Hastings-SunriseVancouver

TownGrade

B⁻

#1,303 of 2,556

With 36,072 residents, it is a neighbourhood in Vancouver. It is one of 29 neighbourhoods of Vancouver.

6 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Gavin Schaefer from Halifax, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Population

36,072

people, Census 2021

Median age

41.7

years · British Columbia’s towns: 48

Postsecondary

52%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

33%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Hastings-Sunrise a good place to live?

Strong in places, weak in others. Health outcomes beat most towns (A+). Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A+). Also worth knowing: its lowest grade is for cost of living (D−). Safety is weaker too (C−). The overall grade comes out at B−, better than 51% of Canadian towns. It ranks #85 of 250 in British Columbia.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestA⁺Walkability A⁺Health ASchoolsWeakestD⁻Cost of living C⁻Safety

How Hastings-Sunrise grades

Each subject compares Hastings-Sunrise with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnD⁻Open →WalkabilityAmong the easiest places to get around without a carA⁺Open →HealthIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA⁺Open →SchoolsBased on how pupils do in exams and testsAOpen →SafetyMore crime than in most townsC⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →Hazard riskClose to the middle of the towns comparedB⁻Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Hastings-Sunrise stand out

The 3 things Hastings-Sunrise does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

17.4 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $1,500,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

33% walk, cycle or take transit

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Cost of living

Behind 99%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: D−.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hastings-Sunrise.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Rent takes more of local pay in Hastings-Sunrise than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 33% of household income

$1,500,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

Owners make up 56% of households, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). 28% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Hastings-Sunrise$1,500,000

British Columbia$720,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Rent as a share of income	33%	24%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	28%	21%	18%
Households owning their home	56%	76%	74%

$2,364

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$2,364 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living17.4 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $1,500,000, against the median household income Owners and renters56% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates. · Data for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom covers the Vancouver metro area

HealthHealth A⁺

For health, Hastings-Sunrise is ahead of 97% of Canadian towns

50%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.3, with women at 86.5 and men at 80.2. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 13% of adults, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; British Columbia as a whole is at 50%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.3% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Hastings-Sunrise50%

British Columbia’s towns50%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Chronic conditions (average share)	13%	15%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	83.3	81.0	81.5
Smokers	7.3%	9%	12%
Very good or excellent health	50%	50%	52%

83.3

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

2.5 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

7.3%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.6 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey50% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care2.5 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.6 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 86.5, men 80.2 Conditions and habits13% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area

SchoolsSchools A

Hastings-Sunrise’s schools come under 4 different boards

75schools within 3 kmASchools Grade

Of its 61 tested schools, 28 sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia and 12 in the bottom two. Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 75; in British Columbia, 2% of schools teach in it.

School	Level	Students	System
Chief Maquinna Elementary Top fifth in British ColumbiaIn Hastings-SunriseElementary	Elementary	–	English public
Notre Dame Regional Secondary IndependentIn Hastings-SunriseSecondary	Secondary	–	Independent
Norval-Morrisseau FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary	Elementary	–	French public
Holy Cross Elementary School IndependentResults in the top fifth in British ColumbiaElementary	Elementary	–	Independent

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Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public54

Independent20

French public1

Schools within 3 km	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
School boards	4	2	3

0.4 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards4 school boards · SD 39 Vancouver Every school75 schools within 3 km · 61 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 4 alternative or adult schools Results28 of 61 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in British Columbia Language1 of 75 teach in French · 2% of schools in British Columbia Questions“What schools are there in Hastings-Sunrise?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

Climate

Winters are mild in Hastings-Sunrise: January nights hold at 3.3°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

23.0°CJuly afternoons

A normal July day peaks at 23.0°C, close to British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in December, about 14 cm. The most precipitation falls in November: 245 mm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter7.6°C

Spring14.1°C

Summer22.1°C

Autumn14.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Days with frost a year	17	60	159
January night low	3.3°C	0.5°C	−13.5°C
Precipitation a year	1,537 mm	1,152 mm	883 mm
Snowfall a year	37 cm	51 cm	141 cm

37 cm

of snow a year

days with frost a year

142

days with precipitation a year

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 23.0°C, January lows 3.3°C Rain and snow1,537 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow37 cm of snow a year Weather station6.4 km to the station · Vancouver (Harbour)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Vancouver (Harbour))

SafetySafety C⁻

The police who cover Hastings-Sunrise record more serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 93

93Crime Severity Index

Property crime in its police area ran at 43.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). The violent index for its police area came to 99, above both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Vancouver service area, with Hastings-Sunrise one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202397

202494

202589

2023–2025	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	43.6	31	31.2
Crime Severity Index	93	83	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	99	76	86

non-violent Crime Severity Index

26%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety93 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Hastings-Sunrise’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Hastings-Sunrise safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Commuters in Hastings-Sunrise travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

33%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van65%

Public transit24%

Bicycle5%

Walk4%

Census 2021	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Average trip	30 min	26 min	26 min

$86,300

median household income, 2020

27%

worked from home, May 2021

62%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment9.6% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work33% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

Who lives here

Visible minorities make up more of Hastings-Sunrise than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 60%

41.7median age

12% are under 15, below British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older.

