Mount Pleasant
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
- Olympic Village
Landmarks:
- Vancouver City Hall
What stands out
- Among the most affordable homes on the East Side (median $950K)
- Newest housing on the East Side (43% built 2001–21)
- Among the likeliest to walk or bike to work on the East Side (26% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $950K · renters pay $1,650/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
- Mixed. 50% drive · 21% transit · 26% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 60% rent
- Tree canopy
- 28–45%. 28% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 2% · Semi & row 5% · Low-rise 57% · Towers 36%
- Built
- 1960 or before 18% · 1961–80 23% · 1981–2000 15% · 2001–21 43%
- Ages
- Under 15 9% · 15–24 6% · 25–44 53% · 45–64 22% · 65+ 10%
- 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), Mount Pleasant. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.