Upper Lonsdale, North Vancouver Real Estate Guide

Updated · By Jared Gibbons, REALTOR®

Quick facts · Upper Lonsdale

Typical sale price
Houses $2.12MTownhomes $1.49MCondos $710,000
Sold, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026
50 houses, 17 condos, 8 townhomes

Median prices from closed MLS® sales (Paragon).

On this page (10 sections)

Upper Lonsdale runs up Lonsdale Avenue from about 24th/25th Street to Rockland Avenue, where Lonsdale ends: roughly 25th to 29th Street is City of North Vancouver, and 29th Street to Rockland is District of North Vancouver. TransLink's North Shore Area Transit Plan jurisdiction table assigns the Lonsdale Avenue at 29th Street layover to City jurisdiction and the Upper Lonsdale layovers at Osborne Avenue and at Prospect/Rockland to District jurisdiction. Confirm any specific address on municipal mapping.

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Upper Lonsdale real estate: your questions answered

Which condo buildings are known by name in Upper Lonsdale?

Three: Somerset Green (121 West 29th St, City side, 55+), Vista 29 (188 West 29th St, District side, 55+, plan BCS2494) and Kings Court (106 West Kings Rd, general-market, built 1990).

Somerset Green and Vista 29 face each other across West 29th Street — are they in the same municipality?

No. Somerset Green is south of West 29th Street and is described in the District's own report as a seniors' condominium development "in the City of North Vancouver"; Vista 29 was rezoned by the District (CD 52) on the block between West Queens Road and West 29th Street. Different OCP, zoning bylaw, permit desk and tax rate apply to each — City total residential rate 3.34028 vs District 3.28195 per $1,000 for 2026.

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

Only to live there. The Province states people under 55 can own a strata lot in a 55+ corporation but may not be able to reside in it; the bylaw applies to residents, not ownership.

Is Vista 29's 55+ rule only a strata bylaw?

No — it has a second layer: the District's approval for the site included a restrictive covenant limiting occupancy to households where one member is 55 or older, in addition to the strata's own bylaws. Have both reviewed on a purchase.

What townhouses can I actually buy in Upper Lonsdale?

One counted townhouse entry: the Vista 29 townhome component — 8 townhouses inside the 50-unit Vista 29 strata at 188 West 29th Street (District side, plan BCS2494, built 2007, 55+ by bylaw and by registered covenant). Everything else attached in the sub-area is apartment condos (Somerset Green, Kings Court, Vista 29's own 42 apartments) or rental (Chartwell Churchill House).

Is Somerset Green a townhouse complex? It faces Vista 29 and shows up in my townhouse search.

No — it is an apartment-form strata: the District's own council report calls it a 143-unit seniors' condominium apartment development, and its listings are elevator-served apartment units. The two buildings face each other across West 29th Street in different municipalities — Somerset Green is City, Vista 29 is District.

Do I have to be 55 to buy a Vista 29 townhouse, or only to live there?

Only to live there. The Province states people under 55 can own a strata lot in a 55+ corporation but may not be able to reside in it; the bylaw applies to residents, not ownership. At Vista 29 the occupancy covenant applies on top of the bylaw — listings phrase the rule as "One owner to be 55+," but the registered bylaw and covenant govern over listing wording.

Can I buy a half duplex in Upper Lonsdale?

What sells here is a whole freehold slope house (often with suite/coach-house potential under its own side's rules); the separable attached product is the low-rise strata near Queensdale and the 29th Street cluster, in apartment and townhouse-component form.

Is Upper Lonsdale in the City or the District?

Both. Roughly 25th to 29th Street is City of North Vancouver; 29th Street north to Rockland Avenue is District of North Vancouver. Check the specific address — taxes and bylaws follow the municipality, not the sub-area name.

Why do two houses on the same street get different tax bills?

Because they are in different municipalities: City 2026 total residential rate 3.34028 per $1,000 (plus a separate storm drainage rate) versus District total 3.28195 per $1,000, with different utility structures — both due July 2, 2026.

Can I add a suite on a City-side house?

The City's own rule: One suite per single-family property, legalized in 1993, owner must reside at the property; a coach house may be added where the front lot line is at least 10 m, with a Development Permit and Building Permit. The District's 49% suite figure does not apply on the City side.

