Arbutus Ridge is an affluent residential neighbourhood in Vancouver's West Side. It is bordered by 16th Avenue in the north, 41st Avenue in the south, Mackenzie Street in the west, and East Boulevard in the east. The neighbourhood is characterized by larger than average lot sizes, with stately homes on tree-lined streets. Residents of the area enjoy the area's close proximity to downtown Vancouver, the University of British Columbia (UBC), nearby beaches including Kitsilano and Jericho, and the various shopping districts of the West Side of Vancouver. In addition, the Ridge Theatre provides various art-house movie screenings as also does the Hollywood Theatre on West Broadway, a few blocks north of the neighbourhood's boundary.

One of the catalysts for growth in the neighbourhood was the existence of the Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

-Steveston

Steveston, British Columbia

Steveston was originally a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia, but has since been absorbed into the city of Richmond, British Columbia....

 Interurban

Interurban

An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...

 route of the British Columbia Electric Railway

British Columbia Electric Railway

The British Columbia Electric Railway was a historic Canadian railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia.Originally the parent company, and later a division, of BC Electric, the BCER operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the...

, known as the Lulu Island Railway, which ran between 1905 and 1958. St. Mary's Kerrisdale

Kerrisdale

Kerrisdale is a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Kerrisdale is a neighbourhood featuring a mix of newer houses and older bungalows as well as various low and mid-rise rental and condo apartment buildings in its northern section. The neighbourhood is an ethnic mix of...

, an Anglican church built in 1913, is one of the heritage

Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...

 structures in the uplands area of the neighbourhood.

Education

Prince of Wales Secondary School

Prince of Wales Secondary School

Prince of Wales Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:Prince of Wales opened for classes in September 1920 at its original site, which is now Shaughnessy Elementary School. It has been at its current location since 1960. Its current...

 is located in the neighbourhood, along with Carnarvon Elementary School

Carnarvon Elementary School

Carnarvon Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1966; prior to that, it was known as Trafalgar Annex ....

 and Trafalgar Elementary School

Trafalgar Elementary School

Trafalgar Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1948. About 25% of its students are recent immigrants utilizing the school's English as a second language program; some of these students are from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China and...

, which offers a French immersion program.