When did King Edward Station open?

King Edward Station opened on August 17, 2009 — the launch date of the Canada Line. The Canada Line runs from Waterfront in downtown Vancouver to Brighouse in Richmond, with a branch to YVR Airport, and King Edward is one of the original 16 stations that opened with the line. The Canada Line is operated by ProTrans BC under contract with TransLink and is the third SkyTrain line in Metro Vancouver, after the Expo Line (1985) and the Millennium Line (2002).

Where is King Edward Station located?

King Edward Station sits at the intersection of Cambie Street and West King Edward Avenue (also signposted as W 25th Avenue) in Vancouver, BC. The station portal is on the east side of Cambie at 25th, with platforms underground (the Canada Line runs in cut-and-cover tunnel through this stretch of Cambie). It is one stop south of Broadway–City Hall and one stop north of Oakridge–41st Avenue.

Which fare zone is King Edward Station in?

King Edward Station is in TransLink Zone 1 — the Vancouver fare zone. Single-trip fares vary by time of day and number of zones traversed; on weekday peak travel, going from King Edward to anywhere else in Zone 1 (including Waterfront and Broadway–City Hall) is a one-zone fare, while continuing to YVR or Brighouse crosses zone boundaries and costs more. Always confirm the current fare against the live TransLink fare table — fares are reviewed annually.

How long is the commute from King Edward Station to Waterfront?

The Canada Line schedules King Edward Station to Waterfront at roughly 12 to 14 minutes of in-train time, with the train calling at Broadway–City Hall, Olympic Village, Yaletown–Roundhouse, Vancouver City Centre, and Waterfront. Headways are typically every 3 to 6 minutes during peak hours and every 7 to 15 minutes off-peak. The end-to-end door-to-door commute for a buyer living within the 400m walkshed is comfortably inside 20 minutes including the walk to the station and the walk from Waterfront to a downtown office tower.

How long is the commute from King Edward Station to YVR Airport?

The Canada Line YVR Airport branch from King Edward Station is roughly 20 to 25 minutes of in-train time depending on the schedule, calling at Oakridge–41st Avenue, Langara–49th Avenue, Marine Drive, Bridgeport, Templeton, Sea Island Centre, and YVR–Airport. Bridgeport is the branch split — southbound trains alternate between the Brighouse (Richmond) and YVR Airport endpoints, so check the next-train indicator. The YVR commute from inside King Edward's 400m walkshed is one of the fastest airport-access points in Vancouver — meaningful for buyers who travel often.

What is the Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 and why does it matter for King Edward?

The Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 was adopted by Vancouver City Council in 2018. It is the City of Vancouver's comprehensive land-use plan for the Cambie corridor between West 16th Avenue and the Fraser River, designed to channel high-density redevelopment to the corridor in coordination with the Canada Line. Phase 3 increases permitted densities, allows 6- to 12-storey mixed-use buildings on Cambie Street frontage, and unlocks lower-density infill (townhouse + 4-storey apartment) on side streets within the corridor. King Edward Station sits inside the most densified portion of the plan area. The result through the 2010s and into the 2020s has been substantial strata redevelopment within the King Edward + Oakridge–41st walksheds, and that redevelopment is the load-bearing reason South Cambie + Riley Park strata pricing has compounded faster than other Vancouver east-side neighbourhoods.

Which neighbourhoods does King Edward Station actually serve?

King Edward Station primarily anchors South Cambie (west of Cambie Street) and Riley Park (east of Cambie Street). The 800m walkshed also reaches small portions of Cambie Village proper to the north, the western edge of Mount Pleasant, and the northeastern edge of the Oakridge sub-area to the south. For buyers, the practical pairing is: if you are looking at strata or townhouse stock, King Edward primarily serves South Cambie + Riley Park; if you are looking at detached family housing, the same walkshed reaches into the West 19th to West 30th Avenue grid in both neighbourhoods.

What major amenities are inside the King Edward walkshed?

Within the 1.6km cycle radius: Queen Elizabeth Park (~52 ha — the Vancouver Park Board's flagship park, sitting on Vancouver's highest point at the Little Mountain summit) is roughly 600m east of the station, with the Bloedel Conservatory at its summit. VanDusen Botanical Garden is roughly 600m southwest. Hillcrest Centre (community centre + library + ice rinks) and Nat Bailey Stadium (the Vancouver Canadians' home park) sit roughly 1km east, just south of Queen Elizabeth Park. The Cambie + W 25th retail frontage clustered at the station portal carries a daily-needs grocery + café + medical-services mix. This amenity bundle is the durable lifestyle reason South Cambie + Riley Park strata pricing carries a premium against comparable east-side product without equivalent park access.

