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The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use , homelessness , poverty , crime , mental illness and sex work .
Hence, the term visible minority is used here in contrast to the overall Canadian population which remains predominantly of European descent. In Metro Vancouver, at the 2021 census, 54.5% of the population were members of non-European ethnic groups, 43.1% were members of European ethnic groups, and 2.4% of the population identified as Indigenous.
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 ...
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English: Population growth of Vancouver and the GVRD from 1886-2006. Data collected from census where available (1956-2006). Extrapolated from census from 1926-1946 (census was every 10 years, 1921-1951). Earlier data from VPL publication available here, sourced from City of Vancouver annual reports. Unfortunately no reliable data for the GVRD ...
English: A double bar graph displaying the population of Vancouver and its surrounding cities over time (1921–2021). All data comes from Statistics Canada's censuses. All data comes from Statistics Canada's censuses.
The census results — declining numbers on the Eastside, increases in the Valley — will create challenges for the panel drawing new maps of the City Council's 15 districts.
East Vancouver is divided from Vancouver's "West Side" (not to be confused with the West End of Downtown Vancouver or with West Vancouver municipality) by Ontario Street (although Main Street is often used as the nearest arterial road). East Vancouver has been the first home for many non-British immigrants since the 1880s.