Connaught Park

Connaught Park is a park in Vancouver, British Columbia. Connaught Park is situated nearby to the marketplace Kitsilano Farmers Market, as well as near May Aacomachie Playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fraser Academy and Kitsilano Secondary School.

Fraser Academy

School

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Fraser Academy, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a private, non-profit, co-educational, non-faith, non-residential school that serves children from grades 1 to 12 with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia. Fraser Academy is situated 220 metres east of Connaught Park.

Kitsilano Secondary School

School

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Kitsilano Secondary School is the public secondary school in the Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school has several district programs including French immersion and on-site pre-employment. Kitsilano Secondary School is situated 250 metres west of Connaught Park.

St. John’s School

School

SJS, in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an independent, co-educational, secular, IB World School for junior kindergarten to grade 12 students. SJS is accredited by the British Columbia Ministry of Education. St. John’s School is situated 310 metres northeast of Connaught Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kitsilano and Greektown.

Kitsilano

Suburb

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Kitsilano, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the Vancouver west side. In the 1960s Kits was a neighbourhood where hippies "tuned in and dropped out" but today it has some of Vancouver's most expensive properties.

Greektown

Neighborhood

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Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is an area in the Kitsilano neighbourhood that was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants.