Port Moody
There are many scholarships for Port Moody students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular
high school located in Port Moody, please select the appropriate school from the list below.
The scholarship database contains scholarships for Port Moody students in the following categories:
Port Moody High School Scholarships
Port Moody College Scholarships
Port Moody University Scholarships
Scholarships
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For School Specific Scholarships, select one of the schools below:
Heritage Woods Secondary
Port Moody Secondary
The 2006 Census showed that the City of Port Moody had 27,512 living in 10,125 private dwellings. There was a 15% increase in population growth from the last Census recorded during the year 2001. There has been major housing construction that could account for a portion of this population boom. In the area, there are 8,015 residential dwellings which are owned and 2,115 which are leased. The city of Port Moody has the fourth highest municipal median family income coming in at $70,239. The biggest businesses within Port Moody are Eagle Ridge Hospital and School District 43.
The City of Port Moody has a Stream Stewardship Program in place, since there are more than forty one streams which flow through Burrard Inlet from Port Moody. This particular program manages the streamside vegetation, the urban streams and the watersheds to support the production of fish and insect life for future and present generations. The PMES is the Port Moody Ecological Society. They are a not-for-profit group which works with the city in order to support ecological awareness in the area. The Port Moody Ecological Society volunteers operate a trout and salmon hatchery; provide public awareness and community outreach programs, as well as operate a water quality lab.
Since 1988, City Hall in Port Moody has proudly been pesticide free after banning pesticide use altogether. The city of Port Moody provides seminars each year at its Inlet Theatre to teach people how to garden naturally.
The city has been given various international, provincial and national awards. During 2004, the city of Port Moody was honored with a prestigious award from the UN sponsored International Award for "Liveable Communities" in the category of "Planning for the Future." For cities of the same size category, Port Moody respectively won third place overall.
The city of Port Moody was highlighted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business during the year 2008 for being the most fiscally responsible amongst B.C's 28 biggest cities.
