20 - Sunday, Juls 29. 1990 - North Shore News

N. Shore
a growing
concern

OUR TOWN is” growing
steadily.

In the 25 years from 196) to
1986, the fast census year, ove-all
population in) the three North
Shore municipalities rose fron
90,081 to 140,205.

The greatest growth was re-
corded in North Vancouver
District, whose leap of nearly
29,000 people was more than
North Vancouser City (12,044)
and West Vancouver (10,811)
combined.

Population totals as of 1986:
North Vancouver District, 68,240;
Seon bippwa etre tie bie a North Vancouver City, 35,700 and

——* eames " West Vancouver, 36,265.

: . ~ People living on native lands
numbered 2,089 in 1986, a rise
from the 1976 number of 1,784.

Population forecasts for the
year 2001, as projected by the
Greater Vancouver Regional
District Development Services
department, are North Vancouver

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Census figures show that each
municipality is more popular
among different age groups. In
both West Vancouver and North
Vancouver District, the greatest
ae percentage of residents were be-
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the day. largest number of people over 65
w years of age, compared with the
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make up 18.9 per cent of the West
Vancouver population.

The 25 to 34-year-olds are by
far the largest group in North
Vancouver City, making up 23 per
cent of the total city population.

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