Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its 39,000 members in the U.S., Canada and more than 70 other countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, lenders, retailers and other professionals as well as academics and public officials. As the global industry trade association, ICSC links with more than 20 national and regional shopping center councils throughout the world.

The Greater Vancouver Regional District is a working partnership of twenty-one municipalities and one electoral area. The GVRD is dedicated to maintaining the quality of life in the Greater Vancouver area, and to the delivery of region-wide essential services. These services include the delivery of cost-effective utilities such as: water, sewerage and drainage, and solid waste management. And, the delivery of various activities relating to environmental stewardship and the livability of the region such as: air quality, regional parks and housing.

The Real Estate Institute of Canada, an association of professionals, has been educating and certifying professionals in real estate since 1955. From seminars, to intense professional education, to the leading professional designations, all of REIC's programs serve our mission of establishing, maintaining, promoting and advancing high standards of practice through education, certification and accreditation in occupations concerned with real estate.

The Official Site of Tourism British Columbia.

Retail BC represents retail businesses that sell almost every kind of product and service, in towns and cities across BC. Most members operate one or two stores and have annual sales of less than $1 million.

The official Government of British Columbia website.

The Real Estate Institute of British Columbia (REIBC) is an organization of diversified professionals whose mission is to advance the highest standards of education, knowledge, professional development and business practice in all sectors of the real estate industry.

Founded in 1963, Retail Council of Canada is the voice of retail. RCC is a not-for-profit association whose more than 9,000 members represent all retail formats, including national and regional department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, independent stores and online merchants. Collectively, Retail Council of Canada's members account for more than two-thirds of Canada's total general-merchandise retail sales.

BC Stats provides a variety of services ranging from producing monthly or quarterly reports with data tables and an article reporting on a current issue of relevance, to custom work provided on a fee-for-service basis. BC Stats publications are available on paper or electronically covering a wide range of topics such as population, labour market, business and economics. Some of these releases require a subscription or can be purchased one issue at a time from the BC Stats' web store.

From publications to electronic data, census to survey information, www.statcan.ca is THE official source for Canadian social and economic statistics and products. Our goal is simple — to provide you with remarkably detailed content on practically every aspect of Canada at a single point of contact.

Canada NewsWire is the nation’s number one resource for time-critical news and information from more than 10,000 sources coast to coast and around the world. Public companies, associations, unions, not-for-profits, municipal, provincial and federal governments all rely on CNW’s unique multi-media communication services and networks to effectively send their messages to newsrooms, the financial community and the public.

The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) has been the source for education, resources, information and membership for real estate management professionals for more than 70 years. An affiliate of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, IREM is the only professional real estate management association serving both the multi-family and commercial real estate sectors. With 82 U.S. chapters, seven international chapters, and several other partnerships around the globe, IREM is an international organization that serves as an advocate on issues affecting the real estate management industry.