Central Lonsdale 55+ Homes for Sale

In Central Lonsdale, the 55+ homes you can buy are Ridge Park Gardens and Sundale (strata). The other seniors housing here, which you cannot buy into, is 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.

Email me new listings for this search

55+ strata buildings you can buy in Central Lonsdale

Ridge Park Gardens — 2059 Chesterfield Ave

Freehold strata, plan LMS1890, 42 units in the strata, built 1995. A full MLS feature sheet for the building records "Restricted Age: 55+" and "One owner must be 55+"; current listings market it as a 55+ community. Amenities recorded for the building include a guest suite, clubhouse, workshop, greenhouse and gardens; one current listing records pets as 1 dog / 1 cat. One listing gives the build year as 1996 — a minor conflict with the 1995 shown on the building page and in the feature sheet; 1995 is used here. The building-data page also shows a generic "rentals not allowed" line, which is stale: all residential rental-restriction bylaws have been void in BC since Nov 24, 2022. Building manager recorded on the 2022 feature sheet: Ascent Property Management.

Sundale — 1420 Chesterfield Ave

A current listing describes it as a "Quiet 55+ building located in Central Lonsdale," and it appears on the North Shore realtor-maintained list of buildings that carry a 55+ bylaw.

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

Sunrise at Lonsdale Square — 2141 Eastern Ave: Private-pay retirement residence; these are rental suites with services, not strata ownership. Its grand opening was Jul 11, 2024. The operator/developer release describes a six-storey, 82,019 sq ft building offering assisted living and memory care, with accommodation for over 120 residents. The operator's own community page situates it "on Lonsdale Avenue between 21st and 22nd Street, adjacent to the Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre" and lists its care types as Long-Term Care and Memory Care — the care-type wording differs between the operator page and the opening release (assisted living vs long-term care); both wordings are recorded here because the sources conflict.
Summerhill PARC — 135 West 15th St: Independent senior living rental operated by PARC Living — rental, not ownership. It was PARC's first residence, opened 2001, just off Lonsdale on West 15th Street; PARC describes chef-prepared meals and a driver service, and cites a Walk Score of 94 for the location.
Kiwanis St. Andrews Place — 1480 St. Andrews Ave: Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society's own page labels this building "55+ • NORTH VANCOUVER," Independent Living, below-market. A City of North Vancouver project overview records a 27-unit seniors apartment building — 26 one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom — opened August 2007 as a partnership involving the developer, BC Housing, Kiwanis and the City, and states: "The location of St. Andrews Place in Central Lonsdale is ideal for seniors."
Legion Towers / Chelsea North — West 15th Street (sources differ on the address): The City's Non-Market Housing Projects list (updated Jan 2015) records Legion Towers at 123 West 15th St, occupied 2000, 33 units, operated by the Legion 118 Housing Society. A BC government release (Jun 9, 2011) records the New Chelsea Society being selected as operator for "Legion Towers, an affordable rental housing development with 33 apartments for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities at 121 West 15 St." BC Housing's Zone 1 seniors directory (May 2025) lists a "Chelsea North, 121 15th St W" entry — it matches Legion Towers on both the 121 West 15th address and the 33-unit count, but the directory does not itself state a former name, so the rename is recorded as a match, not a stated fact. Address conflict (121 vs 123 West 15th St) and operator change (Legion 118 Housing Society vs New Chelsea Society) both differ between sources.

Streets, schools and getting around Central Lonsdale

Central Lonsdale is in the City of North Vancouver, centred on Lonsdale Avenue roughly between 13th and 23rd Streets. The City's Lonsdale Great Street project area runs from the Upper Levels Highway to Victoria Park, between St. Georges Avenue and Chesterfield Avenue.
Lions Gate Hospital, 231 E 15th St, is inside this area — the hospital is a few blocks east of Lonsdale Avenue, which is why so much of the North Shore's seniors housing clusters here.
Civic anchors inside the area: North Vancouver City Library, 120 W 14th St; the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, main entrance 130 E 23rd St, opened Jul 25, 2026 (its aquatics component was still in final checks at opening); and the new Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre at 2325 St Georges Ave, beside the rec centre.
Schools: Queen Mary Community Elementary, 230 Keith Rd West, is inside the area; Carson Graham Secondary, 2145 Jones Ave, sits at the north end.
Transit: TransLink route 230 runs the full length of Lonsdale Avenue down to Lonsdale Quay; the SeaBus crossing from the Quay takes 12 minutes and runs every 15 minutes in daytime.
The City approved the Lonsdale Great Street Plan on Apr 20, 2026 — the long-term streetscape plan for this stretch of Lonsdale.
Where the 55+ housing actually concentrates: the two 55+ strata buildings sit on Chesterfield Avenue, west of Lonsdale (Ridge Park Gardens at 2059, Sundale at 1420); the retirement and subsidized seniors buildings sit on or just off Lonsdale and 15th Street, within blocks of Lions Gate Hospital.

