Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

is the only municipality in Canada that enacts its own building codes. Other cities instead use the

National Building Code of Canada The National Building Code of Canada is the model building code of Canada. It is issued by the National Research Council of Canada. As a model code, it has no legal status until it is adopted by a jurisdiction that regulates construction. History T ...

and the provincial codes that are derived from it. Vancouver's code is also derived from these but includes some local changes. The current code was enacted on November 1, 2019 (Building By-law No. 12511).

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General Information on the VBBL
*https://www.bccodes.ca/vancouver-bylaws.html Standards of Canada British Columbia law Municipal government of Vancouver Building codes {{standard-stub