Transit landing — Canada Line, Cambie Corridor

King Edward Station (Canada Line) — Buyer Walkshed + TOD Guide

Last reviewed May 10, 2026 by Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR®Sources: TransLink, City of Vancouver Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 (2018), BC Bill 47 — Transit-Oriented Areas (2023), Vancouver Park BoardCC BY 4.0How we verify

King Edward Station is the Cambie Corridor’s most-walkable South Cambie + Riley Park access point — a Canada Line stop at Cambie Street and West King Edward Avenue that opened with the line on August 17, 2009. The station sits inside the most-densified portion of the City of Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 (2018), and inside the BC Bill 47 Transit-Oriented Areas legislated density rings. Companion to the South Cambie pillar and the Riley Park pillar.

The defendable opinion

King Edward + Oakridge–41st are the two stations that have, in combination, done the load-bearing work for South Cambie + Riley Park strata price compounding through the 2010s and into the 2020s — not the Canada Line as a generic abstraction, but those two specific portals inside the Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 envelope. Listing agents quote “walking distance to the Canada Line” as if every Canada Line station carries the same walkshed value. They do not. King Edward is the most-walkable of the South Cambie / Riley Park access points, sits inside the most-densified Phase 3 ring, and pairs with the Queen Elizabeth Park + VanDusen + Hillcrest amenity bundle. That combination is what the premium is actually paying for.

Station basics

Location: Cambie Street at West King Edward Avenue (W 25th Avenue), Vancouver, BC
Line: Canada Line (Waterfront ↔ Brighouse / Waterfront ↔ YVR Airport)
Opened: August 17, 2009 (Canada Line opening)
Adjacent stations: Broadway–City Hall (next northbound) · Oakridge–41st Avenue (next southbound)
Fare zone: TransLink Zone 1 (Vancouver)
Operator: ProTrans BC under contract with TransLink
Configuration: Underground (cut-and-cover) station with portal at Cambie + W 25th
Accessibility: Step-free station with elevator access (TransLink Universal Access)

Walkshed map — Bill 47 tier mapping

BC Bill 47 (Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023) prescribes minimum density tiers within 400m and 800m radii of designated SkyTrain stations. King Edward Station is a designated Transit-Oriented Area; the legislated tiers are reflected in the City of Vancouver’s zoning and Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 envelope.

400m (≈5-min walk)
The legislated Bill 47 Tier 1 ring around King Edward Station covers the immediate Cambie + W 25th block grid: the strata towers and stratified mixed-use buildings clustered at the station portal, plus the south-Cambie-village retail frontage on Cambie Street. This is the most-densified ring, and the BC Transit-Oriented Areas policy prescribes the highest minimum density tier inside it.
800m (≈10-min walk)
The Bill 47 Tier 2 ring extends west into the heart of South Cambie, north toward W 16th Avenue, east into Riley Park (toward Main Street and the Hillcrest / Nat Bailey / Queen Elizabeth Park amenity bundle), and south toward W 33rd Avenue. The Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 (City of Vancouver, 2018) has driven significant 6- to 12-storey strata redevelopment across this ring.
1.6km (≈20-min walk / ≈8-min cycle)
The practical cycle / e-bike radius reaches Queen Elizabeth Park and Nat Bailey Stadium to the east, VanDusen Botanical Garden to the southwest, the southern edge of Mount Pleasant to the north, and the eastern edge of Shaughnessy to the west. This is not a Bill 47 legislated tier — it is the durable "20-minute neighbourhood" radius buyers should evaluate alongside the legislated tiers.

Note for buyers: Bill 47 governs minimum density; Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 already enabled densities at or above those minimums in the King Edward walkshed before the legislation took effect. Evaluate the City zoning + Phase 3 envelope, not the Bill 47 floor in isolation.

Surrounding neighbourhoods — the South Cambie + Riley Park pair

King Edward Station straddles the boundary between two of Vancouver’s most stable family-housing neighbourhoods. South Cambie sits west of Cambie Street and runs to Oak Street; the walkshed covers most of the eastern half of the neighbourhood, including the Cambie Village retail corridor north of the station. Riley Park sits east of Cambie Street and runs to Main Street; the walkshed reaches into the W 25th to W 33rd Avenue grid east of Cambie, including the Hillcrest / Nat Bailey / Queen Elizabeth Park amenity cluster. Smaller portions of the 800m ring reach the southern edge of Cambie Village proper and the northeastern edge of Oakridge.

