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This data set contains the boundaries for the City's 22 local areas (also known as local planning areas). Data currencyThese boundaries do not change. Data accuracyLocal area boundaries generally follow street centrelines; centrelines are in the approximate centre of streets.

The census is Canada's largest and most comprehensive data source conducted by Statistics Canada every five years. The Census of Population collects demographic and linguistic information on every man, woman and child living in Canada.The data shown here is provided by Statistics Canada from the 2011 Census as a custom profile data order for the City of Vancouver, using the City's 22 local planning areas. The data may be reproduced provided they are credited to Statistics Canada, Census 2011, custom order for City of Vancouver Local Areas.Data accessThis dataset has not yet been converted to a format compatible with our new platform. The following links provide access to the files from our legacy site: Census local area profiles 2011 (CSV) Census local area profiles 2011 (XLS) Dataset schema (Attributes)Please see the Census local area profiles 2011 attributes page. NoteThe 22 Local Areas is defined by the Census blocks and is equal to the City'​s 22 local planning areas and includes the Musqueam 2 reserve.Vancouver CSD (Census Subdivision) is defined by the City of Vancouver municipal boundary which excludes the Musqueam 2 reserve but includes Stanley Park. Vancouver CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) is defined by the Metro Vancouver boundary which includes the following Census Subdivisions: Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, District of Langley, Delta, District of North Vancouver, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, City of North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Port Moody, City of Langley, White Rock, Pitt Meadows, Greater Vancouver A, Bowen Island, Capilano 5, Anmore, Musqueam 2, Burrard Inlet 3, Lions Bay, Tsawwassen, Belcarra, Mission 1, Matsqui 4, Katzie 1, Semiahmoo, Seymour Creek 2, McMillian Island 6, Coquitlam 1, Musqueam 4, Coquitlam 2, Katzie 2, Whonnock 1, Barnston Island 3, and Langley 5. In 2011 Statistics Canada replaced the "long form" census with a voluntary National Household Survey. The result of the survey will not be directly comparable with previous census data. In 2006 there were changes made to the definition of households. A number of Single Room Occupancy and Seniors facilities were considered to be dwellings in 2001, and collective dwellings in 2006. The City believes a similar change occurred on some properties between 2006 and 2011. This would explain why the numbers of "Apartments under 5 stories" has fallen in some locations.Note that for the first time in 2011, three language questions (knowledge of official languages, home language and mother tongue) were included on the census questionnaire that was administered to 100% of the population.Language data and analysis published for all censuses since 1996 have been based almost exclusively on responses from the long-form census questionnaire administered to 20% of the population. However, Statistics Canada has observed changes in patterns of response to both the mother tongue and home language questions that appear to have arisen from changes in the placement and context of the language questions on the 2011 Census questionnaire relative to previous censuses. As a result, Canadians appear to have been less inclined than in previous censuses to report languages other than English or French as their only mother tongue, and also more inclined to report multiple languages as their mother tongue and as the language used most often at home. Data currencyThe data for Census 2011 was collected in May 2011. Data accuracyStatistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality. Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions. Websites for further information Statistics Canada 2011 Census Dictionary Local area boundary dataset

Administrative boundaries of Metro Vancouver.

Sewer catch basins is one dataset among several that describe the sewer network. Others are:Sanitary network (mains and manholes)Storm network (mains and manholes)Combined network (mains and manholes)City force mains (mans and manholes)GVRD (Metro Vancouver) trunk sewers (mains and manholes)Sewer catch basinsThe types of mains and manholes are distinguished by attributes.Commercial and residential connections to the mains are not available. Data currencyThis data is updated frequently in the normal course of business, however priorities and resources determine how fast a change in reality is reflected in the database. The extract of this data on this website is updated weekly. Data accuracySewer features are generally created with survey accuracy.

