Vancouver, BC
What Vancouver BC is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 40,328 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
40,328 businesses on file · 166 trades · 34 sectors · census population 662,250 · registry population 921,000 · built from geonet.vancouver on 2026-10-07
The two disagree: the registry says 921,000 and the 2021 census counted 662,250 for the municipality. The registry figure is often a metropolitan population. Both are shown; neither is corrected into the other.
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The local economy
What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.
Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.
Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.
What this city is specialised in
Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 10 CA metro tables. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.
Thin against the national pattern
Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.
The base against the entry screen
Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.
How to read the survival figure
Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.
Weighted over 97.7% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And what it does not measure
A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.
Who lives here, and who the city is for
The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.
The register says what trades exist. The census says who lives here — and it is the only thing on this page that counts people. Figures are Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population for Vancouver, City (CY), the municipality proper, and every comparison is against the population-weighted average of all 5,161 census subdivisions in Canada.
Who the city is for
Three readings, each built from real numbers against real benchmarks. This is not an index. Every signal is shown with its own value, its benchmark and which way it points, and the band simply counts how many point the same way — so a reader who disagrees with one signal can drop it and still use the rest.
Seniors
thinIs this a place to grow old, and is the care here?
| Residents 65 and over | 17% | ▼19% |
| Residents 85 and overthe group that needs care rather than the group that is merely retired | 2.4% | –2.3% |
| Median age | 39.6 years | –42.1 years |
| Low income among 65+against a 15% reference, not a national figure | 17.9% | ▼15% |
| Medical clinics per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.32 | – |
| Pharmacies per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.59 | – |
| Nursing and elderly care operatorscounted in the register, which lists few of them | 0 | – |
| Median rent | 1570 $/mo | ▼1175 $/mo |
A high share of over-65s says other people made this choice; it does not by itself say the care exists. The register lists clinics and pharmacies but has no category for a hospital at all, so the one thing a family would most want — distance to an emergency department — is still missing.
Students and young adults
moderateIs there a reason to be here between 19 and 25, and can they afford it?
| Residents 20 to 24 | 6.5% | –6% |
| Residents 15 to 19the cohort arriving next | 4% | ▼6% |
| Renter householdsa rental market is what makes a place possible to move to | 54.5% | ▲33.2% |
| Median rent | 1570 $/mo | ▼1175 $/mo |
| Unemployment rateMay 2021, mid-pandemic — high everywhere in this census | 9% | ▲10.4% |
| Degree holders in the adult populationagainst a 32% reference | 44.9% | ▲32% |
| Drinking places and recreationfrom the register | 267 | – |
Post-secondary institutions in the city are listed further down this page; where there are none, a high 20-to-24 share usually means work rather than study.
Newcomers and other-language speakers
strongIs there already a community here, and has anyone built anything for it?
| Immigrants in the population | 42.2% | ▲23.2% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021a recent arrival means the route here is current, not historical | 6.4% | ▲3.7% |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 25.4% | ▲12.7% |
| Languages spoken at home above the reporting floor | 40 | – |
| Community institutions in the register | 140 | – |
| Non-permanent residentsstudents and work-permit holders | 6.6% | ▲3.7% |
The census counts speakers; the business register shows whether a community has built anything — a church, a society, a credit union, a grocer. Both columns appear in the language table below, and the interesting rows are the ones where they disagree.
What is spoken at home, and whether anyone built for it
Where the census and the business register disagree. A language spoken by hundreds with no institution behind it is a gap in local provision — or a gap in the register. An institution with no matching language usually means an older community that has shifted to English at home.
| Spoken most often at home | Speakers | Share | Community in the register | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yue (Cantonese) | 54,920 | 8.4% | Chinese | 45 |
| Mandarin | 30,925 | 4.7% | Chinese | 45 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 10,835 | 1.7% | Filipino | 3 |
| Spanish | 8,600 | 1.3% | Spanish-speaking | 2 |
| Punjabi (Panjabi) | 8,505 | 1.3% | South Asian | 5 |
| Vietnamese | 7,755 | 1.2% | Vietnamese | 7 |
| Iranian Persian | 5,550 | 0.8% | Persian | 0 |
| Korean | 5,100 | 0.8% | Korean | 3 |
| Portuguese | 3,995 | 0.6% | Portuguese | 0 |
| Japanese | 3,620 | 0.6% | Japanese | 9 |
| Russian | 2,570 | 0.4% | Russian | 3 |
| Hindi | 2,100 | 0.3% | South Asian | 5 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 1,640 | 0.3% | Serbian | 1 |
| Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 1,525 | 0.2% | Chinese | 45 |
| Italian | 1,400 | 0.2% | Italian | 1 |
| Arabic | 1,275 | 0.2% | Arabic-speaking | 0 |
| Serbian | 1,135 | 0.2% | Serbian | 1 |
| Tamil | 1,025 | 0.2% | South Asian | 5 |
| Ilocano | 980 | 0.1% | Filipino | 3 |
| Greek | 745 | 0.1% | Greek | 3 |
| German | 725 | 0.1% | German | 2 |
| Polish | 720 | 0.1% | Polish | 0 |
| Turkish | 685 | 0.1% | Turkish | 0 |
| Urdu | 620 | 0.1% | South Asian | 5 |
| Bengali | 560 | 0.1% | South Asian | 5 |
| Hebrew | 510 | 0.1% | Jewish | 9 |
| Wu (Shanghainese) | 485 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Gujarati | 400 | 0.1% | South Asian | 5 |
| Romanian | 385 | 0.1% | Romanian | 2 |
| Indonesian | 380 | 0.1% | Indonesian | 2 |
| Telugu | 370 | 0.1% | South Asian | 5 |
| Croatian | 350 | 0.1% | Croatian | 0 |
| Czech | 340 | 0.1% | Czech | 2 |
| Kurdish | 340 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Malayalam | 310 | 0% | South Asian | 5 |
| Hiligaynon | 305 | 0% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Cebuano | 300 | 0% | Filipino | 3 |
| Thai | 280 | 0% | Thai | 0 |
| Ukrainian | 265 | 0% | Ukrainian | 8 |
| Slovak | 235 | 0% | Slovak | 2 |
Spoken, but nothing built
Iranian Persian 5,550 · Portuguese 3,995 · Arabic 1,275 · Polish 720 · Turkish 685
Hundreds of speakers with no institution carrying the name. For someone opening a business, this is the most actionable line on the page — though it may equally be a gap in the register.
