Sprinkler & Irrigation Services in North Vancouver & West Vancouver

When can you water in North Vancouver and West Vancouver? These cities follow Metro Vancouver’s regional lawn watering rules, which apply every year from May 1 to October 15. Under the normal Stage 1 rules:

• Homes, even-numbered addresses: water lawns on Saturdays.
• Homes, odd-numbered addresses: water lawns on Sundays.
• Times for homes: sprinklers and automatic systems 5 am to 7 am; hand watering 6 am to 9 am.
• Businesses, strata and other non-residential properties: even addresses on Mondays and odd addresses on Tuesdays, with automatic systems 4 am to 6 am and hand watering 6 am to 9 am.
• Trees, shrubs and flowers: drip irrigation, soaker hoses and hand watering any day, any time; sprinklers any day from 5 am to 9 am (4 am to 9 am for non-residential).
• Vegetable gardens: any time.
• New lawns: need a watering permit from the city to water outside these times.

In dry summers the rules tighten in stages. Check the current stage on Metro Vancouver’s website before you change your schedule, or let us set your controller to the right days and times for you.

In 2026, Metro Vancouver moved to Stage 2 water restrictions on May 1 and Stage 3 on June 8. Lawn watering was banned, and trees, shrubs and flowers could only be watered by hand or with drip irrigation. If you’re in North Vancouver or West Vancouver, a properly set-up drip system is the easiest way to keep gardens alive through a dry summer while staying within the rules. We convert spray zones to drip and set controllers so they only run when and where they’re allowed.

Backflow preventers on irrigation systems should be tested every year by a certified tester. Requirements and filing differ between the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver and West Vancouver, so we check your municipality’s rules when we test and file the report the way they ask.

Neighbourhoods we often work in: Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Edgemont, Deep Cove, Ambleside, Dundarave and the British Properties. We cover all of North and West Vancouver.