Metro Vancouver’s 2016 Generalized Land Use has no official status. It is neither a zoning nor an Official Community Plan map but rather a serves as a ‘regional reference map’ that depicts land activities existing in fall 2016. The 2016 Generalized Land Use is intended to provide a consistent interpretation of on-the-ground land development activity across the Metro Vancouver’s member municipalities, electoral area, and First Nation territories. Based on British Columbia Assessment Authority parcel data, aerial photograph interpretation plus other land data information, land use activities were categorized into one of the twenty-nine classifications defined below. Metro Vancouver’s 2016 Generalized Land Use map was compiled using a consistent interpretation of all available information. Every effort was made to depict land use activities accurately and consistently across all of the region’s municipalities. Land use classifications were assigned at the municipal cadastre geography wherein each parcel was assigned one single land use classification. Exceptions to this rule occurred in instances where cadastre lots clearly had more than one discrete land use activity which did not fit into one single classification thus requiring the cadastre lot to be split to accommodate multiple land use activities. Exceptions included: hydro right-of-way corridors and school properties (school buildings were classified as ‘Health and Education’ and playing fields coded as ‘Recreation, Open Space and Protected Natural Areas’). Landuse Code Detailed Descriptions:Agriculture (A500): includes actively farmed lands that are cultivated or contain agricultural production facilities such as greenhouses and barns plus inactive and vacant lands in the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) that do not have a recreational, industrial, commercial, institutional, and transportation, communication and utility land use. Any residential landuse that lies within the ALR boundary is classified as A500. Also includes the undeveloped ALR lands at Naval Radio Station Aldergrove in eastern Langley Township. Also includes several properties that are cultivated or contain agricultural production facilities with a location outside the ALR. Many of these latter agriculture properties are anticipated to be redeveloped for urban use in the near future. Airport/Airstrip and Ferry (T100): includes airport/airstrip fields and terminals and ferry terminals. Cemetery (S420): includes all lands set aside for cemeteries. Civic and Other Institutional (S460): includes community ambulance, police and fire stations, correctional facilities, post office, libraries, museums, public art galleries, border crossings, armory, prisons, court facilities and convention centres. Government offices (including city halls) fall under the ‘office’ or ‘other commercial’ land use classification. Exhibition, Religious and Other Assembly (S450): includes churches, exhibition grounds, large entertainment and sporting venues, private lodges, non-recreational banquet halls, non-recreation community centres, senior centres, day care and other non-profit centres. Health and Education (S400): includes public and private school buildings, university and community college buildings and parking lots (excluding their playing fields and asphalt playgrounds), plus public and private hospitals. Hotels, Motels, Rooming Houses (S204): includes stand-alone hotels, motels, rooming house/hotels and SROs. Industrial (S300): includes processing, manufacturing, warehousing and wholesaling activities. Additional industrial land activities are captured in the Ports and Airport/Airstrip land use categories. Industrial – Extractive (M300): includes uses such as peat extraction, gravel pits, municipal landfill, temporary gravel storage and rock quarries. Lakes, Large Rivers and Other Water (R200): includes major water bodies consisting of inlets, large lakes and rivers and other significant water bodies that are excluded from the regional land base. Mixed Residential (Low-rise Apartment) Commercial (S230): includes lands permitting up to several floors of commercial use and residential housing when combined is less than five storeys that are serviced by sewers and located within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Urban Containment Boundary’. Mixed Residential (Mid/High-Rise Apartment) Commercial (S235): includes lands permitting up to several floors of commercial use and residential housing when combined is five or more storeys that are serviced by sewers and located within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Urban Containment Boundary’. Office (S202): includes private sector and civic office space where building square footage is over 10,000 square feet. Parking (T300): includes purpose-built parking structures and dedicated parking lots not associated with adjacent property. Vancouver Fraser Port (S600): includes all land based activities occurring on the Vancouver Fraser Port lands. Protected Watershed (W400): includes Metro Vancouver watersheds. Recreation, Open Space and Protected Natural Areas (R100): includes local, regional and provincial parks (both inside and outside the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve), ecological reserves and wildlife management areas, forested lands actively harvested or devoted to research, uses school playing fields and play grounds, camping parks, commercial RV parks, some undeveloped street allowance/road right-of-way, hydro tower right-of-way, neighbourhood walk paths (not sidewalks) and recreational and community centres, golf courses and ski areas. Residential - Institutional and Non-Market Housing (S410): includes group homes, nursing homes, convalescent hospital and other senior care facilities, post-secondary school residences, and other institutional and non-market housing (excluding prisons). Residential - Low-rise Apartment (S130): includes apartment structures less than 5 stories that are serviced by sewers and located within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Urban Containment Boundary’. Additional low-rise apartments are captured in the Mixed Residential (Low-rise Apartment) Commercial land use category. Residential – Mid/High-rise Apartment (S135): includes apartments with 5 stories or more that are serviced by sewers and located within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Urban Containment Boundary’. Additional high-rise apartments are captured in the Mixed Residential (Mid/High-rise Apartment) Commercial land use category. Residential – Mobile Homes (S100): includes single dwellings placed temporarily on a foundation such as blocks, posts or a prepared pad located within Metro Vancouver’s ‘Urban Containment Boundary’. Residential – Rural (S120): includes detached and duplexes dwellings within the Urban Containment Boundary that were not connected and serviced by sewers and located outside Metro Vancouver’s ‘existing urban area’ in 2016. Also includes several large semi-rural estates located within the 2016 existing urban area plus residential dwellings located outside the ALR but within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Rural Area’. Residential - Single Detached with No Secondary Unit (S110): includes detached house properties that are serviced by sewers and located within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Urban Containment Boundary’. Residential – Townhouse (S131): includes row-housing and stacked attached structure types that are serviced by sewers and located within Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy designated 'Urban Containment Boundary’. Retail and Other Commercial (S200): includes retail, personal services, private sector and institutional office space where building square footage is less than 10,000 square feet and other commercial activities not captured in other land use classifications. Road Right-of-Way (S500): includes all developed roads local, regional and provincial.Transit, Rail and Other Transportation (T200): includes rapid transit corridors and stations, rail corridors, intermodal terminals, transit depots and other transportation activities not captured in the Airport/Airstrip and Ferry land use category. Undeveloped and Unclassified (U100): includes lands outside the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve with no visible development, vacant urban land, and forested or vegetated areas not identified as recreation, open space and protected natural areas or agriculture. Utility, Communication and Work Yards (T400): includes electrical substations, telecommunications, liquid waste treatment facilities, landfill transfer sites plus private and public work yards.

