Downtown Vancouver

Downtown Vancouver
Neighbourhood of Vancouver
Downtown
Skyscrapers of Vancouver's Financial District, taken from Harbour Centre tower.
Location of Downtown Vancouver shown in red.
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
City	Vancouver
Named for	Central Business District
Communities	List of Communities Chinatown Coal Harbour Gastown Yaletown West End
Area
• Total	3.75 km2 (1.448 sq mi)
Population
• Total	54,690
• Density	11,577/km2 (29,983/sq mi)
Website	Downtown Community Webpage

Downtown Vancouver is the southeastern portion of the peninsula in the north-central part of the City of Vancouver. It is the business, commercial, cultural, financial, government, and entertainment centre of the city and the Metro Vancouver and Lower Mainland regions.

The downtown area is generally considered to be bounded by Burrard Inlet to the north, Stanley Park and the West End to the west, False Creek to the south, and the Downtown Eastside to the east. Most sources include the full downtown peninsula (adding the West End neighbourhood and Stanley Park) as downtown Vancouver, but the City of Vancouver defines them as separate neighbourhoods.

Besides the readily identifiable office towers of the financial and central business districts, Downtown Vancouver also includes residential neighbourhoods in the form of high-rise apartment and condominiums, in Yaletown and Coal Harbour. Other downtown neighbourhoods include the Granville Mall and Entertainment District, Downtown's South, Gastown, Japantown, and Chinatown.

The downtown area includes most of the remaining historic buildings and many of the larger notable buildings in the region.

The presence of water on three sides limits access to downtown Vancouver. There are four major bridges: the Lions Gate Bridge, connecting to the North Shore municipalities and the Trans Canada Highway, the Burrard Street Bridge, Cambie Street Bridge, and Granville Street Bridge provides access to the commercial and residential areas south of False Creek.