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Gibsons zoning: find your zone and what it allows

How do I find out how my property is zoned in Gibsons and what I can build on it?

Gibsons, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-06

Short answer

In Gibsons, find your zone on the Town's Maps page, which links a Zoning Bylaw Map, an Interactive Web Map and an Interactive Property Viewer. Then read Zoning Bylaw 1342 for what is allowed there. Planning can confirm: 604-886-2274.

Zoning map

ResidentialMixed useCommercialIndustrialPublicAgriculturalComprehensive development

Search an address or click a lot on the map to see its zone and what it allows.

Zoning shown from the Town of Gibsons's Town of Gibsons Interactive Web Map (SCRD) data, downloaded 2026-11-07.

Zones in Gibsons

From Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025 (consolidated for convenience to include 1342-01, June 2026). The Town's consolidation is for convenience only. Bylaw 1342 repeals the former Zoning Bylaw No. 1065, 2007. Each zone has its own page with its uses, lot sizes, heights and setbacks. Zone pages are drafts taken from the bylaw text and not yet reviewed by a person.

Residential zones

Mixed use zones

Commercial zones

Industrial zones

Public zones

Agricultural zones

Comprehensive development zones

  • CDA-1 Comprehensive Development Area 1 Zone

Key facts

How to find your zoneThe Town's Maps page links to a Zoning Bylaw Map, an Interactive Web Map and an Interactive Property Viewer.Maps, Planning Maps · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
Official wording
Environmentally Sensitive Development Permit Areas - Aquifer Protection Development Permit Area - Zoning Bylaw Map - Accessible washrooms - Mobility Map A-2 from the OCP
- Interactive Web Map -> https://myscrd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=b48d6096a0904b978d4a2044cae9e2ee&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1UgzTrRlmliuijhjWbgqoPp7MAi3HrWLwDVQOTu3BF05inWU-XXbTGshc_aem_AdWOcuXYdKrf4MK1iVkdjB6-SHCrlzHMbuGbQAZrGRxoua4O1-wOLm3xOGAmXe1dH0Hv5__SwTsCCBLqeB9DU9ju&find=Gibsons%252C%2520BC%252C%2520CAN - Interactive Property Viewer -> https://maps.scrd.ca/Html5Viewer/Index.html?configBase=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.scrd.ca%2FGeocortex%2FEssentials%2FREST%2Fsites%2Fpub_PropertyViewer%2Fviewers%2FPub_PropertyViewer%2Fvirtualdirectory%2FResources%2FConfig%2FDefault&layerTheme=&scale=36111.909643&basemap=&center=-13749151.151724162%2C6343080.566937556&layers=09VyqS - Art Path Map -> https://gibsons.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Gibsons_Art_Walk_Map_final.png
Zoning bylawZoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025, adopted January 20, 2026; the Town's consolidation is current to June 23, 2026 (amendment 1342-01, 2026).Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025, cover; Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025, adoption · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
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Consolidated for convenience June 23, 2026 to include Amendments No 1342-01, 2026.
ADOPTED on the 20th day of January 2026
What the zone controlsWhat uses are allowed on a property, plus building height, density, setbacks, lot coverage and parking.Zoning Bylaw, What is a Zoning Bylaw · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
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establishes development standards such as building height, density, setbacks, lot coverage, and parking.
ContactPlanning Department: 604-886-2274, planning@gibsons.ca.Short Term Rentals - Town of Gibsons, Contacts; Zoning Bylaw, Zoning Bylaw page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
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Planning Department 604-886-2274 planning@gibsons.ca
If you are planning a project that does not meet the requirements of the Zoning Bylaw, a zoning amendment, development variance permit, or temporary use permit may be required. For more information, contact the Town of Gibsons Planning Department or visit Town Hall. - Email: planning@gibsons.ca - Call: 604-886-2274 Zoning Bylaw No. 1342 | 2025 ## What is a Zoning Bylaw?
BylawZoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025, cover · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
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Zoning Bylaw Bylaw No. 1342 | 2025

How it works

Zoning controls what uses are allowed on a property, plus building height, density, setbacks, lot coverage and parking. The Town's Maps page links a Zoning Bylaw Map, an Interactive Web Map and an Interactive Property Viewer.

The current rules are in Zoning Bylaw 1342, adopted January 20, 2026. The Town's consolidation is current to June 23, 2026 (amendment 1342-01, 2026).

Steps

  1. Open the Town's Maps page and find your property on the Zoning Bylaw Map or the Interactive Property Viewer.
  2. Note your zone, then read that zone's section in the Zoning Bylaw.
  3. Check the general rules too, for example accessory buildings, fences and parking.
  4. For anything unclear, email or call Planning (planning@gibsons.ca, 604-886-2274).

Good to know

  • Some addresses with a Gibsons mailing address are in the SCRD (Electoral Area E or F), not the Town. The Maps page has an address search for that.
  • The older Zoning Bylaw 1065 is still named on the Town's business licence page. Use Bylaw 1342.
  • A development permit area may add requirements. Ask Planning.

Official forms and pages

The same question in other places

Bowen Island · West Vancouver · Lions Bay · Sechelt · District of North Vancouver · North Vancouver

Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality →

Sources

  1. Maps, Town of Gibsons (read 2026-11-06)
  2. Zoning Bylaw, Town of Gibsons (read 2026-11-06)
  3. Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 2025, Town of Gibsons (read 2026-11-06)
  4. Short Term Rentals - Town of Gibsons (read 2026-11-06)

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