Built, but no longer spoken
Hungarian 2 institutions · Estonian 3 institutions · Finnish 2 institutions · French 5 institutions · Armenian 2 institutions · Islamic 2 institutions · Indigenous 11 institutions
An established community that has shifted to English at home. The institutions remain; the language is no longer the one used in the kitchen.
The rest of the profile
| Characteristic | Here | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Residents 65 and over | 17% | 19% |
| Residents 85 and over | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| Residents 20 to 24 | 6.5% | 6% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021 | 6.4% | 3.7% |
| Non-permanent residents | 6.6% | — |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 25.4% | 12.7% |
| Renter households | 54.5% | 33.2% |
| Spending 30% or more on shelter | 33.3% | 20.6% |
| Participation rate | 68% | 63.7% |
| Unemployment rate | 9% | 10.4% |
| Median household income, 2020 | 82000 $ | — |
| Median after-tax household income, 2020 | 72000 $ | — |
| Prevalence of low income (LIM-AT) | 13.2% | — |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 44.9% | — |
The one thing to keep in mind
Census day was 11 May 2021, so income is for 2020 and the labour figures were taken during the pandemic — Toronto's 13.9% unemployment rate is a May 2021 reading, not a current one. Census 2021 count for the census subdivision, which is the municipality proper. It will differ from the figure in wander.regions, which is sometimes a metropolitan population.
Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population — 98-401-X2021005 — Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, Statistics Canada, under the Open Government Licence – Canada. National comparison: Population-weighted across all 5,161 census subdivisions in the 2021 Census Profile. Median rent and median age are weighted means of local medians, which is an approximation, not a national median.
The communities the register shows
A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.
| Community | Institutions | Worship | Trade | Where it shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 45 | 31 | 118 | institutions on Pender St E (2) · Pender Street East (2) · Cambie St (2) · Cambie Street (2) trade on Kingsway (9) · Main St (7) · Hastings St E (5) · Main Street (5)
Chinese Women Entrepreneurs · Chinese United Church · VANCOUVER CHINESE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURC |
| Indigenous | 11 | — | 23 | trade on Hastings St E (2) · Cambie St (2)
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendshp · Aboriginal Mother Ctr Society · FIRST NATIONS EMERGENCY SERVICES SOCIETY |
| Japanese | 9 | 4 | 106 | trade on Lonsdale Avenue (6) · Kingsway (4) · Granville Street (3) · Denman St (3)
JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF VANCOUVER · NINAGAWA JAPANESE LANGUAGE CENTER · VANCOUVER JAPANESE SCHOOL |
| Jewish | 9 | 2 | 5 | institutions on 41 Avenue West (2)
Jewish Federation Vancouver · Canadian Jewish Congress · ISAAC WALDMAN JEWISH PUBLIC LIBRARY |
| Ukrainian | 8 | 3 | 1 |
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL CENTRE · Ukrainian Canadian Pro and Bus · Ukrainian Canadian Congress |
| Vietnamese | 7 | 6 | 24 | trade on Kingsway (3) · Hastings Street East (2) · Denman Street (2) · Main St (2)
Vietnamese Alliance Church · Vietnamese Cultural Shrine · Vietnamese Church of Love |
| French | 5 | — | 9 |
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE · French Chamber of Commerce in Vancouver · French Chamber of Commerce in Canada |
