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2 candidates, one seat. This district elects one MLA. Voters mark one name on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and the candidate with the most votes wins the seat. Richmond-Bridgeport is a provincial electoral district in northwest Richmond, at the place where the Fraser River meets the Strait of Georgia. It takes in Sea Island with Vancouver International Airport and the Burkeville neighbourhood, the neighbourhoods of Thompson and Bridgeport, and part of Richmond's City Centre. The 2021 census counted 54,725 people in it, and the Electoral Boundaries Commission gives its area as 453 square kilometres. ## The candidates In alphabetical order [![Linda Li, from a headshot on the BC NDP website.](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/images/candidates/linda-li-640.webp)MLA · Richmond-Bridgeport**BC NDP**

Linda Li

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Teresa Wat

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People, 2021 census
54,725
Area
453 km²
Registered voters, 2024
35,127
Turnout, 2024
48.63%
Median age
39.6
Median household income, 2020
$75,000
THE DISTRICT ## Where Richmond-Bridgeport is 453 km² · 54,725 people Richmond-Bridgeport covers the northwest of the City of Richmond. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it includes Vancouver International Airport and the neighbourhoods of Thompson and Burkeville. Its eastern border is No. 5 Road and its southern border is Blundell Road. Its northern border follows the North Arm of the Fraser River, River Drive and Bridgeport Road, and its western boundary is the Strait of Georgia. The commission gives the district 54,724 people and 453 square kilometres. The other Richmond districts have 7 square kilometres (Richmond Centre), 31 (Richmond-Steveston) and 90 (Richmond-Queensborough). The land is flat delta at the place where the Fraser River reaches the sea. BC Geographical Names records that the North Arm, a channel of the river, separates Lulu Island and Sea Island from Vancouver. The City of Richmond Archives explains that the Middle Arm separates Sea Island from Lulu Island, so Sea Island lies between the North Arm and the Middle Arm. Sea Island carries the airport and the Burkeville neighbourhood, which the Archives calls the only residential area of any size on the island. Terra Nova, on the northwest corner of Lulu Island, is placed by the City in the Thompson neighbourhood, and the City's heritage records place the Pitt River Bridge in Bridgeport. In the 2021 census, 80.1% of the people who travel to work (14,540) go by car, truck or van, and 12.6% (2,280) use public transit. The Oak Street Bridge opened in 1957 and gave quick access to central Richmond and the airport. The Canada Line train opened on 17 August 2009 and links downtown Vancouver, Richmond and the airport. Elections BC's results file for 2024 names places where people voted in the district, among them J.N. Burnett Secondary School, Thompson Community Centre, Richmond United Church, Quilchena Elementary School, R.C. Talmey Elementary School, R.J. Tait Elementary School and Spul'u'Kwuks Elementary School. - Sea Island - Vancouver International Airport - Burkeville - Thompson - Terra Nova - Bridgeport - Mitchell Island (Twigg Island) - City Centre (north part) Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/17052.html), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/heritage/inventory/Details.aspx?ID=160), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/statementsofsignifiancefornewresourcesdec14202370846.pdf), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers.htm), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2009PREM0025-000209.htm), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935) HISTORY ## The history of the area Checked Thursday, October 8, 2026 ### Musqueam territory and the Sea Island reserve The Musqueam Indian Band, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, says on its website that its ancestors have lived in the Fraser River estuary and looked after it for thousands of years. The band lists Richmond and YVR Airport among the places that are today portions of its territory. On 10 June 1976 Musqueam's elected leadership and members signed the Musqueam Declaration, which states that Musqueam people hold aboriginal title and aboriginal rights within the territory their ancestors occupied and used. On 21 June 2017 Musqueam and Vancouver International Airport signed a 30-year agreement, The Musqueam Indian Band - YVR Airport Sustainability & Friendship Agreement. YVR's announcement quotes Chief Wayne Sparrow: “YVR is located on our traditional lands.” It lists scholarships and jobs, one per cent of annual YVR revenue for Musqueam, and the protection of archaeological resources among the terms. The City of Richmond