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This dataset contains locations and attributes of community gardens and food trees in the City of Vancouver. While these community food assets are located within city boundaries, and some on City and Park Board lands, the vast majority are not administered by the City.

This dataset is maintained manually and data is provided by the City and specified managing organizations.

Note

Blank cell indicates specified information is not available
"Y" indicates unknown quantity
The site name titled "0 - Private Developments - Community Shared (pre-2010)" is not an actual community garden or food tree site, and its "NumberOfPlots" figure refers to the number of communal gardening plots on private properties or multi-family housing sites, derived through a city-wide survey conducted by City staff prior to 2010.

Data currency

The extract on this website will be updated weekly

Data accuracy

There is no known error but there may be some loss of quality from data entry errors
Number of garden plots and food trees may not be accurate
Update may not be available until the next data refresh cycle
A small number of communal gardening plots on private property may already be accounted for in the city-wide survey prior to 2010 (See "0 - Private Developments - Community Shared (pre-2010)"
Coordinates were determined using the BC Physical Address Geocoder

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Dataset Identifier

community-gardens-and-food-trees

Downloads

5,328

Themes

Food and housing, Parks, recreation, and pets

License

Open Government Licence - Vancouver

Modified

January 27, 2025 2:48 PM

Publisher

City of Vancouver

Data Owner

City of Vancouver

Data Team

Arts, Culture, and Community Services - Social Policy and Projects Division

Search Terms

local, community services

Change Log

https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/open-data-change-log/log/?disjunctive.datasets&sort=logdate&refine.datasetids=community-gardens-and-food-trees

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Last processing

March 14, 2025 1:46 PM (metadata)

January 27, 2025 2:48 PM (data)

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MAPID

Unique identifier for each community garden

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	mapid
Type	text
Sample

YEAR_CREATED

The year of which the community garden was created or the year when the first food tree was planted.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	year_created
Type	text
Sample

NAME

Name of the community garden and/or site where food trees are associated with.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	name
Type	text
Sample

STREET_NUMBER

Number assigned to the street where the community garden and/or food tree site is located

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	street_number
Type	text
Sample

STREET_DIRECTION

Cardinal direction of the street where the community garden, and/or food tree site is located

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	street_direction
Type	text
Sample

STREET_NAME

Name of the street where the community garden, and/or food tree site is located

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	street_name
Type	text
Sample

STREET_TYPE

Type of the street where the community garden, and/or food tree site is located

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	street_type
Type	text
Sample

MERGED_ADDRESS

Combined site address assembled from StreetNumber, StreetDirection, StreetName, and StreetType fields

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	merged_address
Type	text
Sample

NUMBER_OF_PLOTS

Number of individual allotments on site used to grow food Note: There is no specific standard with regards to size or intensity of use for individual plots

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	number_of_plots
Type	integer
Sample

NUMBER_OF_FOOD_TREES

Number of fruit and nut bearing trees on site.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	number_of_food_trees
Type	text
Sample

NOTES

Additional information on the community garden and/or food tree.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	notes
Type	text
Sample

FOOD_TREE_VARIETIES

Fruit, nut, and berry varieties that are planted on the site.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	food_tree_varieties
Type	text
Sample

OTHER_FOOD_ASSETS

Apiaries, mason bee houses, number of collaborative garden plots, pollinator gardens, and other food assets not as commonly found in gardens Note: This is not activated yet but will be in the near future.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	other_food_assets
Type	text
Sample

JURISDICTION

Owner or agency responsible for land parcel(s), distinguished between City of Vancouver departments (City), Park Board (Parks), Transit authority (TransLink), Private owner (Private), and Other.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	jurisdiction
Type	text
Sample

STEWARD_OR_MANAGING_ORGANIZATION

The name of group or organization that helps steward food-growing operations on site

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	steward_or_managing_organization
Type	text
Sample

PUBLIC_E_MAIL

Contact e-mail address of the site

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	public_e_mail
Type	text
Sample

WEBSITE

Web page address of the site or the managing organization

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	website
Type	text
Sample

Geo Local Area

The local area where the feature is found, derived from the feature's coordinates or address in the source system. The City has 22 local areas (also known as local planning areas). For more details, see the Local area boundary data set.

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	geo_local_area
Type	text
Sample

Geom

Spatial representation of feature

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	geom
Type	geo shape
Sample

geo_point_2d

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	geo_point_2d
Type	geo point
Sample

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