About this data · Data quality: Strata strong, rentals partial
Sources
- ParcelMap BC (Land Title and Survey Authority): every registered strata plan, its lot count, registration date and location. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
- City of Vancouver open data: 2026 property tax report (address, year built, zoning, value), 2026 business licences (rental buildings), building footprints. Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL), BC Address Geocoder, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons: names, floors, addresses and photos.
Quality
- Strata plans and lot counts come straight from the land title registry, so they are authoritative. This is the best unit-count data of the four cities.
- A strata lot is not always a home: some plans include commercial, parking or storage lots, so counts can run a little high.
- Building names are thin: about 10% of buildings, and 26% of those with 20 or more units. Floor counts cover about 21%.
- Rental buildings have no unit counts at all; the licence data does not record them.
How complete is the data?
Strata is close to complete. If a strata plan is registered, it is here. Rentals are the big gap: only the City of Vancouver publishes rental licences, so purpose-built rentals in Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond and the rest of the region are missing entirely, and individual landlords' licences have no address. Expect most strata buildings but well under half of the region's rental buildings. BC Assessment's paid residential inventory would close that gap.