Vancouver and Melbourne each seek the title of The World’s Most Liveable City. Whilst not a fan of such a title given its proscriptive criteria for liveability based on modelling that attracts business, it is bandied around back home as a badge of honour. It seems to me that both Vancouver and Melbourne are victims of their own hype or branding and are failing to address the future now. The commonality does not end there but extends to their British colonial past, their multicultural and diverse communities and their indigenous heritage that seeks recognition and compensation for the wrongs of the past.
A comparison of the two cities highlights the size of their respective city governments and the governance of the metropolitan region.
The City Vancouver is 2.5 times the population of City of Melbourne. Metro Vancouver is governed by a board representing and accountable to its 21 municipalises.
Metropolitan Melbourne has 31 municipalities and no governing body despite being 2 times the population of Metro Vancouver.
City of Vancouver
Population 697,730
City of Melbourne
Population 197,000
Metro Vancouver
Population 2.6m
21 municipalities, one electoral area, one treaty First Nation
Board of Directors made up of elected officials (Mayor and councillors based on population and nominated by each council) elected officials from its members municipalities, First Nation representative. The chair is elected by the Board.
Metropolitan Melbourne
Population 5.5m
31 municipalities, no governance and 
no treaty
no treaty
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