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Whistler 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 in Whistler?

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

Short answer

In Whistler, open the Municipality's Whistler Map, search your civic address and read the zoning at the bottom of the information panel. You can also send a Property Zoning Inquiry for $250 per property, plus $35 for a land title search. Rules are in Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303.

Zoning map

CommercialIndustrialPublicResidentialComprehensive developmentRuralMixed use

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

Zoning shown from the Resort Municipality of Whistler's Whistler Map data, downloaded 2026-11-07.

Zones in Whistler

From Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026). The consolidation is printed by authority of the Corporate Officer under section 139 of the Community Charter. Zones marked deleted in the bylaw (RM8, RM32, RR3, TP1 to TP3, CR3, CR5, CR6, LNP, LNL) are not listed. 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.

Commercial zones

Industrial zones

Public zones

Residential zones

Comprehensive development zones

  • CD1 Comprehensive Development One
  • RM-CD2 Residential Multiple - Comprehensive Development Two

Rural zones

Mixed use zones

Key facts

How to find your zoneOpen the Whistler Map, search the civic address, and read the zoning at the bottom of the information panel; click the orange Bylaw link for the zone's regulations. Or send a Property Zoning Inquiry form: $250 per property, plus $35 per property for a land title search.Find Property Information, Property zoning; Find Property Information, Development Permit Areas · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
Official wording
Open the Whistler Map and use the Search function to locate the property by the civic address.
Look for the zoning of the property at the bottom of the information panel to the left of the map.
Click the orange Bylaw link to open a PDF of the zoning regulations.
This costs $250 per property request and an additional $35 per property if you would like us to do a land title search.
Select the individual Development Permit Areas schedules.
Zoning bylawZoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015. The consolidation on the website is dated August 8, 2026.Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (PDF, consolidated August 8, 2026), title page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
Official wording
has been consolidated on August 08, 2026 and printed by the authority of the Corporate Officer of the Resort
What the zone controlsWhich uses are permitted, the density (gross floor area or floor space ratio), site coverage, height, setbacks, minimum parcel size and frontage, and off-street parking and loading.Find Property Information, Property zoning; Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (PDF, consolidated August 8, 2026), Part 12, RS1 Zone (example) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
Official wording
Whistler's Zoning and Parking Bylaw 303, 2015 regulates the use of land, buildings and structures. It also regulates parking and loading spaces and associated landscaping.
The following uses are permitted and all other uses are prohibited:
The maximum permitted height of a building is 7.6 metres.
The minimum permitted front setback is 7.6 metres.
ContactPlanning Department: 604-935-8170, planning@whistler.ca.Building and Development Permits, top of page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
Official wording
Planning questions: Planning Department planning@whistler.ca 604-935-8170
BylawZoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (PDF, consolidated August 8, 2026), title page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
Official wording
ZONING AND PARKING BYLAW NO. 303, 2015

How it works

Whistler's zoning is set by Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidated August 8, 2026). A zone controls which uses are permitted, density (gross floor area or floor space ratio), site coverage, height, setbacks, minimum parcel size and frontage, and off-street parking and loading. Developments may also need a covenant check and a development permit.

Steps

  1. Open the Whistler Map from the Municipality's Find Property Information page and search your civic address.
  2. Read the zoning at the bottom of the information panel, and click the orange Bylaw link for the zone's regulations.
  3. Check the map for a Development Permit Area (OCP layer) or environmental concerns such as a riparian area.
  4. For a formal answer, send a Property Zoning Inquiry form: $250 per property, plus $35 per property for a land title search.

Good to know

  • Planning Department: 604-935-8170, planning@whistler.ca.
  • A zone's rules differ from zone to zone; read the one for your lot.

Official forms and pages

The same question in other places

Pemberton · Squamish · Lions Bay · Anmore · District of North Vancouver · Bowen Island

Zoning maps in British Columbia, by municipality →

Sources

  1. Find Property Information, Resort Municipality of Whistler (read 2026-11-06)
  2. Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (PDF, consolidated August 8, 2026) (read 2026-11-06)
  3. Building and Development Permits, Resort Municipality of Whistler (read 2026-11-06)

Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text. How answers are checked.