British Columbia
Metro Vancouver Regional District
Vancouver

Sunset

Sunset is one of the most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in , . It is located in the south-east quadrant of the city. Surrounding the multicultural Fraser Street district, Sunset is bordered by both the Marpole and neighbourhoods to the west, and the Victoria-Fraserview neighbourhood to the east.
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  • Type: Suburb with 36,500 residents
  • Description: neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Sunset, Vancouver”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mitchell Island and John Oliver Secondary School.

Island
Photo: Mathew5000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in the North Arm of the in , , located between the cities of and . It is crossed by the Knight Street Bridge, which is one of the main bridges between the City of Vancouver and Richmond.

School
is a public secondary school located in , , Canada, at East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street. It is named after John Oliver, the Premier of British Columbia from 1918 to 1927.

School
J.W. Sexsmith Community Elementary is a public elementary school in , part of School District 39 Vancouver.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Vancouver and Little India.

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vancouver South covers the southern portion of . It is mostly residential and has some of the city's older and more prestigious neighbourhoods. The area is best known for its gardens and parks, such as VanDusen Gardens.

Neighborhood
The Punjabi Market, also known as , is a commercial district and ethnic enclave in , . Officially recognized by the city as being primarily a major South Asian, Indo-Canadian and Punjabi population business community and cultural area, the Punjabi District is roughly a six block section of Main Street around 49th Avenue in the Sunset neighbourhood.

Suburb
is a in the City of , set on the south slope of the rise that runs north from the and encompassing a large area of residential and commercial development.

Sunset

Latitude
49.21959° or 49° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
-123.09024° or 123° 5′ 25″ west
Population
36,500
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
Open location code
84XR6W95+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1110216844
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13495379
Wiki­data ID
Q7641185
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Korean—“Sunset” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “日落區”
  • Japanese: “日没”
  • Korean: “썬셋”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sunset”. Photo: Thom Quine, CC BY 2.0.