Victoria zoning: find your zone and what it allows

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

Victoria, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-05

Short answer

In the City of Victoria, select your property on VicMap to see its zone, then read that zone in the Zoning Bylaw. Two bylaws are in force for different properties, Zoning Bylaw 2018 and the older Zoning Regulation Bylaw, so check which applies to yours. Email zoning@victoria.ca if unsure.

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

Zoning shown from the City of Victoria's VicMap data, downloaded 2026-11-07.

Zones in Victoria

From Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (consolidated on October 17, 2019 up to Bylaw No. 19-074; zone Parts amended to Bylaw 24-060, August 2024) and Zoning Bylaw 2018 (consolidated on June 9, 2022 up to Bylaw No. 22-048). Victoria has two zoning bylaws in force. Zoning Bylaw 2018 (zones GRD-1, LVD-1, CVD-1, TCD-1, CBD-1, CBD-2, MRD-1, OTD-1, IAI-1, MI-1, LI-1, HI-1; https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2018) applies to the areas on its Map 1: the Downtown Core Area and most commercial and low-density residential properties in town centres, urban villages and residential fabric. The Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (one PDF per zone) still governs the rest, including most industrial, medium and high density residential outside downtown, comprehensive development districts and some commercial properties. The City says its website bylaws are office consolidations provided for convenience; refer to the bylaws and amendments at City Hall. In text.txt every file starts at a '[source <url>]' line; the first file is the Introduction & General Regulations of Bylaw 80-159 and the Zoning Bylaw 2018 is appended at the end. Zones whose PDF has no text layer (image-only; no OCR was run) have no lines or pdf_page, only source_url; 179 codes, listed in places/victoria/no-text-layer.txt. For zones with text, pdf_page is the page inside that zone's own PDF (always the first page). 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

