Dear All
Though would post this...Some useful links for people trying to settle in Vancouver and surrounding cities. Vancouver is not very big and typically all these cities are very near and drivable. Sometimes, one does not even realize when he has crossed Langley and entered burnaby or vice versa. Vancouver is extremely expensive as per cost of living. So we all can also explore these cities like most people in British columbia do and travel to Vancouver downtown to work if thats where the office is. West Vancouver and downtown vancouver are the most expensive areas to live. Tier 2 could be Abbotsofrd. Burnaby, langley and most economical could be surrey.
This is only as per my information. I may be ignorant towards a few official demographical facts. However this is best to my knowledge. Explore these sites and may be you will get some idea... Just some information as good read while we are waiting for our PER/MR/PPR/PR..
City Website
Surrey http://www.surrey.ca/
Langley http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/
Newwest City http://www.newwestcity.ca/
Burnaby http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/home/
Vancouver http://www.vancouver.ca/
North Vancouver http://www.cnv.org/
West Vancouver http://www.westvancouver.ca/
Abbotsford http://www.abbotsford.ca/home
Richmond http://www.richmond.ca/home.htm