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Downtown, Vancouver

Living in Downtown: homes and lots, what BC's new housing laws allow, who lives here, and the schools, shops and parks nearby.

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69,860people (2021 census)
829home lots
$7,988,000middle lot value (not condos)
4,693 ft²typical lot size

About Downtown

Downtown is one of Vancouver's official neighbourhoods, with 829 home lots and about 69,860 residents in the 2021 census. The most common zone is DD, and a typical lot is about 4,693 ft². Most homes were built in the 1910s.

Under BC's small-scale housing law (Bill 44), of the lots we could assess here 4 can have 6 homes. 814 lots are close enough to rapid transit that the city must consider buildings up to 20 storeys (Bill 47). The middle assessed value of a single-title home lot (not counting condos) is $7,988,000 (BC Assessment, from the city's property tax report).

39% of households own their home and 61% rent. 19% of commuters take transit, 38% walk and 43% drive. The median age is about 39.5.

Rapid transit stations here: Yaletown-Roundhouse Station, Vancouver City Centre Station, Waterfront Station, Waterfront Station @ West Coast Express, Burrard Station, Granville Station, Stadium-Chinatown Station, Main Street-Science World Station. There are 17 grocery stores, including ABURI Market, Choices Market, Eastend Grocers/Deli. 682 cafés and restaurants and 55 parks and playgrounds are inside the neighbourhood. 9 schools are inside the neighbourhood.

In Downtown

Schools

Groceries

  • ABURI Market
  • Choices Market
  • Eastend Grocers/Deli
  • El Paisano
  • Farm to Table
  • Fresh Street Market
  • Fujiya
  • H Mart

Cafés & restaurants

  • 682 inside the neighbourhood
  • PAUL Le Café 30 m
  • Trees Organic Coffee 50 m
  • Starbucks 50 m
  • O Sushi 50 m

Parks & playgrounds

  • Andy Livingstone Park
  • Art Phillips Park
  • BC Hydro Plaza
  • CRAB Park at Portside
  • Cardero Park
  • Cathedral Square
  • Coal Harbour Park
  • Concord Pacific Pop Up Park

Rapid transit

  • Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
  • Vancouver City Centre Station
  • Waterfront Station
  • Waterfront Station @ West Coast Express
  • Burrard Station
  • Granville Station
  • Stadium-Chinatown Station
  • Main Street-Science World Station

Pharmacy

  • London Drugs 60 m away
  • Shoppers Drug Mart 270 m away

Library & community centre

  • 8EAST
  • Carnegie Community Centre
  • Chinese Cultural Centre
  • Coal Harbour Community Centre
  • Directions Youth Services
  • Game Center
  • Gathering Place
  • Mah Society of Canada

Zones

  • DD 540 lots
  • HA-2 161 lots
  • HA-1 49 lots
  • HA-3 47 lots
  • HA-1A 17 lots
  • R1-1 11 lots

Homes by type (2021 census)

TypeHomesShare
Apartments 5+ storeys37,60595%
Apartments under 5 storeys1,0253%
Row houses9002%
Houses250%
Duplex units100%
Semi-detached50%

Statistics Canada 2021 census, added up from the dissemination areas whose centre falls in the neighbourhood.

Rezoning & development applications

33 open applications on the map. Most recent:

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Streets in Downtown

Abbott St Alexander St Beatty St Burrard St Cambie St Carrall St Columbia St Cordova St W Davie St Drake St Dunsmuir St E Cordova St E Hastings St E Pender St Granville St Hamilton St Hastings St W Helmcken St Homer St Hornby St Howe St Keefer St Main St Mainland St Melville St Nelson St Pender St W Powell St Richards St Robson St Seymour St Smithe St W Cordova St W Georgia St W Hastings St W Pender St Water St

Biggest condo buildings in Downtown

668 Citadel Parade899 units977 Mainland St880 units238 Davie St666 units1050 Burrard St642 units39 Nelson St560 units928 Beatty St541 units120 W Cordova St536 units1008 Cambie St535 units198 Aquarius Mews514 units1128 W Hastings St505 units680 Abbott St470 units700 Hamilton St459 units188 Keefer Place459 units933 Hornby St456 units888 Hamilton St455 units989 Nelson St448 units1277 Hornby St437 units30 Smithe St434 units545 Robson St427 units1199 Seymour St421 units610 Granville St421 units1001 Hornby St405 units1033 Marinaside Crescent404 units588 Broughton St381 units431 Pacific St378 units1423 Continental St375 units823 Seymour St374 units193 Aquarius Mews368 units515 W Pender St342 units969 Richards St341 units

Other neighbourhoods in Vancouver

Arbutus Ridge Dunbar-Southlands Fairview Grandview-Woodland Hastings-Sunrise Kensington-Cedar Cottage Kerrisdale Killarney Kitsilano Marpole Mount Pleasant Oakridge Renfrew-Collingwood Riley Park Shaughnessy South Cambie Strathcona Sunset Victoria-Fraserview West End West Point Grey

Boundaries: Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Lots: city open data and ParcelMap BC. Places: OpenStreetMap. Homes allowed is our estimate under BC's Bills 44 and 47; confirm with Vancouver before buying or building.