| South Asian | 5 | 5 | 1 |
AKALI SINGH SIKH TEMPLE · SIKH TEMPLE · GURDWARA KHALSA DARBAR |
| Greek | 3 | 2 | 28 | trade on Davie St (4) · Commercial Drive (2) · Broadway W (2)
North Shore Hellenic Community · Vancouver Alumni Panhellenic Association · St Georges Greek Orthodox Cathedral |
| Korean | 3 | 2 | 24 | trade on Kingsway (5) · Hastings St E (2) · Robson St (2)
KOREAN SOCIETY · Zion Korean Fellowship · KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH OF VANCOUVER |
| Filipino | 3 | 3 | 7 |
VANCOUVER FILIPINO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST · Filipino Full Gospel Church · FILIPINO FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH |
| Russian | 3 | 3 | 7 |
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX HOLY TRINITY CHURCH RO · RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESU · RUSSIAN SYNODAL ORTHODOX ST NICHOLAS CHU |
| Estonian | 3 | 3 | — |
ESTONIAN UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH · ESTONIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF · Estonian Evangelical Church |
| Spanish-speaking | 2 | 1 | 28 | trade on Commercial Dr (3) · Marine Dr (2)
FIRST UNITED SPANISH MENNONITE CHURCH · Spanish Teaching Services |
| German | 2 | 1 | 14 | trade on Harrison Dr (2)
GERMAN CHURCH OF GOD · VANCOUVER WESTSIDE GERMAN SCHOOL SOCIETY |
| Hungarian | 2 | 2 | 2 | trade on Kingsway (2)
Hungarian Reformed Church · Hungarian Calvin Presbyterian |
| Islamic | 2 | 2 | 2 |
ISLAMIC INFORMATION CENTRE · B C MUSLIM ASSN |
| Slovak | 2 | — | 1 |
CZECH SLOVAK ASSN OF CANADA VANCOUVER · Czech and Slovak Association Of Canada Vancouver |
| Finnish | 2 | 2 | 1 | institutions on Argyle Drive (2)
FINNISH DIAL THE WORD · FINNISH BETHEL CHURCH |
| Indonesian | 2 | 2 | — |
Indonesian Evangelical Church · BETHANY INDONESIAN CHURCH |
| Czech | 2 | — | — |
CZECH SLOVAK ASSN OF CANADA VANCOUVER · Czech and Slovak Association Of Canada Vancouver |
| Romanian | 2 | 2 | — |
St Nicolae Romanian Orthodox Church · Romanian Orthodox Church |
| Armenian | 2 | 1 | — |
ARMENIAN ST VARTAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF B · Armenian Cultural Association of BC |
| Italian | 1 | — | 48 | trade on Commercial Drive (3) · Hastings Street East (3) · Commercial Dr (2) · Renfrew Street (2)
Italian Chamber of Commerce |
| Swiss | 1 | — | 15 |
Swiss Canadian Chamber |
| Caribbean | 1 | — | 3 |
Jamaican Canadian Cultural Association |
| Ethiopian | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Grace Ethiopian Evangelical Church |
| Serbian | 1 | 1 | — |
Serbian Orthodox Church and Home |
| Somali | 1 | — | — |
SOMALI SERVICES SOCIETY OF BC |
| Thai | — | — | 37 | trade on Commercial Drive (2) · Cambie St (2) · Broadway West (2) · Kingsway (2)
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| Dutch | — | — | 24 | trade on Main St (3) · Main Street (2)
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| Persian | — | — | 16 | |
| Polish | — | — | 7 | trade on Fraser Street (2)
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| Irish | — | — | 5 | |
| Swedish | — | — | 4 | |
| Scottish | — | — | 4 | |
| Croatian | — | — | 3 | |
| Danish | — | — | 3 | |
| Welsh | — | — | 3 | |
| Portuguese | — | — | 2 | |
| Austrian | — | — | 2 | |
| Afghan | — | — | 2 | |
| Brazilian | — | — | 1 | |
| Lithuanian | — | — | 1 | |
| Norwegian | — | — | 1 | |
| Arabic-speaking | — | — | 1 | |
| Maltese | — | — | 1 |
Where the communities are
Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.
