| European Chafer Beetle Best Management Practices | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/european-chafer-beetle-best-management-practices.pdf | European Chafer Beetle Best Management Practices | As researchers and practitioners learn more about the biology and control of European chafer beetle in British Columbia, it is anticipated that the recommended best management practices may change over time and this document will be updated. |
| Metro Vancouver Growth Projections – 2024 Update | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-vancouver-growth-projections-2024-update.pdf | Metro Vancouver Growth Projections – 2024 Update | Metro Vancouver has updated the growth projections from Metro 2050, the Regional Growth Strategy. This update includes the estimates (2021 baseline) and projections (from 2022 to 2051) for population, dwelling unit, and employment, presented under three scenarios. |
| Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study Update 2025 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/housing-and-transportation-cost-burden-study-update-2025.pdf | Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study Update 2025 | Metro Vancouver has released an updated study showing the growing burden of housing and transportation costs in the region. Created by Metro Vancouver in collaboration with Steer Group, the study highlights spatial patterns of household expenditures and explores the role of transit and rental housing in supporting affordability. |
| Metro 2050 Map 1 - Metro Vancouver Region | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050-map-1.pdf | Metro 2050 Map 1 - Metro Vancouver Region | View the Regional Growth Strategy - Metro Vancouver Region map. |
| Regional Parking Study Final Report 2025 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/regional-parking-study-final-report-2025.pdf | Regional Parking Study Final Report 2025 | Metro Vancouver has released the Regional Parking Study, to help planners, developers, and decision makers understand parking use trends and guide planning and development decisions. Created by Metro Vancouver in collaboration with Bunt Engineering, it includes a database of parking use with over 33,000 parking stalls and 217 buildings. Municipal scale data is provided to support local analysis and policy development. |
| Economic Impact of Industrial Lands in Metro Vancouver | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/economic-impact-of-industrial-lands-in-metro-vancouver.pdf | Economic Impact of Industrial Lands in Metro Vancouver | Metro Vancouver, in its commitment to lead the advancement of the Regional Industrial Lands Strategy, has undertaken an analysis to quantify and describe the economic value generated by sectors operating on industrial lands within the region. The study’s findings inform the implementation of the Regional
Industrial Lands Strategy, a collaborative effort led by regional agencies and organizations. This study is an update to the prior study released in early 2019.
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| 2023 Survey of Licensed Child Care Spaces and Policies in Metro Vancouver | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/survey-of-licensed-child-care-spaces-in-metro-vancouver-2023.pdf | 2023 Survey of Licensed Child Care Spaces and Policies in Metro Vancouver | This document presents the findings of an inventory of licensed child are spaces and a region-wide survey of policies and regulation relating to the provision of child care spaces. |
| Regional Tree Canopy Cover and Impervious Surface in Metro Vancouver 2020 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/regional-tree-canopy-cover-impervious-surface-2020.pdf | Regional Tree Canopy Cover and Impervious Surface in Metro Vancouver 2020 | A technical report of the results of Metro Vancouver's tree canopy cover, impervious surface, and potential planting area analysis for 2020 and compares the findings to those from 2014. |
| Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (TOAH) Study Phase 2 - Reducing the Barrier of High Land Cost 2019 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/reducing-barrier-high-land-cost.pdf | Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (TOAH) Study Phase 2 - Reducing the Barrier of High Land Cost 2019 | This report mainly focuses on affordable, transit-oriented rental housing. To explore possible solutions to the affordable rental housing challenge, in 2017 Metro Vancouver entered into a partnership with BC Housing, BC Non Profit Housing Association, TransLink, Vancity Credit Union, the Urban Development Institute, the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and CMHC to try to tackle the challenge of affordable rental housing supply, especially in locations with good access to public transit. This all-hands-on-deck response is indicative of the magnitude of the problem and the recognition by the public, private, and non-profit sectors of the need for action. |
