Strathcona
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
- Downtown Eastside
- False Creek Flats
- Railtown
Landmarks:
- Pacific Central Station
What stands out
- Among the most affordable rents in Vancouver (median $820/mo)
- Among the highest shares of renters in Vancouver (76% rent)
- Most likely to walk or bike to work on the East Side (35% of commuters)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $960K · renters pay $820/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 24 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 43% drive · 19% transit · 35% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 76% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 20%. 10% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 5% · Semi & row 8% · Low-rise 49% · Towers 37%
- Built
- 1960 or before 26% · 1961–80 23% · 1981–2000 28% · 2001–21 21%
- Ages
- Under 15 10% · 15–24 7% · 25–44 34% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 20%
- Language at home
- English 75% · Cantonese 11%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 3% 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), Strathcona. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.