MacKenzie Heights Homes for Sale

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MacKenzie Heights is one of Vancouver's most exclusive residential enclaves, perched on a gentle rise between Dunbar and Kerrisdale. With premium homes, sought-after school catchments, and a refined neighbourhood character, it's a top choice for families seeking the best of Vancouver's West Side.

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Common questions

Are there any condos in MacKenzie Heights?

The nearest named condo buildings, Sterling (37 units, 2018) and McKinnon (40 homes, 2019), both by Cressey, sit at the West Boulevard / West 47th–49th edge and are listed under Kerrisdale.

Why do listing sites show "MacKenzie Heights" condos and townhomes near King Edward Avenue?

The 52-unit wood-frame development at 3022 West King Edward Avenue is filed that way, and its documented units are townhouse/duplex form.

If I want lock-and-leave living near the pocket, what is the realistic product?

The Kerrisdale-edge Cressey buildings (Sterling, McKinnon) are the downsizer product beside the pocket — larger-format concrete homes marketed to buyers leaving west-side houses. They are Kerrisdale purchases, priced and searched as Kerrisdale, whatever the boundary answer turns out to be.

Could a condo building appear inside the pocket in future?

Only at multiplex scale under current zoning: R1-1 allows up to 6 strata units (or 8 rental units) on a qualifying lot.

If a small multiplex strata is built on a pocket lot, what strata rules bite first?

At 5+ lots, a depreciation report every five years with no deferral vote, plus the minimum 10%-of-operating-fund CRF contribution; at 4 or fewer lots the strata is exempt from the depreciation-report duty. Rental bylaws cannot restrict long-term rentals, and the only lawful age bylaw is 55+.

Is there a townhouse complex in MacKenzie Heights?

Everything else named for the area is detached houses, the Kerrisdale-edge apartment buildings, or product under the conflicting northern listing geography.

Are the Sterling and McKinnon townhomes a way to buy a townhouse here?

A purchase there is a Kerrisdale apartment-strata purchase whose unit happens to be townhouse-form — priced and searched as Kerrisdale.

Can I buy just one side of a duplex in the pocket?

Only if that side is legally separate — a strata lot in a 2-lot strata plan, or its own fee-simple lot from a subdivision. Check the title first.

Strata or non-strata — what am I actually looking at in the pocket?

Almost always fee-simple: The pocket is detached houses (plus half duplexes and small multiplexes), which carry no strata, no Form B and no strata fees. Check the title before assuming.

Is MacKenzie Heights its own City of Vancouver neighbourhood?

Not one of the 22 distinct local areas — the City lists "MacKenzie Heights" as a recognised smaller area inside the Kerrisdale local area, on the slope between Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale Village.

Which schools are near MacKenzie Heights?

Maple Grove Elementary (1924 West 45th Avenue) and McKechnie Elementary (7455 Maple Street) are the VSB elementaries listed for Kerrisdale, and Magee Secondary (6360 Maple Street) is physically in Kerrisdale — but secondary catchments split between Magee and Point Grey by address, so check the exact address in the VSB locator.

Is MacKenzie Heights the same as Mackenzie Elementary's area?

No — Sir Alexander Mackenzie Elementary (960 East 39th Avenue) is in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver East; MacKenzie Heights is a west-side pocket inside Kerrisdale.

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Condo buildings in MacKenzie Heights

Listing sources, however, apply the "MacKenzie Heights" label to a different set of blocks further north (current listings place MacKenzie Heights addresses on West 31st Avenue and West King Edward Avenue, in the V6L postal area). The two geographies do not match. Spelling follows the City and the board: "MacKenzie Heights" with a capital K.

Streets, schools and getting around MacKenzie Heights

  • MacKenzie Heights is listed by the City as a recognised smaller area but is not one of the City's 22 distinct local areas — it sits inside the Kerrisdale local area.
  • The only named condo buildings anywhere near it — Sterling and McKinnon, both by Cressey.
  • West 41st Avenue is the east–west spine; Granville Street is the east edge; West Boulevard / Arbutus Street carries traffic north–south; the Arbutus Greenway runs along the pocket's eastern side and crosses West 41st Avenue at the village.
  • Schools located in the surrounding Kerrisdale local area: Maple Grove Elementary (1924 West 45th Avenue), McKechnie Elementary (7455 Maple Street) and Magee Secondary (6360 Maple Street); Crofton House School (3200 West 41st Avenue) is an independent JK–12 girls' day school at Kerrisdale's western edge.
  • Transit: no SkyTrain station sits inside MacKenzie Heights; the nearby frequent corridors are the #41 West 41st, #49 West 49th, #25 King Edward, #14 Arbutus / West Boulevard and #99 Broadway routes, plus the R4 41st Ave RapidBus to the east.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in MacKenzie Heights

  • Area plan: MacKenzie Heights has no separate adopted community plan; it falls under Kerrisdale's citywide-policy position, and citywide direction comes from the Vancouver Official Development Plan, which replaced the Vancouver Plan on March 31, 2026.

