Richmond

city in British Columbia, Canada
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Summary

Richmond is a city in British Columbia[1]. Richmond draws 2,576 Wikipedia views per month (city in british columbia category, ranking #9 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metro Vancouver Regional District[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Fraser River[5], Strait of Georgia[6]
  • Head of government: Malcolm Brodie[7]
  • Shares border with: University Endowment Lands[8], Delta[9], New Westminster[10], Burnaby[11], Vancouver[12]
  • Flag: flag of Richmond, British Columbia[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Yangzhou[14], Wakayama[15]
  • Commons category: Richmond, British Columbia[16]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[17]
  • Has part(s): Lulu Island[18], Sea Island[19], Richmond Island[20], Mitchell Island[21], Iona Island[22]
  • Inception: November 10, 1879[23]
  • Official website: https://richmond.ca/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Richmond, British Columbia[25]
  • Population: 190,473[26], 198,309[27], 209,937[28]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Richmond, British Columbia[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Richmond, British Columbia[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Richmond, British Columbia[32]
  • Owner of: Minoru Park[33]
  • Different from: Richmond[34]
  • Area: 129.27 km²[35]

Why It Matters

Richmond has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Richmond is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wb.yangzhou.gov.cn. wb.yangzhou.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . canadainternational.gc.ca. canadainternational.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Canada 2011 Census. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Canada 2021 Census. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Pacific Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Lulu Island, Sea Island, Richmond Island +2
    Osm name suggestion index id → cityofrichmond-b3cf59, cityofrichmond-56b35c, cityofrichmond-f4df2b
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofrichmond-b3cf59, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  3. 13w ago · Bcnerds · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Lulu Island, Sea Island, Richmond Island +2
    Owner of → Minoru Park
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Swishwash Island"
  4. 14w ago · Bcnerds · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Yangzhou, Wakayama
    Page banner → Richmond BC Skyline.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Population: 190,473"
  5. 17w ago · Bcnerds · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → flag of Richmond, British Columbia
    Image → Richmond BC Skyline.jpg
    Website → —
    Located in → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Richmond, British Columbia (cropped).jpg"
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