{
  "title": "Vancouver laneway house building permits, 2017 to present",
  "publisher": "KYRAX Homes",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "KYRAX Homes, kyraxhomes.com/vancouver-laneway-permits/",
  "source": "City of Vancouver Open Data Portal, issued-building-permits",
  "sourceUrl": "https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/issued-building-permits/",
  "definition": "typeofwork=\"New Building\" AND specificusecategory LIKE \"Laneway House\"",
  "multipleDwellingDefinition": "typeofwork=\"New Building\" AND specificusecategory LIKE \"Multiple Dwelling\"",
  "extractedOn": "2026-09-24",
  "dataThrough": "2026-09-22",
  "totalPermits": 4147,
  "warning": "avgDeclaredValueCad is the permit-fee reference figure (projectvalue), not a construction cost. The city records it at $250 per square foot of floor area, and its 2024 jump mixes the R1-1 size increase with a 2023 change in how the figure is recorded. Do not report it as what a laneway house costs to build.",
  "caveat": "A static extract, not a live feed. The city revises earlier years: between the 11 September 2026 and 24 September 2026 extracts, 2021 rose by 2 and 2022 fell by 2.",
  "byYear": [
    {
      "year": "2017",
      "permits": 589,
      "avgApprovalDays": 253,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 190175,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 132
    },
    {
      "year": "2018",
      "permits": 730,
      "avgApprovalDays": 221,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 195664,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 99
    },
    {
      "year": "2019",
      "permits": 472,
      "avgApprovalDays": 154,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 192947,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 67
    },
    {
      "year": "2020",
      "permits": 382,
      "avgApprovalDays": 183,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 193508,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 88
    },
    {
      "year": "2021",
      "permits": 299,
      "avgApprovalDays": 166,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 193050,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 86
    },
    {
      "year": "2022",
      "permits": 437,
      "avgApprovalDays": 241,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 191239,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 159
    },
    {
      "year": "2023",
      "permits": 296,
      "avgApprovalDays": 279,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 200125,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 114
    },
    {
      "year": "2024",
      "permits": 399,
      "avgApprovalDays": 143,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 315248,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 153
    },
    {
      "year": "2025",
      "permits": 365,
      "avgApprovalDays": 149,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 367801,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 376
    },
    {
      "year": "2026",
      "permits": 178,
      "avgApprovalDays": 133,
      "avgDeclaredValueCad": 378738,
      "multipleDwellingPermits": 218
    }
  ],
  "byNeighbourhood": [
    {
      "area": "Sunset",
      "permits": 585
    },
    {
      "area": "Victoria-Fraserview",
      "permits": 513
    },
    {
      "area": "Renfrew-Collingwood",
      "permits": 460
    },
    {
      "area": "Hastings-Sunrise",
      "permits": 405
    },
    {
      "area": "Kensington-Cedar Cottage",
      "permits": 402
    },
    {
      "area": "Dunbar-Southlands",
      "permits": 288
    },
    {
      "area": "Killarney",
      "permits": 271
    },
    {
      "area": "Riley Park",
      "permits": 215
    },
    {
      "area": "West Point Grey",
      "permits": 197
    },
    {
      "area": "Arbutus Ridge",
      "permits": 157
    },
    {
      "area": "Oakridge",
      "permits": 142
    },
    {
      "area": "Marpole",
      "permits": 134
    },
    {
      "area": "Kerrisdale",
      "permits": 131
    },
    {
      "area": "Kitsilano",
      "permits": 79
    },
    {
      "area": "Shaughnessy",
      "permits": 62
    },
    {
      "area": "South Cambie",
      "permits": 52
    },
    {
      "area": "Grandview-Woodland",
      "permits": 35
    },
    {
      "area": "Mount Pleasant",
      "permits": 16
    }
  ]
}