Vancouver Magazine

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Vancouver Magazine
Editorial DirectorAnicka Quin
Categories Lifestyle magazine
Frequency10 yearly
Circulation 50,280
Founded1967
CompanyCanada Wide Media Limited
CountryCanada
Based inVancouver
Language English
Website www.vanmag.com
ISSN 0380-9552

Vancouver Magazine is an English-language lifestyle magazine focused on Vancouver, British Columbia and the Lower Mainland. Vancouver Magazine describes its mission as informing, guiding and entertaining residents of a "dynamic, international city." The main areas of coverage are city issues, culture, restaurants, drinking, fashion and travel.

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History and profile

Founded in 1967, the magazine started its life as Dick McLean's Greater Vancouver Greeter Guide. [1] In 1973 it became known as Vancouver's Leisure Magazine, when editor Mac Parry took over, though over the course of a few months it was retitled as simply Vancouver.. [2] Parry would go on to be editor for 16 years.

Vancouver Magazine published 10 times a year and is owned by the Yellow Pages, and shares an office and editorial staff with sister publication Western Living [3] It also currently publishes the special interest annual magazine Best of the City and Neighbourhood Guide. Yellow Pages acquired Vancouver Magazine and Western Living from Transcontinental in 2015. [3]

In 2012, it won Magazine of the Year - Western Canada at the Western Magazine Awards. [4]

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