Queensborough Homes for Sale in New Westminster

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Queensborough occupies its own island within New Westminster, offering a distinctive community identity with waterfront living, newer townhome developments, and the popular Queensborough Landing outlet mall. It's a growing neighbourhood with real appeal for young families and first-time buyers.

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Schools in Queensborough

Queensborough Middle School (833 Salter St) is a middle school in Queensborough. This is not a complete list of the schools nearby.

Where Queensborough sits

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Queensborough homes listed and sold, June to October 2026

Queensborough, October 2026. Detached houses: 39 listed at month end and 2 sold in October, a sales ratio of 5% (a buyers’ market). Condos and townhomes: 71 listed at month end and 7 sold in October, a sales ratio of 10% (a buyers’ market).

Queensborough listings, sales and sales ratio by month
MonthHouses listedHouses soldHouses ratioCondos and townhomes listedCondos and townhomes soldCondos and townhomes ratio
June 202628518%81810%
July 2026340—781418%
August 20263426%771013%
September 20264112%72913%
October 20263925%71710%

Source: MLS® data from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, compiled by SnapStats®. How these figures are defined and sourced

Looking across the period, Detached houses: 10 sold over 5 months against an average of 35.2 listed, about 17.6 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was June with 5 sold. Condos and townhomes: 48 sold over 5 months against an average of 75.8 listed, about 7.9 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was July with 14 sold.

Jared's take on Queensborough

An island community inside New Westminster: that’s Queensborough. Families accept the bridge commute in exchange for elementary and middle schools on the island, a community centre, a library branch and riverfront parks.

Common questions

Is there a vacant lot subdivision I can buy into in Queensborough?

No known one — the island is built ground behind a dyke.

Can I split my Queensborough lot?

Only through two gates: Zoning Bylaw s.190.36 bars a new lot under one-half acre (0.20 ha) or under 66 feet (20.12 m) of frontage unless the land can connect to the City sanitary sewer system, and subdivision approval itself runs under Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw No. 7142, 2007 (Approving Officer approval, full works-and-services standard, Zoning Bylaw minimums, OCP consistency). The specific lot's sewer-connection status is the deciding fact.

What elevation does a new build on my lot have to meet?

The Flood Hazard Development Permit Area minimums: 3.53 metres above GSC datum in Area A (generally downstream from Derwent Way / Wood Street) and 4.20 metres above GSC datum in Area B (upstream). Pull the lot's area, its flood construction level compliance and an insurance quote before subjects come off.

Is Portside a presale I can still buy into as new land?

A Portside purchase runs on a Form B, not a disclosure statement, and it is a strata purchase, not a lot purchase.

How does Queensborough connect to the rest of New Westminster?

By Highway 91A, the Queensborough Connector, over the Queensborough Bridge across the North Arm of the Fraser River to Marine Way / Stewardson Way; Highway 91 connects at the south end in Richmond.

Is Queensborough in a floodplain?

Yes — it is Floodplain Zone 1 in the City's study, a low-lying area with high groundwater and poor drainage protected by a perimeter dyke built in the 1960s covering about 350 hectares and a pumped drainage system shared with Richmond; new construction must meet flood construction levels of 3.53 m (Area A) or 4.20 m (Area B) above GSC datum.

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Lots and land in Queensborough

Fee-simple lots

  • Island house lots and the s.190.36 rule: Zoning Bylaw s.190.36 provides that no Queensborough (Lulu Island, District Lots 757 and 758) subdivision may produce a lot under one-half acre (0.20 ha) or with frontage under 66 feet (20.12 m) unless the land can connect to the City sanitary sewer system.
  • Compact-lot form under the current plan frame: the (RLR) Residential – Low Rise designation in the OCP amendment materials (Bylaw No. 8574, 2026) provides compact-lot single detached form, low-rise buildings up to six storeys, and stacked and side-by-side townhouses, under the Queensborough Community Plan (a schedule to Our City 2041) together with the Queensborough Eastern Neighbourhood Node Master Plan. A designation is a plan position, not a subdivision approval and not a lot offering.
  • Serviced position: New Westminster operates its own electrical utility and City water / sewer services, and Queensborough drainage is pumped as part of the shared dyking and pumped drainage system with Richmond. The s.190.36 sewer-connection test above is the parcel-level servicing question that decides subdivision potential here.
  • No ALR parcel and no ALR percentage split is stated for this island.
  • Heritage fabric — built fabric, not offerings: Queensborough properties are documented in the City's Queensborough Residential Heritage Inventory and Queensborough Industrial Heritage Inventory, reflecting the area's historic industrial base — the older streets' lots are existing built fabric, and heritage documentation is a diligence item on a specific lot, not a supply source.

