Sunset, Vancouver

In 1929, the District of South Vancouver amalgamated with the City of Vancouver, thus incorporating Sunset as a part of the city. The neighbourhood remained quite rural until the 1940s, when a large wave immigrants from central and eastern Europe moved into the area. Many new German immigrants established churches, most of which remain to this day. Primarily Sikhs from the Punjab region of South Asia, the new immigrants founded the Punjabi Market (Little India) on Main Street and presided over the last final large scale development in the neighbourhood with the construction of hundreds of Vancouver Specials. which is situated on Main Street and 49th Avenue. Like most of south east Vancouver, the area used to be predominantly working class but rising house prices elsewhere have made the area increasingly popular with young professionals and families who can no longer afford houses in areas such as the west side.

The neighbourhood contains the largest South Asian (33.6%) and Punjabi speaking (23%) population in the city. + Panethnic groups in the Sunset neighbourhood (2001−2016)Panethnicgroup201620062001Pop. (Population)% (percentage)Pop. (Population)% (percentage)Pop. (Population)% (percentage) South Asian 12,120 33.60 13,140 37.30 11,360 34.14 East Asian 8,600 23.84 9,010 25.57 9,570 28.76 Southeast Asian 6,880 19.07 5,150 14.62 4,445 13.36 European 5,650 15.66 5,780 16.41 6,455 19.40 Indigenous 535 1.48 365 1.04 245 0.74 Latin American 695 1.93 665 1.89 435 1.31 Middle Eastern 340 0.94 380 1.08 100 0.30 African 350 0.97 350 0.99 260 0.78 Other/Multiracial 910 2.52 475 1.35 395 1.19 Total responses 36,075 98.84 35,230 99.79 33,275 99.55 Total population 36,500 100.00 35,305 100.00 33,425 100.00