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data collected in 2018 of the City of Vancouver and UBC Endowment Lands with an Area of Interest (AOI) covering a total of 134 square kilometers.​Data products include "bare earth" ground surface and of the upper most surface defined by vegetation cover, build​ings and other structures. Note ​​The 2018 LiDAR data is being utilized for initiatives including land management and planning including hazard assessment, floods, landslides, lava flows, and tsunamis), forestry, agriculture, geologic mapping, and watershed and river modelling and analysis. Data accessEach of the 181 polygons on the map or rows in the table provides corresponding link to the data in LAS format (zipped, file sizes range from 7KB to 950MB).AttributesPoint data was classified as:Unclassified;Bare-earth and low grass;Low vegetation (height <2m);High vegetation (height >2m);Water;Buildings; Other; andNoise (noise points, blunders, outliners, etc)​ Data currencyAerial LiDAR was acquired on August 27th and August 28th, 2018 and is ​current as of those dates.​ Data accuracyThe LiDAR data is positioned with an average density of 30 points per square metreSidelap: minimum of 60% in north-south and east-west directionsVertical accuracy: 0.18 metre (95% confidence level)Horizontal accuracy: 0.36 metre (95% confidence level Coordinate systemThe map of grid cells on this portal is in WGS 84 but the LiDAR data in the LAS files are in the following coordinate system:

Projection: UTM Zone 10 (Central Meridian 123 West)Hz Datum: NAD 83 (CSRS) 4.0.0.BC.1.GVRDVertical Datum: CGVD28GVRD Metro Vancouver Geoid (HTMVBC00_Abbbyn.zip) Websites for further information​City boundary dataset​

This dataset is provided for cartographic use only, and should not be considered authoritative; refer to individual municipal GIS services for official neighborhood and CPO boundaries.Collected geographic boundaries (w/ major rivers removed for web map use) for most of the existing neighborhoods & CPOs in the Portland Metropolitan Statistical Area.Data collected from Metro RLIS, 2017, and the cities of Portland,Vancouver, Beaverton, Gresham, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Tigard, Tualatin, and West Linn.

This dataset contains the stations of the three rapid transit lines. Only those portions within the boundaries of the City of Vancouver are shown. Data currencyThis data in City systems is updated as required in the normal course of business. The extract on this website is updated weekly. This dataset rarely if ever changes.