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Condo buildings in Upper Lonsdale

⚠️ TWO MUNICIPALITIES — READ THIS FIRST: Upper Lonsdale straddles the City/District line at 29th Street. Lonsdale Avenue roughly 25th–29th Street is in the City of North Vancouver; 29th Street north to Rockland Avenue is in the District of North Vancouver — and the 29th Street line runs through the condo cluster itself, so Somerset Green (121 West 29th St) is taxed and zoned by the City while Vista 29 (188 West 29th St), across the same street, is taxed and zoned by the District. Taxes, OCP, zoning and permit desk follow the municipality, not the sub-area name; never cite a District bylaw for a City address or vice versa. TransLink's North Shore Area Transit Plan jurisdiction table corroborates the split. Chartwell Churchill House in the same 29th Street block is a private-pay rental retirement residence, not buyable stock.

Somerset Green — 121 West 29th St (also fronting 2800 Chesterfield Ave), CITY of North Vancouver side

Freehold strata apartments on the south side of West 29th Street. A District of North Vancouver council report (Dec 22, 2004) describes it as "the existing 143 unit 'Somerset Green' seniors' condominium apartment development in the City of North Vancouver," with suites averaging approximately 102 m². Current listings market it as 55+ and state the rule in occupancy terms: "one resident must be 55+" — listing wording; the registered bylaws govern. Amenities recorded in current listings: indoor pool, hot tub, workshop, gym, library, games room, lounge, courtyard gardens and 2 guest suites; pets welcome / cats OK in listing data.

Vista 29 — 188 West 29th St, DISTRICT of North Vancouver side

Freehold strata, plan BCS2494, built 2007, 50 units: an MLS feature sheet records Total Units in Strata 50, zoning CD52, title Freehold Strata. The District's Dec 22, 2004 approval (Harbourview Projects Corporation) proposed 42 apartment units plus 8 townhouses — the development is counted once here, as one entry — with a restrictive covenant "to limit occupancy to households where one member is 55 years of age or older" in CD 52: a covenant ON TOP of the strata bylaws, so both instruments must be reviewed on a purchase. Current listings state "One owner to be 55+." Amenities recorded in current listings: club/amenity room, guest suite ($35 per night in one listing — listing-stated only), workshop, secure underground parking, 13 visitor stalls, storage locker; pet friendly.

Kings Court — 106 West Kings Rd

The directory's "rentals not allowed" line is void since November 24, 2022.

Streets, schools and transit near Upper Lonsdale condos

  • Upper Lonsdale runs up Lonsdale Avenue from about 24th/25th Street to Rockland Avenue, where Lonsdale ends: roughly 25th to 29th Street is City of North Vancouver, and 29th Street to Rockland is District of North Vancouver. TransLink's North Shore Area Transit Plan jurisdiction table assigns the Lonsdale Avenue at 29th Street layover to City jurisdiction and the Upper Lonsdale layovers at Osborne Avenue and at Prospect/Rockland to District jurisdiction. Confirm any specific address on municipal mapping.
  • Where condo stock concentrates: in one block only — the 100 block of West Queens Road / West 29th Street at Chesterfield Avenue, at the Queensdale node, plus the older low-rise buildings on West Kings Road. The rest of the sub-area is predominantly single-detached houses climbing the slope.
  • Commercial node: Queensdale, at Lonsdale Avenue and Queens Road — one of the six Village Centres designated in the District's OCP, described as providing a range of shops and services for daily needs. Full-service shopping is down the hill in Central Lonsdale.
  • Highway access: Highway 1 (Upper Levels) interchanges at Lonsdale and Westview give east–west highway access.
  • Schools: School District 44 serves both municipalities. Catchments are address-based — easternmost addresses should be checked against the Argyle boundary with SD44.
  • Recreation: the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre opened July 25, 2026 at 130 East 23rd Street (City, just south of the sub-area; its aquatics centre was still in final checks at opening, with fall programming expected); the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre at 851 West Queens Road (District/NVRC) serves the District blocks, with a main pool and a leisure pool.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in Upper Lonsdale