Chinese
Indigenous
Japanese
Jewish
Vietnamese
Greek
Korean
Spanish-speaking
German
Hungarian
Finnish
Italian
What the city is made of
Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 40,328 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | 2,819 | 7% | association (706) · accounting (686) · consulting (590) · government (489) · foundation (38) · auction (15) · vending (10) · real estate (9) |
| Dining | 2,484 | 6.2% | restaurant (2124) · pizza (260) · pubs (54) · diner (14) · bistro (13) · steakhouse (13) · fast food (1) · restaurants (1) |
| Health | 2,214 | 5.5% | physician (957) · pharmacy (244) · medical clinic (215) · optical (147) · chiro (127) · fitness club (98) · health foods (69) · medical supplier (20) |
| Retail | 2,061 | 5.1% | convenience (447) · gifts (431) · jeweler (315) · photography (298) · flowers (178) · department store (136) · antiques (93) · toys (48) |
| Finance | 1,818 | 4.5% | insurance (534) · bank (220) · real estate (45) · mortgage (40) · credit union (15) · loans (10) · stock broker (10) · bankruptcy (10) |
| Living | 1,811 | 4.5% | place of worship (503) · furniture (304) · cleaning (295) · apartment (171) · daycare (159) · appliances (95) · janitor (86) · veterinary (64) |
| Beauty | 1,570 | 3.9% | hair stylist (881) · dentist (525) · barber (90) · fruit (1) |
| Education | 1,112 | 2.8% | school (940) · writing (65) · library (62) · garden (5) · bankruptcy (1) · pubs (1) |
| Construction | 1,105 | 2.7% | carpet (207) · plumbing (185) · painting (163) · general contractor (116) · electrician (97) · roofing (87) · heating and cooling (61) · machinery (51) |
| Automotive | 1,090 | 2.7% | autos (517) · auto repair (352) · auto parts (37) · motorcycle (20) · tires (11) · scooter (8) · truck repair (1) |
| Travel | 1,035 | 2.6% | travel agent (533) · hotel (176) · bnb (114) · motel (98) · parking (36) · airline (21) · limo (1) · real estate (1) |
| Living & Home | 984 | 2.4% | scooter (1) · landscaping (1) · vegetable (1) |
| Law | 856 | 2.1% | mediator (88) · real estate (1) · orchard (1) |
| Food | 743 | 1.8% | baker (323) · grocer (155) · seafood (148) · catering (66) · ice cream (42) · fruit (3) · insurance (2) · mexican food (1) |
| Entertainment | 693 | 1.7% | video producer (241) · video (98) · games (61) · nightclub (53) · amusement (49) · museum (49) · music instruments (47) · dj (9) |
| Fashion | 644 | 1.6% | clothing (643) · vegetable (1) |
| Food & Beverage | 641 | 1.6% | fruit (50) · vegetable (31) |
| Tech | 632 | 1.6% | computers (508) · telecom (55) · wireless (50) |
| Realty | 585 | 1.5% | real estate (583) · realtor (2) |
| Retail Goods | 563 | 1.4% | real estate (1) |
The franchises already here
Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.
84 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.
| Brand | Category | Here | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven | convenience | 40 | 30,000 |
| Royal Bank | bank | 37 | — |
| London Drugs | pharmacy | 33 | 70 |
| Save On Foods | supermarket | 27 | 69 |
| Flight Centre | travel | 22 | 1,500 |
| Shoppers Drug Mart | pharmacy | 22 | 927 |
| Salvation Army | retail | 18 | — |
| U-Haul | car | 18 | 13,700 |
| Royal Canadian Legion | club | 16 | 160 |
| Pizza Factory | pizza | 15 | 135 |
| Rogers Video | video | 14 | 300 |
| Dairy Queen | fastfood | 13 | 5,900 |
| Canadian Tire | retail | 12 | 455 |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 11 | 5,900 |
| Shell Canada | fuel | 10 | 2,100 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 9 | 10,000 |
| Best Western | businesshotel | 8 | 4,200 |
| Flying Wedge Pizza | pizza | 8 | 14 |
| Great Clips | hair | 8 | 2,600 |
| Petro Canada | fuel | 8 | 1,512 |
| Taco Time | fastfood | 7 | 300 |
| White Spot Restaurants | food | 7 | 60 |
| Booster Juice | dessert | 6 | 150 |
| Carlson Wagonlit Travel | travel | 6 | 4,300 |
| Co-operators | insurance | 6 | — |
| Holiday Inn | businesshotel | 6 | — |
| Home Hardware | home | 6 | 1,000 |
| Island Hearing | specialty | 6 | 80 |
| Thomas Cook | travel | 6 | 700 |
| Tim Hortons | coffee | 6 | 2,890 |
| Boston Pizza | pizza | 5 | 250 |
| Color Your World | retail | 5 | 98 |
| Cotton Ginny | retail | 5 | — |
| De Dutch | food | 5 | 18 |
| Liberty Tax Service | tax | 5 | — |
| Mr. Lube | auto | 5 | 88 |
| Nutrition House | health | 5 | 62 |
| Public Storage locations | home | 5 | 2,000 |
| Sony Store | retail | 5 | — |
| Young Drivers of Canada | specialty | 5 | — |
| Banana Republic | retail | 4 | — |
| Burger King | fastfood | 4 | 11,000 |
| Danier Leather | retail | 4 | — |
| Enterprise Rent A Car | car | 4 | 5,400 |
| Kal Tire | auto | 4 | 200 |
| Little Caesars Pizza | pizza | 4 | 1,800 |
| NAPA Auto Parts | auto | 4 | 18,000 |
| OK Tire | auto | 4 | 260 |
| Pearle Vision | specialty | 4 | 100 |
| Running Room | retail | 4 | — |
| Second Cup | coffee | 4 | — |
| Sleep Country | retail | 4 | 119 |
| St. John | retail | 4 | — |
| Sunglass Hut | retail | 4 | — |
