Braemar, North Vancouver: Homes for Sale, Prices, Schools and Daily Life

Braemar covers the streets at the top of the hill between Upper Lonsdale and Lynn Valley. East Braemar Road runs east from Lonsdale Avenue, passes the top of Princess Avenue, bends north and meets Dempsey Road. Dempsey Road then runs east and downhill to Mountain Highway. Michener Way, Michener Court, Citadel Court, Quarry Court, Lisgar Court, Sauve Court and Sauve Place branch off those two roads. Citadel Court, Quarry Court and the top block of East Braemar Road end at the forest.

The streets are high. Natural Resources Canada's elevation data gives 247 metres above sea level for Michener Way at Sauve Court, 292 metres for Dempsey Road at Michener Way, 312 metres for East Braemar Road at Dempsey Road and 329 metres for the top of East Braemar Road. The same data gives 145 metres for Lynn Valley Road at Mountain Highway, in the Lynn Valley Town Centre, and 234 metres for Lonsdale Avenue at East Braemar Road.

Braemar is a small residential area, and few homes are for sale here at one time. In our view, it suits a buyer who wants a large house from the 1990s on a quiet court, with forest trails a short walk from the house, and who accepts a drive for groceries. The map on this page shows no grocery store, cafe, pharmacy or clinic inside the area. To compare more homes, open the Upper Lonsdale, Princess Park and Lynn Valley pages as well.

The forest above Braemar grows on Mount Fromme. BC Geographical Names records that a 1927 survey labelled the mountain The Dome, and that an older name, Timber Mountain, referred to the timber once found on it. E.A. Cleveland of the Greater Vancouver Water District named it in 1928 after J.M. Fromme. Fromme was then the reeve, or mayor, of North Vancouver, and his logging company held timber rights on the mountain. The name became official on December 7, 1937.

Logging came before the houses. The District's Natural Areas Trails Strategy of 2024 says Fromme Mountain was logged until the 1960s and that mountain biking began on the North Shore in the 1980s. A trail plan written for the District in 2007 says most of the land the trails cross had been logged within the previous 100 years, which left old skid roads, the tracks loggers used to drag logs out. It describes several trails near Braemar as running partly on those tracks.

The streets themselves are recent. A landslide study prepared for the District in 2009 reviewed air photos from 1946 to 2004. Its note on the 1992 photos records Dempsey Road extended to East Braemar Road and the construction of Quarry Court and Citadel Court. District building data agrees. It records a year for 102 of the 114 detached houses within 45 metres of the seven side streets and the upper blocks of the two roads. Of those 102 houses, 96 date from the 1990s and 72 from 1996 or 1997. The Quarry Court houses date from 1991 to 1995.

One block is older. The same data dates all 13 houses in the 700 block of East Braemar Road, beside the top of Princess Avenue, to 1977 or 1978. No source we read says who chose the name Braemar for the road or for the area.

Errands mean a trip down the hill. The map on this page names Nourish as the nearest grocery store and Waves Coffee House as the nearest cafe, each a similar distance away as the Lynn Valley branch of the North Vancouver District Public Library. The District's map places the corner of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway inside its Lynn Valley Town Centre. Lonsdale Avenue, to the west, is the other direction for shops.

The closest recreation centre on the map is the Lynn Valley Community Recreation Centre at 3590 Mountain Highway. North Vancouver Recreation and Culture, which runs it, says the building is open for scheduled programs only. Its page lists classes such as yoga, tai chi and karate, and a licensed preschool. Lynn Valley Park, which the District's park data calls a community sports park, is in the 3400 block of Mountain Highway.

In our experience, most households here rely on a car for daily errands. Dempsey Road and East Braemar Road carry the bus and the through traffic, and the courts are quiet. On dry weekends, in our experience, people who come for the trails park along the upper blocks of both roads, so read the parking signs on a street before you buy on it.

Trails start at the ends of the streets. On October 11, 2026, the District's trail data placed the Dempsey Connector, a beginner trail for walkers and cyclists, within 100 metres of the top of East Braemar Road and the top of Citadel Court. The Kilmer Trail, rated intermediate, passes within 100 metres of Michener Way. At the top of Quarry Court the data shows the Quarry Court trail, marked for hiking only, and the Mill Street Connector, a second beginner trail.

These routes lead up to the Baden-Powell Trail, which crosses the slope above the houses. The trail data rates it intermediate for walking and for cycling, and it lies within 300 metres of the top of East Braemar Road. The 2007 trail plan calls the Kilmer and Quarry Court trails steep routes up to the Baden-Powell. Mountain bike trails close to the streets today include Lower Expresso, rated intermediate, Expresso, rated advanced, and The Skull, rated expert.

People who drive to the mountain use a District parking lot. OpenStreetMap places the Fromme parking lot near the top of Mountain Highway, 1.6 km from the middle of Braemar in a straight line. The District's trails page, last changed in May 2024, lists the hour the lot closes: 6 p.m. from October 1 to the end of February, 7 p.m. in March and April, 8 p.m. in May and 9 p.m. from June through August.

Braemar Park is the local park. District park data describes it as a natural urban park of 4.6 hectares, reached from East Braemar Road, and records a tennis court and a practice court there. A greenbelt named for Braemar and Dempsey adds 16.6 hectares of District land beside the streets. Kilmer Creek runs through the area beside Michener Way, and the District's creek data marks it as fish bearing.