Downtown Vancouver consists of 375 hectacres and 43,000 residents as of the 2011 census. The stats give languages spoken, age groups, home ownership.

Vancouver’s Downtown neighbourhood began being built in the mid ’90s and there are few lots remaining for development. The area is east of Burrard Street, south of Robson, west of Quebec and north of the body of water known as False Creek.

Designated a national historic site in 2009, Vancouver's Gastown sits at the north east end of the Downtown peninsula. Bordered by Water Street, Columbia, Hastings and Cambie. Named after Gassy Jack, a Yorkshire seaman who arrived in 1867, it was Vancouver's first downtown. Its most famous landmark is the Steam Powered Clock.

Vancouver's Hotel/Condo Buildings are: Shangri-la at 1128 W. Georgia/1111 Alberni, Residences at Hotel Georgia 667 Howe, Fairmont Pacific Rim Estates 1011 W. Cordova, L'Hermitage 788 Richards

Are you wishing to buy a condo on Vancouver's beautiful waterfront? If so, you have a choice of five neighbourhoods - Coal Harbour, West End, Yaletown, False Creek and Kitsilano.

Located east of Yaletown, International Village is a neighbourhood of Downtown Vancouver and is between Yaletown and Gastown and also borders Chinatown. It is also around the corner from Costco and a block to the waterfront on False Creek.

December 2008 sees the opening of North America’s first Shangri-la hotel/condo, which also has the distinction of being Vancouver’s tallest building with over 60 storeys and 293 suites, mostly 1 and 2 bedrooms.

The upcoming Nordstroms store which is opening in Spring 2015 on the corner of Granville and Robson has generated many new luxury retail outlets in the three blocks west.

Vancouver has a great selection of luxury shopping which includes Louis Vuiton, Hermes, Tony Burch, De Beers Diamonds.

Vancouver has a wide assortment of restaurants – French, Italian, Chinese - and many food trucks.

The Financial District is a business district in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, existing within the downtown core. The district has 60% of the region's office space and is home to headquarters of forest products and mining companies as well as branches of national and international banks, accounting and law firms, malls, and luxury hotels.

TransLink is the corporation responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport and major roads and bridges.
SkyTrain is the rapid transit railroad system of Greater Vancouver. SkyTrain has 68.7 km (42.7 mi) of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which gives passengers views across the city and helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability.

Established the same year that Canada became a nation, Gastown grew into Canada’s third largest city and one of its most cosmopolitan. But the Gastown district today retains its historic charm, independent spirit and distinctiveness.