For buyer research: the South Cambie pillar is the parent-neighbourhood reference for everything west of Cambie; the Riley Park pillar is the equivalent for everything east. Strata stock and detached pricing diverge meaningfully between the two halves; do not blend them.

Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 (2018) — the buildout context

The City of Vancouver adopted Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 in 2018 — a comprehensive land-use plan covering the corridor between West 16th Avenue and the Fraser River. Phase 3 unlocked 6- to 12-storey mixed-use strata buildings on the Cambie frontage at the densest nodes (King Edward and Oakridge–41st walksheds), lower mid-rise apartment forms one street off Cambie, townhouse and rowhouse infill on the side-street grid, and rental + affordable housing requirements built into the redevelopment envelope.

King Edward Station sits inside the most-densified portion of the Phase 3 plan area. The result through the late 2010s and into the 2020s has been substantial new strata supply within the walkshed. This Phase 3 envelope is the load-bearing reason South Cambie + Riley Park strata pricing has compounded faster than other Vancouver east-side neighbourhoods — supply expansion has been matched by transit-anchored demand, and the per-square-foot pricing on Phase 3 product reflects both.

Queen Elizabeth Park + VanDusen + Hillcrest amenity bundle

The durable lifestyle reason South Cambie + Riley Park strata carries a premium against comparable east-side product is the amenity bundle clustered inside the walkshed: Queen Elizabeth Park (~600m east, ~52 ha, the Vancouver Park Board’s flagship park, sitting on Vancouver’s highest point at the Little Mountain summit, with Bloedel Conservatory at the summit); VanDusen Botanical Garden (~600m southwest, with the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association Visitor Centre); Hillcrest Centre (~1km east, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic curling venue retrofitted into a community centre with library, ice rinks, pool); Nat Bailey Stadium (~1km east, the Vancouver Canadians home park); and the Cambie Village retail daily-needs frontage immediately at the station portal.

Vancouver’s east side has comparable transit access elsewhere (Expo Line, Millennium Line), but does not have a single walkshed combining a Canada Line station, a 52 ha flagship park, a major botanical garden, an Olympic-legacy community centre, and a professional baseball stadium. That is what the King Edward walkshed premium is paying for.

Commute math — Waterfront, Brighouse, YVR

King Edward → Waterfront

Roughly 12–14 minutes in-train, calling at Broadway–City Hall, Olympic Village, Yaletown–Roundhouse, Vancouver City Centre, Waterfront. Door-to-door to a downtown office tower from inside the 400m walkshed comfortably under 20 minutes.

King Edward → Brighouse (Richmond)

Roughly 15–20 minutes in-train, calling at Oakridge–41st, Langara–49th, Marine Drive, Bridgeport, Aberdeen, Lansdowne, Brighouse. Branch split at Bridgeport — check the next-train indicator for Brighouse vs. YVR.

King Edward → YVR Airport

Roughly 20–25 minutes in-train via the YVR branch. One of the fastest airport-access points in Vancouver — meaningful for buyers who travel often.

Headways: every 3–6 min peak, every 7–15 min off-peak, longer in the late-evening tail. Confirm the live schedule against TransLink’s next-departures feed — service patterns are reviewed quarterly.

Pricing impact — why this walkshed compounds

Three forces compound inside the King Edward walkshed in a way that is not true of every Canada Line walkshed: (1) Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 (2018) supply expansion delivers new strata stock into a transit-anchored demand pool; (2) BC Bill 47 Transit-Oriented Area legislated minimums back future redevelopment within the 400m / 800m rings with provincial-level upzoning floors; and (3) the Queen Elizabeth Park / VanDusen / Hillcrest / Nat Bailey amenity bundle is a durable lifestyle premium that does not reset when the planning cycle changes.

Practitioner caution: the per-square-foot premium is real and durable, but the marginal pricing on newer-strata-supply units is sensitive to the overall presale absorption rate on Cambie corridor product. When new-construction inventory cycles up, the premium narrows; when it cycles down, the premium widens. Do not underwrite a King Edward strata purchase on the theory the premium is monotonic.

