Downtown
Local area in Vancouver
Side: Downtown
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About Downtown
The peninsula: Downtown, the West End and Stanley Park.
Names you’ll hear here
- Chinatown
- Coal Harbour
- Gastown
- Yaletown
Landmarks:
- BC Place
- Canada Place
- Central Library
- Commodore Ballroom
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Gastown Steam Clock
- Harbour Centre
- Orpheum
- Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- Rogers Arena
- Science World
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Waterfront Station
What stands out
- Most homes in large apartment buildings in Vancouver (95% of homes)
- Newest housing in Vancouver (58% built 2001–21)
- Quickest transit trip to Waterfront in Vancouver (about 15 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1.1M · renters pay $1,950/mo2021 Census figures, not current prices; home values and rents are averages of small-area medians. Rent is what renting households paid, utilities included, counting long-time tenants, subsidized homes and basement suites, so it sits below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare local areas, not to budget.
- To Waterfront
- Under 30 min. About 15 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 40% drive · 18% transit · 38% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 61% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 20%. 15% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Semi & row 2% · Low-rise 3% · Towers 95%
- Built
- 1960 or before 6% · 1961–80 3% · 1981–2000 33% · 2001–21 58%
- Ages
- Under 15 7% · 15–24 8% · 25–44 48% · 45–64 24% · 65+ 13%
- Language at home
- English 72% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 5% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 10% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census (Statistics Canada), Downtown. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.