Vancouver

==Education==
[[File:Vancouver School Board headquarters, Vancouver, BC.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of the [[Vancouver School Board]]. The English-language [[school district]] serves Vancouver and the [[University Endowment Lands]].]]
[[File:UBC-Main-Mall2-1650x1050.jpg|thumb|Main mall of the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC). UBC is one of five [[public universities]] located in Vancouver.]]
The [[Vancouver School Board]] enrolls more than 110,000 students in its elementary, secondary, and [[higher education|post-secondary]] institutions, making it the second-largest [[school district]] in the province.<ref name="VSB1">{{cite web |url=http://www.vsb.bc.ca/about-vsb |title=About Us |publisher=Vancouver School Board |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060130/http://www.vsb.bc.ca/about-vsb |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VSB2">{{cite report |url=http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/student_stats/039.pdf |title=District Review Report, School District No. 39 Vancouver |publisher=British Columbia Education |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213191614/http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/student_stats/039.pdf |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The district administers about 76 elementary schools, 17 elementary annexes, 18 secondary schools, 7 [[adult education]] centres, 2 Vancouver Learning Network schools,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webcat.vsb.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=R479024780Y42.20910&profile=ls&menu=tab8&ts=1479024780558 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114001900/http://webcat.vsb.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=R479024780Y42.20910&profile=ls&menu=tab8&ts=1479024780558 |archive-date=November 14, 2016 |title=VSB webcat |publisher=Vancouver School Board}}</ref> which include 18 [[French immersion]] schools, a [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] bilingual school, and fine arts ([[Byng Arts Mini School]]), gifted, and [[Montessori method|Montessori]] schools.<ref name="VSB1" /> The ''[[Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique]]'' operates three Francophone schools in that city: the primary schools ''école Rose-des-vents'' and ''école Anne-Hébert'' as well as the ''[[école secondaire Jules-Verne]]''.<ref>"[http://www.csf.bc.ca/ecoles/en-colombie-britannique/carte-des-ecoles/ Carte des écoles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817050550/http://www.csf.bc.ca/ecoles/en-colombie-britannique/carte-des-ecoles/ |date=August 17, 2015}}." ''[[Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britanique]]''. Retrieved on January 22, 2015.</ref> More than 46 [[Independent school#Canada|independent schools]] of a wide variety are also eligible for partial provincial funding and educate approximately 10 percent of pupils in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fisabc.ca/About-FISA/History |title=FISA History |publisher=Federation of Independent School Associations |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416105557/http://www.fisabc.ca/About-FISA/History |archive-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref>

There are five public universities in the Greater Vancouver area, the largest and most prestigious being the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC) and [[Simon Fraser University]] (SFU), with a combined enrolment of more than 90,000 [[undergraduates]], graduates, and professional students in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ubc.ca/about/ |title=About UBC |publisher=[[University of British Columbia]] |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823164835/http://ubc.ca/about/ |archive-date=August 23, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfu.ca/about/ |title=About SFU |publisher=[[Simon Fraser University]] |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604092307/http://www.sfu.ca/about/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> UBC often ranks among the top 40 best universities in the world and is ranked among the 20 best public universities in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 |title=QS World University Rankings - 2024 |publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929082515/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Public Universities in Canada 2023 [uniRank] |url=https://www.4icu.org/ca/public/ |access-date=June 7, 2023 |website=www.4icu.org |language=en |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624225242/https://www.4icu.org/ca/public/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-british-columbia |title=University of British Columbia |publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825175456/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-british-columbia |url-status=live}}</ref> SFU consistently ranks as the top comprehensive university in Canada and is among the 350 best universities in the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html |title=Times Higher Education's The World University Rankings 2010 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917234412/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html |archive-date=September 17, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/simon-fraser-university |title=Simon Fraser University |publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002657/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/simon-fraser-university |url-status=live}}</ref> UBC's [[Point Grey Campus, University of British Columbia|main campus]] is located on the tip of Burrard Peninsula, just west of the [[University Endowment Lands]] with the city-proper adjacent to the east. SFU's main campus is in [[Burnaby]]. Both also maintain campuses in Downtown Vancouver and the southeastern suburban city of [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]].

The other public universities in the metropolitan area around Vancouver are [[Capilano University]] in North Vancouver, [[Emily Carr University of Art and Design]], and [[Kwantlen Polytechnic University]], whose four campuses are all outside the city proper. Six private institutions also operate in the region: [[Trinity Western University]] in Langley, [[University of Phoenix|UOPX Canada]] in Burnaby, and [[University Canada West]], [[New York Institute of Technology|NYIT Canada]], [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]], [[Columbia College (British Columbia)|Columbia College]], and [[Sprott Shaw College]], all in Vancouver.

[[Vancouver Community College]] and [[Langara College]] are publicly funded [[College (Canada)|college]]-level institutions in Vancouver, as is [[Douglas College]] with three campuses outside the city. The [[British Columbia Institute of Technology]] in Burnaby provides [[institute of technology#Canada|polytechnic]] education. These are augmented by private and vocational institutions and other colleges in the surrounding areas of Metro Vancouver that provide [[Vocational school#Canada|career]], [[Vocational school|trade]], [[technical school|technical]], and university-transfer programs. In contrast, the [[Vancouver Film School]] and InFocus Film School provide one-year programs in film production, animation, and other entertainment arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecuad.ca/about |title=Emily Carr University of Art + Design |publisher=[[Emily Carr University of Art and Design]] |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120832/http://www.ecuad.ca/about |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vfs.com/thisisvfs.php |title=Message from the President of Vancouver Film School, James Griffin |publisher=[[Vancouver Film School]] |year=2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219002454/http://www.vfs.com/thisisvfs.php |archive-date=December 19, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://infocusfilmschool.com/about-us |title=About InFocus Film School |publisher=InFocus Film School |year=2020 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403120637/https://infocusfilmschool.com/about-us/ |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[International student]]s and [[English as a second or foreign language|English as a second language]] (ESL) students have been significant in the enrolment of these public and private institutions. For the 2008–2009 school year, 53 percent of Vancouver School Board's students spoke a language other than English at home.<ref name="VSB2" />