East Vancouver
SunsetBritish Columbia
A south Vancouver neighbourhood of house lots: about 69% R1-1, four secondary catchments, Main Street and the Punjabi Market through it, and no rapid-transit station inside.
Shan Sharees & Drapery on Main Street, May 31, 1970
The oldest Sikh society in Greater Vancouver
Erickson/Massey-designed temple; opening ceremony November 30, 1969
Canada's first English-Punjabi street signs went up at Main and 49th
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Overview
Sunset is the City of Vancouver's name for a local area of about 650 hectares in the south of the city. Main Street and the Punjabi Market run through it, and the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara is at 8000 Ross Street.
About 69% of the land is R1-1, the City's zone for house lots. Industrial zones are about 18%, other residential zones about 5% and commercial about 3%. The zone of any one lot is on the City's VanMap, and the zone decides what can be built.
Four secondary catchments cover the area. John Oliver Secondary (530 East 41st Avenue) covers about 66% of the land, David Thompson Secondary (1755 East 55th Avenue) about 16%, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary (7055 Heather Street) about 11% and Eric Hamber Secondary (5025 Willow Street) about 4%. For elementary, Walter Moberly covers about 24%, John Henderson about 22% and Pierre Elliott Trudeau about 16%.
No Canada Line station is inside Sunset. Marine Drive, Langara-49th Avenue and Oakridge-41st Avenue stations are each about 0.8 km from the western edge. TransLink's schedule data shows stops inside the area for routes 3, 8, 22, 41, 49, 80, 100 and 430, the R4 41st Avenue RapidBus, and the N8 and N20 night buses.
What you get living here
The things that don't show up in a listing — the standing rituals and quiet anchors that make Sunset feel like a place rather than a postal code.
The Punjabi Market was born on a Sunday afternoon at Main and 49th
On that date, Sucha Singh and Harbans Kaur Claire opened Shan Sharees and Drapery on Main Street, the first South Asian shop in what became, through the 1970s and 80s, a six-block commercial corridor stretching roughly 48th to 51st Avenue. At its 1990s peak the strip held more than 300 shops and one of the highest concentrations of jewellers in Canada.
Vancouver Heritage Foundation · Punjabi Market history archive
Canada's first bilingual English-Punjabi street signs went up here
At Main Street and 49th Avenue. The signs were a municipal first: a formal civic acknowledgement that this corridor was not just a commercial district but a cultural one. The blue-and-white sign blanks read the same in two scripts, and they're still there.
City of Vancouver
The Ross Street Gurdwara is an Erickson/Massey building
The Khalsa Diwan Society, founded in 1906, the oldest Sikh society in Greater Vancouver, bought 2.75 acres at SW Marine and Ross in 1968, laid the foundation March 30, 1969, and held the opening ceremony November 30, 1969. The building, designed by Erickson/Massey Architects, is one of Canada's most architecturally significant religious buildings, a modernist reinterpretation of a traditional gurdwara. The Sri Guru Granth Sahib was carried over from the original 1908 West 2nd Avenue temple on Vaisakhi 1970.
Khalsa Diwan Society · Canada's Historic Places · Erickson/Massey archives
Sunset Community Centre was paid for by a radio broadcast
Residents lobbied for a recreation facility starting in 1945. On September 21, 1948 a Bing Crosby Radio Show broadcast from Vancouver raised over $26,000 in a single performance, the City matched the balance, and the Sunset Memorial Community Centre opened in 1950. The Bing Thom-designed replacement on Main between 51st and 53rd opened December 17, 2007.
Sunset Community Centre Association · City of Vancouver
Inside Sunset
Sunset reads as one neighbourhood from a distance, but on the ground the housing fabric is layered. Each piece has its own rules, its own inventory, and its own buyer.
Main Street and the Punjabi Market
The Punjabi Market is on Main Street between 48th and 51st Avenues. Sunset Community Centre is at 6810 Main Street and South Hill Library at 6076 Fraser Street.
Read more →Memorial South Park and Sunset Park
Memorial South Park (5955 Ross Street) is about 13.6 hectares and Sunset Park (404 East 51st Avenue) about 3.4. Moberly, George, Ross and MacDonald parks are also inside the area.
Read more →R1-1 house lots
About 69% of the land is R1-1, the City's zone for house lots. Bill 44 applies to most of it.
Read more →Industrial zones
About 18% of the area is industrial, led by I-2 (about 10%) and M-2 (about 7%).
Read more →Schools
Four secondary catchments cover Sunset: John Oliver (about 66% of the land), David Thompson (about 16%), Sir Winston Churchill (about 11%) and Eric Hamber (about 4%).
Seven elementary catchments cover almost all of it, led by Walter Moberly (about 24%), John Henderson (about 22%) and Pierre Elliott Trudeau (about 16%). The Vancouver School Board's school locator settles a single address.
Estimated catchments in and around Sunset
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Daily life
Main Street runs through the area, with the Punjabi Market between 48th and 51st Avenues. Sunset Community Centre is at 6810 Main Street and South Hill Library at 6076 Fraser Street.
Memorial South Park (5955 Ross Street) is about 13.6 hectares. Sunset Park, Moberly Park, George Park, Ross Park and MacDonald Park are also inside the area.
Commute math
No Canada Line station is inside Sunset. Marine Drive, Langara-49th Avenue and Oakridge-41st Avenue stations are each about 0.8 km from the western edge.
TransLink's schedule data shows stops inside the area for routes 3, 8, 22, 41, 49, 80, 100 and 430, the R4 41st Avenue RapidBus, and the N8 and N20 night buses.
Property types
- R1-1 house lots (about 69% of the area)
- Industrial land (about 18%, led by I-2 and M-2)
- Other residential zones (about 5%, led by RT-2)
- Commercial (about 3%)
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Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR® at Momentum Realty Inc.. GVR Member #6015742 · FVREB Member #FJOBBR