Braemar 55+ Homes for Sale

In Braemar, North Vancouver, the 55+ homes you can buy are Nearest, outside the sub-area (strata). The other seniors housing here, which you cannot buy into, is rental, retirement residence or care and subsidized rental. This page names each building, says what type it is and what the sources show, and covers local rules and the questions buyers ask.

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55+ strata buildings you can buy in Braemar

Nearest, outside the sub-area — Queensbrook, 678 West Queens Road (Delbrook, same North Lonsdale–Delbrook planning area)

The nearest known age-restricted strata ownership building to Braemar. Built 1997, 3 storeys, listed in building data under the Delbrook sub-area; listings describe a boutique 22-unit building and a "55+ community." Building sources record age restrictions, pets allowed, and rentals allowed; listings record cats and dogs OK with a two-pet limit, secured parking, storage, a clubhouse, workshop, exercise centre and bike room. Confirm the registered bylaw wording in the strata documents — the 55+ label here rests on listings plus the building-data age-restriction flag.

Rental, care and subsidized seniors housing in Braemar (not for sale)

Nearest new affordable rental, outside the sub-area — Hollyburn Delbrook, 600 West Queens Road: A BC Government release (March 1, 2024) states construction was underway on 86 affordable rental homes at the former Delbrook Lands: a four-storey wood-frame building with 47 one-bedroom, 27 two-bedroom and 12 three-bedroom units, owned and operated by Hollyburn Community Housing Society, funded through BC Housing's Community Housing Fund, for independent seniors, individuals and families with low to moderate incomes. Note the label carefully: it is affordable rental for a mixed population including independent seniors.
The Delbrook Lands plan history: the District's 2019 bylaws for 600 West Queens Road (OCP Amendment Bylaw 8397, Rezoning Bylaw 8398, DCC Waiver Bylaw 8399) described a four-storey building with low-to-moderate-income rental housing *and a seniors' care facility*. The project the Province actually announced funding for in 2024 at the same address is the 86-home Hollyburn Delbrook rental building, described without a care facility.
Nearest Kiwanis seniors rentals, outside the sub-area — Whiteley Court, Capilano area, District of North Vancouver: Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society provides independent living apartments at below-market rates for adults 55+ on the North Shore; its District of North Vancouver buildings are Lynn Manor, 2555 Whiteley Court (applicants must be 65 or older), and Lynn Woods, 2551 Whiteley Court (60 or older for its rent-geared-to-income deep-subsidy units, per the society's application material). Society-wide eligibility: capable of living independently, non-smoker, income and asset limits updated annually against BC Housing limits, North Shore residents preferred, pets not allowed. These are west of Braemar toward Capilano — "nearest known," not "in the neighbourhood."

Streets, schools and getting around Braemar

Braemar sits around Mahon Avenue and Delbrook Avenue, between West Queens Road in the south and the Princess Park side in the east. Nearby areas: Delbrook (west and south), Carisbrooke (east), Upper Delbrook (north-west), Upper Lonsdale (east, uphill) and Central Lonsdale (south).
Housing form: detached houses on the District's detached residential zones (R1/R2 under Zoning Bylaw 3210, Section 525). No named condo building, townhome complex or seniors facility inside Braemar is confirmed on an official or developer source.
The area's anchor institution is a school, not housing: École Braemar Elementary, 3600 Mahon Avenue, offering English, Early French Immersion and Late French Immersion. For the school's own address range, the SD44 locator returns École Braemar Elementary (K–7) and Carson Graham Secondary (8–12), 2145 Jones Avenue; other Braemar addresses are address-specific.
Parks: Princess Park, at the 3500-block of Princess Avenue on the area's east side, offers tennis courts, playgrounds, a picnic shelter and forested walking trails forming part of the Lynn Valley Link. The Mosquito Creek and MacKay Creek ravines west of the area are protected through the plan's natural-environment development permit areas.
Recreation: the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, 851 West Queens Road, south of the area, is the nearest NVRC full-service centre with main and leisure pools and indoor racquet facilities.
Transit: TransLink route 249 (Delbrook / Lonsdale Quay) runs via Delbrook Avenue and West Queens Road through the area to Lonsdale Quay, where the SeaBus crosses to Waterfront Station in 12 minutes, every 15 minutes during the day; route 241 runs via Lonsdale Avenue and the Lions Gate Bridge to downtown Vancouver.
Health care: Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th Street, North Vancouver, is the Vancouver Coastal Health hospital serving the North Shore; the North Vancouver Urgent and Primary Care Centre is at 221 West Esplanade, North Vancouver.
Where the seniors housing actually is, relative to Braemar: down the hill and west — the 55+ ownership building is Queensbrook on West Queens Road in Delbrook, the new affordable rental is Hollyburn Delbrook at 600 West Queens Road, and the Kiwanis seniors rentals are at Whiteley Court in the Capilano area.