Local rules and plans in Central Lonsdale

Provincial law: under the Strata Property Act ss. 123.1/123.2, only 55+ age-restriction bylaws are valid in BC; all lower age bylaws (19+/40+/45+) have been invalid since Nov 24, 2022 (Bill 44). The bylaw restricts who may live in the unit, not who may own it.
Exemptions under Strata Property Regulation 7.01: legacy residents who lived in the unit when the bylaw passed, live-in caregivers, and — expanded May 1, 2023 — a younger spouse/partner, children under 19 in the specified resident's care, and adult children the resident cared for before age 19.
All residential rental-restriction bylaws are void province-wide since Nov 24, 2022; stratas may still restrict short-term rentals. This is why older building-data pages that still show "rentals not allowed" for Central Lonsdale buildings (Ridge Park Gardens included) are out of date.
City of North Vancouver zoning and OCP: Central Lonsdale sits under City Zoning Bylaw 6700 and OCP Bylaw 8400 (2014, amended Dec 8, 2025, including the GO Zone small-scale multi-unit rules: up to 3 units on lots of 280 m² or less, up to 4 units on larger lots in Low Rise Neighbourhood 1, up to 6 in Low Rise Neighbourhood 2 / Residential Level 4).
Secondary suites and coach houses (City rules): suites were legalized in the City in 1993 and the owner must reside in the dwelling; a coach house requires a front lot line of at least 10 m plus a Development Permit and a Building Permit.
City taxes 2026: total residential rate 3.34028 plus storm drainage 0.10697 per $1,000 of assessed value, due Jul 2, 2026.

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 Central Lonsdale

(Jul 25, 2026) The new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre (main entrance 130 E 23rd St) and the new Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre (2325 St Georges Ave, next door) opened the same day; the City records Silver Harbour as completed August 2026, offering 70+ programs and services for adults 55+, replacing the 1973 building. The rec centre's aquatics component was still in final checks at opening.
(Apr 20, 2026) The City approved the Lonsdale Great Street Plan — Lonsdale Avenue's long-term streetscape framework for exactly the blocks the 55+ buildings front onto.
(Jul 11, 2024) Sunrise at Lonsdale Square held its grand opening — the newest private seniors residence on the North Shore, built beside the Harry Jerome lands at 2141 Eastern Ave.
(2001) Summerhill PARC at 135 West 15th St was PARC Living's very first residence — the operator has run seniors rental on this block for over two decades.
(Aug 2007) Kiwanis St. Andrews Place opened with 27 units — and there are TWO buildings called St. Andrew's Place in this part of the City: the Kiwanis 55+ building at 1480 St. Andrews Ave and a 1976 family project at 95 St. Andrews Ave. Confusing the two sends an applicant to the wrong operator.
(2015 vs 2011 sources) Legion Towers' address is 123 West 15th St in the City's 2015 non-market list and 121 West 15 St in the Province's 2011 operator announcement; BC Housing's May 2025 directory lists the building as "Chelsea North, 121 15th St W." Anyone citing this building should expect the discrepancy.
(1995 vs 1996) Ridge Park Gardens' build year is 1995 on its building page and MLS feature sheet, but 1996 in one listing — a small conflict worth knowing before repeating either year.

Sources

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

Central Lonsdale 55+ homes: your questions answered

Which buildings in Central Lonsdale can I actually buy into as 55+?

Two known: Ridge Park Gardens, 2059 Chesterfield Ave (42 units, plan LMS1890, built 1995, MLS feature sheet records "Restricted Age: 55+"), and Sundale, 1420 Chesterfield Ave (current listing MLS® calls it a "Quiet 55+ building").

Do I have to be 55 to buy in a 55+ building, or only to live there?

Only to live there. The bylaw restricts who may live in the unit, not who may own it.

Can my younger spouse live with me in a 55+ strata?