| Metro 2050 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050.pdf | Metro 2050 | Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy, Metro 2050, is a long-range vision for how the region will manage population, dwelling unit, and employment growth forecasted to come to this region over the next 30 years. It contains goals, strategies, and policies to shape and accommodate growth in a way that supports the development of a compact urban area and complete communities, and which protects important lands such as Conservation and Recreation, Agricultural, Industrial, and Rural lands. |
| Metro Vancouver Growth Projections - Methodology Report 2021 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-vancouver-growth-projections-methodology-report.pdf | Metro Vancouver Growth Projections - Methodology Report 2021 | Projection modelling is intended to promote collaboration and consistency among provincial, regional, and municipal planning agencies and establish a common basis of information, assumptiosn, and growth and policy implementation methods. This methodology report was created in 2021. |
| Regional Long-Range Growth & Transportation Scenarios Final Technical Report | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/regional-long-range-growth-strategy-scenarios-technical-report.pdf | Regional Long-Range Growth & Transportation Scenarios Final Technical Report | This project has been carried out through a collaborative effort between TransLink and Metro Vancouver. It expands on a longstanding partnership between the two organizations in planning for the future of the region. |
| Farm Tax Class Income Threshold Investigation 2015 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/farm-tax-class-income-threshold-investigation.pdf | Farm Tax Class Income Threshold Investigation 2015 | Metro Vancouver has requested the services of Upland Agricultural Consulting to complete a review of the qualifications for BC Assessment’s Farm tax classification and to investigate whether changes to the requirements are warranted. This investigation serves as a follow‐up to a report by KM Consulting that provided an analysis ofseveral farm property tax policies that could be used to either increase actively farmed land or discourage the non‐farm uses of agricultural land. |
| European Chafer Beetle Fact Sheet | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/european-chafer-beetle-fact-sheet.pdf | European Chafer Beetle Fact Sheet | European chafer beetles were first discovered in British Columbia in 2001 in lawns and turfgrass. They have since spread across the Metro Vancouver region. The beetles can spread quickly because they have a short life cycle and can fly. They can also be spread in infested soil, grass and garden plants. |
| Urban Tree List for Metro Vancouver in a Changing Climate | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/urban-forest-trees-list.pdf | Urban Tree List for Metro Vancouver in a Changing Climate | An easy to download and print list of over 300 tree species assessed for suitability to the current and projected future climate in the Metro Vancouver region. Essentially a short version of the trees listed in the database. |
| Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book 2025 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-vancouver-housing-data-book-2025.pdf | Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book 2025 | The Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book brings together a large collection of regional and municipal level data from a variety of sources in order to provide a comprehensive look at the region's housing market and the people impacted by it. |
| What Works: Affordable Housing Initiatives in Metro Vancouver Municipalities | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/affordable-housing-initiatives-in-metro-vancouver-municipalities.pdf | What Works: Affordable Housing Initiatives in Metro Vancouver Municipalities | This resource guide from the “What Works” series provides information for municipalities on effective municipal measures for facilitating affordable housing, including some local examples of successful municipal initiatives. |
| What Works - Securing Affordable and Special Needs Housing through Housing Agreements | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/securing-affordable-and-special-needs-housing-through-housing-agreements.pdf | What Works - Securing Affordable and Special Needs Housing through Housing Agreements | This award-winning (Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2020) resource guide from the “What Works” series provides information to support local governments as they develop Housing Agreements to secure affordable and special needs housing. |
| Office Development in Metro Vancouver’s Urban Centres 2018 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/office-development-in-metro-vancouvers-urban-centres-update.pdf | Office Development in Metro Vancouver’s Urban Centres 2018 | An updated report that explores the factors that influence regional-scale office development and occupancy decisions, identifies challenges and opportunities for office potential in Metro Vancouver's Urban Centres. This report is an update and supersedes the Office Development in Metro Vancouver’s Urban Centres Update Report in 2015. This update was made in 2018. |
