Transit-Oriented Development Areas (Bill 47)
Also known as: TOD · TOA · TOD Areas · Bill 47 · TOD Zoning · Transit-Oriented Development
Areas around transit where the province requires municipalities to permit a minimum density, under Bill 47, in force December 7, 2023. Within 200 metres of a SkyTrain station that floor is a floor-area ratio of 5.0 and 20 storeys, stepping down through bands out to 800 metres.
Bill 47 — the Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 — is the companion legislation to Bill 44, the Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) Act. In force December 7, 2023, it designates prescribed transit hubs as Transit-Oriented Development Areas (TOD Areas) and requires municipalities to permit minimum density and height in tiered distance bands: Tier 1 (within 200m of a SkyTrain station or 100m of a designated bus exchange) up to 5.0 FAR / 20 storeys; Tier 2 (200-400m / 100-200m) up to 4.0 FAR / 12 storeys; Tier 3 (400-800m of SkyTrain) up to 3.0 FAR / 8 storeys. The provincial framework overrides most low-density municipal zoning within the TOD area; municipalities had to designate areas in their bylaws by June 30, 2024.
Price the transit-oriented designation into the transaction. A detached house sitting inside a Tier-1 TOD area may carry assemblage value well above the lot's detached-housing comparable — buyers paying retail for a "tear-down" sometimes discover after closing that the lot was worth 30-50% more to a developer. Conversely, a strata unit inside a TOD area faces real near-term redevelopment pressure, with depreciation reports showing accelerated obsolescence and a wind-up vote eventually on the table. Lower Mainland designated SkyTrain hubs include Surrey Central, Gateway, King George, Lougheed Town Centre, Production Way–University, Coquitlam Central, Lincoln, and Burquitlam.
Related terms
- Bill 44 (2023) — SSMUH — BC legislation requiring most municipalities to allow three to four homes on lots zoned for a single house or duplex.
- Bill 44 (2022) — Strata Reform — BC legislation effective November 24, 2022 that voided all strata rental-restriction bylaws and limited strata age-restriction bylaws to 55+ only.
- Depreciation Report — A reserve study that BC strata corporations of five or more residential units must obtain every five years.
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title = {{Bill 47 (2023) — Transit-Oriented Development Areas Act}},
howpublished = {BC Real Estate Codex},
year = {2023},
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- BC Governmentretrieved 2026-08-09Local Government Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation, BC Reg 263/2023https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/263_2023
The governing instrument for the tier radii. bclaws.gov.bc.ca is blocked by this environment's egress policy, so the 2026-08-09 correction was made on converging secondary summaries of this regulation rather than by reading it directly. Confirm the tier 4 / tier 5 density minimums here when the host is reachable.
- BC Governmentretrieved 2026-08-02Provincial Policy Manual: Transit-Oriented Areashttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/housing-and-tenancy/tools-for-government/local-governments-and-housing/toa_provincial_policy_manual.pdf
- BC Governmentretrieved 2026-08-02Local government housing initiativeshttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/local-governments-and-housing/housing-initiatives
- BC Governmentretrieved 2026-08-02· published 2023-11-08B.C.'s Transit-Oriented Development Programhttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/transit-oriented-development
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