Building Permits, Housing Starts & Sales

Building Permits

Building Permits Reports

• Building Permits Highlights: A high-level review of year-to-date changes in the latest building permits release.

• Building Permits Summary: British Columbia building permits report for development regions and regional districts by type 2014 to present.

• Building Permits Detail: British Columbia building permits report for development regions, regional districts, and communities by type from 2014 to present.

Building Permits Monthly Data

Monthly building permit data, separated by type, in CSV (comma-separated values) format unless otherwise noted:

• Monthly Building Permits (XLSX)
• Total Building Permits
• Industrial Building Permits
• Commercial Building Permits
• Institutional/Government Building Permits
• Residential Building Permits
• Residential Units Total
• Residential Units Single
• Residential Units Row Dwellings
• Residential Units Apartments

Housing Starts and House Sales

• Housing Starts, Urban Areas and Communities (PDF)
• Housing Starts, Urban Areas and Communities (XLSX)
• Housing Sales, B.C. Multiple Listings Statistics (PDF)
• Housing Sales, B.C. Multiple Listing Statistics (XLSX)
• Statistics Canada Data Tables: Housing Starts (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp)

Major Projects Inventory

Find summary information on major projects in B.C. that are over $15 million (Cdn.) capital cost, or $20 million in the Lower Mainland–Vancouver

• View the major projects inventory

About BC Stats

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