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16-453: One of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, Hastings–Sunrise is primarily residential, with a dense strip of shops and services along East Hastings Street and in pockets along Nanaimo Street, Broadway , Boundary Road and Renfrew Street. The residences are mostly single family detached dwellings, with some multi-family buildings. There is substantial parkland, and the area north of Hastings is partially zoned for light industrial. Hastings–Sunrise

32-539: A part of the decommissioned Highway 7A . In the central business district of downtown Vancouver , it is known as West Hastings Street ; at Carrall Street it becomes East Hastings Street and runs eastwards through East Vancouver and Burnaby. In Burnaby, there is no east-west designation. The street ends in Westridge , a neighbourhood at the foot of Burnaby Mountain where it joins Burnaby Mountain Parkway and diverges from

48-485: A popular recreational destination for 19th century New Westminster residents. The northern half was re-christened Hastings (officially 'The Hastings Townsite') in 1869 in honour of a visit by Admiral Hastings. The first road, hotel, post office, telephone, real estate transaction, and subdivision in what is now Vancouver were all built at Hastings Townsite. The area's first ferry service between Burrard Inlet and Victoria, also operated from here. The area didn't become part of

64-776: Is a common and historical one in Vancouver for roads, businesses and even a townsite. It is commonly thought to have been derived from the Battle of Hastings from the Norman conquest of England in 1066. In fact, it was named in the mid 19th century to commemorate the visit of the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Navy Rear Admiral George Fowler Hastings of the Royal Navy from 1866–1869. Hastings–Sunrise

80-507: Is bordered by Burrard Inlet to the north, Boundary Road to the east, East Broadway to the south, and Nanaimo Street to the west. [1] The part north of Hastings Street, bordered by Semlin Drive in the west and Renfrew Street in the east, is commonly known as the Round Cape due to its topography. It is a distinct neighbourhood in its own right, with a long history of settlement. The name "Hastings"

96-437: Is no local representation on City Council . The neighbourhood has a history of voting for left of centre parties, and for several successive elections (as of 2013) has been represented both federally and provincially by the left wing New Democratic Party. Hastings Street (Vancouver) Hastings Street is an east–west traffic corridor in the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby , British Columbia, Canada. It used to be

112-566: Is the northern half of a block of land ear-marked by the Province of British Columbia in the mid-19th century as the future location for a harbour city to complement New Westminster , the town on the Fraser River which was then (in 1863) BC's capital and the terminus city for Western Canada . While Gastown became the shipping destination for the BC coast, New Brighton, as the area was then called, became

128-598: The City of Vancouver until 1911. Hastings as a resort destination drew vacationers not only to the beachfronts, but also to the Hastings Park racetrack. Local residents lobbied for more 'wholesome' activities and draws, and in 1910 the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) was the result. The PNE leased City land through the Province until 1994, when (again on the basis of local input), the City began to redevelop some of

144-572: The Great White Way because of its neon displays, and which is today the Downtown Eastside . Through the East End, after a stretch of warehouse-type commercial and wholesale businesses, the street forms one of the commercial cores for Vancouver's Italian community in a mixed-ethnicity retail area in the area of Nanaimo Street, just east of which the Pacific National Exhibition and Playland are on

160-559: The PNE land into parkland. [2] By the 1920s, much of the waterfront was occupied by railyards, wheat pools, and the Port of Vancouver , which continues to be a major employer for the area. There is still public waterfront access at New Brighton Park, near the original Hastings resort site, north of Hastings Park and the PNE. Historically, the area has been primarily working class, with a large immigrant population, mostly Italian-Canadian . More recently,

176-412: The area has become an attractive location for young professionals and artists, as well as an influx of immigrants from China and other South-East Asian countries. According to the 2001 Census (Vancouver City statistics in brackets), [3] Hastings–Sunrise, with a population of 33,045 residents, is slightly less dense than Vancouver as a whole, at 40.69 people per hectare (47.58). The age demographics of

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192-472: The average household income is less than average, at $ 53,968 (57,916), the percentage of low income households in the neighbourhood is also slightly below average, at 25.7% (27%). Provincially, Hastings–Sunrise is part of the Vancouver-Hastings electoral district, [4] and federally it is contained within the riding of Vancouver East . [5] Since Vancouver has an at large civic electoral system, there

208-605: The city of Vancouver's eastern fringe. After leaving Vancouver, Hastings forms the core of a Burnaby retail neighbourhood known as the Heights and then traverses Capitol Hill to the Lochdale and Westridge areas. From west to east. Cape Horn Interchange Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Hastings is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia , Canada. This riding has elected

224-645: The city's original courthouse) and the Woodward's Building ; located in the old Dunn's Tailors building at Homer and West Hastings is the campus of the Vancouver Film School , while on the corner of Cambie is the Carter-Cotton Building, the former headquarters of the Vancouver Province newspaper. East of Woodward's, the street forms the heart of Vancouver's historic original downtown, once known as

240-653: The continuation of the former Highway 7A as the Barnet Highway, to Port Moody , British Columbia. Formally named in 1885 for Rear-Admiral George Fowler Hastings of the Royal Navy , the street runs past such well-known Vancouver landmarks as the Marine Building , the Vancouver Club , Sinclair Centre , Harbour Centre (once Spencer's, Eaton's, then Sears and now the downtown campus of Simon Fraser University ), Dominion Building and Victory Square (the location of

256-415: The neighbourhood closely match those of Vancouver City, with both regions having 55.2% of residents under 40 years of age. 41.2% of Hastings–Sunrise residents reported Chinese as their first language (26.4%), with English second at 36.4% (49.4%), and Italian at 7.3% (1.3%). The average size of Hastings–Sunrise households is considerably higher than that of Vancouver as a whole, at 3.0 persons (2.3), and while

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