Vancouver
Westside calm meets the most ambitious development in Vancouver
Oakridge is the most quietly ambitious address on Vancouver's westside, tree-lined streets and mid-century estates wrapped around the Cambie corridor and Oakridge Park, the largest mixed-use redevelopment ever built in the city. Anchored by the Canada Line, the Eric Hamber catchment, and Queen Elizabeth Park at its doorstep, it offers the rare combination of village calm and civic gravity.
Avg. Home Price
$2,950,000
What defines it
Must-visit
Free entry
Vancouver's highest point and most photographed garden,130 acres of quarry gardens, sweeping city-and-mountain panoramas, and the famous dancing fountain plaza.
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A glass-domed tropical rainforest at the crown of Queen Elizabeth Park, home to more than 100 free-flying exotic birds and 500 plant species, a year-round retreat in the heart of the westside.
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Fifty-five acres of curated landscapes ten minutes from Oakridge, Elizabethan hedge maze, Korean pavilion, and the architectural Visitor Centre, one of the most-photographed buildings in the city.
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The 2010 Olympic curling venue reborn as one of Canada's most ambitious community centres,50-metre pool, library, ice rink, fitness studios and a regulation curling sheet, all under one roof.
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Home of the Vancouver Canadians since 1951, sunset baseball with the North Shore mountains framing right field, and one of the most beloved summer rituals on the westside.
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A 51,000 sq ft food hall opening Spring 2026 at Oakridge Park with 18 chef-led kitchens, confirmed vendors include Vij's new Peacock concept, Rob Feenie's Feenie's, the Michelin-recommended Lunch Lady, DownLow Chicken, Heritage Asian Eatery, and Via Tevere.
Savor the flavours
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Vikram Vij's iconic Cambie destination, modern Indian cuisine that Anthony Bourdain called among the finest in the world, and a fixture on every Vancouver best-of list for two decades.
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The Nguyen siblings' contemporary Vietnamese flagship on Main Street, Michelin-recommended, family-rooted, and one of the most consistently sought-after reservations on the westside.
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A quietly refined kaiseki and sushi house in the upper Kitsilano area, just west of Oakridge, a Michelin-recognized favourite for omakase, sake pairings, and seasonal Japanese tasting menus.
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The Cambie outpost of Tokyo's celebrated chicken-paitan ramen house, a creamy tori broth that has earned permanent line-ups since the day it opened on the Marine Drive corridor.
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A French-trained patisserie on West 6th that has become a westside morning ritual, kouign-amann, almond croissants and seasonal tarts pulled fresh through the day.
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Chef Hidekazu Tojo's landmark Japanese kitchen on West Broadway, the room credited with inventing the California roll and a fixture of every Vancouver best-of list since 1988.
In the community
Annual, late March through April
A month-long celebration of the city's 43,000 ornamental cherry trees, with marquee Big Picnics, Tree Talks and haiku invitations centred at Queen Elizabeth Park, a defining westside spring tradition.
Annual, late November through early January
More than a million lights drape VanDusen's gardens, ponds and pavilions for six weeks each winter, Vancouver's most enduring holiday spectacle, ten minutes from Oakridge.
Saturdays, June through October
The neighbourhood's Saturday ritual at Nat Bailey Stadium, local growers, Okanagan stone fruit, prepared foods and a cross-section of every family on the Cambie corridor.
In the catchment
Day-to-day
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