Heritage Bylaws

Heritage designation is a tool used to protect heritage buildings from demolition and unsympathetic alteration, and subsequent loss of character or value.

Sites designated between 1974 and January 2003 are protected by the Heritage Bylaw No. 4837. Sites designated after January 2003 are protected by an individual Heritage Designation Bylaw.

Heritage Bylaw No. 4837

• Heritage Bylaw PDF file (25 KB)
  • Section 1 - Short title
  • Section 2 - Designations
  • Section 3 - Prohibitions
  • Section 4 - Delegations of Powers and Duties
  • Section 5 - Procedures and Guidelines
  • Section 6 - Effective Date of Bylaw
• Schedule A (Part 1) PDF file (56 KB)
  List of Heritage Properties designated as protected between 1974 and January 2003
• Schedule A (Part 2) PDF file (92 KB)
  List of Heritage Properties in Chinatown and Gastown designated as protected
• Schedule B PDF file (18 KB)
  List of Heritage Properties designated as protected in part between 1974 and January 2003
• Consolidated Heritage Bylaw, Schedules, and Appendices PDF file (954 KB)

Regulatory bylaws for heritage sites - bylaws 11350 and 11351

Two regulatory bylaws have been introduced for heritage sites: Heritage Procedure and Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance bylaws.

Heritage Procedure Bylaw 11350

The Heritage Procedure Bylaw addresses processes for heritage inspections requirements for:

• Processes for heritage inspections
• Requirements for conducting impact assessments
• Withholding of approvals
• The determination of heritage value or character
• The issuance of heritage alteration permits

Heritage Procedure Bylaw PDF file (80 KB)

Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance Bylaw 11351

The Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance Bylaw:

• Regulates how protected heritage property is to be maintained
• Supplements the general maintenance standards that are already in place in the city

Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance By-law PDF file (72 KB)