Vancouver

==Twin towns – sister cities==
The City of Vancouver was one of the first cities in Canada to enter into an international [[sister cities]] arrangement.<ref>{{cite conference |last1=Smith |first1=Patrick J. |last2=Stewart |first2=Kennedy |author-link2=Kennedy Stewart (Canadian politician) |year=2003 |title=Beavers and Cats Revisited: Creatures and Tenants versus Municipal Charter(s) and Home Rule |url=http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/conf/Arch/03/03-2/Kennedy_and_Stewart.pdf |conference=Municipal–Federal–Provincial Relations Conference |publisher=School of Public Policy, Queen's University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726045528/http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/conf/Arch/03/03-2/Kennedy_and_Stewart.pdf |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=December 1, 2009}}</ref> Special arrangements for cultural, social and economic benefits have been created with these sister cities.<ref name="aboutvancouver" /><ref name="Vancouver">{{cite web |url=http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080311/documents/a14.pdf |title=Vancouver Twinning Relationships |publisher=City of Vancouver |access-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205010523/http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080311/documents/a14.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Yokohama">{{cite web |url=http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/mame/a3000.html |title=Eight Cities/Six Ports: Yokohama's Sister Cities/Sister Ports |publisher=Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827064945/http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/mame/a3000.html |archive-date=August 27, 2009}}</ref>

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! scope="col"|Country
! scope="col"|Municipality<ref name="YVRS">{{cite web |title=International and consular relationships |url=http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/international-relationships.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041514/http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/international-relationships.aspx |archive-date=February 28, 2018 |access-date=April 8, 2016 |publisher=City of Vancouver}}</ref>
! scope="col"|Year
|-
| Ukraine
| [[Odesa]]
| 1944
|-
| Japan
| [[Yokohama]]
| 1965
|-
| Scotland
| [[Edinburgh]]
| 1978
|-
| China
| [[Guangzhou]]
| 1985
|-
| United States
| [[Los Angeles]]
| 1986
|}