Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), the adjacent Sea Island (where the Vancouver International Airport is located) and several other smaller islands and uninhabited islets to its north and south. 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.

The indigenous Coast Salish peoples were the first people to inhabit the area of modern-day Richmond, with the Musqueam Band naming the site near Terra Nova "spələkʷəqs" or "boiling point". Today, East Asian Canadians make up a majority of Richmond's population, along with the Continental Asian Canadian population numbering almost three-fourths of the city's population.

The city is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver. It is composed of fifteen areas: City Centre, Steveston, Broadmoor, Seafair, Thompson, West Cambie, Shellmont, East Cambie, Blundell, Hamilton, Bridgeport, Sea Island, East Richmond, Fraser Lands, and the South Arm Islands. As of 2023, the city has an estimated population of 229,781 people.

During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Richmond Olympic Oval was a venue for long track speed skating events.