Oakridge, Vancouver: a neighbourhood guide from a local builder

Oakridge sits in the middle of Vancouver’s West Side, between Granville and Main Streets and from 41st Avenue south to 57th Avenue. For decades it was known for quiet residential streets and the Oakridge Centre mall. Today it is one of the fastest-changing neighbourhoods in the city. Listraor has built more townhomes here than anywhere else, all of them along Oak Street.

Two Canada Line stations serve the neighbourhood: Oakridge–41st Avenue and Langara–49th Avenue. From either, downtown and YVR are each less than 20 minutes away. The R4 RapidBus runs along 41st Avenue to UBC and Joyce–Collingwood. Oak Street and Granville Street are direct routes north to downtown and south to Richmond.

Oakridge families are served by three public elementary schools: Dr. Annie B. Jamieson, Sir William Osler and Van Horne. Eric Hamber Secondary, one of Vancouver’s best-known public high schools, is the area’s secondary school. Langara College, on 49th Avenue, enrols more than 23,000 students. Catchments change, so buyers should check a specific address with the Vancouver School Board’s school locator. Eric Hamber comes up in almost every conversation we have with Oakridge buyers.

Oak Park, Tisdale Park, Queen Elizabeth Park and the new rooftop park at Oakridge Park are all within a short walk or bike ride of most homes. Our Oak Street owners use Oak Park most: its playing fields and playground are a few minutes away, and the new Marpole Community Centre is opening there.

The biggest change is Oakridge Park, the redevelopment of the old Oakridge Centre. Its shopping centre opened on May 28, 2026, with about 650,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, a Safeway and a Time Out Market food hall. Much of its rooftop park, almost 9 acres when finished, is already open, with an 800-metre loop for walking, running and cycling.

The site’s civic centre adds a community centre, seniors centre, youth hub, gym, childcare and a new Vancouver Public Library branch, which the library expects to open in 2027. About 1,400 homes are expected by the end of 2026, and more than 4,300 by 2029. The surrounding streets are also changing under the City’s Cambie Corridor Plan, which allows townhomes and low-rise buildings close to the Canada Line.

Listraor has been building family townhomes in Oakridge since Carrington was completed in 2009, all of them on Oak Street:

Carrington: 30 townhomes at Oak Street and 45th Avenue, completed 2009

Montgomery: 27 townhomes at 5900 Oak Street, completed 2012

Oak: 33 townhomes at 6100 Oak Street, at 46th Avenue, completed 2014

Hamilton: 12 townhomes at 6074 Oak Street, completed 2016

Boden: 36 townhomes at Oak Street and 52nd Avenue, completed 2023

That’s 138 homes in Oakridge, all sold out, and part of the 181 townhomes Listraor has built on Oak Street. We keep coming back because Oakridge gives families what they ask us for: good schools, the Canada Line and parks within walking distance, on quieter streets than Cambie. Building block after block here has taught us what works for townhome living in this neighbourhood.

Now selling nearby: York, 29 move-in-ready three-bedroom townhomes at Willow and 37th, and Rhodes, condos overlooking Queen Elizabeth Park.

More neighbourhood guides: South Cambie, Queen Elizabeth Park, Marpole, or see all neighbourhoods.