  • Extra layer at Vista 29 — a covenant, not just a bylaw: the District's 2004 approval for the Vista 29 site included a restrictive covenant limiting occupancy to households where one member is 55 years of age or older, alongside the CD 52 zoning. Have the covenant on title reviewed as well as the strata bylaws — the two are separate instruments.
  • CITY rules (south of 29th Street — the Somerset Green side): the City's Official Community Plan is the Official Community Plan, 2014, No. 8400, amended December 8, 2025 (Amendment Bylaw 2025, No. 9114); City zoning is Zoning Bylaw No. 6700 (1995). On December 8, 2025 the City adopted the Ground Oriented (GO) Zone, increasing permitted units from 3 to 4 on nearly 4,300 residential properties and allowing up to 6 units per lot on approximately 600 properties. Secondary suites have been legal in City single-family dwellings since 1993 — one suite per property, the owner must reside at the property — and an accessory coach house requires a front lot line of at least 10 m plus a Development Permit and a Building Permit. These City rules do not apply to a District address.
  • DISTRICT rules (29th Street north — the Vista 29 / Churchill House side): the District's Official Community Plan is Bylaw 7900 and its zoning is Zoning Bylaw 3210; Queensdale is one of the OCP's six Village Centres. Since June 2024, single-family properties within the Urban Containment Boundary may hold a principal dwelling plus a secondary suite plus a coach house (3 units), with suites up to 49% of the house and coach houses up to two storeys. Slope is the defining hazard condition: the District designates Natural Hazard Development Permit Areas and publishes property-level GeoWeb hazard reports, so steep lots should be checked before additions or rebuilds. These District rules do not apply to a City address.
  • Property taxes — both municipalities, different bills: 2026 taxes were due July 2, 2026 in both, with a 5% penalty after July 2, 2026 and a further 5% after September 1, 2026. City 2026 residential total rate: 3.34028 per $1,000 of assessed value, plus a separate residential storm drainage rate of 0.10697 per $1,000; the City illustrates an average residential property assessed at $1,387,684 paying $4,790 in total 2026 taxes. District 2026 residential total rate: 3.28195 per $1,000 (municipal portion 1.83419); District single-family utilities include water at $932.80 and sewer/drainage at $1,255.60.
  • No Vancouver Empty Homes Tax: Upper Lonsdale is in the City and District of North Vancouver, not the City of Vancouver — Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax does not apply here. No source is cited for a negative; the municipal identity is established in.

Good to know about Upper Lonsdale condos

  • A building directory can be a decade out of date on rentals. Kings Court's directory entry still records "rentals not allowed" — a restriction that has been void province-wide since November 24, 2022.
  • The two recreation anchors point in opposite directions. The City-side anchor is the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre at 130 East 23rd Street, just south of the sub-area, opened July 25, 2026 — with its aquatics centre still in final checks at opening and fall programming expected. The District-side anchor is the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre at 851 West Queens Road, west along Queens Road from the 29th Street cluster. Which centre is "yours" follows the same 29th Street line as the taxes.

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

Sources for the condo notes on Upper Lonsdale

Townhome complexes in Upper Lonsdale

Vista 29 (townhome component)

188 West 29th Street, DISTRICT of North Vancouver side. Strata — the 8-townhouse component of the Vista 29 strata (plan BCS2494); the development was completed 2007; 50 units in total, of which 8 are townhouses

Age restriction: 55+ — by TWO instruments. Amenities recorded in current listings for the development: club/amenity room, guest suite, workshop, secure underground parking, visitor stalls, storage locker; pet friendly.

Streets, schools and transit near Upper Lonsdale townhomes

  • Where townhouse stock concentrates: there is effectively one block.
  • Schools: School District 44 serves both municipalities. Elementary schools serving the sub-area include Westview Elementary and Larson Elementary (both K–7; École Larson Elementary, 2605 Larson Road, is dual-track English/French Immersion); École André-Piolat (K–12, 380 West Kings Road), the francophone public school, is also in Upper Lonsdale; the catchment secondary school for most of the sub-area is Carson Graham Secondary (Grades 8–12, 2145 Jones Avenue). All names are Ministry-listed.
  • Recreation and elevation: the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre opened July 25, 2026 at 130 East 23rd Street (City, just south of the sub-area; NHL-sized arena, 25-metre pool, full gymnasium — its aquatics centre was still in final checks at opening, with fall programming expected); the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre at 851 West Queens Road (District/NVRC) serves the District blocks, with a main pool and a leisure pool. The top of Lonsdale at Rockland is often quoted at about 850 feet above sea level. Slope is the defining hazard condition on the District side: the District designates Natural Hazard Development Permit Areas and publishes property-level GeoWeb hazard reports.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in Upper Lonsdale

