Downtown Vancouver

Downtown Vancouver
Neighbourhood of Vancouver
Skyscrapers of Vancouver's Financial District, taken from Harbour Centre tower
Skyscrapers of Vancouver's Financial District, taken from Harbour Centre tower
Location of Downtown Vancouver shown in red
Location of Downtown Vancouver shown in red
Coordinates: 49°17′03″N 123°07′16″W / 49.28417°N 123.12111°W / 49.28417; -123.12111
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
CityVancouver
Communities
Area
 • Total3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population
 • Total62,030[1]
 • Density16,764/km2 (43,420/sq mi)
Websitevancouver.ca/news-calendar/downtown.aspx

Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north shore of the False Creek inlet, which cuts into the Burrard Peninsula creating the Downtown Peninsula, where the West End neighbourhood and Stanley Park are also located.

Along with West End, Stanley Park and the nearby Downtown Eastside, Downtown makes up Central Vancouver, one of the city's three main areas (the others being East Side and West Side).

With a disproportionately high amount of residential towers for a central business district in a geographically constrained area, Downtown Vancouver is one of the densest areas in the country.[3]

  1. ^ Vancouver, Government of the City of. "Downtown" (PDF). Downtown census data - City of Vancouver. City of Vancouver. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ Vancouver, Government of the City of. "Downtown" (PDF). Downtown census data - City of Vancouver. City of Vancouver.
  3. ^ "Table 4 – The 10 highest population densities among municipalities (census subdivisions) with 5,000 residents or more, 2021". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-06-25.