Vancouver has 5,806 blocks — each with ±100 residents. Collectively representing uncounted billions in economic activity. This new interactive map REVEALS the latent economic, influence and “DIY” power of each block, SuperBlock & Neighbourhood.
This map reveals the hidden economic power of Vancouver neighbourhoods — block by block, combining City of Vancouver open data with Statistics Canada census income profiles.
Each block (~100 residents) belongs to a SuperBlock (~1,000 residents) — the organizing unit for the Block Share cooperative economy. Redirecting just 5% of local spending generates a 2.6× multiplier back into the community.
The map above colours each block by median after-tax household income, drawn from Statistics Canada census data overlaid on City of Vancouver open data. Six tiers tell the story of Vancouver’s income landscape:
Click any block. The popup reveals a full Block Budget breakdown: Buying Power, the 5% redirect multiplier, Doing Power, and the 33% Cash / 67% Labour+Assets split for Community Credyts.
The dashed circles on the map are SuperBlocks — clusters of roughly 10 blocks, about 1,000 residents. This is the organising unit of the Block Share cooperative economy: small enough that neighbours can know each other, large enough to sustain a real local exchange.
Vancouver has 572 SuperBlocks. Each one is a potential micro-economy — a place where childcare, meals, tutoring, tool-sharing, and skilled labour can be exchanged in Community Credyts without ever touching a bank.
When neighbours redirect just 5% of spending into a shared local economy, the multiplier effect returns 2.6× the value back into the community.
The map isn’t just income dots. Toggle the layers in the floating panel to reveal the community infrastructure that already exists in every neighbourhood:
Every block popup shows the same calculation: take a block’s total annual buying power, redirect 5% into a cooperative local economy, and watch the multiplier compound. This isn’t charity. It’s a structural shift — the difference between money that passes through and money that circulates.
The Community Credyts model splits that redirected value into a 33% Cash Reserve (real CAD backing) and 67% Labour + Assets (hours contributed, micro-assets built). Together, they form a complementary currency that is backed by real community wealth — not debt.
The currency doesn’t create new value. It recognises the value that already exists in every neighbourhood — and gives it a way to stay.
The Block Budget Data Explorer is one tool in the Block Share ecosystem. Join your block, take the survey, explore the framework.
DATA · City of Vancouver Open Data (May 2025) · Statistics Canada Census 2016 via COV Local Area Profiles
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