  • Age bylaws — and the Vista 29 covenant layer: only 55+ residency bylaws are lawful (Strata Property Act ss. 123.1/123.2 + Regulation 7.01, exemptions expanded May 1, 2023 for a younger spouse/partner, live-in caregivers, legacy residents and defined children). A 45+ bylaw is void and does not convert to 55+. The bylaw restricts residents, not owners — people under 55 can own a lot in a 55+ corporation but may not be able to live in it. Vista 29 has a second, separate instrument: the District's 2004 approval included a restrictive covenant limiting occupancy to households where one member is 55 years of age or older, alongside the CD52 zoning.
  • CITY rules (south of 29th Street — the Somerset Green side): the City of North Vancouver's Official Community Plan is the Official Community Plan, 2014, No. 8400, amended December 8, 2025 (Amendment Bylaw 2025, No. 9114) for provincial housing requirements; City zoning is Zoning Bylaw No. 6700 (1995). On December 8, 2025 the City adopted the Ground Oriented (GO) Zone, increasing permitted units from 3 to 4 on nearly 4,300 residential properties and allowing up to 6 units per lot on approximately 600 properties. Secondary suites have been legal in City single-family dwellings since 1993 — one suite per property, the owner must reside at the property — and an accessory coach house is permitted where the front lot line is at least 10 m (32.81 ft), requiring a Development Permit and a Building Permit. The City sized its December 2025 updates to a 20-year housing need of 21,301 units on top of its existing 29,021 units. These City rules do not apply to a District address.

Good to know about Upper Lonsdale townhomes

  • Vista 29 was purpose-built as 55+, not converted. The District's December 22, 2004 report shows the project was designed from the start for ageing in place, with the 55+ occupancy covenant written into the rezoning alongside the CD52 zoning — and its developer sold the townhomes as a distinct product, with their own display suite on Chesterfield Avenue.

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

Sources for the townhome notes on Upper Lonsdale

Lots and land in Upper Lonsdale

Fee-simple lots

  • Detached slope lots, both sides of the line: predominantly single-detached homes climbing the Lonsdale slope — post-war houses, renovations and view-oriented rebuilds, with lot value rising with elevation and view corridor. Mostly freehold; strata sits near the commercial node and on the lower (City) blocks.
  • Density context (City side): the City's census backgrounder (Statistics Canada 2021) shows City-wide single-detached dwellings fell from 20% of units in 2001 to 11% in 2021 while apartments in buildings of five or more storeys rose from 15% to 29% — the City blocks at the sub-area's south end sit in that densifying pattern, while the District blocks remain detached-house streets.
  • Serviced position: District 2026 single-family utility fees include water at $932.80 and sewer/drainage at $1,255.60 — a City-side parcel does not carry District fees, and vice versa.
  • Slope is the land condition: the District designates Natural Hazard Development Permit Areas and publishes property-level GeoWeb hazard reports — steep upper-Lonsdale lots on the District side should be checked before additions or rebuilds, and geotechnical cost belongs in the land math. City-side hazard position: as the City states it for the parcel — no District hazard position is imported across the line.

Bare-land strata

  • The BC strata block that applies to the strata stock generally: depreciation reports on a 5-year cycle for strata corporations with 5 or more units since July 1, 2024; a minimum 10% contingency reserve fund contribution since November 1, 2023; rental-restriction bylaws void since November 24, 2022; only 55+ age bylaws valid (Strata Property Act ss. 123.1/123.2, with May 1, 2023 exemptions).
  • No presale project at all is named for this sub-area.

Streets, schools and transit near Upper Lonsdale lots

  • Upper Lonsdale is the GVR board sub-area running up Lonsdale Avenue from about 24th/25th Street to Rockland Avenue, where Lonsdale ends — the first blocks (roughly 25th to 29th Street) in the City of North Vancouver, the blocks from 29th Street to Rockland in the District of North Vancouver. TransLink's North Shore Area Transit Plan jurisdiction table corroborates the split on the avenue itself: it assigns the Lonsdale Avenue at 29th Street layover to City jurisdiction and the Upper Lonsdale layovers at Osborne Avenue and at Prospect/Rockland to District jurisdiction. The 29th Street line remains a working boundary — confirm any specific address on municipal mapping.
  • Elevation: the top of Lonsdale Avenue at Rockland sits at about 850 feet (259 m) above sea level — the source of the sub-area's views and its snow-line position.
  • Schools (SD44, same district on both sides of the municipal line): Westview Elementary and Larson Elementary (both K–7; École Larson Elementary, 2605 Larson Road, is dual-track English and French Immersion); École André-Piolat (francophone K–12, 380 West Kings Road); Carson Graham Secondary (2145 Jones Avenue) for most of the sub-area, with an IB programme. Catchments are address-based — easternmost addresses should be checked against the Argyle boundary with SD44.
  • Recreation: the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre (City, 130 East 23rd Street, just south of the sub-area) opened July 25, 2026 with an NHL-sized arena, 25-metre pool and full gymnasium (aquatics still in final checks at opening, expected ready for fall programming); Delbrook Community Recreation Centre (District, 851 West Queens Road) serves the District blocks. Tempe Heights Park, at the sub-area's eastern edge, is a City park listed at 1.74 ha of natural area with tennis courts, a playground and a pond.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Upper Lonsdale