Archives tells part of the story from the colonial survey of the 1860s. Its book on Sea Island says the northwest and southwest corners of the island were set aside for Musqueam in 1862, and that these lands stayed in Musqueam title until 1973. In that year, when a new runway was proposed, most of the reserve on Sea Island was exchanged for property south of Canoe Pass in Ladner. The book gives the land that remains in Musqueam title on Sea Island as 5.3 hectares, with rights along the water's edge, southwest of McDonald Slough. Sources: [Musqueam Indian Band (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) (opens in a new tab)](https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-territory/), [Vancouver Airport Authority (opens in a new tab)](https://news.yvr.ca/musqueam-indian-band-and-vancouver-international-airport-sign-momentous-agreement-for-shared-benefit/), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf) ### Settlers and the Township of Richmond, 1861 to 1887 The Archives' book names Hugh McRoberts as the first European settler on Sea Island, in 1861. In the winter of 1861 to 1862 he built the first dyke on the island, an earth bank that keeps tides and floods off farmland, and in the next summer he harvested a field of wheat. Hugh Boyd and Alexander Kilgour began a farm on the south side of the island in 1866 and called it Rosebrook Farm. In April 1879 twenty-five settlers signed a petition asking for a municipality, and five of them lived on Sea Island. BC Geographical Names records that the Township of Richmond was incorporated on 10 November 1879. The first election was held on 5 January 1880 at the home of Boyd and Kilgour on Sea Island, and Boyd was chosen warden, the title then used for the head of the council. The council met in that house through 1880. In November 1880 the municipality was divided into three wards, and Sea Island formed Ward A. Boyd led the council until 1886. The Archives' book says the council later moved to the first Town Hall on Lulu Island, at River and Cambie Roads, although Sea Island stayed an important part of the municipality. Sources: [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/19823.html) ### Bridges, Eburne and Bridgeport, 1889 to 1957 The first bridges joined Marpole on the Vancouver side of the North Arm to Sea Island and then to Lulu Island. The Archives' book says they took six years of meetings between Richmond, Vancouver, the province, the federal government and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and that they were finished in November 1889. Officials kept them closed at first because they looked unsafe. On 3 January 1890 a sheet of ice carried away the section that swung open for boats. The book says this early link lasted until the Oak Street Bridge was completed in 1957. Harry Eburne moved his store to Sea Island, between the two bridge spans, in 1891, and in 1894 the post office in his store was officially named the Eburne Post Office. The Archives' newsletter says that by 1914 the Bridgeport area had a flour mill, a shingle mill, an iron bar mill, the Dominion Safe Works, a sawmill and many residents. The Richmond Sentinel, using the Archives' schools exhibit, reports that Bridgeport School was a combined elementary and secondary school from 1910 to 1927 and then an elementary school until 1980. The City's heritage inventory places the Pitt River Bridge in the Bridgeport neighbourhood. The Canadian Pacific Railway built its steel spans for a crossing of the Pitt River, and the inventory says the bridge was completed in October 1907. In 1957 Western Canada Steel had the central span and two steel frames barged down the Fraser River and set on log supports, so that vehicles could reach its plant on Twigg Island, the western half of Mitchell Island. The inventory says the plant closed in 1988. Sources: [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Fall_2017_issue_of_the_Archives_Newsletter49721.pdf), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers.htm), [Richmond Sentinel (opens in a new tab)](https://richmondsentinel.ca/article-detail/348/richmond-high-started-as-bridgeport-school), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/statementsofsignifiancefornewresourcesdec14202370846.pdf), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24706.html) ### The airport opens on Sea Island, 1931 The Archives' book says that a joint air board chose Sea Island in December 1928 from nine possible sites, because the island could be used almost at once after a few fences were removed. The City of Vancouver bought the land from farmers at $600 per acre, and construction began in 1930. Premier S.P. Tolmie opened the City of Vancouver Airport and Seaplane Harbour on 22 July 1931. An air show ran from 22 to 25 July, and the book says an estimated 70,000 people visited the airport in those