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Communities that have passed bylaws related to small-scale multi-unit housing

Nearly 90% of communities have adopted, or are actively working to adopt, bylaws to implement small-scale multi-unit housing:

  • Abbotsford
  • Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
  • Alert Bay
  • Anmore
  • Armstrong
  • Ashcroft
  • Barriere
  • Belcarra
  • Bowen Island
  • Bulkley-Nechako
  • Burnaby
  • Burns Lake
  • Cache Creek
  • Campbell River
  • Canal Flats
  • Cariboo
  • Castlegar
  • Central Coast
  • Central Kootenay
  • Central Okanagan
  • Central Saanich
  • Chase
  • Chetwynd
  • Chilliwack
  • Clinton
  • Coldstream
  • Columbia-Shuswap
  • Colwood
  • Comox Valley
  • Courtenay
  • Cowichan Valley
  • Cranbrook
  • Creston
  • Cumberland
  • Daajin Giids
  • Dawson Creek
  • Delta
  • Duncan
  • Elkford
  • Enderby
  • Esquimalt
  • Fernie
  • Fort St. James
  • Fort St. John
  • Fraser-Fort George
  • Fruitvale
  • Gibsons
  • Gold River
  • Golden
  • Grand Forks
  • Granisle
  • Harrison Hot Springs
  • Hazelton
  • Highlands
  • Hope
  • Houston
  • Hudson’s Hope
  • Invermere
  • Kamloops
  • Kaslo
  • Kelowna
  • Kent
  • Keremeos
  • Kimberley
  • Kitimat
  • Kootenay Boundary
  • Ladysmith
  • Lake Country
  • Langford
  • Langley, City of
  • Lantzville
  • Lillooet
  • Lions Bay
  • Logan Lake
  • Lumby
  • Mackenzie
  • Maple Ridge
  • Masset
  • Merritt
  • Metchosin
  • Metro Vancouver
  • Midway
  • Mission
  • Montrose
  • Nakusp
  • Nanaimo
  • Nelson
  • New Denver
  • New Hazelton
  • New Westminster
  • North Coast
  • North Cowichan
  • North Okanagan
  • North Saanich
  • North Vancouver, District of
  • Oak Bay
  • Oliver
  • One Hundred Mile House
  • Parksville
  • Peachland
  • Pemberton
  • Penticton
  • Pitt Meadows
  • Port Alberni
  • Port Alice
  • Port Clements
  • Port Coquitlam
  • Port Edward
  • Port Hardy
  • Port McNeil
  • Port Moody
  • Pouce Coupe
  • Powell River
  • Prince George
  • Prince Rupert
  • Princeton
  • qathet RD
  • Qualicum Beach
  • Quesnel
  • Radium Hot Springs
  • Revelstoke
  • Richmond
  • Rossland
  • Saanich
  • Salmo
  • Salmon Arm
  • Sechelt District Municipality
  • Sicamous
  • Sidney
  • Silverton
  • Smithers
  • Spallumcheen
  • Sparwood
  • Squamish
  • Squamish-Lillooet
  • Strathcona
  • Summerland
  • Sunshine Coast
  • Surrey
  • Tahsis
  • Taylor
  • Telkwa
  • Terrace
  • Thompson-Nicola
  • Tofino
  • Trail
  • Tumbler Ridge
  • Ucluelet
  • Valemount
  • Vancouver
  • Vanderhoof
  • Vernon
  • Victoria
  • View Royal
  • Warfield
  • West Kelowna
  • Whistler
  • White Rock
  • Williams Lake
  • Zeballos
  • Islands Trust (not required)

Another nine local governments are actively working toward compliance:

  • Capital Regional District
  • Clearwater
  • Lake Cowichan
  • Lytton
  • McBride (being reviewed by the Province)
  • Okanagan-Similkameen
  • Sayward (being reviewed by the Province)
  • Slocan
  • Stewart
Communities that have asked for extensions

Fifteen local governments have requested a formal extension on adopting the small-scale multi-unit housing (SSMUH) legislation beyond the June 30, 2024 deadline.

Applications for extensions must demonstrate that the local government is in the process of upgrading infrastructure that services the specific area or lots for which the extension is being requested; the infrastructure for the area where SSMUH would apply is such that compliance is likely to increase a risk to health, public safety or the environment; or extraordinary circumstances exist that prevent compliance.

 The 15 communities are:

  • Coquitlam
  • Fraser Lake
  • Fraser Valley Regional District
  • Kitimat-Stikine Regional District
  • Nanaimo Regional District
  • City of North Vancouver
  • Osoyoos
  • Peace River Regional District
  • Sooke
  • Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Regional District

The following communities have been granted an extension due to recent or current impacts of wildfires and evacuation orders:

  • Northern Rockies Regional District
  • District of Wells

The following community has been granted an extension because it had existing infrastructure upgrades underway:

  • Greenwood

The following communities have not been granted an extension and will have 90 days from the date of the rejection letter to comply and implement updated bylaws:

  • Township of Langley
  • Mount Waddington Regional District

Some additional communities have passed the required bylaws and requested a partial extension to review infrastructure requirements for certain neighbourhoods within a municipal or regional district boundary. Those extensions are also being reviewed the Province.

Local government not in compliance with small-scale multi-unit housing

One local government is currently not in compliance with small-scale multi-unit housing legislative requirements or have not passed bylaws that are compliant with small-scale multi-unit housing.

This community has been sent a 30-day non-compliance notice. At the end of that 30 days, a ministerial order could be issued:

  • District of West Vancouver – Council voted against adopting SSMUH zoning bylaw amendments on May 27, 2024.

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