Urban centre · West Vancouver, Greater Vancouver

Ambleside

West Vancouver's downtown: beach, seawall, Argyle Avenue and a lot of apartments

Seniors
Young professionals
Renters

Ambleside in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Vancouver and Statistics Canada (approximate areas).

At a glance

West Vancouver's main town centre, with waterfront apartments and a busy Argyle Avenue. About 22% of homes are detached and 68% are apartments, 47% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.72M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $1.70M^*
Residents: 10,050
Households renting: 47%
Homes that are apartments: 68%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $1.72M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Vancouver MLS® Home Price Index (-7% since then), that is about $1.70M, 56% above the Vancouver suburbs median of $1.09M. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
47% of households rent, well above the 36% city-wide.
Only 10% of residents are under 15, versus 14% city-wide.
40% are 65 or older, versus 17% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
68% of homes are apartments (38% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 9,327 at the 2021 census.

0-1410%

15-195%

20-244%

25-345%

35-449%

45-5412%

55-6414%

65+40%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 9,327 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached22%

Semi-detached2%

Row house1%

Duplex flat6%

Apartment under 5 storeys14%

Apartment 5+ storeys55%

Daily errands on foot¹

Places within the neighbourhood or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical neighbourhood in Greater Vancouver.

Supermarkets: 2
Cafés and bakeries: 13
Pharmacies and clinics: 7
Playgrounds and dog parks: 8

Upfront closing costs²

BC charges a tiered property transfer tax: 1% on the first $200,000, 2% to $2 million, then 3%, and 5% above $3 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

BC property transfer tax: $32,060

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for West Vancouver. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.