Purpose-built Rental Highlights In the first month of 2026, 2,061 purpose-built rental units 5 were registered in B.C. Compared with the same period in 2025, the number of registered rental units increased 3.5%. So far in 2026, rental units 5 represented 69.6% of all multi-unit registrations. Using a 12-month moving average 4 , there were 2,167 rental units registered 5 in January, which is effectively unchanged from December at a 0.3% increase. Using a 36-month moving average 4 , there were 1,779 rental units registered 5 in January, which is effectively unchanged from December at a 0.3% increase. There were 17 rental buildings registered 5 in January. Most of these were buildings of more than 100 units (41.2%) and buildings of 5 to 50 units (23.5%). The largest building of 501 units was proposed to be built in Burnaby. In January, Vancouver (746), Burnaby (501) and Abbotsford (209) had the largest number of rental units registered 5 in B.C.
Figure 11: Purpose-built Rental Units 5 , January 2026
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Figure 12: Purpose-built Rental Buildings 5 by Building Size 11 , January 2026
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Figure 13: Purpose-built Rental Units 5 by 12-Month and 36-Month Moving Averages 4 , January 2026
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