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Kitsilano
Metro Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°16′00″N 123°10′00″W / 49.26667°N 123.16667°W / 49.26667; -123.16667
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
City	Vancouver
Government
• Mayor	Gregor Robertson (Vision Vancouver)
• City Council	List of Councillors Tony Tang (Vision) Elizabeth Ball (NPA) George Affleck (NPA) Adriane Carr (Green )
•  MPs (Fed.)	List of MPs Hedy Fry (Liberal) Joyce Murray (Liberal)
• MLAs (Prov.)	List of MLAs BC Lib )
Population  (2016)
• Total	43,045
Age
• ≤19	13.3%
• 20-39	40.1%
• 40-64	32.8%
• ≥65	13.8%
First Language
• English	74.2%
• Chinese	5.6%
• French	2.6%
UTC-7 (PDT)
Postal Code	V6J, V6K
Area code(s)	604, 778
Website	City of Vancouver Neighbourhood Profile

Kitsilano /kɪtsɪˈlænoʊ/ is a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[1] Known colloquially as "Kits", the neighborhood is named for Squamish chief August Jack Khatsahlano. Kitsilano is located in Vancouver's West Side along the south shore of English Bay, between the neighborhoods of West Point Grey and Fairview.^[2] With a population of 40,595 people as of 2006, the area is mostly residential with two main commercial areas, West 4th Avenue and West Broadway, known for their retail stores, restaurants and organic food markets.^[2] Notable landmarks in Kitsilano include the Burrard Bridge, Kitsilano Beach, and the Museum of Vancouver/H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.

The neighborhood has played host to a number of annual events such as the

The name 'Kitsilano' is derived from 'X̱ats'alanexw,' the name of a Squamish chief.^[3][4] The area has been home to the Squamish people (known as Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in the Squamish language) since the 1800s when they moved into the area to work in saw mills and other industries started by early settlers. In 1911 and amendment to the Indian Act stated that "an Indian reserve which adjoins or is situated wholly or partly within an incorporated town or city having a population of not less than eight thousand" could at the recommendation of the the Superintendent General be removed without their consent if it was "having regard to the interest of the public" and by year end the reserve was sold to the Government of British Columbia.^[5] Squamish formally surrendered the majority of reserve to the federal government in 1946. Part of the expropriated land was used by the Canadian Pacific Railway who pursed selling the land they had deed to in the 1980s despite the original agreement with the Squamish that they should regain control of the land. This went to court and in August of 2002 The B.C. Court of Appeals upheld a lower courts ruling in favour of the Squamish.^[6] This Indian reserve land is at the foot of the Burrard Street Bridge, called senakw (usually spelled Snauq historically) in the Squamish language (but more properly sənaʔqʷ in hən'q'əmin'əm' language), where Xats'alanexw, also known as August Jack Khatsahlano, lived.

The city's streetcar lines used to have a "loop" at Arbutus & Cornwall, which made "Greer's Beach," as the area first became known after the holdout settler who lived there, easy to get to from the new city, then still mostly contained on the downtown peninsula^{[citation needed]}. With the opening of the Lulu Island Railway interurban line from Granville & Pacific to Richmond via Seventh Avenue and Arbutus Street to Kerrisdale in the 1890s, more of Kits was put within easy range of downtown and housing and commercial areas carved out of the forests and swamp. The lowland area beyond MacDonald, from 4th Avenue to King Edward, was known as Malaria Flats because of its swampy air. Like most of Vancouver, it had only a few decades before been covered in dense West Coast forest.^{[citation needed]}

From the 1890s, the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club in Granville Park became a trendy club for the local elite, hosting an annual Championship which attracted some nationally successful Canadian players.

The area was an inexpensive neighborhood to live in the 1960s and attracted many from the counterculture from across Canada and the United States and was known as one of the two hotbeds of the hippie culture in the city, the other being Gastown. However, the area became gentrified by 'yuppies' in subsequent decades. Close proximity to downtown Vancouver, walking distance to parks, beaches and popular Granville Island has made the neighbourhood a very desirable community to live. One of the main concert venues in the city in the days of the counterculture was the Soft Rock Cafe (not to be confused with the Hard Rock Cafe), near 4th and Maple, later rebuilt into a modern shopping complex.

