Renfrew-Collingwood
Renfrew–Collingwood is a large neighbourhood that lies on the eastern side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on its boundary with Burnaby and encompassing an area that was one of the earlier developed regions of the city.
Renfrew–Collingwood is a large neighbourhood that lies on the eastern side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on its boundary with Burnaby and encompassing an area that was one of the earlier developed regions of the city. It is a diverse area that includes a substantial business community in several areas, as well as some of the fastest-growing residential sectors of Vancouver. In 2011, the neighbourhood had a population of 50,500, 38.4% of whom claim Chinese as their first language.
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Worth seeing in and around Renfrew-Collingwood
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rogers Arena
Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications.
6 km · sports arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Pacific Coliseum
Pacific Coliseum, locally known as The Coliseum or the Rink on Renfrew, is an indoor arena located at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its main use has been for ice hockey and the arena has been the home for several ice hockey teams.
4.8 km · indoor arena in Vancouver, Canada, mainly used for ice hockey · Wikipedia - 03Swangard Stadium
Swangard Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Central Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. Primarily used for soccer, rugby, football, and athletics, the stadium also used to be home to the Simon Fraser Clan football team and the Vancouver Whitecaps while they were in the Canadian Soccer League and various US-based Division 2 leagues.
2.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 04Queen Elizabeth Park
Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre municipal park located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on top of Little Mountain approximately 125 metres above sea level and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.
5 km · city park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Sam Kee Building
The Sam Kee Building, also known as the Jack Chow Insurance Building, is a two-storey commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located near the entrance to the city's Chinatown. It is noted for its narrow depth, which varies by floor.
6 km · Shallow building in Vancouver · Wikipedia - 06Cambie Bridge
The Cambie Bridge is a six-lane, precast, box girder bridge spanning False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia. The current bridge opened in 1985, but is the third bridge at the same location.
6 km · bridge spanning False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia · Wikipedia - 07Empire Field
Empire Field was a temporary Canadian football and soccer stadium built at Hastings Park in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Located on the site of the former Empire Stadium, the 27,528 spectator venue was constructed while a new retractable roof was installed at BC Place in 2010 and 2011.
4.6 km · building in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden (Chinese: 中山公園; lit.
5.9 km · classical Chinese garden located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; adjacent to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park · Wikipedia - 09Langara College
Langara College is a public degree-granting college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Langara College started in 1965 as part of Vancouver City College and in 1970, it opened its West 49th Avenue campus.
4.9 km · public college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Vancouver City Hall
Vancouver City Hall is home to Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at 453 West 12th Avenue, the building was ordered by the Vancouver Civic Building Committee, designed by architect Fred Townley and Matheson, and built by Carter, Halls, Aldinger and Company.
5.3 km · city hall · Wikipedia
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Getting to Renfrew-Collingwood
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 11 km · Victoria (YYJ), 72 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 207 km
- Stations
- Pacific Central Station, 5.1 km · Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, 5.4 km
- Victoria → Renfrew-Collingwood93 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · C$19–26
- Kelowna → Renfrew-Collingwood266 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · C$130–200
- Calgary → Renfrew-Collingwood668 km · quickest by air, 4h 43m · C$170–270
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Renfrew-Collingwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{go | name | url customercallcentre@yvr.ca | address 49.194993 | long Sea Island in Richmond | phone | hours | wikipedia Q321224 | content=The Domestic and International Terminal is the main terminal that most travellers will use, while the South Terminal has prop, small jet, and seaplane service to local communities in British Columbia and Yukon.
- Get inSee Vancouver International Airport for seaplane flights that land at that airport.
- Get inSeaplane airlines operating to downtown Vancouver: There are heliport facilities at YVR's South Terminal, though most flights operate to: {{go | name | url | address 49.022837 | long Abbotsford | phone | hours | wikipedia Q969671 | content=Around about east of Vancouver in Abbotsford is Vancouver's alternate airport.
- Get inTo reach the Vancouver area from other coastal communities, travellers need to reach either of the following ferry terminals: , in West Vancouver.
- Get inFerries travel between this terminal, and Bowen Island (Snug Cove) in 20 minutes, Nanaimo (Departure Bay) in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the Sunshine Coast (Langdale) in 40 minutes.
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Next door to Renfrew-Collingwood
Renfrew-Collingwood is 5 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Vancouverlargest city in the province of British Columbia, Canada5.3 km
- Metro Vancouver Regional Districtregional district of British Columbia, Canada4.9 km
- 2010 Olympic Villagehuman settlement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada5.4 km
- Chinatownneighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada5.7 km
- Punjabi Markethuman settlement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada4.4 km
- Downtown Eastsideneighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada5.8 km