Good to know about MacKenzie Heights

  • The two edge buildings carry two addresses each in public sources. Same corner blocks — match documents by strata plan, not by the address a portal happens to use.
  • Both edge buildings mix condos and townhomes. Sterling's 37 residences and McKinnon's 40 homes each include townhome and penthouse components per developer sources, so neither headline count is a pure apartment-condo count.
  • The pocket has no community plan of its own. It rides on Kerrisdale's citywide-policy position and the Vancouver Official Development Plan (in force March 31, 2026) — there is no local plan document promising future condo density here.
  • The secondary-school split runs through the pocket. Maple Grove and McKechnie elementaries feed toward Magee Secondary for part of the pocket and Point Grey for the rest — the single most common school claim to verify address-by-address before it is paid for.
  • Kerrisdale Community Centre is the pocket's civic anchor, and it is old infrastructure. At 5851 West Boulevard, with an indoor pool, ice rink and fitness centre, it has been operated jointly with the Vancouver Park Board since 1943 — the amenity base for the whole slope, including the Sterling and McKinnon buildings at its south end.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC condo buying rules.

Sources for the condo notes on MacKenzie Heights

Townhome complexes in MacKenzie Heights

Listing sources apply the "MacKenzie Heights" label to a different set of blocks further north (West King Edward Avenue / West 25th–35th Avenues, V6L postal area). The two geographies do not match. Spelling follows the City and the board: "MacKenzie Heights" with a capital K.

The Heights (Crossmark Projects) — 2505 / 2507 West 37th Avenue. Strata

Listing records name the complex "The Heights," record Property Type Townhouse and Sub-Type Townhouse, and describe "an exclusive collection of 5 luxury townhomes" spanning three levels; a listing record for 2507 West 37th Avenue records Strata No. VAP2977 and a strata-fees field, and the 2505 West 37th Avenue listing records grounds-maintenance and snow-removal amenities — the strata plan number and strata-fee record are the tenure evidence. Published rental/pet/age restrictions: confirm on the Form B.

Streets, schools and transit near MacKenzie Heights townhomes

  • MacKenzie Heights is a west-side residential pocket on the slope above the Fraser River, between Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale, centred on the West 37th to West 49th Avenue blocks west of Granville Street. The City lists "MacKenzie Heights" as a recognised smaller area, but it is not one of the City's 22 distinct local areas — it sits inside the Kerrisdale local area. The City publishes no street-by-street written boundary.
  • Where the townhouse stock concentrates: almost nowhere.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in MacKenzie Heights

  • Form B diligence (The Heights, the one counted strata complex): Strata Property Act s. 59 — the Form B states the lot's monthly strata fees, amounts owing, approved special levies still payable, the CRF balance and an insurance summary, with the rules, current budget, any Rental Disclosure Statement and the most recent depreciation report attached; provided within 7 days, maximum $35 plus up to 25 cents per page. Listing-level lines are listing data, not bylaws — the Form B and registered bylaws govern.

Good to know about MacKenzie Heights townhomes

  • The pocket's only townhouse complex sits on its boundary street. The Heights stands on West 37th Avenue — the one street both geographies touch — which is why it survives the geography check that excludes the King Edward Avenue product further north.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC townhome buying rules.