four days. The airport had two paved runways, one 2,350 feet long and one 1,350 feet long. Commercial flights began in 1934, when United Airlines started a trial service to Seattle. The Richmond Museum says the airport was renamed Vancouver International Airport in 1948, and the Archives' newsletter says a new $32 million terminal opened in 1968. The City's heritage inventory lists the Britannia Hangar, built in 1957 and 1958 for Canadian Pacific Airlines, as the first jet-age hangar in Canada. The airport also changed the island itself. The Archives' book says that a shell midden at a permanent house site on Sea Island, a heap of shells left by people who lived there, was levelled and covered by an airport runway in 1953. Sources: [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf), [Richmond Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmondmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Sea-Island_Self-Guided-Historical-Tour-Brochure-1.pdf), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Fall_2017_issue_of_the_Archives_Newsletter49721.pdf), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/statementsofsignifiancefornewresourcesdec14202370846.pdf) ### Boeing, Burkeville and Sea Island School, 1941 to 1947 During the Second World War the airport became a Royal Canadian Air Force base, and the Archives' newsletter says Boeing Canada built a plant there to make patrol bombers. Wartime Housing Limited, a federal government company, built 328 houses of three designs for the workers. The first residents moved in during January 1944. The community was named Burkeville after Stanley Burke, president of Boeing Aircraft, and its streets were named after aircraft. The Richmond Museum says workers could walk from Burkeville to the Boeing plant at 5400 Airport Road South in half an hour. The Archives says the new community was controversial, because the federal government took farmland by law and many farmers had to move. The City's heritage inventory says Ernest Cooney's farm was taken in 1942, and that his barn was kept as a community building. It still serves as the Sea Island Community Centre and is the last barn on Sea Island. From 1944 to 1947 Burkeville stood outside both Richmond and Vancouver. Richmond Council brought it into the municipality by a bylaw in May 1947, and the houses were then sold to the people renting them and to returning soldiers. Sea Island School held its grand opening on 17 October 1947. Reeve Grauer chose the name from three choices: Sea Island, Princess Elizabeth and Frasea. The City's heritage inventory says the school served students until 2019, when it closed because too few children were enrolled. BC Geographical Names records that the name Burkeville was adopted on 26 November 1979, as the Township of Richmond had recommended. Sources: [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Fall_2017_issue_of_the_Archives_Newsletter49721.pdf), [Richmond Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmondmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Sea-Island_Self-Guided-Historical-Tour-Brochure-1.pdf), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/statementsofsignifiancefornewresourcesdec14202370846.pdf), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/16.html) ### Terra Nova and Thompson, 1868 to 1942 The Richmond Museum says that Indigenous Peoples set up seasonal fishing camps at Terra Nova during the salmon and sturgeon runs, and that the area was named Spul’u’kwuks after the water that bubbles up with natural gas. The City of Richmond's heritage inventory describes a Musqueam shell midden at Terra Nova as the first evidence of human settlement there. The first non-native settlement began in 1868. The City says that in 1890 the land was awarded to Hugh Youdall, and that five settlers and fishermen who had lived on it since 1886 named their home Terra Nova, meaning new land. The Museum says Newfoundland fishermen arrived in the late 1880s, and that James and Isabella Mellis came from Newfoundland in 1887. The Museum says the Terra Nova Cannery began operations in 1892, and the City says the Alliance Cannery was built in 1895. BC Packers bought both in 1902. The City's inventory says the original cannery ran until 1928 and was then used for storing nets and as a fish station until the 1970s, when its buildings were removed. In the 1890s James Mellis ran a stagecoach between Terra Nova and Vancouver, carrying produce one way and supplies and mail back. The City says James Thompson bought his own land in Terra Nova in 1896 and served on the school board. The Archives' schools exhibit says James Thompson Elementary School, named for him, has stood at 6211 Forsythe Avenue since 1967. The Museum records that families of Japanese descent at Terra Nova had to leave in 1942, when people of Japanese descent were removed from coastal