Apartments for rent in West Vancouver
West Vancouver rents at the top of the region and turns over slowly. Set your budget and must-haves once and we will email you when something matching is listed.
Renting in West Vancouver
West Vancouver is the most expensive rental municipality on this side of the region, and the smallest by supply. Most of it is single-family housing on the slope, so the apartments that do come up are concentrated in a narrow band along Marine Drive.
Ambleside and Dundarave are where the low-rise buildings are, within walking distance of the seawall and the shops. Above them the British Properties are almost entirely houses, and the far end past Caulfeild thins out to Horseshoe Bay.
There is no SkyTrain. Everything runs on buses over the Lions Gate Bridge or across to Park Royal, and that bridge decides how long your commute is far more than the address does.
What landlords are asking in West Vancouver
Each figure is the median asking rent for that size, drawn from the 190 West Vancouver homes listed on this site right now. Sizes with fewer than a dozen are left out rather than guessed at. This is not a market survey: it moves as postings appear and expire, and asking rent runs above what continuing tenants already pay.
Common questions
How much is rent in West Vancouver?
Across the 190 West Vancouver homes listed on this site right now, a one-bedroom asks about $2,275 and a two-bedroom asks about $3,400 a month. That is the median asking rent by size from our own listings rather than a market survey, so it runs above what people already in a tenancy pay, and it moves as postings appear and expire.
How fast do apartments in West Vancouver get rented?
Well-priced units in West Vancouver are usually gone within one to three days of being posted, and the best of them within hours. Being early matters more than being flexible.
Does a listing tell you what floor the apartment is on?
Usually not. Most rental ads in Metro Vancouver leave out the floor and which way the unit faces, even in buildings where those two things decide whether you look at a park or at the tower next door. We read the whole ad and flag what is missing so you know what to ask.
Where do West Vancouver rental listings actually get posted?
Plenty of them never reach the big rental portals. Owner-listed units in West Vancouver show up on Craigslist and Facebook groups first, and on the aggregators later if at all. We watch the places most renters forget to check.
Is Firstlook free?
Yes. You write the brief and we send the emails, which you can turn off from any message. We do not take a fee from you or from the landlord.
Available in West Vancouver right now
190 listings we are currently tracking here. Refreshed through the day.
5 bed · 3300 ft² · West Vancouver
6 bed · 3300 ft² · West Vancouver
5 bed · 7280 ft² · West Vancouver
5 bed · 5092 ft² · West Vancouver
5 bed · 7168 ft² · West Vancouver
5 bed · 4795 ft² · West Vancouver
6 bed · 5300 ft² · West Vancouver
4 bed · 2400 ft² · West Vancouver
1 bed · 800 ft² · West Vancouver
1 bed · 800 ft² · West Vancouver
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Before you sign anything
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Money
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