| Swiss Chalet | fastfood | 4 | 190 |
| Sylvan Learning | school | 4 | 710 |
| Travel CUTS | travel | 4 | — |
| Athletes World | retail | 3 | — |
| Baskin Robbins | dessert | 3 | 2,800 |
| Bell World | retail | 3 | — |
| Budget Rent A Car | car | 3 | 1,900 |
| Canada Post locations | post | 3 | 23,000 |
| Century 21 Real Estate | realestate | 3 | — |
| Cineplex Odeon | entertainment | 3 | — |
| Comfort Inn | familyhotel | 3 | — |
| Fountain Tire | auto | 3 | — |
| Future Shop | inc | 3 | 110 |
| Hasty Market | convenience | 3 | 150 |
| Hertz Rent A Car | car | 3 | 7,000 |
| Hollywood Video | video | 3 | 2,700 |
| Holt Renfrew | retail | 3 | 12 |
| IKON Office Solutions | retail | 3 | 400 |
| La Senza | lingerie | 3 | — |
| New York Fries | fastfood | 3 | 185 |
| Padgett Business Services | tax | 3 | 400 |
| Pita Pit | deli | 3 | 220 |
| Purolator Courier | post | 3 | 550 |
| Sandman Hotels & Inns | accommodation | 3 | 30 |
| Suzy Shier | retail | 3 | — |
| Wal-Mart | retail | 3 | 6,500 |
| Wine Kitz | liquor | 3 | — |
| AAMCO Transmissions | auto | 2 | 700 |
| BCBG Max Azria | retail | 2 | 34 |
| Country Style | coffee | 2 | 400 |
| Days Inn | economyhotel | 2 | — |
| Earls Restaurant | food | 2 | 52 |
| Fitness Depot | fitness | 2 | 40 |
| Foto Source | retail | 2 | — |
| Great Canadian Bagel | deli | 2 | 48 |
| Harry Rosen | retail | 2 | 16 |
| Jenny Craig | fitness | 2 | 640 |
| Jiffy Lube | auto | 2 | 2,200 |
| Liquidation World | retail | 2 | 100 |
| Medicine Shoppe | pharmacy | 2 | 1,030 |
| Movie Gallery | video | 2 | 4,700 |
| Mr. Sub | deli | 2 | 475 |
| National Bank of Canada | bank | 2 | — |
| Oxford Learning | school | 2 | 140 |
| Pasta House | food | 2 | 30 |
| Payless Shoesource | shoestore | 2 | 5,000 |
| Pier 1 Imports | retail | 2 | 1,200 |
| Polo Ralph Lauren | — | 2 | — |
| Ramada Inn | familyhotel | 2 | 740 |
| Real Canadian Superstore | supermarket | 2 | 51 |
| Rent-A-Wreck | car | 2 | — |
| Signs Now | specialty | 2 | — |
| Staples Business Depot | officesupplies | 2 | 1,800 |
| Sub Garden | deli | 2 | — |
| Value Village | retail | 2 | 190 |
| Wild Birds Unlimited | retail | 2 | 307 |
| 1-800-GOT-JUNK? | specialty | 1 | 270 |
| Armani Exchange | retail | 1 | 108 |
| Bank of America | bank | 1 | — |
| Betsey Johnson | retail | 1 | — |
| Bon Ton | retail | 1 | — |
| Buns Master Bakery | coffee | 1 | 29 |
| Candy Bouquet | dessert | 1 | 815 |
| Cash Converters | retail | 1 | 16 |
| City Market | supermarket | 1 | 38 |
| Cruise Holidays | travel | 1 | 125 |
| Crystal Glass | auto | 1 | — |
| Curves For Women | fitness | 1 | 10,000 |
| Eddie Bauer | retail | 1 | 370 |
| Edo Japan | food | 1 | 90 |
| Everything for a Dollar Store | retail | 1 | 70 |
| Fast Signs | specialty | 1 | 504 |
| Foot Solutions | retail | 1 | 249 |
| Four Points by Sheraton | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Franklin Covey | retail | 1 | 100 |
| Furniture Medic | specialty | 1 | 600 |
| General Motors | auto | 1 | — |
| Grand & Toy | retail | 1 | 50 |
| Hard Rock Cafe | food | 1 | 140 |
| Harvest Foods | supermarket | 1 | 33 |
| Holiday Inn Express | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| Home Depot | home | 1 | 2,104 |
| House of Blues | entertainment | 1 | 10 |
| Island Ink-Jet | retail | 1 | 200 |
| Jani-King | cleaner | 1 | 115 |
| Landmark Cinemas | entertainment | 1 | 39 |
| Laura Ashley | retail | 1 | — |
| Laura Secord | dessert | 1 | — |
| Le Château | retail | 1 | 195 |
| Lee Valley Tools | home | 1 | 13 |
| Manchu WOK | fastfood | 1 | 200 |
| Max Mara | retail | 1 | — |
| Mister Transmission | auto | 1 | 90 |
| No Frills | supermarket | 1 | 130 |
| Office Depot | retail | 1 | 1,091 |
| Piggly Wiggly | supermarket | 1 | 600 |
| Print Three | post | 1 | 58 |
| Rotary Club | club | 1 | — |
| Round Table Pizza | pizza | 1 | 132 |
| RW & Co. | retail | 1 | — |
| Sammy J. Peppers | food | 1 | 7 |
| Service Experts | specialty | 1 | — |
| Shop 'n Save | supermarket | 1 | 37 |
| Shop'n Save Food | supermarket | 1 | 54 |
| Source For Sports | retail | 1 | 150 |
| St. Regis | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Stitch It | retail | 1 | 98 |
| Sunset Grill | food | 1 | 16 |
| Taco Del Mar | fastfood | 1 | 260 |
| TD Canada Trust | bank | 1 | — |
| Things Engraved | retail | 1 | — |
| Tip Top Tailors | retail | 1 | 100 |
| Tom Thumb | supermarket | 1 | 62 |
| Tommy Hilfiger | retail | 1 | 122 |
| Toys "R" Us | retail | 1 | 1,400 |
| UNIGLOBE Travel | travel | 1 | 700 |
| Weed Man | specialty | 1 | — |
| West Marine | specialty | 1 | 400 |
| World Gym | fitness | 1 | 300 |
| Limited name only | retail | 830 | — |
| Safeway name only | supermarket | 68 | 1,767 |
| Starbucks name only | coffee | 57 | 3,500 |
| ScotiaBank name only | bank | 29 | — |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 25 | — |
| Manor name only | retail | 20 | — |
| Progressive name only | supermarket | 13 | 150 |
| Sears name only | inc | 12 | 2,300 |
| Coach name only | luggage | 11 | — |
