Victoria 2050
The Official Community Plan (OCP)(External link) for Victoria has been updated to meet the needs of our growing population and address the housing and climate crises. Bookmark this page for OCP implementation updates and engagement opportunities.
What’s Happening:
Proposed Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw Amendment - Have Your Say
The City is proposing amendments to the Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw to exempt developments that had approved rezoning but were not fully built before the Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw was adopted on Oct. 2, 2025.
The bylaw requires new developments to pay a fee towards future community amenities including indoor community spaces, street parks and plazas.
The fees help support future growth by ensuring community amenities keep up with a growing population and align with larger policy updates in the recently adopted Official Community Plan.
The amendment keeps the intent of the current bylaw while ensuring exemptions for situations not addressed by provincial legislation. The minor amendment would affect a small number of already approved developments.
Read the(External link) June 11, 2026 Council report (External link)for more information.
If you’d like to provide feedback on this proposed amendment or have questions, reach out to engage@victoria.ca before engagement closes on Aug. 31, 2026.
Employment Land Initiatives
To continue to align policy and regulations with OCP goals, the City is updating zoning, creating a revitalization tax exemption program to support economic revitalization through hotel development and creating a new permitting process for special events on private property.
The goal is to support the growth of employment spaces, increase cultural activity and better enable development of hotels and other job-creating spaces in Victoria.
To learn more about these changes read the overview and FAQ.
How We Got Here: Official Community Plan Adopted
On October 2, 2025 Council adopted a new Official Community Plan: Victoria 2050 after a two year planning process, including a public hearing. To learn more about the OCP update process visit victoria.ca/ocpupdate.
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City of Victoria
Email ocp@victoria.ca
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Industrial Zoning FAQ
- Why is the industrial zoning update happening?
- What are the objectives of the proposed industrial zoning modernization?
- What is the focus of the new Marine Industrial Zone?
- What is the aim of the new Light Industrial Zone?
- What is the aim of the new Heavy Industrial zone?
- What happened in phase one of Zoning Modernization?
- What engagement occurred in the first phase?
- How will the City engage in the second phase of the zoning update?
- What are the boundaries of the proposed zones?
- What policy does this update align with?
- Will the zoning update address community safety and wellbeing in Rock Bay?
- What is the OCP and when was it last updated?
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Employment Lands
- Do the Old Town zoning updates increase the maximum building height or density in Old Town?
- How will the tax exemption affect me and the taxes I pay?
- Why are greater densities being proposed in the Central Business District?
- How will Old Town heritage be protected?
- How do these actions protect the future of Old Town and Victoria’s heritage?
- How can the City do more to protect heritage?
- Are greater densities proposed in the Central Business District?
- What does 5.5:1 FSR look like? Will these be big buildings?
- How else can the City support the downtown economy?
- Why offer a tax exemption to hotels?
