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Search 19,000+ strata plans across British Columbia by street address, building name, or plan number. Pull up year built, unit count, depreciation report status and preliminary risk signals — free, and before you ever request the full document package.

The other two parts go deeper on one building. The neighbourhood scores nine areas around it from public BC data. The documents give you the actual condo fees, special levy history, reserve fund balance and envelope remediation history, every figure cited to its page.

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What you can research in the directory

  • · Street address, building name (when registered), and postal code
  • · Year built and construction era (rainscreen / post-rainscreen / newer)
  • · Unit count and floor count
  • · BC strata plan number (NWS, EPS, BCS, LMS prefixes)
  • · Management company when publicly listed
  • · Depreciation report status and date (when available)
  • · Approximate map location and Street View imagery
  • · City-level context (Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, Victoria, Kelowna)

What you need the strata package for

  • · Current monthly condo / strata fees and what they cover
  • · Full special levy history and what they paid for
  • · Contingency Reserve Fund (CRF) balance vs depreciation-report recommendation
  • · Active or recently resolved litigation (Section 35 records)
  • · Insurance coverage type, limits, deductibles (especially water damage)
  • · Building envelope remediation history — completed, partial, or pending
  • · Pet, rental, short-term-rental, smoking, and EV bylaw specifics
  • · AGM/SGM minutes covering recent council decisions

Upload the package and SearchStrata reads every page, scores risk across six dimensions, and lets you ask follow-up questions with page-level citations.

Frequently asked questions

What information can I find about a strata or condo building here?

For each building we surface what's publicly available from BC land title and municipal registries: street address, building name (when registered), year built, floor and unit counts, strata plan number, management company when listed, depreciation report status, and approximate location. The directory does not include current condo fees, special levy history, or reserve fund balances — those live in the strata corporation's document package (Form B, financial statements, minutes, depreciation report) and are surfaced by uploading the package to SearchStrata for AI analysis.

How do I find a strata plan number for a BC condo?

Type the street address in the search box above and the matching building will surface with its strata plan number (formats like NWS236, EPS11539, BCS3096). If the address isn't found, the building may not be in the public registry yet — you can confirm the strata plan number by ordering a title search through the BC Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) or by asking your realtor.

Where do strata fees come from in BC?

Strata fees are set by the strata corporation's annual budget, which is approved by owners at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The amount is driven primarily by operating expenses (insurance, utilities, management, maintenance) and contributions to the Contingency Reserve Fund (CRF) for major capital projects. To see the actual fees and how they've trended for a specific building, you need the strata package — the budget, financial statements, and recent AGM minutes.

What's a special levy and why does it matter?

A special levy is a one-time assessment charged to strata owners on top of monthly fees, usually for unbudgeted capital work like building envelope remediation, roofing, plumbing, or balcony repairs. A history of special levies — or projected upcoming ones flagged in the depreciation report — is one of the strongest signals about a building's financial health and what the next 5–10 years might cost an owner.

Is a depreciation report required for every BC strata?

BC strata corporations with five or more residential strata lots are generally required to obtain a depreciation report and refresh it every five years (subject to owner-vote exemptions, which are increasingly restricted). The report projects 30 years of major capital costs and is the single most important document for understanding a building's long-term financial trajectory.

Can I research a building's leaky-condo history through this directory?

We flag the construction era (pre-1985, the 1985–2000 rainscreen era, 2000–2010 post-rainscreen, and post-2010 newer construction) so you know whether a building falls in the high-risk window. Whether a specific building has had envelope remediation — completed, partial, or pending — only the engineering reports and minutes inside the strata package can answer. Upload the package and SearchStrata will extract the envelope history with page-level citations.

Strata document review by city

Local market patterns matter: a 1990 Vancouver wood-frame building looks nothing like a 2018 Burnaby tower or a Victoria heritage strata. Each city guide explains what to look for in that market specifically.

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Building data is compiled from BC Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA), municipal property records, and public strata registries. Information is provided for due-diligence research and is not legal, financial, or real estate advice. Confirm critical facts against the strata corporation’s own documents (Form B, financial statements, bylaws, depreciation report, meeting minutes) before making a purchase decision.

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The building, the neighbourhood around it, and its own documents. The building is free and needs no account — its facts were already public.

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Built of, year, storeys, homes, who manages it, what's been remediated. Assembled from land title, the assessment roll and strata filings. No account.

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The neighbourhood

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Nine areas past the lot line, measured from public BC data — transit, schools, hazard, crime, what's approved next door. Never in the building's own paperwork.

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The documents

What you’re inheriting

The levies, the reserve fund, the litigation, the engineer's schedule — read out of this corporation's own package, each finding pointing at its page.

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