North Vancouver (City)

January 28, 2015

Additional facts

municipal taxes paid by port tenants in 2017: $5,210,218
payment in lieu of taxes paid to municipality for vacant port land in 2017: $72,724
shoreline managed by the port authority: 7 km

Learn more about the port’s economic impact.

Projects of interest

North Shore Trade Area
Neptune Terminal Dust Suppression Upgrade
Neptune Terminal Coal Handling Expansion Project and Neptune Terminal Phosphate Handling Expansion Project
Richardson International Grain Storage Capacity Project and Richardson International New Hopper Bin Project
Cargill Rail Improvement Project and Cargill Noise Mitigation Project
G3 Grain Terminal
Noise monitoring: Our noise monitoring program helps us to gain a better understanding of the existing noise environment, identify where there might be concerns and track noise trends over the long-term.

Major terminals

Neptune is North America’s largest multi-product bulk terminal. It handles metallurgical (steel-making) coal, potash, and imported phosphate rock.
Lynnterm serves as a consolidation centre for forest products, steel and breakbulk in the Pacific Northwest. It handles wood pulp and paper, lumber, panel products, logs, steel products, project cargo and machinery.
Cargill is a grain terminal handling wheat, durum, canola, barley and grain by-products.
Richardson International is a major exporter of canola and cereal grains to trading economies along the Pacific Rim. It handles wheat, canola, barley, rye, flax, grain and feed products.

Liaison committees

The North Shore Waterfront Liaison Committee includes representatives from local residents, municipalities, industry and the port authority. The committee’s role is to liaise between different groups, share information, and address local port-related issues.

Community investment

Through our community investment program, we support community projects throughout the Lower Mainland. We are proud to have contributed to the following North Shore community programs:

Sto:lo – Bright New Day Reconciliation Circle
North Shore Green Markets – Shipyards Friday Night Market
Presentation House Gallery – Mapping the Spirit Trail
Reconciliation Canada – Walk for Reconciliation
Squamish Nation Employment and Training/Eslha7an Learning Centre – Reaching for the Stars – Tsaxwamin Chat Ta Kwu’sen
North Shore Streamkeepers – Lynn Creek
Capilano University – Scholarships and Bursaries
North Vancouver Save Our Shores Society – Save Our Shores Discovery Waterfront Walk
Tsleil-Waututh Nation – Indian River Watershed Restoration and Maplewood Mudflats Habitat
North Vancouver Museum and Archives – New port museum exhibit
North Shore Neighbourhood House – Sharing Gardens Growing Community