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2004BCED0035-000443

May 28, 2004

Ministry of Education

     

 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN HIGH-RISK SEISMIC ZONES

 


Engineers will assess schools in the 39 districts listed below that are in zones at high-risk for earthquakes.

 

School District Number and Name

33

Chilliwack

61

Greater Victoria

34

Abbotsford

62

Sooke

35

Langley

63

Saanich

36

Surrey

64

Gulf Islands

37

Delta

68

Nanaimo-Ladysmith

38

Richmond

69

Qualicum

39

Vancouver

70

Alberni

40

New Westminster

71

Comox Valley

41

Burnaby

72

Campbell River

42

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

75

Mission

43

Coquitlam

78

Fraser-Cascade

44

North Vancouver

79

Cowichan Valley

45

West Vancouver

82

Coast Mountains

46

Sunshine Coast

84

Vancouver Island West

47

Powell River

85

Vancouver Island North

48

Howe Sound

87

Stikine

49

Central Coast

91

Nechako Lakes

50

Haida Gwaii-Queen Charlotte

92

Nisga’a

52

Prince Rupert

93

Conseil scolaire francophone

54

Bulkley Valley

 

 

 

 

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