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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.
Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre ... Stanley Park and the nearby Downtown Eastside, ... Total population 62,030 100% 43,415 ...
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. Greater Vancouver has more interracial couples than Canada's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal.
Downtown Eastside is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city, and has recently struggled with social issues such as homelessness, drug use, unemployment, among others. Crosstown is a roughly four-block area that connects Chinatown, Vancouver , Gastown , and Yaletown /Stadium District.
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.
As of 2006, Strathcona has 11,920 people, a 3% increase from 2001. 13.5% of the population is under the age of 19; 23.5% is between 20 and 39; 38.9% is between 40 and 64; and 24.0% is 65 or older. 43.9% of Strathcona residents speak English as a first language, and 40.3% speak a Chinese language.
Vancouver's population grew from a settlement of 1,000 people in 1881 to over 20,000 by the turn of the century and 100,000 by 1911. ... the Downtown Eastside area of ...
Vancouver East (French: Vancouver-Est) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is currently represented by New Democratic Party MP Jenny Kwan. The riding of Vancouver East is the poorest in Canada with a median individual income of $24,374 (2010).