Sources for the townhome notes on MacKenzie Heights

Lots and land in MacKenzie Heights

Fee-simple lots

  • Slope-street house lots: detached single-family houses on tree-lined slope streets — the City describes the surrounding Kerrisdale streets as lined with sweeping, grand old trees — with strata condos and townhouses concentrated toward the West 41st Avenue village edges rather than inside the pocket. Inside the pocket the stock is almost entirely freehold detached houses. A fee-simple lot carries no strata, no Form B and no strata fees. View claims must be verified from the specific lot — the streets slope down to the Fraser River, but no official source certifies views for any street.
  • Lot character: the house streets sit under the R1-1 District Schedule of Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 — minimum site area 306 m² for a single detached house or duplex and for a multiple dwelling of 3 to 4 units (minimum frontage 10.0 m), 464 m² for 5 units (13.4 m), 557 m² for 6 to 8 units (15.1 m); a single detached house may include a secondary suite and a laneway house, and a multiplex may have up to 6 units or up to 8 rental units. These are schedule minimums, not a claim about any existing lot's size. Half duplexes and new multiplex units on these lots are fee-simple house/duplex form or small unnamed strata/rental multiplex product — a form reshaping the streets, never a named land subdivision.
  • Serviced position: MacKenzie Heights homes are on City water and sewer services.
  • Flood position: the pocket is an upland slope above the Fraser River.
  • Historic fabric = built lot fabric, not offerings: the surrounding Kerrisdale area's first settlers were the Irish McCleery brothers, who came in 1867 to farm the meadows where the golf course bearing their name now sits, and the CPR's "Sockeye Special" railway to Lulu Island ran through the heart of Kerrisdale — history of the built fabric, not a subdivision offering.

Edge and label-conflict product

  • Apartment-form strata at the pocket's south edge — named here only as the land-edge record; a purchase there is searched and priced as Kerrisdale.
  • McKinnon by Cressey — 6300 West Boulevard at West 47th Avenue (also placed at 6333 West Boulevard).: Same treatment as Sterling.
  • 3022 West King Edward Avenue — listing-label product, not counted (geography + tenure): A building directory titles the development at this address a "52 Unit Development, Wood Frame" and places it under Mackenzie Heights; one listing describes a 3-bedroom townhouse and another records Sub-Type Duplex, year built 2021, described as a character-retention townhome.
  • Granville Gardens Retirement Residence — 1550 West 49th Avenue: A Verve Senior Living rental retirement residence at the pocket's south-east corner (independent living through assisted living and respite) — rental/care tenure, nothing to buy, never land stock.

  • Streets, schools and transit near MacKenzie Heights lots

    Nearby areas
    Kerrisdale (the surrounding local area and its West 41st Avenue village), Shaughnessy to the north-east, Oakridge to the east, Marpole to the south, Dunbar-Southlands to the west.
    Roads and shopping
    West 41st Avenue is the pocket's east–west spine, with Granville Street at its east edge and West Boulevard / Arbutus Street carrying traffic north–south; the streets slope down toward the Fraser River to the south. Kerrisdale Village on West 41st Avenue is the shopping district — the City calls it the main shopping area of the surrounding local area, and the Kerrisdale Business Association promotes more than 250 businesses and services concentrated on West 41st Avenue between Maple and Larch Streets and along West and East Boulevards.
    Transit and greenway
    the Arbutus Greenway runs along the pocket's eastern side — the temporary path runs along the east side of Arbutus Street and West Boulevard for 8.5 km between Fir Street and Milton Street, crossing West 41st Avenue at the village's east end. Nearby frequent corridors are the #99 Broadway, #25 King Edward, #41 West 41st, #49 West 49th and #14 Arbutus / West Boulevard routes, plus the R4 41st Ave RapidBus to the east. No SkyTrain station sits inside MacKenzie Heights.
    Civic anchors
    Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard (indoor pool, ice rink, fitness centre; operated jointly with the Vancouver Park Board since 1943); the Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena is at 5670 East Boulevard and the Maple Grove outdoor pool at 6875 Yew Street. The Kerrisdale Branch library serves the area from the community centre complex.

