Kensington–Cedar Cottage Explained

Official Name:Kensington–Cedar Cottage
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Subdivision Type:County
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name1:British Columbia
Subdivision Name2:Vancouver
Area Land Km2:7.24
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:49,235
Population Density Km2:6800.4
Image Alt:Kensington Park in 2014
Map Alt:Location of Kensington-Cedar Cottage in Vancouver
Coordinates:49.25°N -123.0758°W

Kensington–Cedar Cottage is one of the most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in east Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The neighbourhood is approximately in area.

Location

The neighbourhood is in area, and bordered by Fraser St. on the west, Nanaimo St. on the east, 41st Avenue on the south and 16th Avenue and Broadway on the north.

History

The area was first settled in 1888 when Arthur Wilson bought a plot of land and began the Cedar Cottage Nursery.[3]

Trout Lake

John Hendry Park, named after the lumber industrialist John Hendry who owned the land, is located in the north-east of Kensington–Cedar Cottage. In the centre of the park is Trout Lake, once the water source for the Hastings Sawmill. The park also houses an ice rink, that was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and Trout Lake Community Centre.

Like most of East Vancouver, Kensington–Cedar Cottage used to be predominantly working class but rising house prices have made the area increasingly popular with young professionals and families who can no longer afford houses in areas such as the west side.

Demographics

Kensington–Cedar Cottage is younger and more diverse than the rest of the city.[4] Only a third of residents (34.7%) in Kensington–Cedar Cottage speak English as a mother tongue, compared to roughly half of residents in Vancouver as a whole. Chinese languages (Mandarin or Cantonese) are the second most common mother tongues, spoken by 34.1% of residents. The median 2016 family income in Kensington–Cedar Cottage was $77,240, which is lower than the 2016 Vancouver average of $83,845.[5]

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2016[6] 2006[7] 2001[8]
European16,74512,67012,470
East Asian16,38517,46518,795
Southeast Asian8,9458,0706,445
South Asian3,1203,3403,685
Indigenous1,005805680
Latin American735730840
African495335260
Middle Eastern23075315
Other/Multiracial1,210815745
Total responses48,87044,31544,235
Total population49,32544,66544,560

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kensington-Cedar Cottage . vancouver.ca . City of Vancouver . 20 April 2021 . 1.
  2. Web site: Kensington-Cedar Cottage . vancouver.ca . City of Vancouver . 20 April 2021 . 1.
  3. Web site: Areas of the city .
  4. Web site: City of Vancouver.
  5. Web site: 2021-11-25 . Vancouver Demographic Report - Kensington-Cedar Cottage . https://web.archive.org/web/20211125003400/https://earlylearning.ubc.ca/media/yvr_demographic_profils/kensington-cedar_cottage_demographic_report_final_07jan2019.pdf . 2021-11-25 . 2022-10-20 .
  6. Web site: Open Data Portal . City Of Vancouver . 2018-04-10 . Census local area profiles 2016 . 2023-03-19 . opendata.vancouver.ca.
  7. Web site: Open Data Portal . City Of Vancouver . 2013-03-25 . Census local area profiles 2006 . 2023-03-19 . opendata.vancouver.ca.
  8. Web site: Open Data Portal . City Of Vancouver . 2013-03-25 . Census local area profiles 2001 . 2023-03-19 . opendata.vancouver.ca.

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