GRD-1 General Residential District – 1 Zone
CHP-R3 Cathedral Hill Precinct (Multiple Dwelling) District
CHP-RO Residential-Office Buildings District
FRMD Fairfield Road Multiple Dwelling District
IHP-1 Inner Harbour Precinct Two Family Dwelling District
IHP-2 Inner Harbour Precinct Multiple Dwelling District
KM-MD Kingston & Montreal Streets Multiple Dwelling & Marine Commercial District
R-1-P Single Family Dwelling (Princess Avenue) District
R-10 Central Area (Vancouver and View Streets) District
R-100 Richmond Road Multiple Dwelling District
R-101 Niagara Street District
R-102 Michigan Multiple Dwelling District
R-103 931 McClure Street District
R-104 Menzies Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-105 Multiple Dwelling (1125 Fort Street) District
R-106 Multiple Dwelling (Kings Road) District
R-107 Multiple Dwelling (1114 McClure) District
R-108 Multiple Dwelling (722 Discovery Street) District
R-109 Russell Street Supportive Housing District
R-11 Central Area 900 Block Yates Street District
R-110 Multiple Dwelling (450 Dallas Road) District
R-111 Belton Avenue Houseplex District
R-112 Multiple Dwelling Meares District
R-113 1702 Quadra Street District
R-114 1326 Pandora Avenue District
R-115 Manchester Multiple Dwelling District
R-117 1042 Richardson Street
R-118 Richmond Road District
R-119 1132 and 1134 Empress Avenue District
R-12 Gorge Road Multiple Dwelling District
R-120 1101 Yates Street District
R-13 Belmont Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R-14 Masters Road Multiple Dwelling District
R-15 Caledonia Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R-16 Mason Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-17 Caledonia Multiple Dwelling District
R-18 Mid-Rise Richmond Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R-19 View Street Apartment District
R-2 Two Family Dwelling District
R-2-D Two Family Dwelling (Albany Street) District
R-2-E Extended Two Family Dwelling District
R-2-G Two Family Dwelling (Gonzales) District
R-2-P Two Family Dwelling Pilot Street District
R-2-SS Two Family Dwelling (Styles Street) District
R-2-ST Two Family Dwelling (South Turner) District
R-2-T Two Single Family Dwellings District
R-2-V Two Family Dwelling Vista Street District
R-21 Hillside Avenue Apartment District
R-23 Gosworth Road Mid-Rise Apartment District
R-24 Quadra Street Mid-Rise Apartment District
R-25 Bonus 900 Yates Street District
R-26 View Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-27 Douglas Street Apartment District
R-28 Gosworth/Hillside Apartment District
R-29 Hillside Mid-Rise Apartment District
R-3-C Central Area Residential District
R-30 900 Block Johnson Multiple Dwelling District
R-31 Begbie-Fern Multiple Dwelling District
R-32 North Park Mid Rise District
R-33 North Park Apartment District
R-34 Gorge Townhouse & Apartment District
R-35 Kingston Apartment District
R-36 Willis Multiple Dwelling District
R-39 Fairfield Apartment District
R-4 Church & Multiple Dwelling District
R-40 Gorge Road Apartment District
R-42 Quadra Apartment District
R-43 Burnside Townhouse District
R-44 Apartment (Gorge) District
R-45 Oak Bay Townhouse & Apartment District
R-48 Harris Green District
R-49 Princess Apartment District
R-5 Central Area (Wilson Block) District
R-50 Meares Parking District
R-51 Pendray Apartment District
R-515 Rithet District
R-52 Meares Bed & Breakfast District
R-54 Burdett Apartment District
R-55 May Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-56 Quadra Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-57 Johnson Street Residential District
R-59 Ellice Street Supported Housing District
R-6 Multiple Dwelling (Rupert Terrace) District
R-60 Multiple Dwelling (Vancouver Street) District
R-61 Southgate Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-62 Multiple Dwelling Gorge District
R-63 Michigan Street District
R-64 Fernwood Multiple Dwelling District
R-65 Belleville Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-66 Quadra Street Conversion Multiple Dwelling District
R-68 Rock Bay Motel Conversion District
R-69 Multiple Dwelling Gorge and Irma District
R-7 Townhouse District
R-70 Gorge Road Motel Conversion District
R-71 Queens Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R-72 Park Boulevard Multiple Dwelling District
R-73 Rockland Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R-74 Ground-Oriented Multiple Dwelling District
R-75 Chambers North Park Multiple Dwelling District
R-76 Oak Bay Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R-77 Blanshard and Discovery Multiple Dwelling District
R-78 McClure Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-79 Low Rise Multiple Dwelling District
R-8 Low Profile Fernwood & Johnson Streets District
R-80 Niagara Multiple Dwelling District
R-81 Speed and Frances Multiple Dwelling District
R-82 Caledonia Multiple Dwelling District
R-84 Mount Edwards Court Residential District
R-85 Douglas Street Motel Conversion District
R-86 Ground-Oriented May Street District
R-87 Fifth Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-88 Niagara & Thetis Multiple Dwelling District
R-89 Gorge Road Multiple Dwelling District
R-9 Central Area (Yates & Quadra Streets) District
R-90 Quadra Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-91 North Park Residential District
R-92 Caledonia Residential District
R-93 Cook Street Multiple Dwelling District
R-94 Cook Street Residential District
R-95 Balmoral Multiple Dwelling District
R-96 Elford Dwelling District
R-97 Mount St. Angela Seniors' Housing District
R-98 Dallas Road Multiple Dwelling District
R-99 Multiple Dwelling Richardson District
R-BA Bay Street Attached Dwelling District
R-BB Single Family Dwelling (Bed & Breakfast) District
R-GT Grant Street Townhouse District
R-H-1 Rowhouse Dwelling District
R-H-2 Row House Dwelling (Hillside-Cook) District
R-H-4 Row House Dwelling (Windermere) District
R-J Low Density Attached Dwelling District
R-J-D Dallas Road Attached Dwelling District
R-J-R Russell Street Attached Dwelling District
R-K Medium Density Attached Dwelling District
R-K-L Ladysmith Townhouse District
R-K-P Pembroke Multiple Dwelling District
R-K-P2 Pembroke Multiple Dwelling 2 District
R-K-R Richardson Street Attached Dwelling District
R-K-S Shelbourne Street Attached Dwelling District
R-K-Sr Superior Street Attached Dwelling District
R-N Residential Nursing Home District
R-N-1 Elora Residential Nursing Home District
R-N-2 Rockland Residential Nursing Home District
R-N-3 Shelbourne Street Nursing Home District
R-S-1 Superior Townhouse and Bed & Breakfast District
R1- S32 Restricted Small Lot (Lee Avenue) District
R1-10 Richmond Apartment District
R1-11 Chestnut Apartment District
R1-13 Trutch Bed & Breakfast District
R1-14 Vancouver Bed & Breakfast District
