Livability & Urban Planning

Vancouver is famous for its appealing streets and walkable neighbourhoods.

The City has worked to create neighbourhoods that make people feel not diminished or ignored, but supported, engaged, and delighted. We maintain wonderful parks and greenways, from the world-famous Stanley Park to tiny vest-pocket green spaces. We encourage anything that brings green nature into the fabric of the city: community gardens, living rooftops, and our Green Streets program.

The City supplies amenities, like our superb libraries and community centres, and encourages socioeconomic diversity via our rental housing initiatives. All these efforts together make Vancouver a desirable place to live, work and create.

Want to know more?

Livability (Environmentally and socially sustainable urban planning) (259 kb)

Go Play Outside (Parks and Greenways) (340 kb)

Building a City with Nature in Mind (Green Streets, community gardens and living rooftops) (338 kb)

Libraries (275 kb)

Laneway Homes: A Creative Solution (319 kb) Learn more about laneway housing

Rental Housing Matters (329 kb)