BC Assessment - Non-Residential Inventory

The BCA Non-Residential Inventory Extract contains a record or row for every building or part of a building in a jurisdictional or area, unless it has been omitted for privacy reasons.

Non-residential properties are assessed using different approaches, dependent on multiple factors including, for example, income generation and highest and best use. Building breakdown of floor area by use is not always collected, depending on the assessment approach. Therefore, users of this data will find some properties carry a more detailed breakdown of floor area by use than others.

Total areas of buildings are not collected for major industrial properties and any other properties valued using the ad valorem approach and therefore will not be available in this report. This may include properties like sawmills, airports, schools and utilities.

Who can have Access: Use of these data is restricted to internal BC Government named users and some B.C. Post Secondary institutions. If you fall outside these parameters, please address your concerns directly with B.C. Assessment.

How to get Access: All users of these data are required to enter into an End User License Agreement (EULA) under the authority of their Ministry or the B.C. Electronic Librarian Network (BCELN).

To initiate this process as a member of Government, the EULA can be signed and access requested by the Expense Authority for your Branch/Division (e.g., Director or Executive Director), please open a ticket with the Data Systems & Services request system.

The following information is to be included in the request for BC Government employees:

  • Ministry
  • Division
  • Branch
  • List of names and IDIR's for each person that will be accessing and/or using the data
  • Short description of intended data use


To initiate this process as a member of the BCELN, please contact your school's Data Librarian.

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Last Updated October 19, 2025, 23:21 (UTC)
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Domain / Topic
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
BC Assessment - Non-Residential Inventory
Description
A description of the dataset.

The BCA Non-Residential Inventory Extract contains a record or row for every building or part of a building in a jurisdictional or area, unless it has been omitted for privacy reasons.

Non-residential properties are assessed using different approaches, dependent on multiple factors including, for example, income generation and highest and best use. Building breakdown of floor area by use is not always collected, depending on the assessment approach. Therefore, users of this data will find some properties carry a more detailed breakdown of floor area by use than others.

Total areas of buildings are not collected for major industrial properties and any other properties valued using the ad valorem approach and therefore will not be available in this report. This may include properties like sawmills, airports, schools and utilities.

Who can have Access: Use of these data is restricted to internal BC Government named users and some B.C. Post Secondary institutions. If you fall outside these parameters, please address your concerns directly with B.C. Assessment.

How to get Access: All users of these data are required to enter into an End User License Agreement (EULA) under the authority of their Ministry or the B.C. Electronic Librarian Network (BCELN).

To initiate this process as a member of Government, the EULA can be signed and access requested by the Expense Authority for your Branch/Division (e.g., Director or Executive Director), please open a ticket with the Data Systems & Services request system.

The following information is to be included in the request for BC Government employees:

  • Ministry
  • Division
  • Branch
  • List of names and IDIR's for each person that will be accessing and/or using the data
  • Short description of intended data use


To initiate this process as a member of the BCELN, please contact your school's Data Librarian.
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2020-12-31
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
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Access Only
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Location
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https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-assessment-non-residential-inventory
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Owner
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BC Assessment Authority
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Property Information, Customer Division
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[email protected]
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Contains Indigenous Data
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Version
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None
Source
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https://info.bcassessment.ca/Services-products/Understanding-the-assessment-process/frequently-asked-questions-about-property-assessment
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
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Indigenous Community Permission
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Community Permission
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