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District of West Vancouver

CaulfeildBritish Columbia

The west end of West Vancouver: Lighthouse Park, the Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area around the cove, Caulfeild Village and Rockridge Secondary.

District of West Vancouver2 property types4 sub-areas7 FAQsLast reviewed June 10, 2026
1899
Francis Caulfeild buys the land

Lays out village against the grid: streets follow contours, deer paths, and view corridors

Mar 17 1875
Point Atkinson Lighthouse lit

First beacon on Burrard Inlet; current concrete tower dates to 1912

75 ha
Lighthouse Park

Operated by the District of West Vancouver; Point Atkinson Lighthouse designated NHS 1974

1993
Canada's first Marine Protected Area

Whytecliff Park: Marine Life Sanctuaries Society, Vancouver Aquarium and DWV

The market in Caulfeild

Market snapshot · October 2026

Caulfeild · HPI Benchmark

Benchmark price

$2.78M

Month over month

-0.6%

Year over year

-10.1%

Sales (month)

1

Detached, townhouse and apartment only

Active listings

21

Detached, townhouse and apartment only

Greater Vancouver REALTORS® composite Home Price Index (HPI), the industry-standard measure of typical home value, adjusted for property mix. 1 sale on 21 active listings this month, too few to call the market. Over the last 12 months, sales averaged 13.2% of active listings, a balanced market by board convention. Boards call under 12% a buyers’ market and over 20% a sellers’ market.

See the Caulfeild HPI chart on Market Insights

Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. The benchmark is the composite index; sales and active listings count detached, townhouse and apartment homes only. HPI benchmarks are aggregate measures; specific properties may transact above or below.

Market insights · the long view

A in Caulfeild, bought in 2019

$2.26M in 2019, $2.76M in October 2026: up 22 percent.
$3.40M$1.03M
20052026

Board benchmark across Caulfeild, to October 2026. Not an appraisal of any one home.

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Overview

Caulfeild is the west end of the District of West Vancouver, east of Lighthouse Park. The Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area surrounds Caulfeild Cove, and Caulfeild Village, at 5375 Headland Drive, has a Safeway, a clinic and a post office. Rockridge Secondary is directly across Headland Drive from the village.

West Bay is a separate neighbourhood nearly four kilometres east, past Sandy Cove, with West Bay Elementary at 3175 Thompson Place. West Vancouver Schools lists Caulfeild Elementary and Rockridge Secondary for Caulfeild and West Bay Elementary for West Bay; its school locator names the catchment school for one address.

Lighthouse Park covers about 75 hectares and is operated by the District. The Point Atkinson Lighthouse at its southern tip was built in 1912. TransLink routes 250, 253 and 262 stop in Caulfeild, and there is no SkyTrain on the North Shore.

What you get living here

The things that don't show up in a listing — the standing rituals and quiet anchors that make Caulfeild feel like a place rather than a postal code.

A village by design

Caulfeild was deliberately laid out against the grid in 1899

When English scholar Francis William Caulfeild bought the land in 1899, he insisted streets follow the contours of the land (using deer, bear, and cow paths as guides) rather than the standard pioneer grid. The resulting winding lanes are now protected as the District's Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area.

District of West Vancouver: Lower Caulfeild HCA · West Vancouver Archives

The little ivy church

St. Francis-in-the-Wood opened in 1927 as the village's English-cottage chapel

Built in 1927 with funding from Caulfeild's son-in-law Henry A. Stone and consecrated on January 1, 1928, the church still anchors Piccadilly South with its lychgate and Morris and Co. stained glass. The St. Francis window above the altar was installed in 1935 as a memorial to Francis Caulfeild, who died the year before.

St. Francis-in-the-Wood Parish Archives · Diocese of New Westminster

Skunk Cove, renamed

Caulfeild Cove was the working pilot landing before it was a picnic beach

Long known as Skunk Cove, the inlet sheltered the pilot boats that guided ships through Burrard Inlet's craggy approach; Captain Charles Henry Cates dropped Caulfeild here for a day in 1898, and Caulfeild bought the land within months. Today Caulfeild Park traces a shoreline trail past the same coves his 1899 plan was built around.

District of West Vancouver Archives · West Vancouver Historical Society

A light since 1875

Point Atkinson Lighthouse has guided Burrard Inlet since March 17, 1875

The first beacon, built by Arthur Finney of Nanaimo, was lit on March 17, 1875; the present hexagonal reinforced-concrete tower replaced it in 1912. The lighthouse was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974, and the surrounding 75-hectare (185-acre) Lighthouse Park is administered by the District of West Vancouver.

Parks Canada: Point Atkinson Lighthouse NHS

Canada's first MPA

Whytecliff Park became Canada's first Marine Protected Area in 1993

A coalition led by the Marine Life Sanctuaries Society, the Vancouver Aquarium and the District of West Vancouver secured the 1993 designation, and harvesting any marine life beneath the cove is still prohibited. More than 200 species shelter under the cliff today.

Marine Life Sanctuaries Society · District of West Vancouver

The village school

Rockridge Secondary opened on Headland Drive in September 1996

Rockridge began life at 5350 Headland Drive as a Grade 7–9 middle school in September 1996, then expanded grade-by-grade until its first Grade 12 class graduated in June 2004. With Caulfeild Elementary at 4685 Keith Road, the two schools form the village's full K–12 catchment.

