Economics
Native Canadians Are Thriving ... in the Suburbs
Tsawwassen First Nation near Vancouver has lots to teach Canada’s marginalized aboriginal groups.
Sandwiched between Vancouver and the U.S. border, Tsawwassen First Nation has been the site of a development boom.
Photographer: Grant Harder for Bloomberg Businessweek
The day Tsawwassen Mills opened last October in suburban Vancouver, shoppers lined up before dawn to get a first shot at Canada’s biggest new mall in almost a decade. That weekend, more than 200,000 came through the doors, spending C$150 ($120) on average. The wait to exit the parking lot stretched to four hours.
The crowds never went away: Foot traffic hovered at around half a million people a month through the summer, according to the developer, Ivanhoe Cambridge.