Find the nearest independent coffee shop: www.delocator.ca. And you can also add cafés you now.
It is quite amazing (or rather sad) that there are 9 Starbucks stores within 3 km of my home. The good news is that within the same 3 km there are 20 reported independent cafés.
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http://vancouver.wifimug.org/ is good too. lots of info about cafes that have free wireless.