QuickLinks to the
Main Sections

Part One: Introduction

Part Two: City Services

Part Three: Living
in Vancouver

Part Four: City
Government and
Public Participation

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The Newcomer's Guide to Vancouver may also be downloaded as PDF files. You can download the entire file at once, or access individual sections using the index below. You will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for free download from www.adobe.com.

Please note that the PDF version of the Newcomer's Guide to Vancouver was created in 2001 and has not been updated since. Therefore, some of the information in the Guide may not be current. The website version of the Guide is more current.

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Full Guide PDF: 52 pages, 1.75MB (Please notes: Estimated download time for a 56K modem is 55 seconds)

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Browse through the PDF Guide by Sections

Part One: Introduction: 8 pages, 348KB
Part Two: City Services: 16 pages, 562KB
Part Three: Living in Vancouver: 14 pages, 299KB
City Government and Public Participation: 6 pages, 219KB
Telephone Reference Guide: 3 pages, 43KB

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Last Modified: Wednesday, June 22, 2011