R1-15 Linden Bed & Breakfast District
R1-17 Lee Bed & Breakfast District
R1-18 Eberts Bed & Breakfast District
R1-19 Begbie Single Family Dwelling District
R1-2 Gladstone Single Family Dwelling District
R1-21 Faithful Bed & Breakfast District
R1-22 Ormond Bed & Breakfast District
R1-23 Linden2 Bed & Breakfast District
R1-24 May Bed & Breakfast District
R1-25 Springfield Dwelling District
R1-26 Cridge Centre District
R1-28 Langham Court Single Family Dwelling District
R1-29 Manchester Conversion District District
R1-3 St. Charles Detached Dwelling District
R1-30 Hollywood Crescent Single Family Dwelling District
R1-31 Moss Conversion District
R1-33 Pemberton Conversion District
R1-34 Beverley Place Conversion District
R1-35 Langford Street District
R1-36 Richardson Street Conversion District
R1-37 Dominion Street Daycare District
R1-38 Bank Street Daycare District
R1-39 Cambridge Single Family Dwelling
R1-4 St. Charles Single Family Dwelling District
R1-40 Cambridge 2 Single Family Dwelling District
R1-41 Dallas Restricted Conversion District
R1-42 Richmond Panhandle District
R1-44 Collinson Restricted Conversion District
R1-45 Sylvia Street Conversion District
R1-46 Skinner Street Day Care District
R1-47 Washington Cottage Cluster District
R1-48 Burdett Conversion District
R1-49 Fernwood Conversion District
R1-5 Cook Extended Use Dwelling District
R1-50 Edgeware Road Rest Home District
R1-51 Washington 8 Cottage Cluster District
R1-52 Rockland Avenue Panhandle District
R1-6 St. Charles Bed & Breakfast District
R1-7 Bank Duplex District
R1-8 Montreal Day Care District
R1-9 Fort Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A Rockland Single Family Dwelling District
R1-A-P Pemberton Single Family Dwelling District
R1-A10 Carberry Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A11 Rockland5 Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A12 Carberry Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A13 Pemberton Townhouse District
R1-A14 Manor Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A15 Pemberton2 Single Family Dwelling District
R1-A16 St. Charles3 Single Family Dwelling District
R1-A17 Laurel Lane Conversion District
R1-A19 Rockland Avenue Heritage District
R1-A20 St. Charles Heritage District
R1-A4 Rockland Special District
R1-A5 Rockland (St. Charles) Townhouse District
R1-A6 Rockland Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A7 Rockland2 Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A8 Rockland3 Bed & Breakfast District
R1-A9 Rockland4 Bed & Breakfast District
R1-B Single Family Dwelling District
R1-B-Be Single Family Dwelling (Belmont Avenue) District
R1-B-GS Single Family Dwelling with Garden Suite District
R1-B-GS2 Single Family Dwelling with Garden Suite for Plus Sites District
R1-B-GS3 Single Family Dwelling with a Garden Suite Dallas Road District
R1-B-GS4-C1 Single Family Dwelling with Garden Suite and Limited Commercial Moss Street District
R1-B-GS5 Single Family Dwelling with Garden Suite (Clawthorpe Avenue) District
R1-B-GS6 Single Family Dwelling with Garden Suite (Prior Street) District
R1-B-M Single Family Dwelling (McClure Street) District
R1-B-PL Single Family Temporary Parking Lot District
R1-B-R Single Family Dwelling (Raynor) District
R1-BB1 Oxford Bed & Breakfast District
R1-C Single Family Dwelling District (Extended Use)
R1-CA Camosun Street Conversion District
R1-DC Single Family Dwelling (Day Care)/Parking Bonus) District
R1-DC2 Carroll Street Day Care District
R1-F Single Family Fairfield Road District
R1-FB Single Family Foul Bay Road District
R1-G Gonzales Single Family Dwelling District
R1-G2 Gonzales Small Lot District
R1-G4 Single Family (Gonzales-Chandler) District
R1-G5 Small Lot Single Family Dwelling (Robertson) District
R1-G6 Chadwick Place Single Family Dwelling District
R1-G8 Foul Bay Single Family Dwelling District
R1-G9 Foul Bay Heritage District
R1-HC Three Family House Conversion District
R1-HH Heart House District
R1-K Kindergarten House Conversion District
R1-L Single Family Dwelling (Linden) District
R1-M Single Family Dwelling (Neighbourhood Medical) District
R1-M1 Hillside Medical District
R1-MS Single Family Dwelling (May) District
R1-NH Newcombe House District District
R1-QB Quadra Street Bed & Breakfast District
R1-S Single Family Dwelling (Small Lot) District
R1-S-C Croft Street Small Lot District
R1-S-G Grant Street Small Lot District
R1-S1 Restricted Small Lot (One Storey) District
R1-S10 Bay Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S11 Simcoe Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S13 St. James Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S14 Lewis Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S15 Davie Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S16 Niagara Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S17 Finlayson Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S19 Springfield Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S2 Restricted Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S2-C Restricted Small Lot (Two Storey) Chambers District
R1-S20 Mary/Dundas Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S21 McKenzie Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S22 Grant Small Lot District
R1-S25 Pembroke Street Restricted Small Lot Two Storey District
R1-S26 Restricted Small Lot (Haultain Street) District
R1-S28 Restricted Small Lot with Secondary Suite (Pearl Street) District
R1-S29 Restricted Small Lot (Oswego Street) District
R1-S3 Asquith Street Small Lot District
R1-S30 Powell Street Small Lot District
R1-S31 Restricted Small Lot with Secondary Suite (Fullerton Street) District
R1-S33 Restricted Small Lot with Secondary Suite (Walker Street) District
R1-S34 Restricted Small Lot (Heather Street) District
R1-S4 Caledonia Avenue Small Lot District
R1-S5 Rudlin Small Lot District
R1-S7 Vista Small Lot (One Storey) District
R1-S8 Walnut Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-S9 Fernwood Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R1-SC Restricted Small Lot (Commercial) District
R1-SDC Scott Street Daycare District
R1-SL Single Family Storage Lot District
R1-SLVH Single Family Storage Lot/Vehicle Sales District
R1-TR Trutch Street Conversion District
R1-Van Single Family Vancouver Street District
R1-YH Single Family Youth Hostel District
R2-1 Foul Bay Duplex District
R2-10 Bay Duplex District
R2-13 Cedar Hill Duplex
R2-14 Reed Duplex District
R2-15 Haultain Duplex District
R2-16 Gonzales Duplex District
R2-17 Gorge Duplex District
R2-18 Bushby-Carroll Duplex District
R2-2 Gosworth Duplex District
R2-20 Spring Duplex District
R2-22 Government Dwelling District
R2-23 Cedar Hill Dwelling District
R2-24 Menzies Bed & Breakfast District
