Coyotes have been in Vancouver for as long as I've lived there and that's from 1950 on to recent years.
Rarely seen as there were lots of wooded areas in the City, those areas have decreased dramatically over the decades.
We lost a cat to a coyote on the front porch of our East Van house in the 70's and regularly saw them walking down the middle of the Street in the '80's.
Warning signs were up regularly at New Brighton Park when we would walk our dogs there.
Wild life, including coyotes have lost a huge amount of habitat in Vancouver over the decades.
Not a big fan of coyotes in the City but the blame finger should be pointed at the idiots that feed them in the Parks.