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Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver

Living in Kensington-Cedar Cottage: homes and lots, what BC's new housing laws allow, who lives here, and the schools, shops and parks nearby.

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50,185people (2021 census)
10,764home lots
$1,836,000middle lot value (not condos)
4,026 ft²typical lot size

About Kensington-Cedar Cottage

Kensington-Cedar Cottage is one of Vancouver's official neighbourhoods, with 10,764 home lots and about 50,185 residents in the 2021 census. The most common zone is R1-1, and a typical lot is about 4,026 ft². Most homes were built in the 1910s.

Under BC's small-scale housing law (Bill 44), of the lots we could assess here 5,668 can have 6 homes, 1,364 can have 3 homes, 491 can have 4 homes. 2,202 lots are close enough to rapid transit that the city must consider buildings up to 20 storeys (Bill 47). The middle assessed value of a single-title home lot (not counting condos) is $1,836,000 (BC Assessment, from the city's property tax report).

55% of households own their home and 45% rent. 29% of commuters take transit, 5% walk and 65% drive. The median age is about 39.6.

The closest rapid transit is Nanaimo Station, about 720 m from the middle of the neighbourhood. There are 16 grocery stores, including 88 Supermarket, Famous Foods, Fresh 2 Home Supermarket. 153 cafés and restaurants and 56 parks and playgrounds are inside the neighbourhood. 14 schools are inside the neighbourhood.

In Kensington-Cedar Cottage

Schools

Groceries

  • 88 Supermarket
  • Famous Foods
  • Fresh 2 Home Supermarket
  • Greenway Wholesale Market
  • Jeya Brothers
  • Mi Tierra Latina
  • My Tho Supermarket
  • New Fresh Supermarket

Cafés & restaurants

  • 153 inside the neighbourhood
  • McDonald's 30 m
  • Mui Ngo Gai 50 m
  • Pho Duy Vietnamese Restaurant 60 m
  • The Tipper 60 m

Parks & playgrounds

  • Brewers Park
  • Cedar Cottage Park
  • Clark Park
  • General Brock Park
  • Gibby's Field
  • Glen Park
  • Grays Park
  • John Hendry Park

Rapid transit

  • Nanaimo Station 720 m away
  • 29th Avenue Station 1.3 km away

Pharmacy

  • The Medicine Shoppe 40 m away
  • Pharmasave 250 m away

Library & community centre

  • Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House
  • Kensington Community Centre & Pool
  • Polish Veterans Association in BC
  • Trout Lake Community Centre
  • VPL: Kensington Branch
  • Vancouver Hungarian Cultural Society

Zones

  • R1-1 6,831 lots
  • RT-10 1,283 lots
  • RT-5 758 lots
  • C-2A 423 lots
  • RM-1 411 lots
  • RT-2 255 lots

Homes by type (2021 census)

TypeHomesShare
Duplex units8,33544%
Apartments under 5 storeys5,05527%
Houses3,37518%
Apartments 5+ storeys1,0355%
Semi-detached5553%
Row houses4803%

Statistics Canada 2021 census, added up from the dissemination areas whose centre falls in the neighbourhood.

Rezoning & development applications

20 open applications on the map. Most recent:

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Streets in Kensington-Cedar Cottage

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Biggest condo buildings in Kensington-Cedar Cottage

1433 Cedar Cottage Mews425 units2206 Kingsway398 units738 E 29th Ave197 units3996 Dumfries St168 units2239 Kingsway107 units5555 Victoria Drive99 units2238 Kingsway97 units1933 E 41st Ave97 units760 Kingsway81 units2550 Garden Drive69 units2277 E 30th Ave64 units1708 E 20th Ave60 units1440 E Broadway57 units2555 Commercial Drive54 units2268 E Broadway54 units3462 Commercial St52 units1851 Stainsbury Ave50 units707 E 20th Ave50 units3688 Inverness St49 units868 Kingsway43 units1239 Kingsway43 units702 E King Edward Ave42 units3615 Commercial St40 units3742 Commercial St38 units3477 Commercial St37 units4838 Fraser St36 units1689 E 13th Ave35 units4338 Commercial St35 units2928 Commercial Drive34 units4868 Fraser St33 units

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Boundaries: Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Lots: city open data and ParcelMap BC. Places: OpenStreetMap. Homes allowed is our estimate under BC's Bills 44 and 47; confirm with Vancouver before buying or building.