Kerrisdale
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.
What stands out
- Among the leafiest in Vancouver (63% tree canopy)
- Among the most detached houses in Vancouver (45% of homes)
- Among the longest transit trips to Waterfront in Vancouver (about 46 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $3M · renters pay $1,840/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
- 45–60 min. About 46 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 71% drive · 14% transit · 9% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 40% rent
- Tree canopy
- 45% or more. 63% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 45% · Semi & row 2% · Low-rise 35% · Towers 18%
- Built
- 1960 or before 27% · 1961–80 20% · 1981–2000 24% · 2001–21 29%
- Ages
- Under 15 12% · 15–24 14% · 25–44 23% · 45–64 29% · 65+ 21%
- Language at home
- English 63% · Mandarin 16% · Cantonese 7%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 5% 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), Kerrisdale. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.