City of New Westminster | |
From top, left to right: New Westminster skyline; Expo Line; Queens Park; New Westminster pier; New Westminster Court House; the SkyBridge, a cable-stayed bridge located over the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey; Poplar Island, Fraser River, and Queensborough | |
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| Nickname: "New West" | |
Location of New Westminster in Metro Vancouver | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′25″N 122°54′40″W / 49.20694°N 122.91111°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Regional district | Metro Vancouver |
| Founded | 1858 |
| Renamed | July 20, 1859 |
| Incorporated | July 16, 1860 |
| Founded by | Richard Moody |
| Named after | City of Westminster |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council government |
| • Body | New Westminster City Council |
| • Mayor | Patrick Johnstone |
| • Councillors |
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| • MP | Jake Sawatzky (LPC) |
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| Area | |
| • Land | 15.62 km2 (6.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 78,916 |
• Estimate (2023) | 88,945 |
| • Density | 5,052.4/km2 (13,086/sq mi) |
| • Private Dwellings | 37,737 |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 604, 778, 236, 672 |
| Website | newwestcity |
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New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858 and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island colonies were merged in 1866. It was the British Columbia Mainland's largest city from that year until it was passed in population by Vancouver during the first decade of the 20th century.
It is located on the banks of the Fraser River as it turns southwest towards its estuary, on the southwest side of the Burrard Peninsula and roughly at the centre of the Greater Vancouver region.