West Vancouver Schools (SD45) · Rockridge Secondary

Inside Caulfeild

Caulfeild reads as one neighbourhood from a distance, but on the ground the housing fabric is layered. Each piece has its own rules, its own inventory, and its own buyer.

Schools

West Vancouver Schools lists Caulfeild Elementary (kindergarten to Grade 7) and Rockridge Secondary (Grades 8 to 12, with Advanced Placement and the IB Middle Years Programme) for Caulfeild. Rockridge is on Headland Drive, directly across from Caulfeild Village. West Bay Elementary (3175 Thompson Place) is in West Bay.

The District's school locator names the catchment school for one address, and its map is not published as data. Check the address there.

Caulfeild pillar: schools →

Heritage + history

The Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area surrounds Caulfeild Cove. It is mapped in OpenStreetMap from the District's Lower Caulfeild Heritage Alteration Permit Guidelines. Ask the District whether a permit applies before planning a renovation.

The Point Atkinson Lighthouse, at the southern tip of Lighthouse Park, was built in 1912 and became a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974.

Caulfeild pillar: places and heritage →

Daily life

Caulfeild Village Shopping Centre at 5375 Headland Drive has a Safeway, a clinic and a post office. Caulfeild Park and Sandy Cove Park are on the shore.

Lighthouse Park, about 75 hectares, is at the west end, and West Bay Park is in West Bay.

Caulfeild pillar: Lighthouse Park and the village →

Commute math

TransLink's schedule data shows routes 250, 253 and 262 stopping in Caulfeild. On a weekday the scheduled trip from Marine Drive at The Dale to West Georgia Street at Burrard takes a median of 40 minutes, with trips from 36 to 45.

The North Shore has no SkyTrain line.

Caulfeild pillar: transit →

Property types

  • Detached homes
  • Homes inside the Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area (ask the District about heritage alteration permits)

Compare Caulfeild to nearby

Ambleside →

The principal West Van town centre east of Caulfeild: Ambleside trades Caulfeild's Lighthouse Park adjacency and 1899 garden-suburb heritage for walkable Marine Drive commercial spine, Ambleside Park seawall, and Park Royal at the Lions Gate Bridge interface. Both inside SD #45 / West Van Secondary.

Lower Mainland (regional) →

The broader regional context: Caulfeild sits inside the District of West Vancouver, the highest household-income tier in BC. Pricing is largely uncorrelated with Fraser Valley markets and most directly correlated with the rest of SD #45, Ambleside and the British Properties.

Frequently asked

A few of the questions that come up most often about Caulfeild.

Which schools serve Caulfeild?
West Vancouver Schools lists Caulfeild Elementary (kindergarten to Grade 7) and Rockridge Secondary (Grades 8 to 12, with Advanced Placement and the IB Middle Years Programme). Rockridge is on Headland Drive, directly across from Caulfeild Village. West Bay Elementary (3175 Thompson Place, kindergarten to Grade 7, IB Primary Years Programme) is in West Bay. The District's school locator names the catchment school for one address, and its map is not published as data, so check the address there.
What is the Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area?
It is a protected area around Caulfeild Cove, mapped in OpenStreetMap from the District of West Vancouver's Lower Caulfeild Heritage Alteration Permit Guidelines. Ask the District whether a permit is needed before you plan a renovation inside it.
How does Bill 44 apply to a Caulfeild lot?
The provincial small-scale multi-unit housing rules apply to West Vancouver, but a slope, a heritage area or a servicing limit can change what a lot allows. Ask the District of West Vancouver about the specific lot before you plan a multi-unit project.
How big is Lighthouse Park?
Lighthouse Park is about 75 hectares and is operated by the District of West Vancouver. Its Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built in 1912 and was named a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974.
How does the BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax apply to Caulfeild?
The District of West Vancouver is inside the BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT) designated area. SVT applies to all owners of residential property in the designated area unless they qualify for an exemption (principal residence, tenancy meeting the rental requirement, specified Canadian-citizen or permanent-resident occupancy). Doubled rates apply to foreign owners and satellite families. Current rate schedules and exemption rules are easy to confirm on the live BC government SVT page before underwriting any non-principal-residence Caulfeild purchase.
Is the Foreign Buyer ban active in Caulfeild?
Yes, the federal Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act applies. The original 2023 Act was extended through January 1, 2027 (per the 2024 federal extension). It applies to non-Canadian, non-permanent-resident buyers with limited exemptions (refugees, certain temporary residents meeting tax-and-residency tests, some diplomatic categories, specific work-permit pathways). The provincial 20% Additional PTT also applies for non-exempt foreign-national purchases. Both layers apply concurrently. Eligibility is easy to confirm with a Canadian immigration lawyer and a BC real-estate lawyer.
What is the bus trip from Caulfeild to downtown Vancouver?
On a weekday the scheduled trip from Marine Drive at The Dale to West Georgia Street at Burrard takes a median of 40 minutes, with trips from 36 to 45. TransLink routes 250, 253 and 262 stop in Caulfeild. The North Shore has no SkyTrain line.

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Market data

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