R2-25 Caledonia Duplex District
R2-26 St. Andrews Bed & Breakfast District
R2-27 Medana Bed & Breakfast District
R2-28 Superior Bed & Breakfast District
R2-29 Kingston Bed & Breakfast District
R2-3 Caledonia Extended Attached Dwelling District
R2-30 Medana Bed & Breakfast District
R2-31 St. Andrews2 Bed & Breakfast District
R2-32 Simcoe Bed & Breakfast District
R2-33 Government Bed & Breakfast District
R2-34 Cambridge Duplex District
R2-35 St. Lawrence Strata District
R2-36 Dallas Conversion District
R2-37 Government2 Bed & Breakfast District
R2-38 Fifth Duplex District
R2-39 Bay Residential District
R2-4 Haultain Attached Dwelling District
R2-40 Johnson Duplex District
R2-41 Haultain Duplex District
R2-42 Simcoe2 Bed & Breakfast District
R2-43 540 Two-Family Dwelling District
R2-44 Michigan Multiple Dwelling District
R2-45 Princess Residential District
R2-46 Richmond Residential District
R2-47 Government Secondary Suite District
R2-48 Oswego Duplex District
R2-49 South Turner Conversion District
R2-5 Belmont Duplex District
R2-50 Suffolk Duplex District
R2-52 Two Family Dwelling (Leonard Street) District
R2-53 Wilson Attached Dwelling District
R2-54 Restricted Duplex (Dallas Road) District
R2-55 Duplex with Secondary Suite (Chamberlain) District
R2-56 Superior Street Conversion District
R2-57 Two Single Family Dwelling (Richmond) District
R2-58 Toronto Street Conversion District
R2-59 Two Family Dwelling (Haultain) District
R2-60 Two Family Dwelling (Queens) District
R2-61 Washington Townhouse District
R2-62 Two Family Dwelling (Robertson) District
R2-63 Foul Bay Ground Oriented Dwelling District
R2-64 Simcoe Duplex Plus District
R2-65 Two Family Dwelling with Accessory Dwelling Unit District
R2-66 Two Family Dwelling with Suites (South Turner) District
R2-8 Davie Duplex District
R2-9 Balfour Duplex District
R2-CH Church & Two Family Dwelling District
R2-Gr Duplex (Grant) District
R2-H Haultain Street Duplex District
R2-K Two Family Dwelling (Kings) District
R2-M Two Family Dwelling (Michigan) District
R2-Ms Two Family Dwelling (Moss) District
R2-S Two Family Dwelling with Suites
R2-S2 Two Family Dwelling/Small Lot (Two Storey) District
R2-Sh Two Family Dwelling (Shakespeare) District
R2-SJ Two Family Dwelling San Jose Avenue District
R2-W Duplex (Washington) District
R3-1 / R3-2 Multiple Dwelling District
R3-A-SC Low Profile Multiple Dwelling (Senior Citizen) District
R3-A1 / R3-A2 Low Profile Multiple Dwelling District
R3-A1-SO Southgate Low Profile Multiple Dwelling District
R3-AM-1 / 2 Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling District
R3-AM-2H Mid-Rise Hillside Avenue Multiple Dwelling District
R3-AM-3 Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling District Heywood District
R3-AM-4 Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling (Burdett) District
R3-AM-5 Mid-rise Multiple Dwelling District (Fort) District
R3-AM-BM Mid Rise Burdett and McClure District
R3-AM-E Mid-Rise Multiple Dwelling (Esquimalt Road) District
R3-AM-F Mid-Rise Fairfield Road Multiple Dwelling District
R3-AM-H Humboldt Valley Mid-Rise District
R3-B Bonus Multiple Dwelling District
R3-C-B Central Area Business Office District
R3-C-C Central Area (Chelsea) District
R3-C-P Central Area Multiple Dwelling & Parking Lot District
R3-C-T Central Area Multiple Dwelling & Technology District
R3-C-V Central Area Residential (Vancouver) District
R3-C-VS Central Area Vehicle Sales
R3-C-Y Central Area Residential Yates Street District
R3-G Garden Apartment District
R3-G-K Garden Apartment (Kiwanis) District
R3-G-QV Garden Apartment (Quadra Villa) District
R3-G-SC Garden Apartment (Senior Citizen) District
R3-H High Density Multiple Dwelling District
R3-JB Multiple Dwelling St James Street District
R3-L Low Density Multiple Dwelling District
R3-M Medium Density Multiple Dwelling District
R3-NP Multiple Dwelling - North Park District
R3-P Multiple Dwelling Parry Street District
R3-Q Multiple Dwelling Quebec Street District
R3-S Special Multiple Dwelling District
R3-V Multiple Dwelling - View Street District
RJ-1 Rockland Triplex District
RJ-10 Jackson Street Townhouse District
RJ-2 Catherine Guest District
RJ-3 Wilson Townhouse District
RJ-4 Mary Transient District
RJ-5 Mary2 Transient District
RJ-6 Dallas Transient District
RJ-7 Dallas Two Family Dwelling District
RJ-9 McCaskill Attached Dwelling District
RK-10 Balmoral Studio District
RK-11 Fairfield Townhouse District
RK-12 Superior Townhouse District
RK-13 Fairfield Bed & Breakfast District
RK-14 Dallas Townhouse District
RK-15 North Park Townhouse District
RK-16 Shelbourne3 Townhouse District
RK-17 Meares Townhouse District
RK-18 Linden Bed & Breakfast District
RK-19 Richardson Townhouse District
RK-2 Washington Townhouse District
RK-21 Chester Townhouse District
RK-22 Pendray Dwelling District
RK-23 Niagara Street District
RK-24 Kingston Street Multiple Dwelling District
RK-25 Shelbourne4 Townhouse District
RK-26 Ontario Street Townhouse District
RK-27 St. Lawrence Street Townhouse District
RK-28 Fernwood Multiple Dwelling District
RK-3 Shelbourne Townhouse District
RK-4 Elora Townhouse District
RK-5 Mary Street Townhouse District
RK-6 Shelbourne Townhouse District
RK-7 Scott Townhouse District
RK-8 Humboldt Bed & Breakfast District
RK-9 Cook Townhouse District
RK-F Fairfield Road Ground-Oriented Dwelling District
RK-M Montreal Street Ground-Oriented Dwelling District
RK-VW2 Vic West Attached Dwelling (Double Row – General Area)
RMD-1 Residential Mixed Use Broughton Street District
RMD-2 Residential Mixed Use Fort Street District
RMD-4 Residential Mixed Use Broughton Street (South) District
RN-4 Superior Street Nursing Home District
RS-1 Single Family Infill Dwelling District
RT Traditional Residential Attached Dwelling District
RT-2 Traditional Residential (Frame) Attached Dwelling District
RT-3 Irma District
RT-4 Attached Dwelling (Russell) District
RTM Traditional Residential Multiple Dwelling District
RTM-2 Foul Bay Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-1 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-10 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-11 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-12 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-14 Songhees Housing District
SMD-2 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-3 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-5 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SMD-6 Songhees Multiple Dwelling District
SRW Songhees Waterfront Residential District
STR-1 Songhees Transient Accommodation Residential District
STR-2 Songhees Transient Accommodation Residential District
URMD Urban Residential Multiple Dwelling District
URMD-2 Urban Residential (Douglas Street) District

