Vancouver is the largest city to host the Winter Olympic Games.
With a population of 2,116,581 Vancouver, surrounded by water and mountains easily beats the last Winter Olympics host city Turin Italy by over 1 million people. The Vancouver games of the XXI Winter Olympiad run from February 12-28, 2110.
This city which rests on the Pacific west coast of Canada in the beautiful Province of British Columbia was originally settled by coastal Indians around 500 B.C. Residents are known as Vancouverites and it is the birthplace of one of largest environmental organisations named Greenpeace.
