South CambieBritish Columbia

South Cambie is a City of Vancouver local-area along the central Cambie Corridor, bounded roughly by 16th Avenue (north), 41st Avenue (south), Oak Street (west), and Cambie Street (east). The Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 (City of Vancouver, adopted May 2018) is the central reshaping force for the neighbourhood — designating most of the Cambie and Oak frontages plus the cross-streets one block in for mid-rise mixed-use and high-rise residential redevelopment, with the residential blocks behind retaining their predominantly RS-zoned (now R1-1) character-residential fabric.

The King Edward Canada Line station at Cambie + W 25th anchors the central transit access; the Oakridge–41st Canada Line station sits just south of the 41st Avenue boundary. From King Edward, the Canada Line runs ~9 minutes to Waterfront Station downtown and ~20 minutes to YVR via the Bridgeport interchange. Oak Street is one of the major north-south arterials connecting south to the Oak Street Bridge into Richmond.

Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and the BC Cancer Agency sit at the northern boundary at Oak + 12th Avenue — VGH is the largest hospital in BC and one of the largest in Canada by inpatient volume, with the Vancouver Coastal Health regional services anchored on the campus. The hospital proximity is a meaningful pricing factor for many South Cambie listings — healthcare-staff buyers, family-of-patient short-term rentals, and the broader hospital-adjacent demographic shape the rental market.

For schools, most South Cambie addresses feed Eric Hamber Secondary (960 West 33rd Avenue — new replacement school opened September 2024; legacy address 5025 Willow Street) for grades 8–12 — the same catchment as adjacent Oakridge and Riley Park. Elementary feeders include Emily Carr Elementary (3150 Laurel) and General Wolfe Elementary depending on the specific address; easternmost addresses near the Cambie boundary may overlap with Edith Cavell Elementary (500 W 20th, primarily a Riley Park feeder). The Eric Hamber mini-school program runs as a separate application stream.

Inventory is predominantly pre-1940 character-residential on conventional 33-foot Vancouver lots in the interior blocks, with a meaningful share of post-2000 character-replica infill and the Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 mid-rise + townhouse + apartment redevelopment along the Cambie + Oak + cross-street frontages. The City of Vancouver R1-1 multiplex bylaw (October 17, 2023) implements Bill 44 SSMUH on most former RS-1 lots, allowing up to 6 units in a multiplex on standard lots subject to frontage and servicing — but the Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 designations typically supersede baseline SSMUH on Cambie-adjacent parcels.

The Heather Park / Douglas Park corridor along the western edge anchors the local green-space amenity; Douglas Park and Heather Park are both Vancouver Park Board sites. Cambie + 16th carries the C-2 commercial cluster at the northern edge; Cambie + 25th + King Edward Avenue is the central commercial node; the Oakridge Park redevelopment to the south is the regional retail anchor.

Most South Cambie addresses feed Eric Hamber Secondary (960 West 33rd Avenue — new replacement school opened September 2024; legacy address 5025 Willow Street) for grades 8–12 — the same catchment as adjacent Oakridge and Riley Park. The Eric Hamber mini-school program is an application stream, not pure catchment.

Elementary feeders include Emily Carr Elementary (3150 Laurel) and General Wolfe Elementary depending on the specific address; easternmost addresses near the Cambie boundary may overlap with Edith Cavell Elementary (500 W 20th, primarily a Riley Park feeder). The District operates French Immersion as an application stream. If a particular school or programme matters, the attendance area is set by address and easy to confirm with the VSB.

Vancouver General Hospital + BC Cancer Agency at the northern boundary anchor the healthcare district; the Oakridge Park redevelopment to the south is the regional retail anchor. The Cambie + King Edward commercial node + Cambie + 16th C-2 cluster cover the central retail.

The Heather Park / Douglas Park corridor along the western edge anchors the local green-space amenity. Queen Elizabeth Park (in adjacent Riley Park) is a 10-minute walk east. The combination of hospital district + Cambie Corridor redevelopment + Canada Line walkshed makes South Cambie one of the most transit-and-amenity-rich Westside neighbourhoods.

King Edward Canada Line station at Cambie + W 25th is the central transit anchor — ~9 minutes to Waterfront downtown, ~20 minutes to YVR via the Bridgeport interchange. Oakridge–41st Station sits just south of the 41st Avenue boundary. Broadway-City Hall Station at Cambie + Broadway provides Canada Line + future Broadway Subway interchange.

By car, downtown is 10–20 minutes via Granville, Oak, or Cambie; YVR is 15–20 minutes via Oak Street Bridge. The combination of three nearby Canada Line stations + the Broadway Subway interchange + Oak Street Bridge to Richmond makes South Cambie among the most-connected Westside neighbourhoods.