Mixed use zones

LVD-1 Local Village District – 1 Zone
CVD-1 Community Village District – 1 Zone
TCD-1 Town Centre District – 1
MRD-1 Mixed Use Residential District – 1 Zone
OTD-1 Old Town District – 1 Zone
CHP-CR Cathedral Hill Precinct - Commercial Residential District
CR-2 Commercial Residential District
CR-3 Commercial Residential Apartment District
CR-3C Commercial Residential (Catherine Street) District
CR-3M Commercial Residential Apartment Modified District
CR-3M-1 Commercial Residential Apartment (Cook Street Village) District
CR-3M-2 Commercial Residential Apartment (Sutlej) District
CR-3OB Oak Bay Commercial Residential District
CR-4 Upper Cook Commercial-Residential District
CR-4-OB Oak Bay Commercial Residential District
CR-4C Upper Cook (Cannabis) District
CR-5 Commercial Residential Pembroke District
CR-6 Commercial Residential Fernwood Village District
CR-C Cook Commercial Residential District
CR-C2 Cook2 Commercial Residential District
CR-CO Commercial Residential Cook and Oliphant District
CR-CP Cook and Pendergast District
CR-D Dallas Residential Commercial District
CR-DH Douglas-Hillside District
CR-E Erie Residential Commercial District
CR-F Fernwood Commercial Residential District
CR-FB Commercial Residential Fort and Belcher District
CR-G Commercial Residential Gorge Road District
CR-GI Gorge and Irma District
CR-M Menzies Commercial Residential District
CR-M-2 Menzies Commercial Residential 2 District
CR-Ma Commercial Residential Mason Street District
CR-NP North Park Commercial Residential District
CR-OB Oak Bay Commercial District
CR-OR Oak Bay and Redfern District
CR-P2 Parkway District
CR-Q Quadra Commercial District
CR-S Commercial Residential Superior District
CR-SC Commercial Residential Southgate & Cook Streets District
P-CR Princess Commercial Residential District

