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New homes approved by the City

Area: City of Victoria 12 months to August 2026

1,124 homes in 12 months

Latest readingMixed
In 5 years Worse−22.5% since 12 months to Aug 2021

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Source: BC Stats. We read it on Nov 11, 2026.

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New homes approved per 1,000 residents, each year

2025 Per 1,000, by year

  • City of Victoria 15.8
  • Capital Region 9.7
  • All of B.C. 8.3
Line chart of 3 lines, 6 periods from 2020 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 6.0 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 7.7 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 11.9 per 1,000 (2024), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 7.6 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.01020202520232021Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 20242020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000
Line chart of 3 lines, 6 periods from 2020 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 6.0 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 7.7 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 11.9 per 1,000 (2024), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 7.6 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.01020202520232021Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 20242020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000
Line chart of 3 lines, 6 periods from 2020 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 6.0 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 7.7 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 11.9 per 1,000 (2024), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 7.6 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.01020202520242023202220212020Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 2024City ofVictoria 15.8Capital Region9.7All of B.C. 8.32020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000
Line chart of 3 lines, 6 periods from 2020 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 6.0 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 7.7 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 11.9 per 1,000 (2024), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 7.6 per 1,000 (2020), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.01020202520242023202220212020Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 2024City of Victoria 15.8Capital Region 9.7All of B.C. 8.32020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000

Tap or drag on the chart to read any year. Each point is a full calendar year. Latest 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026): 1,124. 2026 so far (Jan–Aug 2026, preliminary): 218.

M municipal election: Oct 15, 2022P provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024

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New homes approved per 1,000 residents, each year

2025 Per 1,000, by year

  • City of Victoria 15.8
  • Capital Region 9.7
  • All of B.C. 8.3
Line chart of 3 lines, 8 periods from 2018 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 13.7 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 9.3 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.010202025202320212019City election, Oct 20, 2018Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 20242018: City of Victoria: 13.7 per 1,000; Capital Region: 12.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.3 per 1,0002019: City of Victoria: 6.3 per 1,000; Capital Region: 8.3 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.0 per 1,0002020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000
Line chart of 3 lines, 8 periods from 2018 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 13.7 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 9.3 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.010202025202320212019City election, Oct 20, 2018Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 20242018: City of Victoria: 13.7 per 1,000; Capital Region: 12.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.3 per 1,0002019: City of Victoria: 6.3 per 1,000; Capital Region: 8.3 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.0 per 1,0002020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000
Line chart of 3 lines, 8 periods from 2018 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 13.7 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 9.3 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.010202025202320212019City election, Oct 20, 2018Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 2024City ofVictoria 15.8Capital Region9.7All of B.C. 8.32018: City of Victoria: 13.7 per 1,000; Capital Region: 12.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.3 per 1,0002019: City of Victoria: 6.3 per 1,000; Capital Region: 8.3 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.0 per 1,0002020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000
Line chart of 3 lines, 8 periods from 2018 to 2025. City of Victoria: starts at 13.7 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 15.8 per 1,000 (2025); highest 15.8 per 1,000 (2025), lowest 6.0 per 1,000 (2020). Capital Region: starts at 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 9.7 per 1,000 (2025); highest 12.4 per 1,000 (2018), lowest 7.7 per 1,000 (2020). All of B.C.: starts at 9.3 per 1,000 (2018), ends at 8.3 per 1,000 (2025); highest 10.1 per 1,000 (2022), lowest 7.6 per 1,000 (2020). Short ticks on the top edge mark general election days: City election: Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022; Provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024. Every value is in the table.0102020252024202320222021202020192018City election, Oct 20, 2018Provincial election, Oct 24, 2020City election, Oct 15, 2022Provincial election, Oct 19, 2024City of Victoria 15.8Capital Region 9.7All of B.C. 8.32018: City of Victoria: 13.7 per 1,000; Capital Region: 12.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.3 per 1,0002019: City of Victoria: 6.3 per 1,000; Capital Region: 8.3 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 9.0 per 1,0002020: City of Victoria: 6.0 per 1,000; Capital Region: 7.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 7.6 per 1,0002021: City of Victoria: 12.5 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002022: City of Victoria: 11.4 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 10.1 per 1,0002023: City of Victoria: 8.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 10.4 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.9 per 1,0002024: City of Victoria: 9.1 per 1,000; Capital Region: 11.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.1 per 1,0002025: City of Victoria: 15.8 per 1,000; Capital Region: 9.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 8.3 per 1,000

Tap or drag on the chart to read any year. Each point is a full calendar year. Latest 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026): 1,124. 2026 so far (Jan–Aug 2026, preliminary): 218.

M municipal election: Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022P provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024

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Targets and comparisons

Adopted target

  • Related target, not drawn: under its Housing Accelerator Fund agreement with the federal government, the City’s target is 3,203 units over three years, by September 2026, and continued funding depends on meeting it and advancing the agreed actions. This page counts homes in building permits by calendar year and over the latest 12 months, not over the agreement’s three-year window or by its definition, so the target is not drawn. The agreement’s September 2026 date has passed. The count against 3,203 under the agreement’s own definition is not published as data; it is listed under data requests.

    Source: Housing Initiatives: Housing Accelerator Fund, City of Victoria, viewed November 12, 2026. Area: City of Victoria. Updated: Not on a schedule. Licence: Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.

  • The Housing Accelerator Fund is run by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which publishes each agreement’s action plan summary.

    Source: Housing Accelerator Fund progress, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, viewed November 12, 2026. Area: Canada. Updated: Not on a schedule. Licence: Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.