| Cherry Laurel Best Management Practices | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/cherry-laurel-best-management-practices.pdf | Cherry Laurel Best Management Practices | Cherry laurel is a fast-growing woody evergreen tree or shrub that is a commonly used as an ornamental hedge plant (Klinkenberg, 2020). It is native to southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, in areas surrounding the Black Sea including Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Iran and has been widely introduced in other parts of Europe, Australia and in North America west of the Cascade Mountains. |
| Short Sea Shipping in Metro Vancouver – Facts in Focus 2015 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/short-sea-shipping-facts-in-focus.pdf | Short Sea Shipping in Metro Vancouver – Facts in Focus 2015 | An overview of short sea shipping in the Metro Vancouver region, current forms and volumes of goods movement, related transportation infrastructure, relationship to other types of goods movement, and potential expansion. (File revised on June 8, 2015) |
| Invasive Species and Toxic Plant Disposal Options for Practitioners and Commercial Customers | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/invasive-species-toxic-plant-disposal-options.pdf | Invasive Species and Toxic Plant Disposal Options for Practitioners and Commercial Customers | The following list is intended for use by practitioners and commercial customers, not by residents. Residents who wish to dispose of invasive plants or soil containing invasive species should contact their municipality directly for disposal advice. |
| Metro Vancouver Growth Projections – A Backgrounder 2018 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/methods-in-projecting-regional-growth-overview.pdf | Metro Vancouver Growth Projections – A Backgrounder 2018 | Metro Vancouver’s mandate in preparing, implementing and monitoring Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping our Future (Metro 2040), the regional growth strategy, requires a variety of land use and development analytics. |
| Cherry Laurel Fact Sheet | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/cherry-laurel-fact-sheet.pdf | Cherry Laurel Fact Sheet | Cherry laurel is a fast-growing woody tree or shrub that is a commonly planted in gardens or as a hedge. It is native to southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, and has escaped cultivation in many areas, including southwestern BC. |
| Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study – Executive Summary 2025 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/housing-and-transportation-cost-burden-study-exec-summary-2025.pdf | Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study – Executive Summary 2025 | Housing and transportation are the two largest expenses for many households, and both are closely connected to location. The 2025 Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study Executive Summary looks at these costs together to provide a more complete picture of affordability in the region. |
| Food Flows in Metro Vancouver Executive Summary 2020 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/food-flows-in-metro-vancouver-executive-summary.pdf | Food Flows in Metro Vancouver Executive Summary 2020 | The Food Flows in Metro Vancouver study estimates the volume and value of food imported and exported from the Metro Vancouver region and the methods used to transport this food to and from international sources, the US, other provinces and within BC. |
| Common Periwinkle Best Management Practices | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/common-periwinkle-best-practices-management.pdf | Common Periwinkle Best Management Practices | Common periwinkle is a low-growing trailing evergreen plant that was introduced to North America in the 1700s as an ornamental plant (Evergreen, 2015). It is native to northern Spain, western France, and parts of central and southern Europe. It has escaped cultivation in BC and spread into forests, forming dense groundcover and crowding out native plants. |
| Census - Population 2016 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/census-bulletin-population-2016.pdf | Census - Population 2016 | This bulletin is part of an analytical report series that focuses primarily on trends and issues related to Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping our Future (Metro 2040), the regional growth strategy, along with other related local government policy topics. |
| Japanese Beetle Guidebook | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/japanese-beetle-guidebook.pdf | Japanese Beetle Guidebook | The impacts of invasive species on ecological, human, and economic health are of concern in the Metro Vancouver region. Successful control of invasive species requires concerted and targeted efforts by many participants. This document - “Guidebook for Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) in the Metro Vancouver Region” - is one of a series of species-specific guides developed for use by practitioners (e.g., local government staff, crews, project managers, contractors, consultants, developers, stewardship groups, and others who have a role in invasive species management) in this region. |