One remaining artifact of the 1960s is the Naam Cafe at 4th and Macdonald, providing

Kitsilano is located in the West Side of Vancouver, along the southern shore of English Bay, with Burrard Street as the neighborhood's eastern boundary, Alma Street its western boundary, and 16th Avenue its southern boundary.

Adjacent neighbourhoods include the

Like all of Vancouver, Kitsilano is located in traditional Coast Salish territory.

Demographics

As of 2016, Kitsilano has 43,045 people. 13.3% of the population is under the age of 20; 40.1% is between 20 and 39; 32.8% is between 40 and 64; and 13.8% is 65 or older. 74.2% of Kitsilano residents speak English as a first language, 5.6% speak a Chinese language and 2.6% speak French. The median household income is $72,839 and 14.7% of its population lives in low-income households. The unemployment rate is 5.2%.^[8]

Arts and culture

Kitsilano is home to a number of Vancouver's annual festivals and events:

• Each June, Greek Day is an annual street festival celebrating Greek culture and cuisine along several blocks of Greek West Broadway, which is Vancouver's Greektown.
• Shakespeare
  festival.
• The Celebration of Light is held on the waters of English Bay between Vanier Park and the West End.
• The Khatsahlano Street Party is held on 4th Avenue on a July Saturday.

Attractions

Parks and beaches

Kitsilano is home to 17 parks, which include six playgrounds, an off-leash dog park, and Kitsilano Beach, one of Vancouver's most popular beaches.^[9] Along with the beach itself, Kitsilano Beach Park also contains a franchise restaurant, Kitsilano Pool, and the Kitsilano Showboat. The Kitsilano Showboat, operating since 1935, is essentially an open-air amphitheatre with the ocean and mountains as a backdrop. All summer long, the showboat hosts free performances from local bands, dance groups, and other performers. Its main goal is to entertain residents and tourists, showcasing amateur talent. It is located on the south side of the Kitsilano Pool along Cornwall Avenue. Weather permitting, shows typically start at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays. Beatrice Leinbach, or Captain Bea, has been playing a role in maintaining the showboat since the mid-1940s. As of 2006, she is the president of the non-profit Kitsilano Showboat Society.^[10]

Vanier Park is another one of Kitsilano's most popular parks, and is the location of the Museum of Vancouver, the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, the Vancouver Maritime Museum, as well as the public art installations Gate to the Northwest Passage by artist Alan Chung Hung and "Freezing Water #7" by Jun Ren.^[11][12]

Buildings

Landmark buildings in Kitsilano include the

.

Notable residents

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Current and former residents of Kitsilano include:

• Robin Blaser, poet
• Brent Butt, comedian
• Philip K. Dick, science fiction writer
• William Gibson, cyberpunk novelist
• Chelah Horsdal, actress
• Joshua Jackson, actor
• Eric Johnson, actor
• Ryan Kesler, ice hockey player
• Tinsel Korey, actress
• Trevor Linden, retired ice hockey player
• Jason Priestley, actor
• Ryan Reynolds, actor
• Michael Saxell, songwriter, musician
• Jack Shadbolt, artist
• Spirit of the West, folk music group
• David Suzuki, environmentalist
• Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
• Jeff Wall, artist
• Lululemon
• Sven Butenschön, former icehockey player
• Jared Slingerland, producer, musician

See also

• List of neighbourhoods in Vancouver
• Seaforth Peace Park

Citations

• Matthews, James Skitt (2011), Narrative of Pioneers of Vancouver, BC Collected During 1931-1932: Early Vancouver (PDF), vol. 1, Vancouver{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Professor Charles Hill-Tout claimed in May 8, 1931 that he changed the local name, Greer's Beach, to a more appropriate name, Kitsilano, a modified version of the hereditary name of one of the Squamish chiefs.

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kitsilano & Granville Island.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jpadamson/sandbox.

• City of Vancouver Neighbourhood Profile
• Kitsilano page, Vancouver Then and Now website, comparisons of older photos with modern locations

49°16′00″N 123°10′00″W / 49.26667°N 123.16667°W / 49.26667; -123.16667

Category:Neighbourhoods in Vancouver