West Side communities

9 local areas west of Ontario Street, running from Kitsilano's beaches through Shaughnessy's crescents down to the Fraser. The most expensive ground in the city is here and so is the fastest change. Shaughnessy was laid out by the CPR in 1907 with a minimum house cost of $6,000, six times the city average at the time, and since 2015 a Heritage Conservation Area has protected 317 of its 595 houses; 8,430 people live across its 4.47 square kilometres, one of the lowest densities of the 22 local areas. Two kilometres east the arithmetic reverses: the Cambie Corridor plan approved in 2018 directs roughly 32,000 new homes between 16th Avenue and the river by 2041, Oakridge Park opened the first phase of a $6.5-billion rebuild in May 2026, and the Broadway Subway's South Granville and Oak-VGH stations are due in 2027.

School catchments do more work in West Side pricing than anywhere else in Vancouver. The same house trades differently on either side of a boundary, the independent schools cluster here, and Lord Byng is carrying about 1,497 students against a nominal capacity of 1,200, so check the Vancouver School Board's school-locator map against the specific address before falling for a listing. The other timeline worth reading is the Jericho Lands in West Point Grey: 90 acres owned by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations with Canada Lands, planned for roughly 13,000 homes phased over 25 to 30 years.