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Fewer households own their home in Kitsilano than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 39%

A year’s rent came to 34% of the median household income, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%). 33% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Vancouver metro area, Kitsilano included.

Few places match Kitsilano for health: it beats 97% of Canadian towns

Health survey and life expectancy for the Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Kitsilano is well placed: 2.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Chronic conditions run at 13% of adults, age-standardised, below both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in British Columbia (50%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.3, women 86.5 and men 80.2 (2022/2024).

Kitsilano has 19 of its 47 tested schools in the top fifth in British Columbia

Counting a 3 km margin, Kitsilano has 46 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 2 alternative or adult schools. Outside the public system: 29 of 60 schools, where in British Columbia it is 18%.

Kitsilano has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 3.3°C

Snow peaks in December: 14 cm in a normal year. The thermometer drops below freezing on 17 days a year, below both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Expect July highs of around 23.0°C in Kitsilano.

More of Kitsilano’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 88% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, in line with British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

For the force that serves Kitsilano, the Crime Severity Index is 93, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Property crime in its police area ran at 43.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. The violent index for its police area came to 99, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Kitsilano shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Vancouver service area.

Children make up only 8.6% of Kitsilano, fewer than in British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents.

Kitsilano in November: highs near 10°C, lows near 5°C

A typical November adds 3 cm of snow. A normal November brings 245 mm of rain and snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Vancouver forecast, on the Weather page.

Kitsilano straddles 2 federal ridings, from Vancouver Quadra to Vancouver Granville

As part of Vancouver, Kitsilano is governed by the city’s council, not one of its own.

The nearest public library to Kitsilano is VPL: Kitsilano Branch, 1.1 km away

Vancouver Public Library serves the whole of Vancouver, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 742,394 people, Kitsilano among them.

Kitsilano has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

For walks, 3 named routes run within 2 km, such as the The Trans Canada Trail and Iva Mann Loop Walk. 44 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park. Within 10 km are 11 protected areas. 68 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Hadden Beach.

Shaking costs buildings in Kitsilano $0.43 a year per $1,000 of value, 14 times the typical town’s

Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Vancouver

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 1.2% of homes, below both British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). City of Vancouver has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Fire seldom reaches Kitsilano: since 1986, 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.005% a year).

Kitsilano has 2 historic places on the registers, one in the top tier

Just over a fifth of its homes were built before 1961, above both British Columbia’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (18%). Go back to 1928 and you reach St. Roch, the oldest of them. The record has a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.