| Toyota name only | car | 11 | — |
| Aldo name only | retail | 10 | — |
| Hallmark name only | greetingcards | 10 | 5,600 |
| Honda name only | car | 10 | — |
| HSBC name only | bank | 10 | — |
| Renaissance name only | upscalehotel | 10 | — |
| Roots name only | retail | 10 | 145 |
| CIBC name only | bank | 7 | — |
| Esprit name only | retail | 7 | — |
| Jacob name only | retail | 7 | 200 |
| Midas name only | auto | 7 | 1,800 |
| Aritzia name only | retail | 6 | 20 |
| Greyhound name only | travel | 6 | — |
| Nissan name only | auto | 6 | — |
| Cartier name only | retail | 5 | — |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 5 | 1,000 |
| Jeep name only | suv | 5 | — |
| Khalsa name only | fuel | 5 | — |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 5 | — |
| Michaels name only | retail | 5 | 805 |
| Zellers name only | retail | 5 | — |
| Bebe name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Fabricland name only | retail | 4 | 170 |
| Hyatt name only | upscalehotel | 4 | — |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 4 | 2,800 |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 4 | — |
| Rockport name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Stitches name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Tiffany name only | retail | 4 | 150 |
| Westin name only | luxuryhotel | 4 | — |
| Ardene name only | retail | 3 | — |
| Beltone name only | specialty | 3 | 1,500 |
| Burton name only | retail | 3 | — |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 3 | 3 |
| Sheraton name only | upscalehotel | 3 | — |
| Armani name only | fashion | 2 | — |
| Benetton name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Bootlegger name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Borders name only | book | 2 | 559 |
| CinnZeo name only | coffee | 2 | 50 |
| Fabutan name only | health | 2 | 151 |
| Gymboree name only | retail | 2 | 550 |
| Hooters name only | food | 2 | 435 |
| Husky name only | fuel | 2 | — |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 2 | — |
| Kernels name only | dessert | 2 | — |
| LensCrafters name only | specialty | 2 | 890 |
| MANGO name only | retail | 2 | 850 |
| MMMuffins name only | coffee | 2 | — |
| Origins name only | haircare | 2 | — |
| Reitmans name only | retail | 2 | 343 |
| Roxy name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Talbots name only | retail | 2 | 592 |
| Travelodge name only | economyhotel | 2 | — |
| AEON name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Archambault name only | retail | 1 | 15 |
| Aveda name only | retail | 1 | — |
| BestBuy name only | inc | 1 | 940 |
| Blackwell name only | book | 1 | 6 |
| DirectBuy name only | retail | 1 | 100 |
| Florsheim name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Fossil name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Kingfisher name only | home | 1 | 680 |
| Ledgers name only | specialty | 1 | — |
| Lululemon locations name only | sportswear | 1 | 81 |
| Marciano name only | retail | 1 | 36 |
| MasterCuts name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Officeworks name only | retail | 1 | 90 |
| SAAN name only | retail | 1 | 140 |
| Seppala name only | retail | 1 | 120 |
| SuperCuts name only | inc | 1 | 2,000 |
| Versace name only | designerclothing | 1 | 61 |
| Volkswagen name only | — | 1 | — |
| WirelessWave name only | wireless | 1 | — |
| Wolford name only | retail | 1 | — |
Real estate as a local trade
Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.
Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.
Selling homes
5312Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.
Named in the register
- Assertive Property Mgmt — 19 Renfrew St N
- Austeville Properties — 105 N Commercial Dr
- Bear Realty — 327 Renfrew St
- City Point Appraisal and Cnsltng — 460 Nanaimo St #209
- Developing Solutions — 4965 College Highroad
- DEXTER ASSOCIATES REALTY — 3479 Dunbar Street
- MONTEREY DEVELOPMENT CO LTD — 4941 College Highroad
- Nacel Properties — 1748 Pender St E #106
- Oballa Realty — 1416 Commercial Dr #103
- OBALLA REALTY LTD — 1416 Commercial Drive 103
- SAWMAC REALTY INC — 106 4386 W 10th West
- SPARTANO REALTY CORP LTD — 1448 Commercial Drive 201
- Spartano Realty Corporation Limited — 1448 Commercial DR 201
- Walters Tim
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- Arbutus Gardens — 1955 33rd Avenue West
- Arbutus Gardens
- Chinatown Lions Manor — 830 Campbell Avenue
- Collingwood Towers — 5657 Harold Street
- Frances Court Apartments — 1661 Frances St
- Fraser Plaza — 7440 Fraser Street
- FRASER POINTE — 3083 E Kent Avenue North 101
- Georgian House — 5450 Vine Street
- Kensington Gardens
- Langara Garden Apartments — 601 57th Avenue West
- Mountview Apartments — 2182 39th Avenue West
- Nacel Properties — 1436 Graveley Street
- OLIVER COURT — 580 43 Avenue East
- Tiffany Gardens — 678 45th Avenue West
Managing for owners
5313Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.
