2020 BC Residential Building Statistics & Trends Report

MULTI-UNIT BUILDING SIZE Of the 1,910 multi-unit buildings that were registered in 2020, duplexes were the most popular multi-unit building size (40.1%), followed by buildings with 5 to 50 units (28.6%) and quadplexes (16.6%). Between 2019 and 2020, the number of buildings registered only increased for duplexes (33.1% to 40.1%) and

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quadplexes (14.9% to 16.6%). Triplexes held stable at 8.0%, while the remaining building category registrations fell. Buildings with more than 100 units experienced the greatest relative decrease (4.8% in 2019 to 2.4% in 2020, just over a 50% decline), while buildings with 51 to 100 units declined from 5.5% to 4.3%. Those with 5 to 50 units declined from 33.7% to 28.6%.

Ron Rapp, CEO, HAVAN Homebuilders Association Vancouver

Figure 8: Registered New Multi-Unit Buildings by Building Size in B.C., 2002-2020

2,500

45

46

33

83

93

75

38

56

2,000

92

45

61

68

78

129

26

82

72

576

532

100

107

45

553

45

40

562

15

663

408

67

55

28

1,500

547

27

68

564

668

42

652

33 42

41

342

41

405

393

337

59

387

622

330

343

146

474

428

31 26

317

413

395

157

170

1,000

352 394

232

18 12

161

288

129

337

254

153

256

110

206

248

249

193

191

179 157

139

218

155

146

162

128

90

94

132

124

118

1,055

500

61

960

83

939

874

861

766

754

667

652 670

640

624

561

555

548

508

499

478

434

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Triplex

Quadplex

5-50 Units

51-100 Units

>100 Units

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