North Vancouver Apartments - Guide to renting in North Vancouver

North Vancouver aka Vancouver North Shore Apartments

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The Seabus in the forefront of this photo and North Vancouver in the background. If you look to the center of the buildings, you can get an idea of where the most North Vancouver apartments are. The tall buildings you see in the photo are in the Lonsdale Ave area of North Vancouver and is a place you would want to consider.

I’ve lived in North Vancouver for years. It is an amazing area of Vancouver to rent apartments. The area is mid to upper class so don’t expect to get real bargains on cheap apartments for rent. North Vancouver covers a lot of area and is spread out.

There is a wide range of renting options including concrete hirise apartments, lowrise wood constructed apartments and plenty of houses and basement suites. If you don’t own a car you will be relying on a fairly limited transit service. If you’re close to Lonsdale avenue which does have the highest density of apartments for rent, you can get good bus service up and down Lonsdale. If you need to commute to downtown Vancouver, then you can get the Sea Bus which is located at the base of Lonsdale avenue. Depending on which part of North Vancouver you are renting and apartment in, you can get to Vancouver via the Lions Gate Bridge or Second Narrows aka Iron Workers Memorial bridge. The downside to commuting via the Lions Gate Bridge is in the fact that it’s only 3 lanes. That means rush hour you will have 2 lanes going in your direction, but if you are going across at odd times, you may be faced with only 1 lane getting over Lions Gate. This can be a problem because you have 4 lanes going into one lane. Over the long term this could be a source of frustration unless you can accept long line-ups at various times.

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