  • A specific address's City-vs-District status determines its OCP, zoning bylaw, permit desk and property tax bill. Nothing from one side's rulebook is imported to the other side anywhere in this section. The split point for a given parcel is a per-parcel check on municipal mapping; 29th Street is the avenue's working line.
  • CITY SIDE — OCP 8400 / Zoning 6700: the City of North Vancouver's Official Community Plan is the Official Community Plan, 2014, No. 8400 (amended December 8, 2025, Amendment Bylaw 2025 No. 9114, for provincial housing requirements; the City sized its updates to a 20-year housing need of 21,301 units on top of its existing 29,021 units). Zoning is City Zoning Bylaw 6700 (1995). In a City developer information session for 2762 Lonsdale Avenue, staff described the blocks along Lonsdale as within Residential Level 5 with a maximum height of 6 storeys.
  • CITY SIDE — suites, coach houses, GO Zone (SSMUH position as the City states it): the City legalized secondary suites in all single-family dwellings in 1993; one suite per single-family property, the owner must reside at the property, and a suite may be combined with an accessory coach house (permitted where the front lot line is at least 10 m / 32.81 ft, requiring a Development Permit and a Building Permit). On December 8, 2025 the City adopted the Ground Oriented (GO) Zone, increasing permitted units from 3 to 4 on nearly 4,300 residential properties and allowing up to 6 units per lot on approximately 600 properties — check the GO Zone before pricing a City-side lot as single-family only.
  • It is never applied to a District-side parcel.
  • DISTRICT SIDE — OCP 7900 / Zoning 3210: the District's Official Community Plan is Bylaw 7900; it designates Queensdale as a Village Centre and directs growth to its four centres while preserving established low-density neighbourhoods, which covers the District portion of Upper Lonsdale. District zoning is Bylaw 3210.
  • DISTRICT SIDE — SSMUH position as the District states it: District zoning has permitted a principal dwelling, a secondary suite and a coach house — three units total — on single-family zoned properties within the Urban Containment Boundary since June 2024, with suites up to 49% of the house and coach houses up to two storeys. The District's GeoWeb SSMUH classification shows potential for up to 3 units at 280 m² or less, up to 4 above 280 m², and up to 6 above 280 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit bus stop; the Province's Bill 25 requires full SSMUH density by June 30, 2026 and the District's amendments were still in preparation in spring 2026 — so the District-side density position is stated as in-transition, never as settled.
  • DISTRICT SIDE — hazard DPs: the District designates Natural Hazard Development Permit Areas and publishes property-level GeoWeb hazard reports; steep lots should be checked before additions or rebuilds, as slope DPAs can add geotechnical cost.
  • Taxes differ by side of the line: both municipalities set 2026 property taxes due July 2, 2026, with a 5% penalty after July 2, 2026 and a further 5% after September 1, 2026. City 2026 rates: residential municipal-general 1.89202 and total 3.34028 per $1,000 of assessed value, plus a separate residential storm drainage rate of 0.10697 per $1,000 (the City illustrates an average residential property assessed at $1,387,684 paying $4,790 in total 2026 taxes). District 2026 rates: residential municipal 1.83419 and total 3.28195 per $1,000. Same street, different bills — confirm which municipality the parcel is taxed in.

Good to know about Upper Lonsdale lots

  • The District's density map is ahead of its bylaw: the District's own GeoWeb SSMUH classification already shows 3/4/6-unit potential by lot size and transit proximity while its Bill 25 amendments were still in preparation in spring 2026 — a District-side lot's "potential" and its currently permitted count are two different numbers, and only the permitted count prices safely.
  • The City changed its math in December 2025: the GO Zone (adopted December 8, 2025) moved nearly 4,300 City residential properties from 3 to 4 permitted units — a City-side lot marketed as "single-family only" after that date may be under-described, and a District-side lot marketed with City numbers is simply wrong.
  • Winter is a different neighbourhood at the top: the elevation gain puts the upper blocks in a noticeably different snow band than the waterfront in the same storm, and the Route 230 bus runs the full avenue to the SeaBus in all of it — verify the view (and the drive) in winter, not just on a clear showing day.

