Killarney
Local area in Vancouver
Side: East Side
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About East Side
East of Ontario Street, from Strathcona and Grandview out to Renfrew-Collingwood and Killarney.
Names you’ll hear here
- Champlain Heights
What stands out
- Most likely to drive to work in Vancouver (75% of commuters)
- Leafiest on the East Side (38% tree canopy)
- Among the longest transit trips to Waterfront in Vancouver (about 46 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $1.2M · renters pay $1,440/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. 75% drive · 18% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 43% rent
- Tree canopy
- 28–45%. 38% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 14% · Semi & row 29% · Low-rise 50% · Towers 7%
- Built
- 1960 or before 8% · 1961–80 27% · 1981–2000 33% · 2001–21 32%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 11% · 25–44 29% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English 58% · Cantonese 15%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 7% name two or more equally.
- Recent immigrants
- 5% arrived in Canada 2016–21Share of residents who immigrated in the five years before the 2021 Census.
2021 Census (Statistics Canada), Killarney. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.