Commercial zones

CBD-1 Central Business District – 1 Zone
CBD-2 Central Business District – 2 Zone
BSC Belleville Street Commercial District
C-1 Limited Commercial District
C-1T Limited Commercial Transient Accommodation District
C-2 Commercial District
C-2S General Commercial - Service Station District
C-3-H Harbour Commercial District
C-4H Harbour Activity District
C-SM Menzies Special Service Station District
C-SS Special Service Station District
C-SY Yates Special Service Station District
C1-1 Gorge Limited Commercial District
C1-2 Fort Limited Commercial District
C1-3 Limited Commercial (Cannabis) District
C1-4 Fort Street Commercial (Cannabis) District
C1-AS Limited Commercial Automotive Service Centre District
C1-AS-1 Hillside Commercial Automotive District
C1-BB Blanshard and Broughton Street District
C1-BP Brew-Pub Commercial District
C1-C Club District
C1-C2 Limited Commercial (Small Cannabis) District
C1-C3 Catherine Commercial District
C1-Ca Limited Casino Commercial District
C1-CC Limited Commercial (Cannabis) District
C1-CH Cook-Hillside Multiple Dwelling District
C1-CP Cook Pub District
C1-CR Commercial-Residential District
C1-CR-2 Neighbourhood Business District
C1-CR-4 Neighbourhood Office District
C1-CR-5 Balmoral Neighbourhood Office District
C1-CR-6 Quadra Commercial Residential District
C1-CR-7 Burnside Neighbourhood Business District
C1-CR-G Government Street Commercial Residential District
C1-CR-H Hillside Avenue Commercial Residential District
C1-DC-1 Shopping Centre District
C1-DC-2 Suburban Shopping Centre District
C1-FH Fort Street Commercial Heritage District
C1-FH2 Fort Street Commercial Heritage 2 District
C1-FS Limited Commercial Free-Standing Food Sales District
C1-G Gorge Road Neighbourhood Business District
C1-H Limited Commercial Hotel District
C1-Ha Haultain Brew District
C1-HC Hillside Commercial District
C1-HM Hillside and Market District
C1-J Limited Commercial Junction District
C1-JB James Bay Extended Commercial District
C1-L Commercial Landscape District
C1-M Limited Commercial Medical Uses District
C1-MF Moss & Fairfield Limited Commercial District
C1-MS Myrtle & Shelbourne Streets Commercial Residential District
C1-N Neighbourhood Shopping District
C1-N-BU Burnside U-Brew Wine District
C1-N-H Hillside Pub District
C1-N-No Nanaimo Neighbourhood District
C1-N-Q Queens Transient Accommodation District
C1-N2 Neighbourhood Shopping (Cannabis) 2 District
C1-NC Neighbourhood Shopping (Cannabis) District
C1-NM Neighbourhood (Modified) Shopping District
C1-NM-G Gorge Road Neighbourhood (Modified) Shopping District
C1-NN Suburban Centre District
C1-OC-H Hillside Office Commercial District
C1-P Neighbourhood Pub District
C1-P-C Cook & Oxford Streets Pub District
C1-P-FL Fort & Leighton Pub District
C1-QA Queens Avenue Limited Commercial District
C1-QC Quadra Village (Cannabis) District
C1-QV Quadra Village District
C1-QV-F Quadra Village Fifth Street District
C1-QV1 Quadra Village Commercial District
C1-QV2 Quadra Village (2558 Quadra) District
C1-R Richmond Limited Commercial
C1-RC Regional Shopping Centre District
C1-RLC Richmond Limited Commercial District
C1-S Limited Commercial Service Station District
C1-S2 Limited Commercial Service Station (Cannabis) District
C1-S3 Limited Tolmie Commercial District
C1-SC Limited Commercial Shopping Centre District
C1-TC Hillside Town Centre District
C1-TD Limited Commercial Transient Accommodation (Douglas Street) District
C1-TM Limited Commercial Transient Accommodation (Modified) District
C1-TM1 Blanshard Residential Care District
C1-V Limited Commercial Veterinarian Clinic District
C1-VH Limited Commercial Veterinary Hospital District
C1N-B Bus Terminal District
C1N-D Douglas Commercial District
C3-3MC Modified Cook Street District
CA-1 Pandora Avenue Special Commercial District
CA-1-FG Franklin Green District
CA-10 Central Area Gordon Street District
CA-11 Central Area (Executive House) District
CA-12 Central Area (Government Street) District
CA-13 Central Area (Broughton Street) District
CA-14 Central Area (Yates Street) District
CA-15 Old Town Brewery District
CA-16 Old Town Pub & Brewery District
CA-18 Central Area Waddington Building District
CA-19 Swift Street Pub & Brewery District
CA-2 Fort Street Special Commercial District
CA-20 Burdett Avenue Commercial Office District
CA-21 Fisgard & Pandora Old Town Parkade District
CA-22 Douglas Street Pub District
CA-23 Yates Street Commercial District
CA-24 Douglas Street Commercial District
CA-25 700 Yates Commercial District
CA-26 Store Street Commercial/Industrial District
CA-27 Fisgard Street District
CA-28 Coronet District
CA-29 Courtney Street Commercial District
CA-3 Central Area General Commercial District
CA-30 Herald Street Commercial District
CA-31 Sussex District
CA-32 Old Town Hamley District
CA-34 Swift Waterfront Brew Pub District
CA-35 Harris Green Walkway (Pandora) District
CA-37 Y Lot District
CA-38 Douglas Apartment District
CA-39 Courtney Old Town District
CA-3C Old Town District
CA-3S Central Area Special Commercial District
CA-4 Central Area Commercial Office District
CA-4-S Central Area Commercial Office (Special) District
CA-40 Pandora Office District
CA-41 Blanshard Office District
CA-42 Harris Green Commercial District
CA-42-F Harris Green Commercial (Fort Street) District
CA-43 Pandora Harris Green District
CA-44 Douglas Commercial Office District
CA-45 Old Town Wharf Pub District
CA-46 Government Retail/Residential District
CA-47 Y Lot1 District
CA-48 Y Lot2 District
CA-49 Cormorant District
CA-5 Comprehensive Commercial District
CA-50 Government Street LRS District
CA-51 Central Area (Yates2 Street) District
CA-52 Old Town Government Pub District
CA-53 Central Area (737 Humboldt Street) District
CA-54 Johnson Street District
CA-57 Central Area (813 Douglas Street) District
CA-58 Harris Green (947 Fort Street) District
CA-59 Hudson Bay District
CA-6 Central Area (Station Hotel) District
CA-60 Radius District
CA-61 Central Area (Broughton Street) District
CA-62 Central Area (Yates-View) District
CA-63 Central Area (Gateway Green) District
CA-64 Central Area (Atrium) Office District
CA-66 Harris Green (840 Fort Street) District
CA-67 Fort Street Office District
CA-68 New England District District
CA-7 Central Area (Dominion Hotel) District
CA-70 Plaza District
CA-71 Old Town (615 Fort Street) Office District
CA-72 Fort Street Commercial - Residential District
CA-73 Pandora and Cook Apartment District
CA-74 Deans Block District
CA-75 Pandora Vancouver Mixed Use District
CA-76 Fort Street Commercial and Cultural Facility District
CA-77 Douglas and Pandora Office District
CA-78 Central Area (Garesche) District
CA-79 Old Town Cannabis District
CA-8 Central Area Parkade District
CA-80 Central Area (Belleville) District
CA-80A Central Area (Cannabis) District
CA-81 Central Area Commercial (Cannabis) District
CA-82 Old Town Cannabis 2 District
CA-83 Harris Green (Cannabis) 2 District
CA-84 Harris Green (930 Fort Street) District
CA-9 Queen Victoria Hotel District
CA-90 Mid Cook District
CA-91 Harris Green (1400 Vancouver and 952 Johnson) District
CA-92 Central Area (1015 Cook) District
CA-93 Central Area (1114 Rockland) District
CA-94 Harris Green (1468 Vancouver) District
CA-96 Meares Residential District
CA-CH Central Area Customs House District
CA-CI Capital Iron District
CA-HG Harris Green District
CA-OV Olympic View District
CA-W Old Town Waterfront District
CE Limited Commercial Exhibit District
CHP-OB Cathedral Hill Precinct Office Building District
FWM Fisherman's Wharf Marine District
IHB Inner Harbour Beacon District
IHBA Inner Harbour Bastion District
IHE Inner Harbour Empress District
IHF Inner Harbour Finlayson District
IHF-1 Inner Harbour Finlayson (Rental Business) District
IHH Inner Harbour Heritage District
IHM Inner Harbour Malahat District
IHMc Inner Harbour McQuades District
IHP-3 Inner Harbour Precinct Limited Transient Accommodation District
IHR Inner Harbour Regent District
IHSN Inner Harbour Ship Point North District
IHSR Inner Harbour Ship Point Recreation District
IHSS Inner Harbour Ship Point South District
IHT Inner Harbour Transportation District
IHT2 Inner Harbour Terminal District
IHT3 Inner Harbour Commercial District
KMH Kingston & Montreal Streets Hotel & Marine Commercial District
LP-1 Douglas Building District
S-1 Limited Service District
S-10 Limited Service (Cannabis) District
S-10-CP Services Clover Point District
S-11 Limited Service (Cannabis 2) District
S-12 Douglas & Kings Limited Service District
S-2 Special District
S-3 Modified Limited Service District
S-4 Yates Street Service District
S-5 Government Street Service District
S-6 Dunedin Limited Service District
S-7 Douglas Limited Service District
S-8 Garbally Limited Service District
S-9 Quadra Special District
S-BP-1 Business Park District
S-BP-2 Business Park District
S-PH Point Hope Shipyards District
SA-1 St. Ann's Academy District
SCR-1 Songhees Commercial District
SCR-2 Songhees Commercial District
SD-1 Dockside District
SD-2 Dockside District
SLC Songhees Limited Commercial District
SNC Songhees Neighbourhood Commercial Centre District
SNC-1 Songhees Wilson Park Commercial District
SNC-1C Songhees Wilson Park Commercial (Cannabis) District
SNC-2 Songhees Wilson Park District
SOC Songhees Office Commercial District
SRS Songhees Single Family Residential District
SSC Songhees Social Club District
SSR Saghalie Road District
ST-1 Songhees-Sitkum District
ST-2 Songhees-Sitkum (Print Plant) District
T-1 Limited Transient Accommodation District
T-10 Kingston & Quebec Streets Transient Accommodation District
T-11 Belleville Street Transient Accommodation District
T-12 Kingston Street Transient Accommodation District
T-13 Vancouver Street Transient Accommodation District
T-15 Superior Street Accommodation District
T-16 Gorge Road Transient Accommodation District
T-17 Quebec1 Transient Accommodation District
T-18 Quebec2 Transient Accommodation District
T-19 Douglas Transient Accommodation District
T-2 Special Transient Accommodation District
T-20 Kingston Transient Accommodation District
T-21 Quebec3 Transient Accommodation District
T-22 Pemberton Transient Accommodation District
T-23 Government & Marifield Transient Accommodation District
T-24 Quebec 4 Accommodation District
T-25 McClure Transient Accommodation District
T-26 Laurel Point District
T-3 Transient Accommodation District
T-4 Modified Transient Accommodation District
T-5 Belleville Street Transient Accommodation District
T-6 James Bay Transient Accommodation District
T-7 Bessborough Street Transient Accommodation District
T-8 Dallas Road Street Transient Accommodation District
T-9 Michigan Street Transient Accommodation District

