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pasture that is now Douglas Park, on West 22nd Avenue. He was followed by Jeremiah Rogers, who became one of the first users of mechanized logging equipment in British Columbia, building a road to the top of Little Mountain. By 1910, that portion of the land had become a Chinese vegetable garden, and
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rapid transit system traverses the entire length of Cambie Street through the South Cambie neighbourhood. The project was completed in August 2009. A possible infill station at 33rd Avenue was noted during initial construction, but no plans have yet been made.
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on the slopes of Vancouver's Little Mountain to the east and the high-priced homes of Shaughnessy on the west, South Cambie is a narrow strip of land encompassing 217 hectares. It is located between the busy north–south corridors of Oak Street and just east of
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was named after CPR engineer Henry Cambie, who was in charge of the railway's western division. The first colonial settlers arrived in 1874 when William Mackie, a former gold miner, claimed 65 hectares of land surrounding a former
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The population of South Cambie was 6,995, according to the 2001 Census; 49.4 percent of respondents listed English as their mother tongue, with Chinese the next largest group at 26.4 percent.
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training facility on Heather Street. A number of other heritage homes from the 1910s and 1920s can be found in the northern portion of the neighbourhood.
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and BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre. It was also the site of historic Shaughnessy Hospital, used extensively during
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Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
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Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
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Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
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Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
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A number of heritage structures can be found in the South Cambie area, including the 1912
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The South Cambie area includes some of the province's top medical facilities, including
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homes began to appear around it. Much of the land remained undeveloped until the 1940s.
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The South Cambie area is also home to several educational institutions including
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Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority,
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Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
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groups in the South Cambie neighbourhood (2001−2016)
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neighbourhood
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Shaughnessy
Queen Elizabeth Park
Cambie Street
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cambie Street
elk
Panethnic
Panethnic
Pop.
European
East Asian
South Asian
Southeast Asian
Indigenous
Middle Eastern
Latin American
African
Multiracial

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