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

Sources for the land notes on Upper Lonsdale

More Upper Lonsdale real estate

Duplexes and half duplexes in Upper Lonsdale

What a duplex looks like in Upper Lonsdale

  • The usual duplex form: Predominantly single-detached homes climbing the Lonsdale slope — post-war houses, renovations and view-oriented rebuilds, with lot value rising with elevation and view corridor — mostly freehold, with strata near the commercial node, and limited attached stock in older low-rise apartments and condos near Queensdale and the lower (City) blocks.

Local rules that affect duplexes in Upper Lonsdale

  • City side suites and units — the City's own rule: The City legalized secondary suites in all single-family dwellings in 1993; one suite is permitted per single-family property, the owner must reside at the property, and a suite may be combined with an accessory coach house, which is permitted where the front lot line is at least 10 m (32.81 ft) and requires a Development Permit and a Building Permit.
  • District side suites and units — the District's own rule: District zoning has permitted a principal dwelling, a secondary suite and a coach house — three units total — on single-family zoned properties within the Urban Containment Boundary since June 2024, with suites up to 49% of the house and coach houses up to two storeys. That 49% figure is the District's own suite rule, stated for the District side only. The District's GEOweb SSMUH classification shows potential for up to 3 units at 280 m² or less, up to 4 above 280 m², and up to 6 above 280 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit bus stop; the Province's Bill 25 requires full SSMUH density by June 30, 2026 and the District's amendments were still in preparation in spring 2026.
  • SSMUH position, both sides stated separately: On the City side the operative position is the City's own December 2025 GO Zone adoption above; on the District side it is the District's GEOweb classification plus its still-in-preparation Bill 25 compliance amendments above. A duplex (two units) sits inside even the lowest tier on either side — but which municipality's instrument governs a specific lot is read off the municipal maps first, never assumed from the sub-area name.
  • Servicing, side by side and never blended: A City-side parcel does not carry District instruments, and vice versa.

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

Sources for the duplex notes on Upper Lonsdale

What's nearby Upper Lonsdale

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • No rapid-transit station is in Upper Lonsdale. Nearest: the SeaBus at Lonsdale Quay Station, downhill in Lower Lonsdale, with departures to Waterfront (TransLink).
  • 230 Upper Lonsdale / Lonsdale Quay (TransLink): Lonsdale Quay up Lonsdale Ave to Osborne, then via Princess, Braemar, Lonsdale and Rockland to Prospect.
  • 229 Lonsdale Quay / Lynn Valley (TransLink): via Lonsdale Ave, 29 St and Lynn Valley Rd.

Parks and recreation

  • Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, 851 West Queens Road, on the District side west of the area.
  • Mahon Park, on Jones Ave from 15th to 21st, south of the area beside Carson Graham Secondary (City of North Vancouver parks list).

Schools

  • Larson Elementary, K–7; Braemar Elementary, K–7; Boundary Elementary, K–7 — School District 44 (North Vancouver); confirm the catchment with the district for each.
  • Carson Graham Secondary, 8–12; Holy Trinity School, K–7, independent — School District 44 (North Vancouver); confirm the catchment with the district for each.

Groceries and shopping

  • Queensdale Market (grocery store), 3030 Lonsdale Ave.

Sources for what’s nearby

What's nearby, building by building

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

  • Kings Court, 106 West Kings Rd

    Transit
    No rapid-transit station in Upper Lonsdale; nearest: SeaBus at Lonsdale Quay Station, Lower Lonsdale, to Waterfront (TransLink). 230 Upper Lonsdale / Lonsdale Quay (TransLink): Lonsdale Quay up Lonsdale Ave to Osborne, via Princess, Braemar, Lonsdale and Rockland to Prospect. 229 Lonsdale Quay / Lynn Valley (TransLink): via Lonsdale Ave, 29 St and Lynn Valley Rd.
    Parks and recreation
    Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, 851 West Queens Road, District side west of the area. Mahon Park, Jones Ave from 15th to 21st, south beside Carson Graham Secondary (City of North Vancouver parks list).
    Schools
    Larson Elementary, K–7; Braemar Elementary, K–7; Boundary Elementary, K–7 — SD44 North Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district for each. Carson Graham Secondary, 8–12; Holy Trinity School, K–7, independent — SD44 North Vancouver; confirm the catchment with the district for each.
    Shopping
    Queensdale Market (grocery store), 3030 Lonsdale Ave.

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