The University Endowment Lands (UEL) is an unincorporated area that lies between the University of British Columbia and the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Spirit Regional Park lies within the UEL, but the UEL does not include the University of British Columbia nor private housing on the University campus. This housing, comprising 6000 residents in 2009, is administered by a partnership between the University of British Colum...
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The University Endowment Lands (UEL) is an unincorporated area that lies between the University of British Columbia and the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Spirit Regional Park lies within the UEL, but the UEL does not include the University of British Columbia nor private housing on the University campus. This housing, comprising 6000 residents in 2009, is administered by a partnership between the University of British Columbia and the University Neighbourhoods Association (UNA), with the UNA providing most municipal functions. The UEL is part of the Metro Vancouver and sometimes considered part of Vancouver (for example, Canada Post uses Vancouver for UEL addresses). The governance arrangements for these three areas are different, however.
The UEL is administered directly by the province and landowners pay their property taxes directly to the provincial government. In a 1995 referendum, UEL residents voted against establishing a municipal governing body.
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