Streets, schools and getting around Queensborough

  • Queensborough is the City of New Westminster's island neighbourhood on the eastern tip of Lulu Island, comprising District Lots 757 and 758 in the Zoning Bylaw wording, bordered by the Fraser River (main arm) to the south and east and the North Arm to the north, and sharing Lulu Island with the City of Richmond. "Queensborough" is the GVR sub-area name as it appears in the SnapStats GVR September 2026 report, and the City plans the area through the Queensborough Community Plan, a schedule to the Official Community Plan.
  • Connection to the rest of the city: Queensborough is joined to mainland New Westminster only by Highway 91A, the Queensborough Connector, over the Queensborough Bridge across the North Arm of the Fraser River to Marine Way / Stewardson Way, with Highway 91 at the south end in Richmond — every trip to Uptown, Downtown or Royal Columbian Hospital crosses that bridge.
  • Nearby areas: mainland New Westminster (Downtown, Uptown, the Quay) across the Queensborough Bridge to the north-west, Richmond down Lulu Island to the west, Annacis Island (Delta) across the river to the east, and Surrey across the Fraser River main arm to the south.
  • Roads and transit: Ewen Avenue, Salter Street and Howes Street serve Queensborough; Ewen Avenue is the Main Street commercial strip. No SkyTrain station is in Queensborough; buses connect to 22nd Street Station and New Westminster Station, including TransLink route 104 (Annacis Island / 22nd Street Station, with Port Royal service on weekdays).
  • Civic anchors: Ryall Park (sports fields, courts, spray park, community garden, Boro All Wheel Park) sits beside the Queensborough Community Centre, the on-island City recreation facility; Port Royal Park has a riverfront trail; New Westminster Public Library's Queensborough Branch is at 920 Ewen Ave, on the island (Main Branch 716 6th Avenue, mainland); the city's main aquatic centre, the təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, 65 East Sixth Avenue, is on the mainland in Uptown; the nearest hospital is Royal Columbian Hospital, 330 East Columbia Street (Fraser Health), on the mainland across the bridge.
  • Schools: SD40 catchments are address-based, and Queensborough is the one New Westminster neighbourhood with its own elementary and middle schools on the island. Queensborough Middle School is at 833 Salter Street. School names are Ministry-listed names, spelled exactly.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Queensborough

  • OCP — Our City 2041, Bylaw No. 7925 (2017), with the Queensborough Community Plan as a schedule: the Queensborough Community Plan governs the area together with the Queensborough Eastern Neighbourhood Node Master Plan; the (RLR) Residential – Low Rise designation in the OCP amendment materials (Bylaw No. 8574, 2026) provides compact-lot single detached form, low-rise buildings up to six storeys, and stacked and side-by-side townhouses.
  • Zoning — Zoning Bylaw No. 6680 (2001): the Queensborough-specific rule is s.190.36 — no subdivision in District Lots 757 and 758 may produce a lot under one-half acre (0.20 ha) or with frontage under 66 feet (20.12 m) unless the land can connect to the City sanitary sewer system. City-wide, the older townhouse districts are RT-2 through RT-2C plus RT-3/3A/3B (RT-3 is the district recorded for the Jardine Street townhouse site above). The newer RT-A and RT-B districts belong to the City's townhouse program, which its guide says applies to mainland properties, not Queensborough.
  • Floodplain diligence — THE defining item for Queensborough ground (Zone 1, per the sources): Queensborough is Floodplain Zone 1 in the City's floodplain study: a low-lying area with high groundwater, poor compressible soils and poor drainage, protected by a shared dyking and pumped drainage system with Richmond; the BC dike inventory lists Map 5, New Westminster Queensborough, with the City of New Westminster as diking authority. In the 1960s a perimeter dyke was built protecting approximately 350 hectares; Queensborough has 350 hectares of designated floodplain and is the highest priority for flood protection improvements in the city, and both Queensborough and sections of the mainland are included within the provincial floodplain.
  • Flood construction levels — the numbers every Queensborough lot is read against: the City's Flood Hazard Development Permit Area sets minimum construction levels of 3.53 metres above Geodetic Survey of Canada datum for Area A (generally downstream from Derwent Way on the south side and Wood Street on the north side) and 4.20 metres above GSC datum for Area B (upstream of Derwent Way and Wood Street) — new buildings in Queensborough should be constructed at an elevation sufficient to minimize loss in the event of dyke failure or an extreme flood topping the perimeter dykes. Confirm the specific lot's area (A or B), its compliance and an insurance quote before subjects come off.
  • Dike work on the record: the City received $800,000 from the provincial Community Emergency Preparedness Fund for the Queensborough Dike Shoreline Protection Rehabilitation project, restabilising eroding dike slopes at two locations on the northeast side of Lulu Island, behind 345 Gifford Street and behind 805 Boyd Street — for lots near those reaches, confirm the dyke-side position early.
  • Strata diligence (island strata stock): for strata purchases, review depreciation and contingency under the provincial strata framework early; BC strata disputes can go to the Civil Resolution Tribunal. The full BC strata block applies to any strata lot: 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; minimum 10% CRF contribution since November 1, 2023; rental-restriction bylaws void since November 24, 2022 (short-term restrictions may still apply by bylaw); only 55+ age bylaws valid under SPA ss.123.1/123.2, with May 1, 2023 exemptions; a "45+" listing line is not a valid BC age bylaw.
  • ALR rules: 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. Check the parcel on ALC mapping before applying any of this.

