Little India

The Punjabi Market, also known as Little India, 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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Neighborhood with 6,510 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Punjabi Market” and “Punjabi Market, Vancouver”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Langara–49th Avenue station and QE Park.

Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 ca.
Langara–49th Avenue is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of West 49th Avenue and Cambie Street in , British Columbia, Canada.

Park
Photo: Craig Nagy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre municipal park located in , , . It is located on top of approximately 125 metres above sea level and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.

Metro station
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oakridge–41st Avenue is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of West 41st Avenue and Cambie Street in , British Columbia, Canada.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunset and Oakridge.

Suburb
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, is bordered by both the Marpole and neighbourhoods to the west, and the Victoria-Fraserview neighbourhood to the east.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in , British Columbia, Canada, with a multicultural residential and commercial area. It had a population of 13,030 in 2016, of which approximately 50 percent have Chinese as their mother tongue.

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.

Little India

Latitude
49.22522° or 49° 13′ 31″ north
Longitude
-123.10166° or 123° 6′ 6″ west
Population
6,510
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
84XR6VGX+38
Open­Street­Map ID
way 988763171
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
13561600
Wiki­data ID
Q3489636
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Little India” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “旁遮普市場”
  • Czech: “Punjabi Market”
  • Dutch: “Punjabi Market”
  • Malay: “Punjabi Market, Vancouver”
  • Malay: “Punjabi Market”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਾਰਕਿਟ, ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਾਰਕਿਟ”
  • Persian: “بازار پنجابی (ونکوور)”
  • Persian: “بازار پنجابی”
  • Slovak: “Punjabi Market”
  • Western Panjabi: “پنجابی مارکیٹ”

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