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North Vancouver
From Lonsdale Quay and The Shipyards to the heritage homes of Grand Boulevard, North Vancouver has more than one story to tell. Explore its neighbourhoods, landmarks and home styles, then find the plumbing service you need with The Crazy Plumber.
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Location Landmarks
Three familiar places. Three different stories. Explore a memorial park, a shipyard waterfront and a mountain above the city.
North Vancouver Cenotaph
It has since been rededicated to honour later service, with inscriptions updated on May 26, 2013.
The Shipyards and Burrard Dry Dock Pier
The pier opened for public access on April 23, 2005.
Grouse Mountain
The Grouse Grind trail, with 2,830 steps, was established in 1981.
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Credentials on file
Licence
TSBC Licence # LGA0213328
Better Business Bureau
Accredited · A+ ratingGoogle reviews
854
Founded
June 2023, Port Coquitlam
Estimates
Free estimates
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Location Data
See how the City of North Vancouver grew, what kinds of homes it has, how old they are and who calls it home. Explore five views of the 2021 Census.
Residents
58,120
Earlier census
52,898
Census year
2021
Comparison year
2016
People per square kilometre
4,913.0
Land area (km²)
11.8
Private dwellings
29,021
Occupied by usual residents
27,293
Average household size
2.1
Households of one person (%)
37.5
Median age in years
42.0
Ages 0 to 14 (%)
12.6
Ages 15 to 64 (%)
69.9
Ages 65 and over (%)
17.5
Average age in years
42.7
Ages 85 and over (%)
2.3
Single-detached (%)
10.7
Apartments, 5 or more storeys (%)
28.5
All other home types (%)
60.8
Households that own (%)
53.3
Households that rent (%)
46.7
Median home value, owner-estimated
$990,000
Built 1981 to 2000 (%)
24.2
Homes built 1981 to 2000
6,595
Built before 1981 (%)
44.0
Built 2001 to 2021 (%)
31.8
Needing major repairs (%)
5.6
Homes needing major repairs
1,535
Historical Timeline
A new city on the waterfront, a wartime shipyard and a ferry’s return across the inlet. Explore three turning points that helped shape North Vancouver.
1907
The Ambitious City
On May 13, 1907, the City of North Vancouver was established as a separate municipality from the District of North Vancouver. The Express newspaper called it “the Ambitious City.” About 1,500 people lived there, and Arnold Kealy became the first mayor. Residents marked Dominion Day and incorporation together in Lower Lonsdale on July 1.
1942
A shipbuilding city
During the Second World War, Burrard Dry Dock ran three round-the-clock shifts and employed up to 14,000 workers at its peak. From 1942 to 1945, women made up about 7 percent of the shipyard workforce.
1977
Back on the water
Cross-inlet ferry service ended in 1958. On June 17, 1977, the SeaBus entered service, connecting Lonsdale Quay with downtown Vancouver and bringing passenger service back across Burrard Inlet.
Neighbourhoods
Explore three different sides of North Vancouver: Grand Boulevard, Lower Lonsdale and Moodyville. Choose a neighbourhood to see its homes, streets and setting.
Regional key
North Shore
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Grand Boulevard
An early garden suburb planned around a wide central parkway.
Homes
Arts and Crafts on double lots
Early covenants required homes to cost more than $4,000, resulting in substantial British Arts and Crafts and Edwardian residences on large double lots. More modest bungalows followed after the Second World War.
Streets
A parkway with a purpose
The North Vancouver Land and Improvement Company, led by Edward Mahon, designed the central parkway as a wide fire break after the fires of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, then gifted the parkland to the City.
Setting
Views toward the inlet
The parkway, about 105 metres wide and 1.6 kilometres long, keeps view corridors open toward Burrard Inlet and forms part of the Green Necklace.
Lower Lonsdale
The North Shore’s earliest commercial district, rising along Lonsdale Avenue from Lonsdale Quay to Keith Road.
Homes
Old and new side by side
Heritage buildings, older rental apartments and concrete condominium towers share the neighbourhood. Multi-family homes rose on former waterfront industrial lands in the 1990s and 2000s.