| Ecological Health Framework 2018 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/ecological-health-framework.pdf | Ecological Health Framework 2018 | Ensuring ecological health is one of the priorities identified in Metro Vancouver’s Sustainability Framework. In the Framework, Metro Vancouver commits to protect and restore an interconnected network of habitat and green space. |
| Metro 2050 Map 8 - Agricultural Lands | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050-map-8.pdf | Metro 2050 Map 8 - Agricultural Lands | View the Regional Growth Strategy - Agricultural Lands map. |
| Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Regional Growth Strategy Amendments | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050-implementation-guideline-regional-growth-strategy-amendments.pdf | Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Regional Growth Strategy Amendments | Metro 2050 may be amended from time to time to maintain consistency between local and regional land use designations, plans, and targets. This implementation guideline provides information on Regional Growth Strategy amendment types, common examples, submission requirements, and process details. |
| Regional Tree Canopy Cover and Impervious Surfaces 2019 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/ecological-health-tree-canopy-cover-impervious-surfaces.pdf | Regional Tree Canopy Cover and Impervious Surfaces 2019 | This report contains an analysis of the tree canopy cover and impervious surfaces in Metro Vancouver. Measuring tree canopy cover is a relatively simple way to determine the extent of the urban forest and the magnitude of services it provides. Impervious surfaces are associated with many of the negative effects of urbanization such as increased temperatures (the ‘Urban Heat Island’ effect) and flood risk, along with impacts to stream health through disrupted hydrological cycles and poor water quality. |
| Industrial Land Intensification Analysis 2011 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-vancouver-industrial-lands-intensification-analysis-report-2011-05.pdf | Industrial Land Intensification Analysis 2011 | This Industrial Land Intensification Analysis study has been undertaken to explore development factors that induce or inhibit more efficient use of industrial land in the region. |
| Stratification of Industrial Land in Metro Vancouver 2018 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/stratification-of-industria-land-in-metro-vancouver.pdf | Stratification of Industrial Land in Metro Vancouver 2018 | Metro Vancouver is coordinating the development of a Regional Industrial Lands Strategy. The Strategy will provide a vision for the future of industrial lands in Metro Vancouver and actions for achieving the vision. This was created in September 2018. |
| Himalayan Blackberry Fact Sheet | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/himalayan-blackberry-fact-sheet.pdf | Himalayan Blackberry Fact Sheet | Himalayan blackberry was first introduced to BC as a berry crop. This plant can grow almost anywhere. It spreads by seed (from birds and people spreading berries) and by rooting from stems that touch the ground. As a result, it is one of the most widespread invasive plants in Metro Vancouver. |
| Regional Food System Strategy 2011 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/regional-food-system-strategy.pdf | Regional Food System Strategy 2011 | The Regional Food System Strategy is focused on how actions at the regional level can moves us toward a sustainable, resilient and healthy food system while recognizing that the Metro Vancouver foods system is affected by influences at the global scale. |
| Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study – Executive Summary 2015 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/housing-and-transportation-cost-burden.pdf | Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study – Executive Summary 2015 | By quantifying household transportation and housing costs, this study takes a new look at what affordability means in different parts of the region. |
| Yellow Flag Iris Fact Sheet | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/yellow-flag-iris-fact-sheet.pdf | Yellow Flag Iris Fact Sheet | Yellow flag iris was introduced to North America in the early 1900s from Eurasia as an ornamental aquatic plant. It has escaped into natural areas across the continent and is found throughout the Metro Vancouver region. Unfortunately, many garden centres still sell this plant. |
| Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Industrial and Employment Lands | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050-implementation-guideline-industrial-and-employment-lands.pdf | Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Industrial and Employment Lands | The Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline – Industrial and Employment Lands provides guidance on industrial land objectives, as well as how planning policies, market conditions, site locations, industrial sectors, and local contexts all influence the implementation of these objectives. |