Named in the register
- Cld Service — 8049 Victoria Dr
- Complete Corporate Building — 555 Great Northern Way
- Downtown Suites
- Dynamic Property Management — 8432 Nanaimo
- Dynamic Property Management
- Frith Walter D Limited
- Housesitters Canada
- Intergra Properties — 3680 E Hastings 210
- Kent Management — 470 Granville 908
- Medallion Management — 1541 W Broadway 507
- Property Shop — 252 W Broadway
- Reliance Holdings Limited — 111 Water 305
- Stratawest Management Limited — 1847 Marine 200
- Winstar Maintenance — 655 Kent Ave NW #550
Building new homes
2361Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.
Named in the register
- ARBOR OUTDOOR SERVICES — 2871 W 21st
- Bakken Construction — 4763 Drummond Dr
- Blackmore Construction CO — 2758 29th Ave W
- David Mitchell CO — 1245 Glen Dr #A
- Grotesque Interior Renovators — 1701 Powell St #101
- Homar Construction Service — 4555 Prospect Rd
- Kin on Developments — 6611 Marguerite St
- Lux Design and Construction — 4515 Belmont Ave
- Menkis Construction — 837 Hastings St W #408
- Priority Projects — 611 Alexander St #317
- PROGRESSIVE SEALING INC — 1698 75 Avenue West
- RONA — 2727 E 12th
- Schueck Construction — 3954 30th Ave W
- Wisa Development Projects — 1089 Broadway W
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- AFRO CANADIAN MORTGAGE LTD — 3665 Kingsway 300
- AMBRO ASSOCIATES MORTGAGE CONSULTANTS — 1285 W Broadway
- Associates Financial Services of Canada Ltd The — 6565 Fraser Street
- Cahier — 2561 E Hastings
- Cahier — 8638 Granville
- Grierson Commercial Mortgages — 1428 Hastings St W
- Hmg the Home Mortgage Group — 6325 Fraser St #200
- Mackay Mortgage — 1497 Marine Dr #300
- Pacific Mortgage — 6330 Fraser 307
- Priority One Mortgage Co — 404-2133 Dundas St
- Royal West Financial — 3107 Kingsway
- Standard Life — 625 Howe St
- SYMMETRY MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP — 4005 Sw Marine Drive
- United Mortgage Group — 1285 Broadway West
Who actually owns it
The full property record →From the /property research for this city, which asks a different question: not who trades in property here, but who owns it. An owner is named there only where a document says so. Title $11.06 a search; beneficial owners free in LOTR; no price-paid file.
Homebuilders
- Onni Group — 15,000+
- Concert Properties — 12,000+
- Bosa Properties — 10,000
- Wesgroup Properties — 7,000+
Commercial landlords
- QuadReal Property Group — $98.5B AUM
- Cadillac Fairview — $26B AUM; 3 Vancouver office properties
- Hudson Pacific Properties — 1,528,789 sq ft (Bentall Centre, 20% JV interest)
- Concert Properties — 12.5M+ sq ft
- Onni Group — 19M+ sq ft built
- Bosa Properties — 5.5M sq ft under management
7 marquee buildings examined, 4 with an owner established.
On "how many doors"
How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.
Work where you go to them
The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you.
A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 157 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 0 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.
The 157 Service=1 rows in search.local: work where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.
home services
events
pets
luxury
healthcare
sporting goods
sports
business
outdoors
construction
travel
tools
Schools and colleges
wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.
| Institution | Type | Students | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCI Institute | Technical School | — | 1978 |
| Langara | College | — | — |
| UBC | University | — | — |
In the business register
Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.
Health and care
What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.
Matched on the name "hospital"
- Gold River Tahsis Veterinary Hospital — 501 Industrial Pk Pl
- DIAMOND HEALTH CENTRE — 3671 E Hastings
- Pharmasave Health Centre — #100-2800 E 1st Ave
- Altavista Animal Hospital — 4543 Dunbar St
- AMHERST VETERINARY HOSPITAL LTD — Alma Street
- Schick Shadel Hospital
- Point Grey Veterinary Hospital — 4362 10th Ave W
- BLUE CROSS PET HOSPITAL — 2214 Hastings Street East
- Loy Cheung Health Center — 810 Renfrew St
- Reach Community Health Centre — 1145 Commercial Dr
- Hara Whole Body Health Centre — 1717 Grant Street
- REACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — 1145 Commercial Drive
- Glen Hospital — 1036 Salsbury Dr.