communities and interned, and that one fishing family later returned. The City's page for Thompson Community Centre, at 5151 Granville Avenue, says a non-profit community association works with the City to offer programs in the Thompson area. Sources: [Richmond Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmondmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Terra-Nova_Self-Guided-Historical-Tour-Brochure.pdf), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/heritage/inventory/Details.aspx?ID=160), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers/thompson.htm), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://richmond.ca/parks-recreation/centres/thompson.htm) ### New bridges, expropriation and the Canada Line, 1957 to 2009 The Archives' schools exhibit says the Oak Street Bridge opened in 1957, that the Marpole Bridge was torn down, and that it was not truly replaced until the Arthur Laing Bridge in 1976. J.N. Burnett Secondary School opened in stages from 1968 to serve the growing population of northwest Richmond. In the City Centre, the City's heritage inventory says the congregation of Richmond United Church dedicated its present building on Cambie Road on 24 September 1961. On Sea Island the Cora Brown subdivision, built for returning soldiers on the northeast corner of the island, had its first residents in December 1946 and grew to more than 200 households. In 1966 the federal Minister of Transport announced that the whole of Sea Island would eventually be taken for airport expansion. Hearings ran for fourteen days in January 1973. The Archives' book says all the houses in Cora Brown were bought by the government by the end of 1974, and that Burkeville was not taken. It remains the only residential area of any size on the island. The Canada Line opened on 17 August 2009, three and a half months ahead of schedule, with opening ceremonies at the YVR-Airport terminus station. The Province of British Columbia's news release gives the cost of the project as $2 billion and describes the line as rapid transit between downtown Vancouver, Richmond and the airport. Sources: [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers.htm), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers/burnett.htm), [City of Richmond (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/statementsofsignifiancefornewresourcesdec14202370846.pdf), [City of Richmond Archives (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2009PREM0025-000209.htm) THE SEAT ## Who has held the seat Legislative Assembly records, 41st Parliament onward The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report proposes renaming Richmond North Centre as Richmond-Bridgeport. Elections BC's statement of votes lists Richmond-Bridgeport among the districts of the 43rd Provincial General Election, held on 19 October 2024. Richmond North Centre was proposed in the commission's final report of 24 September 2015, which describes it as the area north-west of Richmond City Hall, including Sea Island, and gives it a population of 49,157. On 28 October 2015 the Attorney General introduced Bill 42, the Electoral Districts Act, to adopt that report, and the Province said the new map would take effect for the 2017 and 2021 elections. Teresa Wat won the earlier Richmond Centre district for the BC Liberal Party in 2013 with 9,462 votes (49.83%), according to Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013. She won Richmond North Centre in 2017 with 7,916 votes (52.48%) against Lyren Chiu of the BC NDP with 5,135 (34.04%). In 2020 she won again with 7,675 votes (51.26%) against Jaeden Dela Torre of the BC NDP with 5,964 (39.83%). In 2024 Teresa Wat of the Conservative Party won Richmond-Bridgeport with 9,908 votes (58.19%), ahead of Linda Li of the BC NDP with 5,921 (34.77%). Tamás Revóczi of the BC Green Party received 547, Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan received 519 and Charlie Smith received 132, both as Independents. Turnout was 48.63% of 35,127 registered voters. The legislature's member records list her as Independent for the 43rd Parliament, and its members page says that Parliament was dissolved on 22 September 2026 and that a general election will be held on 24 October 2026. The 2023 report moved the Bridgeport neighbourhood into the district from Richmond-Queensborough. Elections BC's conversion table, which matches the voting areas of 2024 to the districts used from 2017, shows that the 61 voting areas of Richmond-Bridgeport overlap Richmond North Centre in 50 cases and Richmond-Queensborough in 11. It also shows 1 overlap each with Delta South, Vancouver-Point Grey and West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BC-EBC_Final_Report-Sept_24,_2015.pdf), [Province of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0260-001759), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36), [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members) Members