A look at building activity and permit wait times in Fairview, compared against the rest of Vancouver.
Faster than average
Building permits in Fairview took about 32 days recently — quicker than the citywide 72.
1The story
In plain terms: Fairview has seen 2,348 building permits on record. In the last few years, a typical permit here took about 32 days, versus 72 days citywide — so it's a bit faster than the average neighborhood. Permit activity peaked around 2018.
2The evidence
32d
typical permit here (recent)
72d
citywide typical
2,348
permits on record
Typical permit wait time in Fairview
Each bar is Fairview's typical wait; the dashed line is the citywide average for that era.
We filtered the City of Vancouver's building-permit records to those tagged 'Fairview' (the city's own local-area classification) and measured how long each took from application to approval, using the median. We compare that against the citywide median for the same years. This is our own analysis of public records.
City of Vancouver open data — Issued Building Permits · as of 2026-10-21 · Vancouver Promise Tracker — your slice of the city's public records.