Hastings-SunriseBritish ColumbiaCanada

British ColumbiaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

19%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree18%

Postsecondary qualification52%

Women and men · all residents

51.2% of Hastings-Sunrise’s residents are women

18,470 women and 17,620 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.

Who lives in Hastings-Sunrise
	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Under 15	12%	14%	16%
15 to 64	69%	64%	64%
65+	19%	21%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	18%	13%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	52%	56%	56%

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages41.7 median age · 19% are 65 or over Households14,235 households English and French7% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

In Hastings-Sunrise, November normally means 10°C afternoons and 5°C nights

10°Ca normal November afternoon

Expect around 3 cm of snow in November. A normal December brings highs of 7°C, lows of 3°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 245 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Vancouver.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November10°C

December7°C

January7°C

February8°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	8°C	3°C	554 mm
Spring	14°C	7°C	353 mm
Summer	22°C	14°C	158 mm
Autumn	14°C	9°C	473 mm

5°C

a normal November night

245 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest December

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Vancouver (Harbour)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Fewer of Vancouver East voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 55%, behind 88%

Hastings-Sunrise has no council of its own: it is a neighbourhood of Vancouver, run by the city council.

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentJenny Kwan Provincial legislatureVancouver-Hastings

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade A⁻

Hastings-Sunrise’s public library is VPL: Hastings Branch

The library figures on this page are Vancouver’s: Vancouver Public Library serves all 742,394 people of the city, Hastings-Sunrise among them.

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A year at the library6.5 visits per person served The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong2.4 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Hastings-Sunrise is on the The Trans Canada Trail

4.7%of the land within 10 km protected

Swimmers have 27 beaches within 5 km, Trout Lake Beach the nearest. A provincial park, Mount Seymour Park, lies 4.7 km away. For a national park, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 46 km away. Count 12 protected areas within 10 km of town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Hastings-Sunrise4.7%

British Columbia’s towns6.7%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	4.7%	6.7%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	12	14	4

46 km

to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

4.7 km

to Mount Seymour Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Footpaths & routes4 named routes · The Trans Canada Trail Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas12 protected areas within 10 km · Mount Seymour Park National & provincial parks46 km to a national park · Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁻

Earthquakes are Hastings-Sunrise’s biggest hazard: $0.43 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 14 times the norm

Lowwildfire bandB⁻Hazard risk Grade

Burn scars are few around Hastings-Sunrise, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.004% a year). Radon is lower than usual: 1.2% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Vancouver. Hastings-Sunrise doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver health region. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Vancouver, Hastings-Sunrise included.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Hastings-Sunrise1.2%

British Columbia’s towns1.8%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.43	$0.36	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	1.2%	1.8%	6.6%

$0.43

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

11 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Earthquakes$0.43 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Radon1.2% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

History

Hastings-Sunrise: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers

1historic place

Before 1961 is when 31% of the homes went up, above both British Columbia’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Hastings Park 1888

1888

oldest construction date on the record

31%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Hastings-Sunrise	British Columbia	Canada
Homes built before 1961	31%	11%	18%

Full pageHastings-Sunrise’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes31% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Hastings-Sunrise have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hastings-Sunrise

15pages on Hastings-Sunrise

The big questions

SafetyC⁻Crime Severity Index 93 Housing & costD⁻Homes 17.4 × income Property pricesSchoolsA75 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 83.3 in its region Work & commuteC58% of adults in work Natural hazardsB⁻Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors4.7% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 41.7 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Playland and 79 more in and around Hastings-Sunrise

Sights in Hastings-Sunrise and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

Theme parkPlaylandin town

AttractionWooden Roller Coasterin town

Big drawMuseumScience World3.1 km outside town, to the northwest · 650K visitors a year

CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver3.6 km outside town, to the northwest

GardenQueen Elizabeth Park4.8 km outside town, to the west

AquariumVancouver Aquarium5 km outside town, to the northwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Playland: ThePointblank, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wooden Roller Coaster: Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science World: Differense, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Queen Elizabeth Park: Craig Nagy from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Vancouver Aquarium: Emancipator at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Hastings-Sunrise

Neighbourhood in Vancouver

Where Hastings-Sunrise begins and ends inside Vancouver is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 36,072 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Census subdivision: 5915022

Hastings-Sunrise’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Grandview-WoodlandRenfrew-CollingwoodHeightsBroadviewBrentwoodStrathconaHastings-Sunrise

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Hastings-Sunrise	36,072	—	B⁻	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Grandview-Woodland	28,119	2	B⁻	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Renfrew-Collingwood	23,392	2.7	B⁻	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Heights	22,141	2.7	B⁺	D⁻	C⁺	A
Broadview	8,008	3	B	D⁻	C⁺	A
Brentwood	22,170	3.2	B⁺	D⁻	C⁺	A
Strathcona	13,783	3.7	C	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Hastings-Sunrise

How old are the people of Hastings-Sunrise?

The median resident is 41.7 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).