| Feasibility of Targeted Invasive Plant Grazing in Metro Vancouver Technical Report | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/feasibility-of-targeted-invasive-plant-grazing-in-metro-vancouver.pdf | Feasibility of Targeted Invasive Plant Grazing in Metro Vancouver Technical Report | This report assesses the feasibility of targeted invasive plant grazing in Metro Vancouver, reviewing the efficacy, challenges, and considerations of targeted grazing treatments for control of invasive plants. Fourteen targeted grazing practitioners were interviewed to assess the operational feasibility of targeted grazing treatments. |
| Common Periwinkle Fact Sheet | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/common-periwinkle-fact-sheet.pdf | Common Periwinkle Fact Sheet | Common periwinkle (also known as Vinca, periwinkle, and small periwinkle) is a low-growing trailing evergreen plant that was introduced to North America in the 1700s as a garden ornamental and medicinal herb. It has escaped cultivation in BC and spread into forests, forming dense groundcover and crowding out native plants. |
| Metro Vancouver Natural Hazard Data Inventory - Final Report | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/natural-hazard-data-inventory-report.pdf | Metro Vancouver Natural Hazard Data Inventory - Final Report | The Metro Vancouver Natural Hazard Data Inventory Final Report accompanies the Metro Vancouver Natural Hazard Data Inventory, providing additional detail on the project methods, results, possible next steps, and limitations. |
| Implementation Guideline #4 – Identifying Frequent Transit Development Areas 2013 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/implementation-guideline-4–identifying-frequent-transit-development-areas-2013.pdf | Implementation Guideline #4 – Identifying Frequent Transit Development Areas 2013 | Frequent Transit Development Areas are intended to coordinate complementary land use planning for higher density development and improved transit service. This guideline addresses the land use aspects of planning for FTDAs, however, further discussion between Metro Vancouver, TransLink and member municipalities about transit funding and the timing of improvements in transit service is (as transit demand increases) is still required. |
| Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Regional Context Statements | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/metro-2050-implementation-guideline-regional-context-statements.pdf | Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Regional Context Statements | The Metro 2050 Implementation Guideline - Regional Context Statements provides guidance to member jurisdictions on the development, submission, and acceptance for Regional Context Statements. |
| American Bullfrog Fact Sheet | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/american-bullfrog-fact-sheet.pdf | American Bullfrog Fact Sheet | American bullfrogs are large, robust frogs native to eastern North America that have become well established on BC’s south coast. First introduced as a delicacy for human consumption, they have since escaped or been released into natural areas in the Metro Vancouver region. Bullfrogs
reproduce rapidly and thrive in human-disturbed habitats, allowing these invasive amphibians to establish and spread quickly. They are voracious predators that eat a variety of prey, including smaller bullfrogs and other frog species |
| Delta Regional Context Statement – 2024 | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/regional-context-statement-delta-2024.pdf | Delta Regional Context Statement – 2024 | Delta Official Community Plan 2024, Housing Our Future |
| Affordable Housing Gap Analysis | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/affordable-housing-gap-analysis-discussion-paper.pdf | Affordable Housing Gap Analysis | Across Canada, the stock of non-market housing remains low — currently representing approximately 3.5% of all housing, falling below the average of 7% in other high-income countries in the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Within Canada, Vancouver has seen some of the most acute affordability challenges of any region. |
| Himalayan Blackberry Best Management Practices | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/himalayan-blackberry-best-practices-management.pdf | Himalayan Blackberry Best Management Practices | Himalayan blackberry was first introduced in British Columbia in the nineteenth century as a berry crop, but has more recently been recognized as an invasive species. Academic institutions, government, and non-government organizations continue to study this species in British
Columbia. |
| Regional Parking Study Technical Report | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Documents/regional-parking-study-technical-report.pdf | Regional Parking Study Technical Report | A Regional Parking Study Technical Report. |