Mount Pleasant and the Neighbourhood House
Neighbourhood Boundaries
In the Canadian City of Vancouver, British Columbia, City Hall on 12th Avenue at Cambie Street is on the west margin of the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant. Beginning at City Hall, the neighbourhood boundary runs south on Cambie Street to 16th Avenue, turns left and runs eastward to Clark Drive, turns left there and runs to the north as far as 6th Avenue, where it turns left and runs westward on 6th Avenue, Great Northern Way, and 2nd Avenue to Main Street, where it runs north to Terminal Avenue, makes a left turn to the west to the south shore of False Creek as far as the Cambie Street Bridge, and from there runs south on Cambie Street back to City Hall. The neighbourhood hub is several blocks to the northeast of City Hall around the intersection of Main Street, Broadway, and Kingsway.
In 2006, Mount Pleasant had 23,615 people, a 3.8-percent decrease from 2001, with 62.0 percent of residents speaking English as their first language, 10.0 percent speaking Chinese, and 5.1 percent Tagalog. Median household income was then $37,782, and 31.7 percent of the population lived in low-income households. Once working-class, Mount Pleasant has seen a considerable rise in its standard of living since the early 1990s.
History
From 1888, when the first of them appeared, through the first decade of the 20th Century, several breweries came to the neighbourhood to make use of the waters of Brewery Creek. In 1890, the first streetcars ran south on Main Street to 1st Avenue and to Kingsway by 1897 to serve the substantial population centre around Broadway. An ability to commute quickly to the Downtown city centre drew many working families to the area south of Broadway. In that sense, Mount Pleasant was one of Vancouver’s first suburbs.
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Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
The Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House has a mandate to make the neighbourhood a better place to live. Its community service began in 1976 with a youth leadership program operating from a local church basement, a free mobile income tax clinic operating from a trailer followed in 1977, and later that year the neighbourhood house opened a storefront building on East Broadway. Finally in 1995, came the spacious building at the busy corner of Broadway and Prince Albert Street. There the dedicated staff serves and assists more than 3,000 needy people annually.
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House is a member of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia, founded in 1894, one of the oldest nonprofit societies in the province. Neighbourhood houses developed from the 19th Century settlement house movement to minister to the needs of migrants from the countryside seeking employment in the cities, often leaving behind everything they knew. The settlement house movement established the first daycare nurseries for working parents, classes in English as a second language and adult literacy, and academic standards for the social work profession. The Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia participates in programs of the United Way of the Lower Mainland.
The Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House leads a community literacy planning project, a community development outreach program to help new immigrants find and resources to enhance the lives of their families, and a Mandarin parenting program for grandparents who care for children regularly.
New Mount Pleasant Live MLS Listings
Mount Pleasant and the Neighbourhood House
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345 W 13TH Avenue in Vancouver: Mount Pleasant VW House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2824647
345 W 13TH Avenue Vancouver V5Y 1W2 
$6,500,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2824647
- Floor Area:
- 5,366 sq. ft.
This property is offered for sale as part of two adjacent properties, 345 and 387 W 13th Avenue - Please inquire for full detail. Property is operated as guest house rental business in Vancouver West closed to City Hall, Broadway and Cambie corridor. Operated by residing owner. As a development site, the properties are two 50x125 lots which have the redevelopment options for secured rental housing under the City's Broadway Plan within the Mount Pleasant RT Area - MRTB, with max height up to 18 storeys and max density up to 5.5 FSR. Please contact for further discussions. More detailsListed by Multiple Realty Ltd.
- Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
- Contact by Email
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534 E 15TH Avenue in Vancouver: Mount Pleasant VE House for sale (Vancouver East) : MLS®# R2761955
534 E 15TH Avenue Vancouver V5T 2R5
$6,046,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2761955
- Bedrooms:
- 4
- Bathrooms:
- 3
- Floor Area:
- 2,213 sq. ft.
LAND ASSEMBLY. Listed along with 506,512 and 524 East 15th Avenue. Great opportunity with options for development. RM-4N Zoning allows for 4-6 stories pending application and this property also falls within the Broadway Plan. SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS. Measurements taken from B.C. Assessment, Buyer to verify if important. Appointment is required to walk onto the property. Please call for more information. More detailsListed by TRG The Residential Group Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
- Contact by Email
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524 E 15TH Avenue in Vancouver: Mount Pleasant VE House for sale (Vancouver East) : MLS®# R2755083
524 E 15TH Avenue Vancouver V5T 2R5
$5,007,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2755083
- Bedrooms:
- 10
- Bathrooms:
- 5
- Floor Area:
- 4,181 sq. ft.
LAND ASSEMBLY. Listed along with 506, 512 and 534 East 15th Avenue. Great opportunity with options for development. RM-4N Zoning allows for 4-6 stories pending application and this property also falls within the Broadway Plan. SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS. Measurements taken from B.C. Assessment and the interior room measurements are approximations. Buyer to verify if important. Appointment is required to walk onto the property. Please call for more information. More detailsListed by TRG The Residential Group Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
- Contact by Email
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512 E 15TH Avenue in Vancouver: Mount Pleasant VE House for sale (Vancouver East) : MLS®# R2754587
512 E 15TH Avenue Vancouver V5T 2R5
$4,476,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2754587
- Bedrooms:
- 3
- Bathrooms:
- 3
- Floor Area:
- 2,358 sq. ft.
LAND ASSEMBLY. Listed along with 506, 524 and 534 East 15th Avenue. Great opportunity with options for development. RM-4N Zoning allows for 4-6 stories pending application and this property also falls within the Broadway Plan. SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS. Measurements taken from B.C. Assessment, Buyer to verify if important. Appointment is required to walk onto the property. Please call for more information. More detailsListed by TRG The Residential Group Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
- Contact by Email
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387 W 13TH Avenue in Vancouver: Mount Pleasant VW House for sale (Vancouver West) : MLS®# R2819470
387 W 13TH Avenue Vancouver V5Y 1W2
$4,449,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2819470
- Bedrooms:
- 16
- Bathrooms:
- 11
- Floor Area:
- 5,382 sq. ft.
ATTENTION investors! The Manor Guest in Vancouver's Cambie Corridor/Mt Pleasant neighbourhood is available. Licensed as a bed & breakfast style hotel perched on a 6,250 SF lot and offers 16 bedrooms (half with AC), and 6 kitchens. Various room options for guests from 1 bedrooms to 3 bedroom suites. Perfect opportunity for a live-in owner/operator. This location is ideal, close to shopping, dining, Broadway-City Hall skytrain station, VGH, and Downtown Vancouver. Higher density redevelopment options under the Broadway Plan, contact us for more details. This property has several options for the right buyer, and can be operated as a bed&breakfast or as a spacious family home that generates revenue for the homeowner. Contact your agent to book a tour! More detailsListed by Rent It Furnished Realty and Oakwyn Realty Ltd. - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
- Contact by Email
