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Development of the Sunset neighbourhood first took place in the 1860s. At the time, the area was part of the
District of South Vancouver and consisted mostly of farmland alongside a cluster of homes. Extensive logging took place along the south slope of Vancouver during the late 19th into early 20th
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District of South Vancouver amalgamated with the City of Vancouver, thus incorporating Sunset as a part of the city. The neighbourhood remained quite rural until the 1940s, when a large wave immigrants from central and eastern Europe moved into the area. Many new
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Like most of south-east
Vancouver, the area used to be predominantly working class but rising house prices elsewhere have made the area increasingly popular with young professionals and families who can no longer afford houses in areas such as the west side.
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The Sunset neighborhood was dominated by bungalow homes constructed in the 1960s and 1970s; however, in the last 10 years, many of these smaller houses have been torn down and have been replaced by larger multi-level residences.
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Commercial districts in Sunset are situated on Fraser Street between 41st and 51st avenues; named as
Vancouver's most multicultural neighbourhood, the Fraser district features many
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Beginning in the 1950s, into the 1960s and 1970s, another large wave of immigrants moved into Sunset. Primarily
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The neighbourhood contains the largest South Asian (33.6%) and
Punjabi speaking (23%) population in the city.
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Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
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century, prompting communities such as Sunset to rapidly industrialize.
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The Sikhs of
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Today, the neighbourhood is among the most ethnically diverse across
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immigrants established churches, most of which remain to this day.
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Sunset lies between E 41st Avenue, Ontario St, Knight St and the
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888:"Sunsetâ âThe Buried History of a South Vancouver Neighbourhood"
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980:"Economy trumps all in culturally diverse Vancouver South"
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and continues the serve as one of several centres of the
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is one of the most ethnically diverse neighbourhood in
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Neighbourhood in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1068:Open Data Portal, City Of Vancouver (2013-03-25).
1043:Open Data Portal, City Of Vancouver (2013-03-25).
1018:Open Data Portal, City Of Vancouver (2018-04-10).
53:Location of the Sunset neighbourhood in Vancouver
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949:"Vancouver Special Sunset Project"
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341:South Asian community in Vancouver
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1070:"Census local area profiles 2001"
1045:"Census local area profiles 2006"
1020:"Census local area profiles 2016"
923:Campbell, Michael Graeme (1977).
886:Kevin Chong (December 16, 2022).
320:, the new immigrants founded the
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1443:Punjabi Market / Little India
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823:"Sunset; Community Profiles"
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288:neighbourhood to the east.
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1024:opendata.vancouver.ca
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1361:GrandviewâWoodland
1193:Financial District
1133:Downtown peninsula
1127:, British Columbia
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330:Vancouver Specials
238: ⢠Total
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1229:Stanley Park
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84:Location in
1520: /
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1463:False Creek
1301:Shaughnessy
1188:English Bay
667:Multiracial
466:South Asian
364:South Asian
208:George Chow
118: /
106:123°03â²58â³W
1505:49°13â²26â³N
1415:Unofficial
1396:Strathcona
1391:Riley Park
1320:Unofficial
1281:Kerrisdale
1161:Unofficial
1079:2023-03-20
1054:2023-03-20
1029:2023-03-20
965:2019-05-17
806:References
566:Indigenous
491:East Asian
318:South Asia
316:region of
233:Population
171:Government
103:49°13â²05â³N
1376:Killarney
1346:East Side
1327:Greektown
1286:Kitsilano
1252:West Side
1218:Japantown
1168:Chinatown
1125:Vancouver
836:March 12,
414:Panethnic
406:Panethnic
351:Geography
312:from the
270:Vancouver
165:Vancouver
1535:Category
1354:Official
1296:Oakridge
1276:Fairview
1259:Official
1239:Yaletown
1205:and the
1152:West End
1147:Downtown
1140:Official
866:"Sunset"
541:European
376:European
372:Filipino
282:Oakridge
150:Province
1489:Italics
1291:Marpole
1198:Gastown
729:33,425
723:35,305
717:36,500
709:99.55%
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703:99.79%
700:35,230
697:98.84%
694:36,075
641:African
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485:34.14%
482:11,360
476:13,140
470:12,120
368:Chinese
292:History
278:Marpole
254:Website
183:Liberal
131:Country
1401:Sunset
1224:Robson
796:n.i.e.
686:1.19%
680:1.35%
674:2.52%
665:Other/
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495:8,600
479:37.3%
473:33.6%
417:group
314:Punjab
303:German
266:Sunset
241:36,500
143:Canada
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726:100%
720:100%
635:0.3%
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423:2006
420:2016
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1429:and
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896:2023
838:2020
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651:350
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632:100
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620:340
607:435
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595:695
582:245
576:365
570:535
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374:and
280:and
220:Area
200:MLAs
161:City
1123:in
931:doi
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