District of North Vancouver, British Columbia

The District of North Vancouver is a municipality on the North Shore in the Metro Vancouver area. It is a different municipality from the City of North Vancouver. The District runs planning and zoning, building and trade permits, tree permits, business licences, bylaw services and dog licensing, parks, a solid waste collection system under its Solid Waste Management Bylaw, and its own water and sewer bylaws. Metro Vancouver sets the regional drinking water conservation rules that the District's Drinking Water Conservation Bylaw follows. Policing is by the RCMP, with a North Vancouver detachment office at 147 East 14th Street. Many things people think of as municipal matters, like marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences, are provincial.