Official Provincial Reference Data
Provinces · BC
British Columbia permit-source coverage
Live ingestion — official sources active and normalized into the product.
Profiled readiness
9Record-ready
2In progress
19Source research
30profiled / 188
Jurisdictions
British Columbia
Showing the priority jurisdictions profiled in depth. The full registry catalogues every local jurisdiction in this region.
JurisdictionTypeScoreReadinessSourcesOfficial site
Vancouver99A — Live records2—
Surrey98A — Live records1—
Burnaby97A — Live records1—
Richmond45E — Authority mapped1—
Abbotsford80C — Selected notices2—
Coquitlam90B — Live applications3—
Kelowna93B — Live applications3—
Township of Langley42F — Research required1—
Saanich42F — Research required1—
Delta84D — Aggregate only1—
Nanaimo91C — Selected notices1—
Kamloops97A — Live records2—
Victoria95A — Live records1—
Chilliwack42F — Research required1—
Maple Ridge42F — Research required1—
District of North Vancouver42F — Research required1—
New Westminster95A — Live records1—
Port Coquitlam42F — Research required1—
Prince George42F — Research required1—
Langley City42F — Research required1—
Vernon42F — Research required1—
West Kelowna42F — Research required1—
North Vancouver City42F — Research required1—
Mission42F — Research required1—
Penticton42F — Research required1—
Campbell River42F — Research required1—
Courtenay42F — Research required1—
Squamish42F — Research required1—
White Rock42F — Research required1—
Fort St. John42F — Research required1—
Official sources
31 official source definitions
Official Provincial Reference Data
Municipal legal names and incorporation dates
Official siteOfficial Provincial Reference Data
British Columbia regional district system
Official siteOfficial Provincial Reference Data
Regional district legal names and incorporation dates
Official siteOfficial Provincial Spatial Data
Municipalities — legally defined administrative areas of British Columbia
Official Provincial Spatial Data
Regional districts — legally defined administrative areas of British Columbia
Official Provincial Analytics
Municipal DCC and building-permit information — Schedule 305
Official siteOfficial Provincial Technical Regulator
Technical Safety BC electrical and gas jurisdiction
Official siteOfficial Provincial Technical Regulator
Technical Safety BC public permit lookup
Official siteOfficial Provincial Regulator Directory
Technical Safety BC licensed contractors
Official siteOfficial Municipal Open Data
Vancouver issued building permits
Official Municipal Open Data
Vancouver business licences
Official Municipal Open Data
Surrey recent building permits
Official siteOfficial Municipal
Burnaby issued building permits
Official siteOfficial Municipal Open Data
Victoria building permits issued in the last year
Official Municipal Arcgis
Kamloops building permits from 2000
Official Municipal Arcgis
Kamloops current-year business licences
Official Municipal Open Data
New Westminster building and plumbing permits
Official Municipal
Kelowna approved building permits
Official siteOfficial Municipal
Kelowna current development applications
Official siteOfficial Municipal Open Data
Kelowna active business licences
Official Municipal Public Map
Nanaimo What's Building in My Neighbourhood
Official siteOfficial Municipal
Coquitlam issued building permits over $200,000
Official siteOfficial Municipal
Coquitlam current building permit applications
Official siteOfficial Municipal Public Portal
Coquitlam current development applications
Official siteOfficial Municipal Public Lookup
Delta public property permits and land-development applications
Official siteOfficial Municipal Public Map
Abbotsford development applications and projects map
Official siteOfficial Municipal
Abbotsford building permit status lookup
Official siteOfficial Municipal
Richmond MyPermit and MyBusiness portals
Official siteOfficial Municipal
British Columbia municipal permit and planning source discovery
- Building Permit
- Development Permit
- Variance
- Rezoning
- Subdivision
Official Regional District
British Columbia regional district electoral-area permit source discovery
- Electoral Area Building Permit
- Development Permit
- Variance
- Rezoning
- Subdivision Referral
Known coverage gaps
- {"dataset":"province_wide_record_level_building_permits","status":"no_single_universal_feed","action":"Combine municipal open data, permit reports, public maps, regional-district services, and data-sharing agreements."}
- {"dataset":"regional_district_electoral_area_permits","status":"service_scope_varies_by_electoral_area","action":"Build an explicit building-inspection-service registry before activating alerts."}
- {"dataset":"electrical_and_gas_permits","status":"technical_safety_bc_with_ten_delegated_municipal_exceptions","action":"Materialize the live jurisdiction list and avoid property-permit lookup enumeration."}
- {"dataset":"construction_inspections","status":"not_uniformly_public_at_record_level","action":"Map inspection publication separately from permit issuance."}
- {"dataset":"business_licences","status":"strong_in_selected_cities_but_not_universal","action":"Expand from Vancouver, Kamloops, and Kelowna."}
- {"dataset":"first_nations_and_other_local_authorities","status":"outside_primary_161_municipality_registry","action":"Build separate authority registries for treaty First Nations, Nisga'a, Islands Trust, and UBC."}
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