Streets
A main street and a meeting point
Lonsdale Avenue grew quickly as the main commercial corridor until the 1913 depression halted construction. At the foot of Lonsdale, streetcars, ferries and the Pacific Great Eastern railway once met.
Setting
A working waterfront reimagined
The City-owned Shipyards precinct offers a splash park in summer and a skate plaza in winter.
Moodyville
A south-facing hillside east of Lower Lonsdale, named after Sewell Moody’s waterfront sawmill of the 1860s.
Homes
From houses to townhouses
Before rezoning, about 490 homes, mostly single-family houses and duplexes, stood on 306 parcels. Rezoning finalized in 2016 allows ground-oriented townhouses, stacked townhouses and low-rise apartments.
Streets
Entrances on the street
Development guidelines arrange new buildings around courtyards, with entrances facing streets, lanes or pedestrian mews. East 3rd Street is planned as a future rapid transit corridor.
Setting
A slope above the port
Moodyville Park covers more than four hectares, and the Spirit Trail crosses the neighbourhood.
Builders and Developers
Meet two builders whose work helped shape North Vancouver. Follow each story from material to building and the places people recognise today.
James Cooper Keith
Material
Masonry for a new main street.
A shareholder in the North Vancouver Land and Improvement Company, James Cooper Keith commissioned the Keith Block at 91 to 99 Lonsdale Avenue in 1908 and the Aberdeen Block in 1910 to 1911.
Building
Architects from Hamilton.
Mills and Hutton designed the Aberdeen Block and the adjacent Bank of Hamilton Chambers in masonry with sandstone trim and metal cornices. The Aberdeen Block was first named the Keith Block, recalled by a carved “K” in its entrance shield.
Community
A block that stayed in use.
Paine’s Hardware occupied the ground floor from 1911 until a fire in 1998. Today the Aberdeen Block is ranked A on the City heritage list and legally protected.
Wartime Housing Limited
Material
Wood frame, built quickly.
The federal government created Wartime Housing Limited in 1941 as shipyard workers poured into the city. A standard house was a Cape Cod style wood-frame home of about 6 by 7 metres with two bedrooms, set on post-and-beam foundations without a basement.
Building
Homes on vacant lots.
Using tax-sale lots that had reverted to the City during the Depression, the program built 687 rental houses, along with barracks, an administration building, a school, a recreation centre and a fire hall.
Community
A legacy on the heritage register.
The Wartime Housing Ltd. administration building at 131 East 2nd Street, built in 1942, is ranked A on the City heritage register, as are several 1941 houses on East 3rd Street.
Styles of Homes
Recognise that roofline? Choose a home style, then explore the details that connect it with North Vancouver.
1910 to 1914
Arts and Crafts character
Before the 1913 depression halted construction, North Vancouver’s boom produced homes with prominent massing, hand-crafted timber detailing and generous proportions.
The roof tells a story
The 1910 Keith Residence has a side gable roof, a gable dormer above an inset central entry, and wide eaves with exposed rafter tails.
An entrance worth noticing
The 1914 Baker Residence has a full-width open front verandah supported by battered columns and masonry piers.
Layers of material
The Keith Residence pairs lapped wooden siding below with half-timbering and cedar shingles above, all on a granite stone foundation.
1941 to 1945
Built for the war effort
Wartime Housing Limited built compact homes for shipyard workers, designed for quick assembly and possible removal after the war.
Follow the levels
A steep gable roof creates a half-storey upstairs, lit by side gable windows rather than dormers.
Start at ground level
The houses were built without basements, on simple foundations. Many had a modest awning over the door instead of a large porch.
A form, not a census category
The 2021 Census counted 755 dwellings built from 1921 to 1945, including homes from before the wartime program. It is not a count of wartime houses.
2016 onward
Front doors facing the street
Moodyville’s 2016 rezoning opened the neighbourhood to ground-oriented townhouses, stacked townhouses and low-rise apartments.
The welcome faces the street
Development guidelines orient entrances toward streets, lanes or pedestrian mews.
Planned around courtyards
New buildings are frequently arranged around central courtyards.
Look beyond the front door
The guidelines include rental lock-off suites, rainwater management and high energy performance benchmarks.