West Bay, West Vancouver
Checked 8 October 2026 · next review January 2027West Bay is a waterfront neighbourhood in West Vancouver, named in the District’s archives for the streets around Travers Avenue and McKechnie Avenue and for West Bay Park, where Cave Creek and Turner Creek run through to the water. Before you buy here, the trees and the wildfire permit area are checked lot by lot.
Zoning, permit areas and school catchments change. Everything below is subject to change. Call the District and West Vancouver Schools with the exact address before you rely on it.
| District of West Vancouver | 604-925-7000 · info@westvancouver.ca · 750 17th Street |
| West Vancouver planning | 604-925-7055 · planning@westvancouver.ca |
| West Vancouver District Arborist | 604-925-7192 · districttrees@westvancouver.ca |
| West Vancouver Schools | 604-981-1000 · info@wvschools.ca |
What houses in West Bay sold for
Only 4 houses sold in the MLS® sub-area Cedardale from 8 October 2025 to 8 October 2026. That is too few for a fair median, so I don’t publish one. Across all of West Vancouver, 280 detached houses sold in that time, at a median of $2,872,500, $795 per square foot, in a median of 32 days. Ask me for the recent Cedardale sales before you make an offer.
MLS® sub-area lines don’t always match the streets people call West Bay. Days to sell are days on market for the final listing. This representation is based in whole or in part on data generated by the Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, which assumes no responsibility for its accuracy.
For the wider market: the benchmark price of a detached house in West Vancouver was $2,822,900 in September 2026, down 9.9% from a year earlier, according to Greater Vancouver REALTORS®.
What you need to know
| West Bay | |
|---|---|
| Local government | District of West Vancouver |
| Bus | 250 Horseshoe Bay/Dundarave/Vancouver and 253 Caulfeild/Vancouver/Park Royal, with stops in the neighbourhood |
| Park | West Bay Park, south of Radcliffe Avenue and fronting West Bay, with Cave Creek and Turner Creek running through it |
| How the streets got their names | Travers Avenue was approved by Council in 1922 and named by the survey engineer John Robert Cosgrove after his son. McKechnie Avenue is named for Dr. Robert Edward McKechnie, surgeon and chancellor of UBC, who once owned the land |
| Schools | Which school a house is in is set by the West Vancouver Schools locator, by exact address |
| Wildfire Hazard permit area | Covers lots within 100 m of forest, about half the District. Check the lot on WestMap |
| Trees | Trees 75 cm across or more, and others, need a District permit to remove or top, including pruning for a view |
| Additional school tax | 0.2% of value from $3M to $4M and 0.4% above, in 2026; 0.3% and 0.6% from 2027 |
Homes for sale in West Bay
Every West Vancouver house for sale, live from MLS®, is on my property search. Pick West Vancouver, then zoom the map to West Bay. I can show you any of them.
This page is general information, not advice on a particular property. Call West Vancouver planning on 604-925-7055 and West Vancouver Schools on 604-981-1000 with the exact address before you rely on it.
- West Vancouver Archives, West Bay. Checked 6 October 2026.
- West Vancouver Archives, Travers Avenue. Checked 6 October 2026.
- West Vancouver Archives, McKechnie Avenue. Checked 6 October 2026.
- West Vancouver Archives, West Bay Park. Checked 6 October 2026.
- TransLink, GTFS schedule data, version dated 2 October 2026. Checked 6 October 2026.
- West Vancouver Schools, School locator. Checked 6 October 2026.
- District of West Vancouver, Wildfire hazard development permits. Checked 5 October 2026.
- District of West Vancouver, Tree bylaw. Checked 5 October 2026.
- Province of British Columbia, Additional school tax rate. Checked 5 October 2026.
- MLS® sold data for West Vancouver detached houses, 8 October 2025 to 8 October 2026 (closed sales, by accepted-offer date), via Paragon. Pulled 8 October 2026.
- Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, September 2026 statistics package. Checked 7 October 2026.