for Richmond-Bridgeport | Parliament | It sat | Member | Elected as | Party on the legislature’s record | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 43rd | 2025 to 2026 | Teresa Wat | Conservative Party | Independent | Members for Richmond North Centre, which covered 50 of this district’s 61 voting areas before 2024 | Parliament | It sat | Member | Elected as | Party on the legislature’s record | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 42nd | 2020 to 2024 | Teresa Wat | BC Liberal Party | Conservative Party of BC | | 41st | 2017 to 2020 | Teresa Wat | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party | “Elected as” is the affiliation Elections BC printed with the winning result. The last column is the party the legislature’s records give for that parliament, which differs when a member changed party while in office. A row with that column empty is a winner Elections BC prints whom the legislature’s records leave out. Source: [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members) ### Boundaries since 2024 Richmond-Bridgeport has 61 voting areas. They overlap these districts from 2017 to 2024: Richmond North Centre (50), Richmond-Queensborough (11), Delta South (1), Vancouver-Point Grey (1), West Vancouver-Sea to Sky (1). The commission that drew the boundaries counted 54,724 people in the district, 1.8% above the average for a district, over 453 km². Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [Elections BC, Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36) PAST RESULTS ## Every result since 2017 From Elections BC
**2024 Provincial General Election**Teresa Wat, Conservative Party, 58.19% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Teresa WatElected | Conservative Party | 9,908 | 58.19% | | Linda Li | BC NDP | 5,921 | 34.77% | | Tamás Revóczi | BC Green Party | 547 | 3.21% | | Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan | Independent | 519 | 3.05% | | Charlie Smith | Independent | 132 | 0.78% | 17,027 valid votes · 54 rejected ballots · 35,127 registered voters · 48.63% voted
### Richmond North Centre, 2017 to 2020
**2020 General Election**Teresa Wat, BC Liberal Party, 51.26% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Teresa WatElected | BC Liberal Party | 7,675 | 51.26% | | Jaeden Dela Torre | BC NDP | 5,964 | 39.83% | | Vernon Wang | BC Green Party | 1,333 | 8.90% | 14,972 valid votes · 146 rejected ballots
**2017 General Election**Teresa Wat, BC Liberal Party, 52.48% | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Teresa WatElected | BC Liberal Party | 7,916 | 52.48% | | Lyren Chiu | BC NDP | 5,135 | 34.04% | | Ryan Kemp Marciniw | BC Green Party | 1,579 | 10.47% | | Dong Pan | Independent | 336 | 2.23% | | John Crocock | BC Action Party | 117 | 0.78% | 15,083 valid votes · 149 rejected ballots
The boundaries changed before the 2009, 2017 and 2024 elections, so a result under the same name can cover a different area. Sources: [Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf) PEOPLE · 2021 CENSUS ## Who lives in Richmond-Bridgeport 54,725 residents · British Columbia beside each figure ### Age
Median age
39.6BC 42.8
- Under 1512.9%BC 14.3% - 15 to 6469.6%BC 65.3% - 65 and over17.5%BC 20.3% - 85 and over1.8%BC 2.4% ### Households
Households
21,720
People per household
2.5BC 2.4
#### Who lives together - Couples with children25.5%BC 22.7% - Couples without children23.1%BC 26.4% - One-parent families9.2%BC 7.6% - Multigenerational households5.7%BC 3.7% - People living alone26.2%BC 29.4% #### Household size - 1 person26.2%BC 29.4% - 2 persons33.9%BC 35.3% - 3 persons18.2%BC 14.5% - 4 persons12.9%BC 12.6% - 5 or more persons8.9%BC 8.2% ### Homes
Median home value
$950,000BC $785,000
Median monthly rent and utilities
$1,820BC $1,370
Median monthly cost for owners
$1,590BC $1,320
#### Own or rent - Own their home70.6%BC 66.8% - Rent their home29.4%BC 32.8% #### Type of home - Single-detached house26.2%BC 42.4% - Semi-detached house2.7%BC 3.1% - Row house16.0%BC 8.3% - Apartment or flat in a duplex6.7%BC 12.2% - Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys15.5%BC 20.4% - Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys32.8%BC 10.9% #### When the home was built - 1960 or earlier3.1%BC 12.5% - 1961 to 198012.0%BC 27.0% - 1981 to 19909.8%BC 14.2% - 1991 to 200020.6%BC 16.5% - 2001 to 20055.1%BC 6.0% - 2006 to 20109.3%BC 8.0% - 2011 to 201516.2%BC 6.6% - 2016 to 202124.0%BC 9.1% ### Housing costs - Renters paying 30% or more of income on housing52.5%BC 37.8% - Owners paying 30% or more of income on housing36.5%BC 19.3% - Renters in core housing need30.3%BC 24.7% - Owners in core housing need18.1%BC 8.0% - Renters in subsidized housing9.0%BC 11.0% - Owners with a mortgage58.7%BC 57.5% ### Income Income is for the year 2020.