Yes — since the May 1, 2023 expansion of Strata Property Regulation 7.01, a younger spouse/partner of the specified 55+ resident is exempt; children under 19 in that resident's care and adult children the resident cared for before age 19 are also exempt, as are live-in caregivers and residents who lived in the unit when the bylaw passed.

Building data says Ridge Park Gardens doesn't allow rentals. Is that right?

No — that line is stale. All residential rental-restriction bylaws have been void in BC since Nov 24, 2022; a strata may still restrict short-term rentals. Always confirm against the strata's current bylaws and Form B rather than a building-data page.

What are the pet rules at Ridge Park Gardens?

Sources vary in wording: the building page records "pets allowed with restrictions," and one current listing records 1 dog / 1 cat. The operative rule is the strata's registered bylaws.

Is Sunrise at Lonsdale Square something I can buy?

No. It is a private-pay rental retirement residence (assisted living and memory care per its opening release; the operator page words the care types as Long-Term Care and Memory Care) that opened Jul 11, 2024 at 2141 Eastern Ave — rental suites with services, not strata ownership.

What subsidized 55+ rental exists in the area?

Kiwanis St. Andrews Place, 1480 St. Andrews Ave — the operator's own page labels it "55+," below-market independent living; the City's overview records 27 units opened August 2007. Legion Towers / Chelsea North on West 15th Street is a second subsidized building for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities.

How close is the hospital?

Lions Gate Hospital, 231 E 15th St, is inside Central Lonsdale itself — a few blocks from both 55+ strata buildings on Chesterfield Avenue.

How do I get downtown without a car?

Route 230 runs the full length of Lonsdale Avenue to Lonsdale Quay, and the SeaBus crosses to downtown in 12 minutes, every 15 minutes in daytime.

Is Kensington Court at 1535 Chesterfield a 55+ building?

Its building data shows a generic "Age restrictions" note.

What Buyers & Sellers Say

Excerpts from Google reviews for Jared Gibbons, REALTOR® at Royal LePage Little Oak Realty (Suite 201 - 15272 Croydon Dr, Surrey). Quoted word for word; initials only.

5 out of 5 stars

“Jared and his team have been amazing with the sale of my house, very professional and knowledgeable. The process went a lot smoother than I could have expected. Once the house was sold, Jared helped me with the purchase of my condo…”

S.W. Google review
5 out of 5 stars

“We have sold 2 houses and also bought 2 houses with Jared. He is a very knowledgeable, caring and professional realtor! We highly recommend Jared for selling or buying.”

J.H. Google review
5 out of 5 stars

“Jared is a great realtor. We've used his services to buy and sell 3 different homes. He really knows his stuff. We've always found him to be conscientious, kind, and professional. We are happy to recommend him to our family and friends…”

M.B. Google review

More Central Lonsdale real estate

What's nearby, building by building

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing from each building’s address, November 2026.

Ridge Park Gardens, 2059 Chesterfield Avenue

Transit
Nearest rapid transit: SeaBus at Lonsdale Quay — TransLink states the SeaBus connects Downtown Vancouver to North Vancouver, takes 12 minutes, and departs every 15 minutes during the day. Nearest bus exchange: Lonsdale Quay, terminus of routes 229 and 230. Route 230 Upper Lonsdale / Lonsdale Quay, via Lonsdale Avenue, TransLink.
Parks and recreation
Mahon Park, City of North Vancouver. Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, 130 East 23rd Street, North Vancouver.
Schools
Queen Mary Community Elementary, grades K-7, 230 Keith Rd W, School District 44 North Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district. Westview Elementary, grades K-7, 641 17th St W, School District 44 North Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district. Carson Graham Secondary, grades 8-12, 2145 Jones Ave, School District 44 North Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
Shopping
Loblaws City Market, 1650 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver.

Sundale, 1420 Chesterfield Ave

Parks and recreation: Victoria Park West, at Lonsdale Avenue and Keith Road, City of North Vancouver.

Measured walking and driving times from each building

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), starting at each building’s address
Building	To	How	Minutes	Distance (km)
Ridge Park Gardens	Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre	Walk	8	0.6
Ridge Park Gardens	Loblaws City Market	Walk	9	0.7
Ridge Park Gardens	Carson Graham Secondary	Walk	10	0.7
Sundale	North Vancouver City Library	Walk	3	0.2
Sundale	Queen Mary Community Elementary	Walk	7	0.5
Sundale	Loblaws City Market	Walk	7	0.6

Sources for what’s nearby each building

Ready to get started?

Call 604-928-1361 or Email me today and let's discuss your next home sale or purchase.