Industrial zones

IAI-1 Industry, Arts & Innovation – 1 Zone
MI-1 Marine Industrial – 1 Zone
LI-1 Light Industrial – 1 Zone
HI-1 Heavy Industrial – 1 Zone
IHP-4 Inner Harbour Precinct Light Industrial District
M-1 Limited Light Industrial District
M-1-B Burnside Road Light Industrial District
M-1-Fr Frances Street Light Industrial District
M-1C Limited Light Industrial (Cannabis) District
M-2 Light Industrial District
M-2-A Special Light Industrial District
M-2-CM Light Industrial Catherine & Mary Streets District
M-2-G Government Street Light Industrial District
M-2-NQ Nanaimo Quesnel Service District
M-2-Q Queens Avenue Light Industrial District
M-2C Light Industrial (Cannabis) District
M-3 Heavy Industrial District
M-3-BP Heavy Industrial and Brew Pub District
M-3A Industrial Equipment Manufacturing District
M-3B Bay Street Heavy Industrial District
M-3S Special Heavy Industrial District
M-3T Tank Farm District
M-4 Service Station & Heavy Industrial District
M-BP Brew Pub Industrial District District
M-CS-1 Marine - Comprehensive Service District
M-G Government Light Industrial 2 District
M-G-3 Government Light Industrial 3 District
M-G-4 Government Light Industrial 4 District
M-S Marine Service District
M-S-1 Marine Service (Outer Harbour) District
M1-D Douglas Industrial District
M1-F Frances Industrial District
M1-R Russell Street Light Industrial District
M1-RC Russell Street Light Industrial (Cannabis) District
M1-W William Industrial District
M2-A1 Caledonia Light Industrial District
M2-B Bay Light Industrial District
M2-CM2 Mary Light Industrial District
M2-D Dunedin Light Industrial District
M2-E Employment-Residential District
M2-GJ Government & John Street Light Industrial District
M2-I Douglas-Blanshard Industrial District
M2-S Songhees Light Industrial District
M2-SC Songhees (Cannabis) District
M2-SE Songhees Employment-Residential
M2-TB Tyee-Bay Light Industrial District
M3-1 Heavy Industrial (Cannabis) District
M3-BH Bridge & Hillside Heavy Industrial District
M3-C Bay Commercial & Marine District
M3-G Government Heavy Industrial District
MD-1 Discovery Light Industrial District
MS-2 Huron Residential & Marine Service District
MS-3 Kingston Hotel District
MS-4 Store Marina District
MS-6 Lime Bay District
SBP-3 Business Park District
SBP-5 Tyee Business District
SBP-6 Tyee Business District