Median household income
$75,000BC $85,000
After tax
$67,500BC $76,000
Median income per person
$33,200BC $40,800
#### Living on a low income (after-tax measure) - All ages18.3%BC 10.8% - Under 1819.6%BC 11.3% - 18 to 6417.6%BC 9.7% - 65 and over20.0%BC 13.8% ### Languages #### First language learned - English25.9%BC 67.1% - Yue (Cantonese)25.4%BC 3.9% - Mandarin23.6%BC 4.1% - Punjabi (Panjabi)3.2%BC 4.9% - Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)2.8%BC 1.7% - Spanish0.9%BC 1.2% - Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)0.9%BC 0.2% - Korean0.9%BC 1.2% - Japanese0.9%BC 0.4% - Vietnamese0.8%BC 0.7% #### Spoken most often at home - English42.1%BC 78.5% - Mandarin20.0%BC 3.3% - Yue (Cantonese)19.4%BC 2.8% - Punjabi (Panjabi)2.1%BC 3.8% - Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)1.6%BC 0.9% - Korean0.6%BC 0.9% - Spanish0.6%BC 0.6% - Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)0.5%BC 0.1% #### English and French - English only85.3%BC 90.1% - English and French3.4%BC 6.6% - Neither English nor French11.2%BC 3.3% ### Immigration
Born outside Canada (immigrants)
62.3%BC 29.0%
Non-permanent residents
6.3%BC 3.5%
#### Where immigrants were born - China40.1%BC 15.3% - Hong Kong21.8%BC 5.5% - Philippines8.0%BC 9.2% - Taiwan5.8%BC 2.8% - India4.7%BC 13.8% - Viet Nam1.5%BC 2.3% - United States of America1.1%BC 4.2% - Korea, South1.1%BC 3.3% - Pakistan1.1%BC 0.9% - United Kingdom1.0%BC 8.2% #### When immigrants arrived - Arrived before 19808.5%BC 19.7% - 1980 to 199012.6%BC 11.5% - 1991 to 200032.2%BC 21.0% - 2001 to 201023.5%BC 22.2% - 2011 to 202123.2%BC 25.6% #### Generations in Canada - First generation69.8%BC 33.7% - Second generation21.7%BC 21.7% - Third generation or more8.5%BC 44.5% ### Identity and origins
Indigenous identity
0.6%BC 5.9%
Visible minority
87.1%BC 34.4%
#### Visible minority groups - Chinese61.6%BC 11.2% - South Asian9.1%BC 9.6% - Filipino5.5%BC 3.5% - Multiple visible minorities3.0%BC 1.2% - Southeast Asian1.9%BC 1.5% - Japanese1.5%BC 0.9% - Korean1.1%BC 1.5% - Latin American1.0%BC 1.3% - Arab0.8%BC 0.6% - Black0.7%BC 1.3% - West Asian0.6%BC 1.4% - Visible minority (other)0.2%BC 0.4% #### Ethnic or cultural origins reported most often - Chinese54.6%BC 10.5% - Filipino5.9%BC 3.5% - Hong Konger5.6%BC 0.6% - Indian (India)4.8%BC 5.6% - Canadian3.6%BC 9.3% - English3.5%BC 20.7% - Asian3.2%BC 1.0% - Taiwanese3.1%BC 0.8% - Scottish3.0%BC 15.8% - Irish2.3%BC 12.8% ### Religion - No religion56.8%BC 52.1% - Christian26.7%BC 34.3% - Buddhist5.4%BC 1.7% - Sikh4.4%BC 5.9% - Muslim3.9%BC 2.6% - Hindu1.5%BC 1.7% - Other religions0.8%BC 1.0% - Jewish0.6%BC 0.5% - Traditional Indigenous spirituality0.0%BC 0.2% ### Education Highest level completed, ages 25 to 64. - No certificate, diploma or degree6.2%BC 8.0% - High school diploma22.9%BC 25.8% - College, trades or other certificate below a bachelor’s degree23.5%BC 31.2% - Bachelor’s degree or higher47.4%BC 35.0% ### Work
In the labour force
61.6%BC 63.3%
Employed
54.9%BC 57.9%
Unemployment rate at the census
10.9%BC 8.4%
#### Industries with the most workers - Retail trade13.3%BC 11.6% - Professional, scientific and technical services11.4%BC 9.2% - Health care and social assistance9.6%BC 12.3% - Accommodation and food services8.6%BC 7.0% - Educational services7.1%BC 7.4% - Transportation and warehousing7.0%BC 5.5% - Finance and insurance7.0%BC 3.7% - Manufacturing6.0%BC 5.9% #### Kinds of work - Sales and service occupations31.2%BC 25.6% - Business, finance and administration occupations23.8%BC 17.1% - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations11.5%BC 18.0% - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations10.4%BC 8.0% - Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services8.8%BC 11.9% - Health occupations5.8%BC 7.7% - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport4.0%BC 4.2% - Occupations in manufacturing and utilities2.9%BC 3.4% - Legislative and senior management occupations1.0%BC 1.2% - Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations0.7%BC 2.8% ### Getting to work #### Where people worked - Worked at home28.4%BC 22.6% - Worked outside Canada1.4%BC 0.4% - No fixed workplace address10.2%BC 15.3% - Worked at a usual workplace60.0%BC 61.6% #### How commuters travelled - Car, truck or van80.1%BC 79.9% - Public transit12.6%BC 9.3% - On foot4.8%BC 6.5% - Bicycle1.1%BC 2.0% - Other method1.5%BC 2.3% #### Length of the trip - Less than 15 minutes26.5%BC 31.8% - 15 to 29 minutes38.3%BC 34.0% - 30 to 44 minutes23.6%BC 19.7% - 45 to 59 minutes6.9%BC 7.3% - 60 minutes and over4.7%BC 7.2% ### Moving Where residents lived five years before the census. - Lived at the same address54.3%BC 56.2% - Moved within the same municipality19.7%BC 16.1% - Moved from elsewhere in BC13.2%BC 17.0% - Moved from another province3.4%BC 4.6% - Moved from another country9.4%BC 6.1% Counts in the census are rounded to the nearest 5, and shares are worked out from those counts. Source: [BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations, 2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts) QUESTIONS ## Questions about Richmond-Bridgeport 10 answers ### Where is Richmond-Bridgeport? Richmond-Bridgeport is a provincial electoral district in northwest Richmond, British Columbia. