Victoria-Fraserview
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
- Fraserview
What stands out
- Among the most affordable rents in Vancouver (median $1,220/mo)
- Among the most detached houses on the East Side (26% of homes)
- Among the longest transit trips to Waterfront in Vancouver (about 47 min)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $1.6M · renters pay $1,220/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 47 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 70% drive · 25% transit · 2% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 41% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 20%. 17% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 26% · Semi & row 4% · Low-rise 69%
- Built
- 1960 or before 14% · 1961–80 21% · 1981–2000 35% · 2001–21 29%
- Ages
- Under 15 11% · 15–24 12% · 25–44 26% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 23%
- Language at home
- English 47% · Cantonese 24%The language each person speaks most often at home. Another 9% 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), Victoria-Fraserview. Tiers compare Vancouver's 22 local areas; the University Endowment Lands are placed against them.