Fairview
Local area in Vancouver
Side: West Side
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About West Side
West of Ontario Street, from Kitsilano and Point Grey down to Marpole.
Names you’ll hear here
- Fairview Slopes
- South Granville
Landmarks:
- Granville Island
What stands out
- Among the most affordable homes in Vancouver (median $920K)
- Among the highest shares of renters on the West Side (59% rent)
- Most likely to walk or bike to work on the West Side (32% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $920K · renters pay $1,620/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 26 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 47% drive · 18% transit · 32% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 59% rent
- Tree canopy
- 28–45%. 28% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Semi & row 5% · Low-rise 59% · Towers 35%
- Built
- 1960 or before 16% · 1961–80 30% · 1981–2000 38% · 2001–21 15%
- Ages
- Under 15 8% · 15–24 7% · 25–44 41% · 45–64 24% · 65+ 20%
- Language at home
- English 86% · No other language above 5%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 3% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 6% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census (Statistics Canada), Fairview. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.