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it covers northwest Richmond including Vancouver International Airport and the neighbourhoods of Thompson and Burkeville. Its eastern border is No. 5 Road, its southern border is Blundell Road and its western boundary is the Strait of Georgia. The commission gives its area as 453 square kilometres. ### Which communities are in Richmond-Bridgeport? Richmond-Bridgeport includes Sea Island with Vancouver International Airport and Burkeville, and the neighbourhoods of Thompson and Bridgeport. The commission's 2023 report names the airport, Thompson and Burkeville. The City of Richmond's heritage records place Terra Nova in Thompson and the Pitt River Bridge in Bridgeport, and the commission moved Bridgeport into this district from Richmond-Queensborough. ### Who won Richmond-Bridgeport in the 2024 provincial election? Teresa Wat of the Conservative Party won Richmond-Bridgeport on 19 October 2024 with 9,908 votes, 58.19% of the valid vote. Linda Li of the BC NDP received 5,921 votes. Tamás Revóczi of the BC Green Party received 547, Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan as an Independent 519 and Charlie Smith as an Independent 132. Turnout was 48.63% of 35,127 registered voters. ### Who represented this area before 2024? Teresa Wat represented the area before 2024 as the member for Richmond North Centre, which the commission's 2023 report renamed Richmond-Bridgeport. She won it for the BC Liberal Party in 2017 with 7,916 votes, 52.48%, and again in 2020 with 7,675 votes, 51.26%. Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013 shows she was first elected in 2013, in Richmond Centre, with 9,462 votes. ### How did the boundaries of Richmond-Bridgeport change in 2023? The commission's 2023 report renamed Richmond North Centre as Richmond-Bridgeport and moved the Bridgeport neighbourhood into it from Richmond-Queensborough. Elections BC's conversion table counts 50 voting areas of Richmond-Bridgeport that overlap Richmond North Centre and 11 that overlap Richmond-Queensborough. The district has 61 voting areas, and the commission counts 54,724 people, which is 1.8% from the average district. ### How many people live in Richmond-Bridgeport? The 2021 census counted 54,725 people in Richmond-Bridgeport, with a median age of 39.6 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. English was the first language of 25.9% of residents, Yue (Cantonese) of 25.4% and Mandarin of 23.6%. Immigrants made up 62.3% of the population, and the median household income was $75,000. ### Whose traditional territory is Richmond-Bridgeport on? The Musqueam Indian Band, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, lists Richmond and YVR Airport among the places that are today portions of its territory. Musqueam and Vancouver International Airport signed a 30-year agreement on 21 June 2017, and YVR's announcement says the airport stands on land that is Musqueam traditional territory. Richmond-Bridgeport includes the airport on Sea Island. ### When did the airport on Sea Island open? Premier S.P. Tolmie opened the City of Vancouver Airport and Seaplane Harbour on Sea Island on 22 July 1931, according to the City of Richmond Archives. The Richmond Museum says it was renamed Vancouver International Airport in 1948. The commission's 2023 report says Richmond-Bridgeport covers northwest Richmond including the airport. ### What is Burkeville in Richmond-Bridgeport? Burkeville is a neighbourhood on Sea Island in Richmond-Bridgeport. Wartime Housing Limited built its 328 houses for workers at the Boeing aircraft plant, and the first residents moved in during January 1944. It is named after Stanley Burke, president of Boeing Aircraft. The Archives' book calls it the only residential area of any size on Sea Island. ### Why is the district called Richmond-Bridgeport? The commission's 2023 report says it renamed Richmond North Centre as Richmond-Bridgeport to better reflect the geography of two Richmond districts. The report moved the Bridgeport neighbourhood into the district from Richmond-Queensborough, and the northern border of Richmond-Bridgeport follows the North Arm of the Fraser River, River Drive and Bridgeport Road. Teresa Wat won the renamed district in 2024. SOURCES ## Where this page comes from Figures read Thursday, October 8, 2026 1. [2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts)BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 2. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 3. [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 4. [Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 5. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 6. [Members of the Legislative Assembly, 35th to 43rd Parliament (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members)Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 7. