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Richmond

Island city in the Fraser delta

Richmond in brief

Coast Salish bands kept seasonal camps on Lulu Island and nearby shores for fishing and berries, including sites at Garry Point, Woodward's Landing, and a Musqueam village later occupied by the Terra Nova cannery. European settlers argued over whether the Richmond name came from an Australian farm, an English hometown, or another pioneer story.

Today the city covers nearly all of Lulu Island plus Sea Island, home to Vancouver International Airport. The Gulf of Georgia Cannery in Steveston keeps the fishing-port chapter open for walkers on the dyke.

Drawn from Wikipedia, Gulf of Georgia Cannery.

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#8
City Score rank
95%
City Score
1
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City Score over time

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Rankings for Richmond

Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.

Composite · OpenStats

OpenStats City Score

OpenStats

Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.

Single edition · 2026

#8
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.949

Only one published edition places Richmond in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Health · OpenStats

OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon

OpenStats

Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.

Single edition · 2026

#111
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 35.4

Only one published edition places Richmond in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Livability

Maclean's Best Communities

Maclean's

Successor-style municipal livability ranking published by Maclean's for 2019 and 2021 (no 2020 edition).

Single edition · 2021

#178
Published · 2021 · of 415

Only one published edition places Richmond in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Richmond

Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.

  • It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island, the adjacent Sea Island and several other smaller islands and uninhabited islets to its north and south.

    Wikipedia

  • Across the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River, it neighbours Vancouver and Burnaby on the Burrard Peninsula to the north, New Westminster and Annacis Island to the east, Delta to the south, and the Strait of Georgia to the west.

    Wikipedia

  • Richmond sits on islands in the Fraser River delta and includes YVR, making aircraft spotting a local pastime along the airport's perimeter.

    Wikipedia

  • Atlas Obscura lists plane-spotting spots and cannery history among Richmond's unusual attractions.

    Atlas Obscura

Places to see

Gulf of Georgia Cannery

A National Historic Site on the Steveston waterfront that interprets British Columbia's West Coast fishing and canning industry.

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