North Vancouver
North Vancouver is a municipality city on the North Shore of the Burrard Inlet, in British Columbia, Canada.
North Vancouver is a municipality city on the North Shore of the Burrard Inlet, in British Columbia, Canada. Anchored by the downtown town centre of Lonsdale, with which its urban core is largely synonymous, it consists of the smallest and most urbanized of the communities situated north of the city of Vancouver, and is part of the Metro Vancouver regional district, though it has significant industry of its own – including shipping, chemical production, and film production. The city is served by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia Ambulance Service, and the North Vancouver City Fire Department.
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Worth seeing in and around North Vancouver
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01BC Place
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province.
5.5 km · stadium at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Rogers Arena
Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications.
5.3 km · sports arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 03Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park in British Columbia, Canada, that makes up the northwestern half of Vancouver's Downtown peninsula, surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay The park borders the neighbourhoods of West End and Coal Harbour to its southeast, and is connected to the North Shore via the Lions Gate Bridge. The historic lighthouse on Brockton Point marks the park's easternmost point.
5.6 km · park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Pacific Coliseum
Pacific Coliseum, locally known as The Coliseum or the Rink on Renfrew, is an indoor arena located at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its main use has been for ice hockey and the arena has been the home for several ice hockey teams.
3.8 km · indoor arena in Vancouver, Canada, mainly used for ice hockey · Wikipedia - 05Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum occupies a 15,300-square-metre-building adjacent to Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, making it the largest art museum in Western Canada by building size.
5.4 km · art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Lions Gate Bridge
The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. The term "Lions Gate" refers to the Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver.
5.2 km · suspension bridge in Vancouver, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Vancouver Public Library
Vancouver Public Library is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2023, VPL had more than 4.6 million visits with patrons borrowing nearly 10.4 million items including: books, ebooks, CDs, DVDs, video games, newspapers and magazines.
5.4 km · public library system in British Columbia · Wikipedia - 08Capilano Suspension Bridge
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in Upper Capilano, British Columbia, Canada, in the District of North Vancouver. The current bridge is 140 metres long and 70 metres above the river.
4.4 km · suspension bridge in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 09Living Shangri-La
Living Shangri-La is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the tallest building in the city proper, though not in the metro area, as Two Gilmore Place in Burnaby is taller as of its completion in 2024.
5.4 km · skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Canada Place
Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to the Vancouver Convention Centre East Building, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, the Vancouver World Trade Centre, and the virtual flight experience Flyover in Vancouver.
4.5 km · building and cruise ship terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Vancouver
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 16 km · Victoria (YYJ), 79 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 215 km
- Stations
- Pacific Central Station, 5.3 km
- Victoria → North Vancouver100 km · quickest by road, 5h 20m · C$21–28
- Kelowna → North Vancouver266 km · quickest by air, 4h 36m · C$140–210
- Calgary → North Vancouver668 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · C$180–280
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No local-transport research exists yet for North Vancouver
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for North Vancouver. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSee Vancouver for a listing of options to reach the Vancouver area by plane, by ferry, by intercity bus, and by intercity rail.
- Get aroundDeparting from Waterfront Station downtown and Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver, the passenger only ferry ride takes 12 minutes to cross the harbour and the big windows at the front and back provide great views of the North Shore mountains and the downtown Vancouver skyline.
- Go nextIf you're not ready to return to Vancouver yet, the North Vancouver offers several options for day trips and moving on.
- Go nextGet on the ferry from Horseshoe Bay to the Sunshine Coast or Nanaimo.
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Next door to North Vancouver
North Vancouver is 8 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Vancouverlargest city in the province of British Columbia, Canada7.1 km
- Metro Vancouver Regional Districtregional district of British Columbia, Canada9.8 km
- West Vancouverdistrict municipality of British Columbia, Canada9.2 km
- Gastownneighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia4.8 km
- West Endneighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada6 km
- Downtown Vancouverneighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada5.3 km