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| Metro Vancouver is projected to have 4 million people by 2045 |
There are projections that Metro Vancouver will grow to a population of 4 million by 2045, nine years earlier than predicted.
An average of 50,000 new residents come to the city, with most of them from outside Canada. There are expectations there will be more deaths than births by 2035.
To house all these new residents are 21,000 new living units built each year until 2051, with two-thirds of these being apartments, and Vancouver and Surrey absorbing 45 percent of the future growth.
In addition 22,000 jobs will be added annually.
"Accurate data like this helps us work together to better understand the growth pressures our region will face in the future, and help ensure collective planning efforts are consistent with the goals in the regional growth strategy, Metro 2050," said Eric Woodward, chair of Metro Vancouver's regional planning committee in a statement.
And the jobs that will be in the most demand in the next three decades? Professional, technical health and welfare sectors.
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