2020 BC Residential Building Statistics & Trends Report

By number of units, buildings with more than 100 units accounted for 33.6% of total registered units, followed by buildings of 51 to 100 units (26.8%) and buildings with 5 to 50 units (24.9%). While the overall number of registered units fell 37.0% from 2019 to 2020, buildings of more than 100 units experienced the greatest decline (17,072 to 7,508 units). All other building sizes also had decreased numbers of registered units, with the exception of duplexes (increasing from 1,280 units to 1,532) and quadplexes (increasing from 1,152 to 1,268 units).

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Figure 9: Registered Units in New Multi-Unit Buildings by Building Size in B.C., 2002-2020

40,000

35,000

30,000

14,660 17,072

25,000

12,384

7,726

13,152

20,000

6,356 7,157

7,508

9,396

6,055

15,000

9,101

7,763 7,880

7,839

6,659

5,447

4,461

2,266

7,128

5,311

5,327

4,161 5,232 7,451

5,987

3,797

4,720

3,121

4,873

10,000

4,585

3,810

4,230

2,989 2,908 2,357

7,883 6,879 6,938

7,180 7,592

2,183

6,409 6,805

5,249 6,144

5,559

2,039 1,243 1,860

6,135

5,111

5,000

4,503

4,537 4,394

3,980 4,307

3,520

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Duplex Triplex Quadplex 5-50 Units 51-100 Units >100 Units

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