19 Facts About East Vancouver

East Vancouver is a region within the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Geographically, East Vancouver is bordered to the north by Burrard Inlet, to the south by the Fraser River, and to the east by the city of Burnaby.

East Vancouver is divided from Vancouver's "West Side" by Ontario Street .

East Vancouver has been the first home for many non-British immigrants since the 1880s.

The East Vancouver Side is best summarized by its diversity – in family income, land use, ethnicity and mother tongue.

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The first colonial settlement in the current Metro East Vancouver area appeared in 1865 in what is Strathcona, East Vancouver's first neighbourhood.

One exception was the municipality of South East Vancouver, created in 1892, which was an independent municipality until 1929.

In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited East Vancouver, traveling in a royal procession down Knight Street, and making an unplanned stop in the neighbourhood of Collingwood.

Immigrant waves that passed through East Vancouver include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Italians, German, Eastern European, Chinese, Southeast Asian, and South Asian.

Chinese community existed before Vancouver was incorporated and shortly after that date became established at today's Chinatown in the eastern part of Downtown Vancouver.

Kingsway Street in East Vancouver has many Southeast Asian businesses, such as Vietnamese restaurants, cafes and beauty parlors.

The Sunset neighbourhood in southeast Vancouver contains the highest concentration of ethnic South Asians in the city, forming the largest ethnic group in the neighbourhood at 33.

Latin American community in East Vancouver is served by the Canadian Latin American Cultural Society on Commercial Drive.

Key shopping areas along Kingsway in East Vancouver include SoMa, Kesington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood.

Victoria Drive, between East Vancouver 36th and East Vancouver 43rd Avenues, is a vibrant Chinese community with many restaurants, grocery stores and other services.

In January 2013, the leaseholders of the Waldorf Hotel, an East Vancouver institution, were told they must cease operations as of January 20,2013, by order of the new owner and condo developer, Solterra Group of Companies.

At the municipal level, East Vancouver is part of the "at large" political system and therefore is represented by all of Vancouver City Council.

Provincially, East Vancouver includes the constituencies of Vancouver-Kensington, Vancouver-Kingsway, Vancouver-Hastings, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Fraserview.

Federally, East Vancouver includes the ridings of Vancouver East, Vancouver Kingsway and Vancouver South.