{{Short description|Neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox settlement | name = Dunbar–Southlands | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | image_skyline = Dunbar view fr Dunbar & 18th.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = View from near Dunbar St at W 18th Ave | image_size = | image_map = Vancouver Dunbar-Southlands.jpg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Dunbar–Southlands in Vancouver | etymology = | nickname = | coordinates = {{coord|49|15|00|N|123|11|06|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[British Columbia]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Canada#British Columbia|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Lower Mainland]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of British Columbia Regional Districts|Regional district]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Metro Vancouver]] | area_footnotes = <ref name="Vancouver Census data">{{cite web |title=Dunbar-Southlands; Community Profiles |url=https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/Dunbar-census-data.pdf |website=vancouver.ca |publisher=Government of the City of Vancouver |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 8.56 | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Vancouver Census data" /> | population_total = 21425 | population_density_km2 = 2502.9 | population_note = | website = }} '''Dunbar–Southlands''' is a neighbourhood situated on the western side of [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada, that stretches north from the [[Fraser River]] and covers most of the land between the mouth of the Fraser and [[English Bay, Vancouver|English Bay]].
This neighbourhood consists of many commercial and residential areas that mostly consists of single-family dwellings. It also contains parts of the Mackenzie Heights enclave, and is the home territory of the [[Musqueam Indian Band]].
==History== Archaeological findings shows that native First Nations have inhabited the area was early as 400 B.C. The Fraser provided large amounts of hunting and fishing areas for Salish Indians who settled at three locations. As recently as 15,000 years ago, it was buried under a sheet of glacial ice.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The story of Dunbar : voices of a Vancouver neighbourhood|date=2007|publisher=Ronsdale Press|others=Schofield, Peggy, 1931-2005.|isbn=978-1-55380-093-4|location=Vancouver [B.C.]|oclc=609997933}}</ref>
In 1908, the land in the Dunbar area was owned by the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] and was part of the now defunct, Municipality of [[Point Grey]]. At that time, the land was unstable for development. The first non-native settlers purchased a lot on 22nd Avenue.
By 1927, the area was served by three streetcar routes. Dunbar–Southlands became a part of Vancouver in 1929 when the Municipality of Point Grey merged with the City of Vancouver.
The first major land development in Dunbar–Southlands took place in the mid-1920s with some of the homes that were built during this period still standing to this day. Due to West Point Grey's 1922 zoning, by-laws ordered that these early homes be situated on the back of their lots; those that remain stand out as neighbourhood landmarks.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vancouver|first=City of|title=Dunbar-Southlands|url=https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/dunbar-southlands.aspx|access-date=2020-06-22|website=vancouver.ca|language=en}}</ref>
==Geography== Dunbar–Southlands is bordered on the north by West 16th Avenue and on the south by the Fraser River; it stretches from the [[University Endowment Lands]] on the west to Mackenzie, Quesnel and Blenheim Streets in the east. The neighborhood is centered on [[Dunbar Street]] while the vicinity of Southlands lies south of Marine Drive in the floodplain of the Fraser River, and the [[Musqueam]] Indian Reserve is also encompassed by the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Musqueam Indian Band |url=https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Musqueam |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Demographics == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the Dunbar–Southlands neighbourhood (2001−2016) ! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br>group ! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Open Data Portal |first=City Of Vancouver |date=2018-04-10 |title= Census local area profiles 2016 |url=https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/census-local-area-profiles-2016/information/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=opendata.vancouver.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Open Data Portal |first=City Of Vancouver |date=2013-03-25 |title= Census local area profiles 2006 |url=https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/census-local-area-profiles-2006/information/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=opendata.vancouver.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Open Data Portal |first=City Of Vancouver |date=2013-03-25 |title= Census local area profiles 2001 |url=https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/census-local-area-profiles-2001/information/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=opendata.vancouver.ca}}</ref> |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}} | 12,135 | {{Percentage | 12135 | 21285 | 2 }} | 14,280 | {{Percentage | 14280 | 21320 | 2 }} | 15,020 | {{Percentage | 15020 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}} | 6,955 | {{Percentage | 6955 | 21285 | 2 }} | 5,190 | {{Percentage | 5190 | 21320 | 2 }} | 4,770 | {{Percentage | 4770 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]] | 880 | {{Percentage | 880 | 21285 | 2 }} | 785 | {{Percentage | 785 | 21320 | 2 }} | 585 | {{Percentage | 585 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] | 400 | {{Percentage | 400 | 21285 | 2 }} | 260 | {{Percentage | 260 | 21320 | 2 }} | 340 | {{Percentage | 340 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}} | 280 | {{Percentage | 280 | 21285 | 2 }} | 235 | {{Percentage | 235 | 21320 | 2 }} | 210 | {{Percentage | 210 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] | 175 | {{Percentage | 175 | 21285 | 2 }} | 150 | {{Percentage | 150 | 21320 | 2 }} | 25 | {{Percentage | 25 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}} | 140 | {{Percentage | 140 | 21285 | 2 }} | 150 | {{Percentage | 150 | 21320 | 2 }} | 35 | {{Percentage | 35 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | [[African-Canadian|African]] | 120 | {{Percentage | 120 | 21285 | 2 }} | 45 | {{Percentage | 45 | 21320 | 2 }} | 85 | {{Percentage | 85 | 21210 | 2 }} |- | Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}} | 205 | {{Percentage | 205 | 21285 | 2 }} | 220 | {{Percentage | 220 | 21320 | 2 }} | 150 | {{Percentage | 150 | 21210 | 2 }} |- ! Total responses ! 21,285 ! {{Percentage | 21285 | 21425 | 2 }} ! 21,320 ! {{Percentage | 21320 | 21480 | 2 }} ! 21,210 ! {{Percentage | 21210 | 21310 | 2 }} |- ! Total population ! 21,425 ! {{Percentage | 21425 | 21425 | 2 }} ! 21,480 ! {{Percentage | 21480 | 21480 | 2 }} ! 21,310 ! {{Percentage | 21310 | 21310 | 2 }} |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="10" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}} |}
==Parks and services== The [[Vancouver Park Board]] and the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks maintains a total of 10 parks in Dunbar–Southlands,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vancouver|first=City of|title=Parks, gardens, and beaches|url=https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/parks-gardens-and-beaches.aspx|access-date=2020-06-22|website=vancouver.ca|language=en}}</ref> including the [[Pacific Spirit Regional Park|Pacific Spirit Park]], which contains 55.5 km of trails.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pacific Spirit Regional Park|url=http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/parks/parks-greenways-reserves/pacific-spirit-regional-park|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.metrovancouver.org}}</ref>
The Dunbar Community Centre is jointly operated by the Vancouver Park Board and the Dunbar Community Centre Association.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vancouver|first=City of|title=Dunbar Community Centre|url=http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/dunbar-community-centre.aspx|access-date=2020-06-22|website=vancouver.ca|language=en}}</ref>
The [[Vancouver Public Library]] also maintains a branch in the Dunbar–Southlands district.
The [[Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services]] operates the Vancouver Fire Hall No 21 which serves the Dunbar region.
The area also contains many golf courses including the Musqueam Golf Course, Point Grey Golf Club, Shaughnessy Golf Club, and Marine Drive Golf Club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-13 |title=Welcome to Musqueam Golf & Learning Academy - Musqueam Golf and Learning Academy |url=https://www.musqueamgolf.com/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513111730/https://www.musqueamgolf.com/ |archive-date=13 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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