Frequently asked questions

When did King Edward Station open?
King Edward Station opened on August 17, 2009 — the launch date of the Canada Line. The Canada Line runs from Waterfront in downtown Vancouver to Brighouse in Richmond, with a branch to YVR Airport, and King Edward is one of the original 16 stations that opened with the line. The Canada Line is operated by ProTrans BC under contract with TransLink and is the third SkyTrain line in Metro Vancouver, after the Expo Line (1985) and the Millennium Line (2002).
Where is King Edward Station located?
King Edward Station sits at the intersection of Cambie Street and West King Edward Avenue (also signposted as W 25th Avenue) in Vancouver, BC. The station portal is on the east side of Cambie at 25th, with platforms underground (the Canada Line runs in cut-and-cover tunnel through this stretch of Cambie). It is one stop south of Broadway–City Hall and one stop north of Oakridge–41st Avenue.
Which fare zone is King Edward Station in?
King Edward Station is in TransLink Zone 1 — the Vancouver fare zone. Single-trip fares vary by time of day and number of zones traversed; on weekday peak travel, going from King Edward to anywhere else in Zone 1 (including Waterfront and Broadway–City Hall) is a one-zone fare, while continuing to YVR or Brighouse crosses zone boundaries and costs more. Always confirm the current fare against the live TransLink fare table — fares are reviewed annually.
How long is the commute from King Edward Station to Waterfront?
The Canada Line schedules King Edward Station to Waterfront at roughly 12 to 14 minutes of in-train time, with the train calling at Broadway–City Hall, Olympic Village, Yaletown–Roundhouse, Vancouver City Centre, and Waterfront. Headways are typically every 3 to 6 minutes during peak hours and every 7 to 15 minutes off-peak. The end-to-end door-to-door commute for a buyer living within the 400m walkshed is comfortably inside 20 minutes including the walk to the station and the walk from Waterfront to a downtown office tower.
How long is the commute from King Edward Station to YVR Airport?
The Canada Line YVR Airport branch from King Edward Station is roughly 20 to 25 minutes of in-train time depending on the schedule, calling at Oakridge–41st Avenue, Langara–49th Avenue, Marine Drive, Bridgeport, Templeton, Sea Island Centre, and YVR–Airport. Bridgeport is the branch split — southbound trains alternate between the Brighouse (Richmond) and YVR Airport endpoints, so check the next-train indicator. The YVR commute from inside King Edward's 400m walkshed is one of the fastest airport-access points in Vancouver — meaningful for buyers who travel often.
What is the Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 and why does it matter for King Edward?
The Cambie Corridor Plan Phase 3 was adopted by Vancouver City Council in 2018. It is the City of Vancouver's comprehensive land-use plan for the Cambie corridor between West 16th Avenue and the Fraser River, designed to channel high-density redevelopment to the corridor in coordination with the Canada Line. Phase 3 increases permitted densities, allows 6- to 12-storey mixed-use buildings on Cambie Street frontage, and unlocks lower-density infill (townhouse + 4-storey apartment) on side streets within the corridor. King Edward Station sits inside the most densified portion of the plan area. The result through the 2010s and into the 2020s has been substantial strata redevelopment within the King Edward + Oakridge–41st walksheds, and that redevelopment is the load-bearing reason South Cambie + Riley Park strata pricing has compounded faster than other Vancouver east-side neighbourhoods.
Which neighbourhoods does King Edward Station actually serve?
King Edward Station primarily anchors South Cambie (west of Cambie Street) and Riley Park (east of Cambie Street). The 800m walkshed also reaches small portions of Cambie Village proper to the north, the western edge of Mount Pleasant, and the northeastern edge of the Oakridge sub-area to the south. For buyers, the practical pairing is: if you are looking at strata or townhouse stock, King Edward primarily serves South Cambie + Riley Park; if you are looking at detached family housing, the same walkshed reaches into the West 19th to West 30th Avenue grid in both neighbourhoods.
What major amenities are inside the King Edward walkshed?
Within the 1.6km cycle radius: Queen Elizabeth Park (~52 ha — the Vancouver Park Board's flagship park, sitting on Vancouver's highest point at the Little Mountain summit) is roughly 600m east of the station, with the Bloedel Conservatory at its summit. VanDusen Botanical Garden is roughly 600m southwest. Hillcrest Centre (community centre + library + ice rinks) and Nat Bailey Stadium (the Vancouver Canadians' home park) sit roughly 1km east, just south of Queen Elizabeth Park. The Cambie + W 25th retail frontage clustered at the station portal carries a daily-needs grocery + café + medical-services mix. This amenity bundle is the durable lifestyle reason South Cambie + Riley Park strata pricing carries a premium against comparable east-side product without equivalent park access.