City of North Vancouver
Lower LonsdaleBritish Columbia
The waterfront-adjacent southern half of Lonsdale: the 1986 Quay marketplace, the Shipyards on the old shipyard land, and a 12-minute SeaBus sailing to Waterfront Station.
Victory ships built at the Burrard Dry Dock yard in the Second World War
Lonsdale Quay to Waterfront: 12 minutes; every 15 minutes in the day, every 10 at weekday peaks
Two-storey public market commissioned ahead of Expo 86
Patkau Architects photography and media-arts gallery on the Shipyards waterfront
The market in Lower Lonsdale
Market snapshot · October 2026
Lower Lonsdale · HPI Benchmark
Benchmark price
$876K
Month over month
-2.8%
Year over year
-4.8%
Sales (month)
26
Detached, townhouse and apartment only
Active listings
174
Detached, townhouse and apartment only
Months of inventory
6.3
Active listings divided by average monthly sales over the past 12 months, so it will not equal this month’s active listings divided by this month’s sales.
Greater Vancouver REALTORS® composite Home Price Index (HPI), the industry-standard measure of typical home value, adjusted for property mix. Sales were 14.9% of active listings in the month, a balanced market by board convention. Boards call under 12% a buyers’ market and over 20% a sellers’ market.
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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.
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Overview
Lower Lonsdale ("LoLo") is the waterfront end of Lonsdale Avenue in the City of North Vancouver. The City describes it as the southern half of the Lonsdale town centre. Three places anchor it: the Shipyards, Lonsdale Quay and the Esplanade.
Lonsdale Quay Market opened on April 12, 1986 at 123 Carrie Cates Court, and the SeaBus leaves from the same site for Waterfront Station. TransLink gives the crossing as 12 minutes, with sailings every 15 minutes during the day and every 10 minutes at weekday peaks.
The Shipyards are on the land of a North Vancouver shipyard that was working from 1906. The City runs the waterfront there as a public place, with Shipbuilders' Square, Shipyards Commons, a splash park and a skate plaza. The Polygon Gallery (opened November 18, 2017, Patkau Architects) and MONOVA, the Museum of North Vancouver (opened December 4, 2021 at 115 West Esplanade), are both here. Esplanade runs along the waterfront edge, split into West and East by Lonsdale Avenue.
For schools, Lower Lonsdale is in School District 44 (North Vancouver). Queen Mary Elementary is in Lower Lonsdale and its secondary school is Carson Graham. Carson Graham runs the IB Middle Years Programme in Grades 8 to 10 and the IB Diploma Programme in Grades 11 and 12. The district's catchment locator settles the school for an address.
Beere Brewing is at 312 East Esplanade. Bridge Brewing is at 1448 Charlotte Road, about 3.5 kilometres east in Lower Lynn.
What you get living here
The things that don't show up in a listing — the standing rituals and quiet anchors that make Lower Lonsdale feel like a place rather than a postal code.
Burrard Dry Dock built 109 Victory ships in the Second World War
A North Vancouver shipyard was working at the foot of Lonsdale from 1906, and Burrard Dry Dock built 109 Victory ships there in the Second World War, more than any other Canadian yard (Canada's Historic Places).
Canada's Historic Places
In 1928 the RCMP schooner St. Roch launched from Burrard Dry Dock for what became the first west-to-east Northwest Passage transit
The RCMP Arctic patrol vessel St. Roch was built by Burrard Dry Dock and launched in 1928. Under Sgt. Henry Larsen she became the first ship to complete the Northwest Passage west-to-east (1940–42) and the first to round North America in a single voyage (1950). She's now a National Historic Site at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, but her hull was laid down here.
Parks Canada St. Roch NHS · Vancouver Maritime Museum
The SeaBus made downtown a 12-minute sail away, and reshaped the North Shore
TransLink's SeaBus (originally BC Hydro's urban-transit branch) began service on June 17, 1977 with two purpose-built catamarans (the Burrard Otter and Burrard Beaver) crossing Burrard Inlet in roughly 12 minutes. Sailings now leave every 15 minutes in the day, and every 10 minutes at weekday peaks (TransLink).
TransLink · Wikipedia
The Quay opened ahead of Expo 86 and never closed
Lonsdale Quay Public Market opened April 12, 1986 at 123 Carrie Cates Court, where the Lonsdale Quay Hotel is also located.
Lonsdale Quay Market
The Polygon Gallery opened on the Shipyards waterfront
The Polygon Gallery opened November 18, 2017, designed by Patkau Architects, replacing Presentation House Gallery.
The Polygon Gallery · Wikipedia
Inside Lower Lonsdale
Lower Lonsdale 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.
The Shipyards
On the old shipyard land east of Lonsdale Quay. The Polygon Gallery (Patkau, 2017), MONOVA, the Museum of North Vancouver (115 W Esplanade), Shipbuilders' Square, Shipyards Commons, a splash park and a skate plaza.
Read more →Lonsdale Quay
Foot of Lonsdale Avenue: Lonsdale Quay Market (opened April 12, 1986) and the SeaBus to Waterfront Station. 12-minute crossing, every 15 minutes in the day, every 10 minutes at weekday peaks.
Read more →Esplanade
West and East Esplanade run along the waterfront edge, split by Lonsdale Avenue. MONOVA is at 115 West Esplanade and Beere Brewing at 312 East Esplanade.
Read more →Schools
School District 44 (North Vancouver). Queen Mary Elementary is in Lower Lonsdale, and Carson Graham Secondary is its secondary school. Carson Graham runs the IB Middle Years Programme for Grades 8 to 10 and the IB Diploma Programme for Grades 11 and 12.
School District 44's catchment locator settles the school for an address, and the district was reviewing several elementary boundaries for 2026-27.
Heritage + history
The Shipyards are on the land of a North Vancouver shipyard that was working from 1906. The Polygon Gallery (Patkau Architects, opened November 2017) and MONOVA, the Museum of North Vancouver (opened December 4, 2021 at 115 West Esplanade), are both here.
Lonsdale Quay Market opened on April 12, 1986.
Daily life
Daily life concentrates at Lonsdale Quay Market, the Shipyards squares and Esplanade. Beere Brewing is at 312 East Esplanade.
Commute math
TransLink gives the SeaBus crossing from Lonsdale Quay to Waterfront Station as 12 minutes, with sailings every 15 minutes in the day and every 10 minutes at weekday peaks. Waterfront Station connects to the Expo Line, Canada Line and West Coast Express.
Property types
- Condo in a Shipyards-area building
- Condo near Lonsdale Quay
- Condo on Esplanade
Compare Lower Lonsdale to nearby
Edgemont Village →
The DNV alternative: Edgemont's preserved 1950s village commercial core and detached fabric trade Lower Lonsdale's urban density and SeaBus access for a small-town main street and walking proximity to Capilano Lake watershed. Both inside SD #44 but different Carson Graham vs. Handsworth catchments.
Lynn Valley →
The DNV detached counterpart: Lynn Valley trades LoLo's tower and waterfront pattern for 1960s–1980s detached on 60×120 ft+ lots, Lynn Headwaters trailheads, and the Argyle catchment. Same SD #44 district, fundamentally different decision tree.
Frequently asked
A few of the questions that come up most often about Lower Lonsdale.
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Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR® at Momentum Realty Inc.. GVR Member #6015742 · FVREB Member #FJOBBR