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 8. [Final Report, September 24, 2015 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BC-EBC_Final_Report-Sept_24,_2015.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 9. [Electoral Districts Act preserves rural seats, increases urban ridings (opens in a new tab)](https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0260-001759)Province of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 10. [Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 11. [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 12. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 13. [Voting area conversion table, 2024 districts to 2017 districts (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 14. [Members of the Legislative Assembly (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members)Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 15. [Musqueam Territory (opens in a new tab)](https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-territory/)Musqueam Indian Band (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 16. [Musqueam Indian Band and Vancouver International Airport Sign Momentous Agreement for Shared Benefit (opens in a new tab)](https://news.yvr.ca/musqueam-indian-band-and-vancouver-international-airport-sign-momentous-agreement-for-shared-benefit/)Vancouver Airport Authority · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 17. [A Bridge to the World: The Life and Times of Sea Island (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf)City of Richmond Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 18. [Archives News, Fall 2017: Richmond 150, From Bog to City (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Fall_2017_issue_of_the_Archives_Newsletter49721.pdf)City of Richmond Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 19. [Sea Island: The Aviation Story, Self-Guided Historical Walking Tour (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmondmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Sea-Island_Self-Guided-Historical-Tour-Brochure-1.pdf)Richmond Museum · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 20. [Terra Nova: A New Land, Self-Guided Historical Walking Tour (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmondmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Terra-Nova_Self-Guided-Historical-Tour-Brochure.pdf)Richmond Museum · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 21. [Terra Nova Heritage Area, Heritage Inventory (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/heritage/inventory/Details.aspx?ID=160)City of Richmond · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 22. [Heritage Inventory Review and Update, Appendix D: Statements of Significance (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/statementsofsignifiancefornewresourcesdec14202370846.pdf)City of Richmond · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 23. [Bridges and Baby Boomers, 1950s and 1960s (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers.htm)City of Richmond Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 24. [J.N. Burnett Secondary School (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers/burnett.htm)City of Richmond Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 25. [James Thompson Elementary School (opens in a new tab)](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/archives/exhibits/schools/boomers/thompson.htm)City of Richmond Archives · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 26. [Thompson Community Centre (opens in a new tab)](https://richmond.ca/parks-recreation/centres/thompson.htm)City of Richmond · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 27. [Richmond High started as Bridgeport School (opens in a new tab)](https://richmondsentinel.ca/article-detail/348/richmond-high-started-as-bridgeport-school)Richmond Sentinel · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 28. [Richmond, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/19823.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 29. [Burkeville, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/16.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 30. [North Arm, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/17052.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 31. [Mitchell Island, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24706.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 32. [Canada Line begins service with fare-free day (opens in a new tab)](https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2009PREM0025-000209.htm)Province of British Columbia · read Thursday, October 8, 2026 ## Official information From Elections BC Your district ### [Check which district an address is in](https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/find-your-district/) Look up your address to be sure this district is yours. 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