R3-Q zone in Victoria: Multiple Dwelling Quebec Street District

Victoria, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Quebec Street Multiple Dwelling District.

Zone rules

Purpose	Quebec Street Multiple Dwelling District.
Main uses	Multiple dwelling Accessory building
Minimum lot area	1,850 m²
Minimum lot width	35 m average lot width
Maximum lot coverage	By storeys in the building: 1 to 4 storeys 30%; 5 storeys 24%; 6 or more storeys 20%
Maximum density	Floor space ratio by storeys: 1 storey 0.3 to 1.0; 2 storeys 0.6 to 1.0; 3 storeys 0.9 to 1.0; 4 or more storeys 1.2 to 1.0
Maximum height	21.50 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings	Car shelters: 3 m
Front setback	4.0 m
Rear setback	Rear yard (south, facing Kingston St.): nil for portions of the building 4.5 m high or lower; 6.0 m for portions above 4.5 m
Interior side setback	Nil for portions of a building 9.0 m high or lower; 7.5 m for portions above 9.0 m
Street side setback	4.0 m
Other rules	Open site space at least 30.0% Vehicle parking at least 0.81 spaces per dwelling unit, plus visitor parking of 5% of required spaces Dwelling units must be at least 26 m² in the first 3 storeys and 33 m² above the third storey Balconies or decks facing a street may project up to 1.0 m into a setback

Source: 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), s. 3.113 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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