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

The Seymour River runs through the middle of this area on its way to Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour Parkway crosses it on a bridge, and Riverside Drive follows the east bank north until the houses end at the forest. Listings use the name Seymour for streets on both banks.

The area has three parts. West of the river, Seymour Boulevard and Heritage Boulevard form a pocket of homes between the water and Lillooet Park, the sports fields south of Capilano University. East of the river and north of the parkway, Riverside Drive and short streets such as Rivergrove Place climb beside the canyon. South of the parkway is Maplewood, where Seymour River Place runs past Maplewood Farm to the shops on Old Dollarton Road.

Most of the land is low and flat. Natural Resources Canada's elevation data gives 8 metres above sea level for Seymour River Place at Old Dollarton Road and 17 metres for Mount Seymour Parkway at Riverside Drive. The ground rises at the edges: Windridge Drive climbs from 18 metres at Riverside Drive to 52 metres at its east end, and the north end of Riverside Drive is at 61 metres.

The name Seymour has two meanings here. The District of North Vancouver uses it for the community that covers the largest area in the District, from the river east to Deep Cove, and it plans the streets south of the parkway as Maplewood Village Centre. This page covers the MLS® area only. In our view, it suits a buyer who wants trails within a short walk of home and accepts that most addresses here need a flood or wildfire check.

The river gives the area its name. The province's place name record says the Seymour River honours Frederick Seymour, governor of the mainland colony of British Columbia from 1864 until his death in 1869. The Geographic Board of Canada adopted the name Seymour Creek on March 31, 1917, and the form changed to Seymour River on May 6, 1947. The record adds that the date the river first received the name is unknown.

The west bank near the river mouth is Squamish Nation reserve land, which a flood study written for the District in 2016 calls Seymour IR No. 2. On the east bank, the same study says building in lower Maplewood began in the 1920s with sawmills on the waterfront. The District's history of Maplewood Farm says the land was bought in 1914 and became a dairy farm in 1924, with a milk route that once served Deep Cove, Seymour and Lynnmour. The District bought the farm in 1970 and opened it to the public in June 1975.

People also changed the river. A dam has controlled its upper part since 1961. The 2016 study estimates that building in the late 1950s and early 1960s narrowed the channel between the parkway and Dollarton Highway by 40%. The largest flood on record came on October 31, 1981, when water carrying gravel and trees threatened bridges and properties in the Riverside area.

Architects designed houses on Riverside Drive in those years. The District's 1997 inventory of buildings from 1930 to 1965 lists a 1960 house at 1319 Riverside Drive by Blair MacDonald and Barry Downs, and a three-storey house that Ron Thom designed around 1963 on the most northerly Riverside Drive lot that faces the river.

Maplewood Farm, at 405 Seymour River Place, is run by the District. Its park data describes a children's petting zoo and heritage farm that is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and charges an entry fee. The Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre is up the hill at 931 Lytton Street. Its operator, North Vancouver Recreation and Culture, lists a 37.5 metre pool with six lanes, a squash court and a fitness studio.

For groceries, the map on this page shows a Real Canadian Superstore and Stong's Market as the nearest supermarkets, and several cafes. The nearest library branch on the map is Lynn Valley, which is a drive or a bus trip away.

Maplewood is changing. The District's page on Maplewood Village Centre says council approved a five-storey project in 2024 with 534 homes and space for new businesses, and that the project will add public squares, shops, walking paths and bike lanes. The District describes the village heart as the blocks between Old Dollarton Road and Dollarton Highway, west of Riverside Drive. Firefighters answered their first call from the new Maplewood Fire and Rescue Centre on January 15, 2025.

Several small parks are inside the area. Hogan's Pools Park is at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway and Riverside Drive, and Windridge Park is a forested park beside the recreation centre. The District's park data requires a leash for dogs in both. The District's page on Maplewood places Seymour River Heritage Park next to Maplewood Farm.

The Spirit Trail now crosses the area. The District finished the section from the Seymour River to Windridge Park on June 16, 2025. It starts where the older trail ended at Seymour Boulevard, runs on a new path through the greenbelt north of Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School to Riverside Drive, and then follows Windridge Drive, which was repaved with speed cushions and bike markings. On September 15, 2025, council moved the date for finishing the trail's eastern extension to 2029.

Two routes lead upriver. On the west side, Metro Vancouver's Seymour River Regional Greenway runs 1.7 kilometres from Mount Seymour Parkway at Lillooet Road past Capilano University to Monashee Drive, and continues into the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. On the east side, a staircase on the Baden-Powell Trail near the north end of Riverside Drive leads to the reserve's trails.

In December 2014, a rockslide in the canyon partly blocked the river, raised the water upstream, flooded trails and led Metro Vancouver to remove the Twin Bridge on Fisherman's Trail. It built the Seymour River Suspension Bridge in 2018 to restore the crossing. To the south, the District says the Maplewood conservation area on Burrard Inlet is managed by the Wild Bird Trust of BC.