Local rules that affect land buyers in MacKenzie Heights

  • Plan — no separate pocket plan + Vancouver Official Development Plan: MacKenzie Heights has no separate adopted community plan; it falls under Kerrisdale's citywide-policy position — the City's Kerrisdale page notes the one nearby recently completed plan is the Marpole community plan, to the south. Citywide direction comes from the Vancouver Official Development Plan, which replaced the Vancouver Plan on March 31, 2026. There is no local plan document promising future density here.
  • Strata diligence (The Heights — and any bare-land strata lot, if one is ever met here): Form B diligence (fees, amounts owed, levies, CRF balance, insurance summary; provided within 7 days, max $35 + 25¢/page); depreciation reports on a 5-year cycle for stratas with 5+ lots since July 1, 2024 (The Heights, at 5 lots on the listing record, sits exactly on that threshold, so the duty applies; a future 3–4 unit multiplex strata sits under it); minimum 10% CRF contribution since November 1, 2023; rental-restriction bylaws void since November 24, 2022 (short-term restrictions may still apply by bylaw and are separately regulated in Vancouver); only 55+ age bylaws valid under SPA ss.123.1/123.2, with May 1, 2023 exemptions (younger spouse/partner, caregivers, legacy residents, defined children); a listing's "45+" line is not a valid BC age bylaw.
  • If a parcel is in the ALR: subdivision within the ALR requires ALC approval; ALR residences cannot be stratified. On ALR land the main house can be up to 500 m², a suite is allowed only inside it, and an extra residence can be up to 90 m² (186 m² on parcels over 40 ha). For farm class, BC Assessment looks for farm income of $10,000 a year on under 0.8 ha, $2,500 on 0.8 to 4 ha, and $2,500 plus 5% of the value of land over 4 ha; applications are due by October 31.

Good to know about MacKenzie Heights lots

  • The pocket has no community plan of its own: it rides on Kerrisdale's citywide-policy position and the Vancouver Official Development Plan (in force March 31, 2026) — there is no local plan document promising future density on its lots.
  • The secondary-school split runs through the pocket: Maple Grove and McKechnie elementaries feed toward Magee Secondary for part of the pocket and Point Grey for the rest — the single most common school claim to verify address-by-address before it is paid for.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC land buying rules.

Sources for the land notes on MacKenzie Heights

Duplexes and half duplexes in MacKenzie Heights

What a duplex looks like in MacKenzie Heights

  • The usual duplex form: Almost always fee-simple in the pocket: No strata, no Form B, no strata fees, unless title says otherwise. A specific duplex is verified on its title (one lot, strata plan, or subdivided pair).

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC duplex and half-duplex buying rules.

What's nearby MacKenzie Heights

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Nearest rapid station: Oakridge–41st Avenue Station (Canada Line) — TransLink's route 41 timetable names Oakridge Station on West 41st Avenue.
  • Nearest bus loop: Dunbar Loop, named as a stop in TransLink's route 49 timetable.
  • Route 41 Joyce Station / Crown Street, via 41st Avenue, TransLink.
  • Route 49 Metrotown Station / UBC, via 49th Avenue and Dunbar, TransLink.
  • Route 16 29th Avenue Station / Arbutus, via West Boulevard and Arbutus Street, TransLink.

Parks and recreation

  • Maple Grove Park, 6875 Yew Street: City of Vancouver park.
  • Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard: City of Vancouver community centre.

Schools

  • Maple Grove Elementary, grades K-7, 6199 Cypress St, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Dr R. E. McKechnie Elementary, grades K-7, 7455 Maple St, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Magee Secondary, grades 8-12, 6360 Maple St, School District 39 Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Crofton House, grades K-12, 3200 West 41st Ave, School District 39 Vancouver, independent.

Groceries and shopping

  • London Drugs (Kerrisdale), 2091 West 42 Avenue.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Magee SecondaryWalk141.0
Maple Grove ParkWalk191.4
Oakridge–41st Avenue StationDrive63.1

Sources for what’s nearby

What's nearby, building by building

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

  • The Heights, 2505 West 37th Avenue

    Transit
    Nearest rapid-transit station: Oakridge–41st Avenue Station (Canada Line) — TransLink's route 41 timetable names Oakridge Station on West 41st Avenue. Nearest bus loop: Dunbar Loop, named as a stop in TransLink's route 49 timetable. Route 41 Joyce Station / Crown Street, via 41st Avenue, TransLink.
    Parks and recreation
    Maple Grove Park, 6875 Yew Street: City of Vancouver park. Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard: City of Vancouver community centre.
    Schools
    Maple Grove Elementary, K-7, 6199 Cypress St, School District 39 (BC Ministry list); confirm the catchment with the district. Dr R. E. McKechnie Elementary, K-7, 7455 Maple St, School District 39 (BC Ministry list); confirm the catchment with the district. Magee Secondary, 8-12, 6360 Maple St, School District 39 (BC Ministry list); confirm the catchment with the district.
    Shopping
    London Drugs (Kerrisdale), 2091 West 42 Avenue (retailer's store page). Save-On-Foods (Kerrisdale), 6455 West Boulevard.

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