3211 Downtown Vancouver

Community Health Service Areas (CHSAs) in British Columbia (B.C.) are administrative bounds nested within Local Health Areas (LHAs) as defined by the B.C. Ministry of Health. This CHSA health profile contains information about the community’s demographics, socio-economic and health/disease status as represented through various community health indicators. The purpose of CHSA health profiles is to help B.C.’s primary care network partners, public health professionals and community organizations better understand the health needs of a specific community and to provide evidence for service provisioning and prevention strategies.

Downtown Vancouver (CHSA 3211) is 2 km² in size and is a community in Vancouver city centre. It is comprised of the neighbourhoods of Coal Harbour, Downtown, and Yaletown. Major establishments are the CP Rail Vancouver Ferry, Translink Sea Bus Terminal, Coal Harbour Park, CPR station, and George Wainborn Park.^[1]