Public zones

AGGV Art Gallery of Greater Victoria District
AGH Abkhazi Garden Heritage District
BPT Belleville Park Tourist District
CCVC Craigdarroch Castle Visitor Centre District
CHP-PARK Cathedral Hill Precinct Public Parks District
CHP-PB Cathedral Hill Precinct (Public Buildings) District
CRP Cecelia Ravine Park District
GWP Gorge Waterway Park District
IH-PARK Inner Harbour Parks & Causeway District
IH-PARK-R Inner Harbour Parks & Causeway Restaurant District
PB Public Buildings District
PL Parking Lot District
SI Songhees Institutional District
VHP Victoria Harbour Park District

Comprehensive development zones

CD-1 Selkirk Comprehensive District
CD-10 Burnside Comprehensive Development District
CD-11 RJH District
CD-12 Roundhouse District
CD-13 Royal British Columbia Museum Zone
CD-14 Pemberton Comprehensive Development District
CD-15 Crosstown District
CD-16 Fernwood Comprehensive Development District
CD-17 Gladstone Comprehensive Development District
CD-18 Harris Green Comprehensive Development District
CD-19 Douglas Caledonia Comprehensive Development District
CD-2 Legislative Precinct Comprehensive District
CD-20 Gorge Road East Comprehensive Development District
CD-22 Evergreen District
CD-4 Fairfield Block Comprehensive District
CD-5 Railyards Residential Commercial District
CD-7 Cook Street Village District
CD-8 Chown Place Comprehensive Development District
CD-9 Dockside District

Key facts

How to find your zone	Use VicMap: select a property on the map to see its zoning, or turn on the Planning and Development theme under Show Layers and Themes. Then read that zone's rules in the Zoning Bylaw.What Can I Do With My Property; Zoning, Zoning page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 Official wording Select a property on VicMap to see the applicable zoning; consult the Zoning Bylaw to determine what is permitted in your zone. Click on a property or choose the Planning and Development theme under the Show Layers and Themes menu.
Zoning bylaw	Zoning Bylaw 2018 (No. 18-072) covers the Downtown Core, Industry, Arts and Innovation District, Villages, Town Centres and most residential lands; the older Zoning Regulation Bylaw (No. 80-159) covers remaining properties. Copy of 2018 bylaw lists amendments to Oct 1, 2026 (header says June 9, 2022).Zoning, Zoning page; Zoning Bylaw 2018, Zoning Bylaw 2018 page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 Official wording Zoning Bylaw 2018 regulates the Downtown Core Area and most of the commercial and low-density residential properties within Victoria. applies to most industrial properties, medium- to high-density residential properties outside of the downtown, comprehensive development districts and some commercial properties. Ten zones now cover the Downtown Core Area, the Industry, Arts and Innovation District, the Villages and Town Centres and most residential lands.
What the zone controls	Permitted uses, density of development, height, setbacks, lot coverage and open space, lot size, and motor vehicle and bicycle parking, plus any site-specific rules for particular addresses.Zoning Bylaw 2018 (18-072), Zoning Bylaw 2018, Part 4 (e.g. LVD-1 zone); What Can I Do With My Property · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 Official wording 1. Permitted Uses 2. Density of Development 3. Height 4. Setbacks and Projections 6. Lot Coverage and Open Space 7. Lot Dimension and Area 8. Site Specific Regulations the density of development and the size and siting of all buildings and off-street parking
Contact	Development Services: 250.361.0316 or zoning@victoria.ca. The Zoning Bylaw 2018 cover also lists the Planning and Development Department, planning@victoria.ca.Business Licensing, Business Licensing page, Step One; Zoning Bylaw 2018 (18-072), Publishing information · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 Official wording For information on zoning, contact the City's Development Services at 250.361.0316 or zoning@victoria.ca. 1 Centennial Square Victoria, BC V8W 1P6 E: planning@victoria.ca W: victoria.ca This consolidation is a copy of a bylaw consolidated under the authority of section 139 of the Community Charter.
Bylaw	Zoning Bylaw 2018 (No. 18-072) and Zoning Regulation Bylaw (No. 80-159)Zoning Bylaw 2018 (18-072), Publishing information; Zoning Regulation Bylaw (80-159), general regulations, title page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 Official wording Title: Zoning Bylaw 2018 NO. 80 - 159 This bylaw may be cited as the "Zoning Regulation Bylaw".

How it works

Zoning Bylaw 2018 (No. 18-072) covers the Downtown Core, the Industry, Arts and Innovation District, Villages, Town Centres and most residential lands. The older Zoning Regulation Bylaw (No. 80-159) covers the remaining properties. A zone sets permitted uses, density, height, setbacks, lot coverage and open space, lot size, and motor vehicle and bicycle parking, plus any site-specific rules for particular addresses.

Steps

Open VicMap and select your property to see its zoning. You can also turn on the Planning and Development theme under Show Layers and Themes.
Note the zone name, and which of the two bylaws it belongs to.
Read that zone's rules in the matching bylaw.
If you are unsure, email zoning@victoria.ca or call Development Services at 250-361-0316.

Good to know

A building permit and, in some cases, a development permit are still needed before you build.
The City's website copies of both bylaws are office consolidations. The City says to check City Hall for the current text.

Official forms and pages

The same question in other places

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Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality →

Sources

Zoning, City of Victoria (read 2026-11-05)
What Can I Do With My Property, City of Victoria (read 2026-11-05)
Zoning Bylaw 2018, City of Victoria (read 2026-11-05)
Zoning Bylaw 2018 (18-072) (PDF) (read 2026-11-05)
Zoning Regulation Bylaw (80-159), general regulations (PDF) (read 2026-11-05)
Business Licensing, City of Victoria (read 2026-11-05)

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