How targets are chosen

Show the numbers as a table
New homes approved per 1,000 residents, each year (newest first)
PeriodCity of VictoriaCapital RegionAll of B.C.
202515.89.78.3
20249.111.98.1
20238.110.48.9
202211.410.410.1
202112.511.58.9
20206.07.77.6
20196.38.39.0
201813.712.49.3

Who decides

City of Victoria Council. Decides zoning and development permits, and regulates building by bylaw. Local Government Act, s. 479

Show the 1 other body and the laws
Who decides what: New homes approved by the City
BodyWhat it decidesLaw or bylaw
City of Victoria CouncilDecides zoning and development permits, and regulates building by bylaw.Local Government Act, s. 479
Local Government Act, s. 490
Community Charter, s. 8 (3) (l)
Province of B.C.Sets the B.C. Building Code.Building Act, s. 3

Councils: last general local election October 17, 2026; next on October 19, 2030, the third Saturday of October set by the Local Government Act, s. 52. Province: last general election October 19, 2024; next set for October 21, 2028 unless called earlier (Constitution Act, s. 23).

Each row says what a body decides and links to the law, order or bylaw that gives it that role. It does not say who caused a change: markets, households and other governments also move these numbers. Who decides what, for every measure · How we choose

What this number does not show

  • Permits approve homes; they do not mean the homes have been built or occupied.
One more limit
  • 786 of the 1,124 homes in the latest 12 months were approved in Oct–Nov 2025. A few large apartment buildings can move a whole year, so a single period is a weak signal.

Not measured yet in housing: renovictions and tenant displacement. See all 17 gaps

In plain words

Up 17% from the previous 12 months (Sep 2024–Aug 2025). Down 23% since the 12 months to Aug 2021. Year to date (Jan–Aug 2026, preliminary): 218, against 740 in Jan–Aug 2025, down 71%. 786 of the 1,124 homes in the latest 12 months were approved in Oct–Nov 2025. The two periods point in opposite directions, so the label is Mixed.

How many new homes were included in building permits issued by the City of Victoria in the latest 12 months published, compared with the 12 months before. The year so far is shown as preliminary. Monthly approvals swing a lot: one large project can fill a month.

How we decide “Mixed”

The latest 12 months are +17.3% against the 12 months before, and the year to date (preliminary) is −70.5% against the same months a year earlier. They differ by 5% or more in opposite directions, so the label is Mixed.

A higher number means more new homes were approved for construction. 1,124 homes approved in the 12 months Sep 2025–Aug 2026, compared with 958 in the 12 months before (Sep 2024–Aug 2025, +17.3%). Year to date, preliminary: 218 from January to August 2026, compared with 740 in the same months of 2025 (-70.5%). The two differ by 5% or more in opposite directions, so the label is Mixed.

Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series. The rule.

All notes on this number

Why it matters. Approvals come before construction, so they hint at how many homes may be built in the next few years.

  • Permits approve homes; they do not mean the homes have been built or occupied.
  • 786 of the 1,124 homes in the latest 12 months were approved in Oct–Nov 2025. A few large apartment buildings can move a whole year, so a single period is a weak signal.
  • The headline is the latest 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) against the 12 months before. The year to date (Jan–Aug 2026) is shown underneath as preliminary data. When the two differ by 5% or more in opposite directions, the label is Mixed.
  • The change over five years compares the same 12 months (Sep 2020–Aug 2021: 1,451).
  • The chart shows full calendar years only. Yearly totals since 2018: 2018: 1,283, 2019: 602, 2020: 581, 2021: 1,205, 2022: 1,120, 2023: 810, 2024: 936, 2025: 1,646.
  • Data come from Statistics Canada's Building Permits survey as published by BC Stats. Municipal reporting is not always complete, and 2018 onward is not directly comparable to earlier years.

Also on this page

  • New homes approved per 1,000 residents: 11.0 homes a year per 1,000 residents (Calendar years 2023–2025 (yearly average))

These were separate pages. Their charts are above, and their old addresses lead here.

By municipality

Homes approved by building permit, Capital Regional District municipalities and areas, Sep 2025–Aug 2026

Homes approved by building permit, Capital Regional District municipalities and areas, Sep 2025–Aug 2026
MunicipalitySep 2025–Aug 2026Sep 2024–Aug 2025
Central Saanich–76
Colwood430537
Esquimalt––
Highlands––
Langford––
Metchosin––
North Saanich––
Oak Bay6773
Saanich1,235841
Saltspring Island9496
Sidney––
Sooke––
Victoria1,124958
View Royal––
Capital (whole regional district, as in the file)4,3144,529

Residential units in building permits issued, from the same BC Stats file. A dash means at least one month in the 12 is shown as x in the file. The file says: “x means the data is either not available or has been suppressed due to confidentiality or quality concerns and cannot be released publicly.”

Which places

Area: City of Victoria

The City of Victoria municipality only, all neighbourhoods.

Included

  • All City of Victoria neighbourhoods, including Downtown, James Bay, Fairfield, Fernwood, Oaklands, Hillside/Quadra, North Park, Burnside, Victoria West, Rockland, Jubilee and Gonzales

Not included

  • Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Langford and every other municipality in the region

Official definition

How the agency describes it: City of Victoria (municipality).

How we got it

This number is published by the agency as shown; it is not calculated here. The script reads it from the agency’s own file.

Licence and credits

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Updated by agency
Monthly; latest release Oct 22, 2026
Retrieved
Nov 11, 2026, 8:49 PM B.C. time

Adapted from Statistics Canada, Building Permits. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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