Fairview, #1 on this list · Photo: Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0)Vancouver’s neighbourhoods on 14 lists
Nobody leads more lists than Fairview, first on 6. Fairview finishes in the top three 7 times. Graded in British Columbia only, schools has no Canada-wide list. None of the leaders here is first across Canada. In all, 29 neighbourhoods in Vancouver appear on 14 lists. The best overall grade in Vancouver is Fairview’s B+.
Each list ranks the neighbourhoods in Vancouver against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work
Every list for Vancouver’s neighbourhoods
Grouped by what they measure, each with its three best neighbourhoods.
Overall, and by size
Subject by subject
- ShaughnessyD
- Dunbar-SouthlandsD
- CollingwoodD−
- FairviewC−
- KitsilanoC−
- GreektownC−
- West Point GreyA+
- KerrisdaleA+
- Dunbar-SouthlandsA
- Granville Entertainment DistrictA+
- Davie VillageA+
- FairviewA+
- FairviewA−
- Riley ParkA−
- Mount PleasantA−
- FairviewA+
- KitsilanoA+
- GreektownA+
- FairviewB−
- KitsilanoB−
- GreektownB−
- FairviewA−
- KitsilanoA−
- GreektownA−
Described: figures, no letters
- Shaughnessy$138,700
- Dunbar-Southlands$131,100
- Riley Park$106,600
- Strathcona4
- Granville Entertainment District3
- Yaletown2
- Kitsilano16.6%
- Greektown16.4%
- West Point Grey15.2%
- Mount Pleasant36.3 years
- Granville Entertainment District36.3 years
- Collingwood37.7 years
- Arbutus Ridge46.6 years
- Kerrisdale45.2 years
- Shaughnessy45.1 years
Neighbourhood rankings in other cities
Photos: Fairview, Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0) · Kitsilano, Xicotencatl (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Greektown, Tavis Ford from Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Shaughnessy, Wpcpey (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dunbar-Southlands, Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0) · Collingwood, Thegooduser (CC BY-SA 4.0) · West Point Grey, Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0) · Kerrisdale, Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0) · Granville Entertainment District, Northwest (CC BY 4.0) · Davie Village, dronepicr (CC BY 2.0) · Riley Park, Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0) · Mount Pleasant, Canadian2006 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Strathcona, formulanone from Huntsville, United States (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Yaletown, formulanone from Huntsville, United States (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Arbutus Ridge, Thedemonhog (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).