Local rules and plans in Braemar

District zoning: Zoning Bylaw 3210, Section 525 (Bylaw 8799): The R1 Rural and Suburban Detached Residential Zone has minimums of 4,000 m² / 30 m width / 34 m depth; the R2 Urban Detached Residential Zone has minimums of 660 m² / 18 m / 34 m, with modifiers R2(S1) at 335 m² / 10 m, R2(S2) at 1,100 m² / 24 m and R2(S3) at 4,000 m² / 30 m. R2 allows a principal dwelling plus a secondary suite in the principal building and a coach house — the stay-in-place alternative to a 55+ building.
Three units on single-family lots: since June 2024, District zoning permits a principal dwelling, a secondary suite and a coach house — three units total — on all single-family zoned properties within the Urban Containment Boundary; the District's SSMUH classification shows non-exempt lots potentially allowing up to 3 units at 280 m² or less, up to 4 units above 280 m², and up to 6 units above 280 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit bus stop.
Plans: the North Lonsdale–Delbrook Official Community Plan, Bylaw 6750, is the local plan, under the District of North Vancouver Official Community Plan, Bylaw 7900.
Hazards: District OCP Schedule B establishes Development Permit Areas for Protection of the Natural Environment, Streamside Protection, Wildfire Hazard, Creek Hazard and Slope Hazard — lots near the Mosquito Creek and MacKay Creek ravines west of Braemar warrant a GeoWeb property check before pricing a reno or suite addition.
Taxes and utilities: District of North Vancouver 2026 property taxes were due July 2, 2026, with a 5% penalty after July 2, 2026 and a further 5% after September 1, 2026; the 2026 total residential rate is 3.28195 per $1,000 of assessed value, and combined single-family utilities are $2,571.20 in 2026 (water $932.80, sewer/drainage $1,255.60).

BC’s 55+ rules (age bylaws, who may live in a unit, exemptions and rentals) apply in every strata and are on the BC 55+ strata rules page.

BC 55+ strata rules

Good to know about Braemar

Braemar is a North Vancouver pocket filed in buyers' minds as one Delbrook market: the District plans it inside the North Lonsdale–Delbrook area (Bylaw 6750) with Delbrook, Norwood/Queens, Upper Delbrook and Carisbrooke, and the area's only 55+ building, Queensbrook, is actually addressed in Delbrook on West Queens Road. A "Braemar 55+" search that stays inside the pocket returns nothing — the stock is one street-corridor over.
The planning paper trail promised more than got built: the 600 West Queens Road site was described in its 2019 rezoning as rental housing *and a seniors' care facility*, but the funded 2024 project is an 86-home affordable rental building with no care component described. Buyers told "a care home is coming to Delbrook" are working from the older document.
Somerset Green is the trap across the municipal line: the 143-unit seniors' condominium a District report cites sits in the *City* of North Vancouver, south of West 29th Street. It shows up in "North Vancouver 55+" lists and in District planning documents, but it is not a Braemar or Delbrook building.
Queensbrook is genuinely small: 22 units, built 1997, backing onto Belhouse Park per listings, a short walk to the Delbrook Community Rec Centre and the Mosquito Creek Trail — the scale is why Braemar-area downsizers wait years between listings there. (Listing-stated amenities; verify on the Form B.)
The Kiwanis age ladder is not uniform: the society's West Vancouver/Vancouver-side buildings take 55+, but the District of North Vancouver buildings nearest Braemar — Lynn Manor on Whiteley Court — require 65+, and Lynn Woods' deep-subsidy units require 60+. A 58-year-old Braemar renter does not qualify for the nearest Kiwanis building.
French Immersion is the pocket's real amenity story, and it cuts both ways for seniors: École Braemar's English/Early/Late French Immersion programs draw family buyers to these streets, which supports resale of a detached house — but it also means the surrounding stock stays family housing, with no seniors product built inside the pocket.
District context: the District of North Vancouver's 2021 Census population was 88,168 in 32,700 occupied dwellings — a large municipality in which this planning area's entire known 55+ ownership supply is one 22-unit building from 1997.

Sources

Facts on this page come from these public sources, read on November 1, 2026. Listing-level pages are not listed.

Braemar 55+ homes: your questions answered

What 55+ homes can I actually buy in Braemar?

None inside the pocket — no known 55+ strata exists in Braemar; the housing is detached freehold houses. The nearest known 55+ ownership building is Queensbrook, 678 West Queens Road in Delbrook — 22 units, built 1997, in the same North Lonsdale–Delbrook planning area.

Is Queensbrook actually 55+, or just "adult-oriented" marketing?

Building data records an age restriction for the strata, and current listings describe it as a "55+ community." Under BC law since Nov 24, 2022, the only age bylaw a strata can hold is 55+ — but confirm the registered bylaw and its exact wording in the strata documents before relying on the listing label.

Are pets allowed at Queensbrook?

Yes — building and listing sources record pets allowed; a current listing records cats and dogs OK, number limit two, with restrictions. Confirm size/other limits in the bylaws.

Is there any new seniors housing coming near Braemar?

The Delbrook Lands project at 600 West Queens Road is the one: approved in 2019 as rental housing plus a seniors' care facility, and funded/announced in 2024 as Hollyburn Delbrook — 86 affordable rental homes for independent seniors, individuals and families, run by Hollyburn Community Housing Society.

If I stay in my Braemar house, can I add a suite or coach house?

Yes — the R2 zone allows a principal dwelling plus a secondary suite and a coach house, and since June 2024 three units total are permitted on single-family lots within the Urban Containment Boundary, subject to the hazard development permit areas near the creek ravines.

Where is the hospital?

Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th Street, North Vancouver — the Vancouver Coastal Health hospital for the North Shore, south of Braemar via Lonsdale Avenue.

What transit serves Braemar for a senior giving up driving?

Route 249 runs on Delbrook Avenue and West Queens Road to Lonsdale Quay and the SeaBus (12 minutes to Waterfront Station); route 241 runs via Lonsdale Avenue over the Lions Gate Bridge downtown. The Delbrook Community Recreation Centre at 851 West Queens Road is on that corridor.

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