- Kensington Private Hospital — 750 41st Ave. West
- Louis Brier Home and Hospital — 1055 41st Ave W
- Aberdeen Cat Hospital — 5999 West Blvd
- Alive Health Centre Limited — 650 41 Avenue West 271
- ANDERSON ANIMAL HOSPITAL — Granville Street
- Kerrisdale Health Centre — 6251 West Boulevard
- Kerrisdale Veterinary Hospital — 5999 West Blvd
- Eastern Wind Tcm Health Center — 5678 Granville St #208
- Atlas Animal Hospital — 5696 Fraser St
- Southpines Private Hospital — 1845 Napier St
- Holy Family Hospital — 7801 Argyle St
- Amherst Hospital and Nursing — 375 59th Ave W
- J and J Wang Health Center — 190 48th Ave E #202
- Everywomans Health Centre — 210-2525 Commercial Dr
- Killarney Animal Hospital — 2649 49th Ave E
- VETCETERA PET HOSPITAL — 2876 Rupert Street
- Fan Yeung Chung Health Center — 2579 Kingsway
- Yaletown Pet Hospital — 39 Smithe St
- Urban Animal Hospital — 1032 Davie
- Mandarin Health Centre Limited — 543 Main Street
- Alive Health Center — 595 Burrard St #307
- Madonna Health Center — 428 Broadway E
- BRADDAN PRIVATE HOSPITAL — 2450 W 2nd
- VESTTA WHOLE HEALTH CENTRE — 209 2760 W Broadway West
- Pharmasave Health Centre — 4198 Dunbar St
- Shas Health Center — 3077 Granville St #201B
- Point Grey Private Hospital — 2423 Cornwall Ave
- Hospital Employees Union — 2006 10th Ave W
- NIGHT OWL BIRD HOSPITAL — Broadway West
- Granville Island Veterinary Hospital — 1635 W 4th
- Renaissance Health Center — 2233 Burrard St #212
- Vancouver Feline Hospital — 2299 Burrard St
- SEMPERVIVA HOLISTIC HEALTH CENTRE — 2608 W Broadway
- North America Colon Health Centre — 205 - 1541 West Broadway
- Oak Animal Hospital — 3887 Oak St
- Ubc Hospital — 2211 Wesbrook Mall
- Cambie Hospital — 2836 Ash St.
- Unique Nutrition Health Centre — 555 W 12th West
- Pharmasave Health Centre — 1750 East 10th Ave
- Mid Main Community Health Center — 3998 Main St
- Mount St Joseph Hospital — 3080 Prince Edward St
- Care Program BC Health Center — 4500 Oak St
- Childrens Hospital — 4480 Oak St #321B
- B C Womens Hospital and Health — 4500 Oak St
- Vancouver General Hospital — 899 12th St E
- Vancouver Veterinary Hospital 1991Ltd — 1541 Kingsway
- FALSE CREEK HEALTH CENTRE — 678 Leg In Boot Square
- St Vincents Hospital — 749 33rd Ave W
- St Vincents Hospital Found — 749 33rd Ave W
- West Community Health Center — 990 22nd St
- Parkgate Community Health Center — 3625 Banff Crt #200
- Lions Gate Health Center — 156 13th St E
- Alive Health Center — 720 Park Royal N
- CAULFEILD VETERINARY HOSPITAL — 5319 Headland Drive
- Cat Hospital — 1571 Marine Dr #A
- AMBLESIDE ANIMAL HOSPITAL — 1495 Clyde Avenue
- Inglewood Private Hospital — 725 Inglewood Ave
- DUNDARAVE VETERINARY HOSPITAL — 2415 Marine Drive
- Pharmasave Health Centre — Unit J3 925 Main St
- ANIMAL MEDICAL HOSPITAL — 2459 A Bellevue Avenue
- PARK GATE ANIMAL BIRD HOSPITAL LTD — 3650 Mt Seymour Pkwy 170
- BLUERIDGE COVE ANIMAL HOSPITAL — 165 Riverside Drive
- Oak Animal Hospital — 3887 Oak
- Lions Gate Hospital — 231 E 15th
- Thorson Health Centre — 149 E 15th
- HIGHLANDS ANIMAL HOSPITAL LTD — Highland Boulevard
- Lonsdale Pet Hospital — 116 20th St W
- Lions Gate Hospital Thrift Shp — 128 15th St W
- MARINE DRIVE VETERINARY HOSPITAL — 1279 Marine Drive
- CAPILANO PET HOSPITAL LTD — Capilano Road
- Atlas Animal Hospital North — 1226 Marine Dr
geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.
Mayor & politics
Who holds office here and who is asking to, from the official lists on /politics: the council, the riding’s Member of Parliament and the provincial member. Each name opens its row there.
Everyone who represents Vancouver BC, and everyone running →
Realtors in Vancouver BC — the brokerages and licensed agents to call →
What this record cannot tell you
Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.
- Census figures are 2021, taken on 11 May 2021: income is for 2020 and the labour figures were measured mid-pandemic, so the unemployment rate on this page is a 2021 reading rather than a current one.
- wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
- No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
- 15.7% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 99.4%.
Built from
geonet.vancouver— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands