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Fairview, Vancouver West Side

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Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. The maps and map data are provided "as-is" and are not legal surveys or legal descriptions. Vancouver zoning maps last updated Dec 15, 2023. Faith Wilson Realty Group Inc. explicitly disclaims any representations and warranties as to the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of maps and data. These maps and data are created from multiple city, provincial, federal and private sources, including Google Maps and the BCNREB, CADREB, FVREB, REBGV. The source data may contain errors. Vancouver zoning details can be found here: Zoning & Development Bylaws Information regarding school boundaries and other statistics changes frequently and is for general informational purposes only. You should not use such information in determining the legal eligibility to attend any particular school or school system.

The all-new Broadway Millennium Line is coming to Vancouver Fairview – so should you.

Sometimes referred to as Fairview Slopes, the Fairview neighbourhood is where you’ll find a true combination of single, married or retired Vancouver citizens. A part of the city with predominantly condos, townhomes & apartments, Fairview is composed of approximately 79 percent of renters and 21 percent of owners. The Fairview neighbourhood affords excellent views of the waterfront, downtown Vancouver and the North Shore mountains. With Vancouver General Hospital and the area attracting hundreds of professionals in the medical field, the Fairview neighbourhood is close to fashionable boutiques, coffee stops, famous award-winning restaurants and some of the city’s finest art galleries. Central to everything in Fairview today is the arrival of the 5.7 km $2.83 billion Broadway rapid transit expansion. Six all-new underground stations include a direction connection to the Canada Line on Cambie Street, with easy access to downtown, re-imagined Oakridge Centre and YVR – Vancouver International Airport.


Schools

The Vancouver Fairview neighbourhood is home to a number of top city schools. Research shows education plays a major role in people making Vancouver their home, with the Fairview catchment part of BC School District #39. Local elementary schools within convenient walking distance include Simon Fraser Elementary with K – 7 classes and Lord Tennyson Elementary now with a newly constructed seismically-safe main building. With classes from pre-school to grade 7, L’Ecole Bilingue Elementary offers early French Immersion, where parents play a key role on committees and volunteer groups. For families looking for private schools, choices include Blessed Sacrament with K – 7 French Immersion, St. John’s an IB accredited school with K – 12 classes, Westside Preparatory with 8 – 12 classes and nearby York House all-girls school in Shaughnessy, who has consistently maintained a top five standing in the Fraser Institute provincial rankings.


…expect more change in this highly desirable urban neighbourhood.

Housing

Buyers will find a majority of urban style condos, townhomes & apartments in the Fairview neigbourhood. In addition, a small selection of heritage homes are sprinkled throughout the area. In fact, detached single-family homes compose less than 20 percent of the Fairview housing stock. Compared to Kitsilano and other more expensive neighbourhoods in the city, Moneysense.ca ranked the Fairview neighbourhood #1 overall for value. Since the 1970s, the Fairview neighbourhood in the central part of Vancouver has seen significant change – now with the arrival of rapid transit along the Broadway corridor and recent changes in provincial zoning, expect more change in this highly desirable urban neighbourhood.


Location

The Fairview neighbourhood is situated just south of downtown Vancouver, making it convenient for those who work or play in the city. Fairview has 6th Avenue as it northern border, with Cambie Street and the Canada Line to the east, 16th Avenue to the south, and then Burrard Street serving as the Fairview western border. Only 10 minutes away from the downtown by vehicle or rapid transit, VGH and other major health related services are within short walking distance, plus the centrally located neighbourhood is less than 25 minutes to YVR via the Canada Line or by vehicle.


Recreation

Vancouver’s famous seawall is not just Stanley Park, one of the city’s best places to find fresh air, green space and an ideal destination for the family dog is the seawall along False Creek. In fact, the False Creek Seawall is a world-class walking and cycling path connecting English Bay with Yaletown, Science World, Granville Island and Kitsilano Beach. The Vancouver cycling network includes the 10th Avenue bike path, where over 500,000 riders make it one of the most popular east-west cycling routes in the city. Culture wise, Fairview is home to the landmark Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage on Granville Street, while the Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island has multiple live-event venues. For the art aficionados in the family, Gallery Row on Granville Street includes Bau-Xi Gallery, Heffel Fine Art Auction House & Petley Jones Gallery. For more recreation, the False Creek Community Centre on Granville Island has a fitness studio, youth programs, seasonal day camps, licensed childcare and more.

Shopping & Restaurants

South Granville in Fairview has long been a destination in the city for the fashion forward. Famous destinations include Boboli, Eileen Fisher and Edward Chapman Woman. For leading interior design, top brand stores include Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware & Industrial Design. A host of professional services are close at hand with medical offices, pharmacies, banks and more conveniently located on Cambie, Broadway & Granville Streets. Foodies will find Fairview a go to part of the city as it hosts Tojo’s on Broadway, one of the first sushi restaurants in North America and famous for creating the California roll. Fairview is also home to Vij’s on Cambie, with Vikram Vij one of Vancouver’s most celebrated chefs. For Fairview residents, Szechuan, Japanese, Chinese & Vietnamese restaurants are all just minutes away. Coffee is king in Vancouver, and local destinations include Starbucks, Caffe Barneys, Blenz Coffee & Bean Around the World. One of our favourites for over 40 years is Cheesecake Etc. on Granville Street – with signature west coast cheesecake and jazz music.


Transportation

Planned to open in 2026, the Broadway Subway Project in the heart of Fairview is a 5.7 km extension of the Millennium Line, from VCC-Clark Station to Broadway and Arbutus. It will provide fast, frequent & convenient SkyTrain service to BC’s second largest jobs centre, world-class health services, an emerging innovation and research hub, and growing residential communities. As a Fairview resident you can walk, bike, take the train, or drive a vehicle depending on what part of the city you’re going. Plus, frequent connecting bus routes travel along Burrard, Broadway, Granville & Cambie Streets. By car, downtown Vancouver, UBC & YVR are easy to access. In addition, with vehicle transition to electric, all new developments in Vancouver require 100 percent parking stalls to be EV ready.



Fairview Active Listings Summary

| as of March 19, 2024

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Property Type Median Price Listings
Apartment/Condo1,200,00051
Townhouse1,649,00022
House/Single Family2,798,4444
Duplex3,954,3942
1/2 Duplex1,499,0001

Fairview MLS® HPI Benchmark Prices | February, 2024

The MLS® HPI Benchmark Prices shown below represent the current expected sales price for a typical or “Benchmark” home in a given neighbourhood.

Fairview Current Benchmark Price: $837,400

Historical Benchmark Price Changes

Fairview Current Benchmark Price: $1,004,800

Historical Benchmark Price Changes

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