Good to know about Queensborough

  • Two flood numbers split the island at two streets: Area A (3.53 m GSC) is generally downstream from Derwent Way on the south side and Wood Street on the north side, and Area B (4.20 m GSC) is upstream of those lines — two lots a few blocks apart can carry construction-level requirements 67 centimetres apart, which is a build-cost fact, not a rounding difference.
  • One bridge is the island's only road link to its own city: every trip to Uptown, Downtown, the aquatic centre or Royal Columbian Hospital crosses the Queensborough Bridge (Highway 91A) — for a land buyer that single connection is both the daily cost and the moat that keeps on-island schools, the community centre and Ryall Park feeling like a small town.

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

Sources for the land notes on Queensborough

What's nearby Queensborough

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Nearest rapid station: 22nd Street Station (Expo Line), on the mainland side; routes 104 and 410 run from the island to the station.
  • Nearest bus exchange: 22nd Street Station bus exchange, an eight-bay loop below the station, mainland side; refresh completed in 2019.
  • Route 104 22nd Street Station / Annacis Island, via the Queensborough Bridge, Ewen Avenue and Derwent Way, TransLink.
  • Route 410 Richmond-Brighouse Station / 22nd Street Station, via Ewen Avenue, Howes Street and the Queensborough Bridge, TransLink.

Parks and recreation

  • Queensborough Community Centre, 920 Ewen Avenue, New Westminster.
  • New Westminster Public Library, Queensborough Branch, 920 Ewen Avenue, inside the community centre.
  • Ryall Park, beside the community centre; City-listed among its spray parks.
  • Port Royal Park and Riverfront Walk, access near Ewen Avenue and Salter Street.

Schools

  • Queen Elizabeth Elementary, grades K-4, 921 Salter Street, New Westminster, School District 40; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Queensborough Middle School, grades 5-8, 833 Salter Street, New Westminster, School District 40; confirm the catchment with the district.

Groceries and shopping

  • Walmart Supercentre #5777, 805 Boyd Street, New Westminster.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from Queen Elizabeth Elementary, 921 Salter Street, New Westminster
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Queensborough Middle SchoolWalk40.3
Walmart Supercentre (805 Boyd Street)Drive31.2
22nd Street 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.

  • Coopers Landing, 935 Ewen Avenue

    Transit
    Nearest rapid-transit station: 22nd Street Station (Expo Line), on the mainland side; Routes 104 and 410 run from the island to the station. Nearest bus exchange: 22nd Street Station bus exchange, an eight-bay loop below the station, mainland side. Route 104 22nd Street Station / Annacis Island, TransLink, via the Queensborough Bridge, Ewen Avenue and Derwent Way.
    Parks and recreation
    Queensborough Community Centre, 920 Ewen Avenue, New Westminster. Queensborough Branch, New Westminster Public Library, 920 Ewen Avenue, inside the community centre.
    Schools
    Queen Elizabeth Elementary, K-4, School District 40, 921 Salter Street. Queensborough Middle School, 5-8, School District 40, 833 Salter Street.
    Shopping
    Walmart Supercentre #5777, 805 Boyd Street, New Westminster (retailer's own store page).

English Mews, 1111 Ewen Avenue

  • Parks and recreation: Ryall Park, beside the community centre; City-listed among its spray parks.

  • Portside, 488 Furness Street

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: 22nd Street Station (Expo Line), on the mainland side; routes 104 and 410 run from the island to the station. Nearest bus exchange: 22nd Street Station bus exchange, an eight-bay loop below the station, mainland side; refresh completed in 2019. Route 104 22nd Street Station / Annacis Island, via the Queensborough Bridge, Ewen Avenue and Derwent Way, TransLink.
    Parks and recreation
    Port Royal Park and Riverfront Walk, access near Ewen Avenue and Salter Street.
    Schools
    Queen Elizabeth Elementary, grades K-4, 921 Salter Street, New Westminster, School District 40. Queensborough Middle School, grades 5-8, 833 Salter Street, New Westminster, School District 40.
    Shopping
    Walmart Supercentre #5777, 805 Boyd Street, New Westminster.

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
BuildingToHowMinutesDistance (km)
PortsidePort Royal ParkWalk90.7
PortsideWalmart Supercentre (805 Boyd Street)Drive41.6
PortsideQueensborough Community Centre (920 Ewen Avenue)Drive52.6

Sources for what’s nearby each building

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Areas near Queensborough

The 8 closest neighbourhoods we cover, nearest first. Distances are straight-line between centre points, so the drive is longer.

  • Annieville: 2.3 km to the south-east, in Delta.
  • Moody Park: 3.2 km to the north, in New Westminster.
  • Nordel: 3.4 km to the south-east, in Delta.
  • North Delta: 3.6 km to the south-east, in Delta.
  • Edmonds: 3.7 km to the north-west, in Burnaby.
  • Queen’s Park: 4.0 km to the north-east, in New Westminster.
  • Highgate: 4.3 km to the north-west, in Burnaby.
  • Cedar Hills: 4.3 km to the east, in Surrey.

Centre points: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikipedia.

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