The promise tracker

Permit wait times are trending down since the promise was made, though the three-week target is still out of reach for most projects.

The city's big-ticket capital spending has grown 16% over five years — from $771M to $894M.

Roughly 516 new residential buildings were approved for construction each year since Mayor Sim took office — up about 27% from the pre-2023 average.

The city has been buying more climate and sustainability services each year — averaging $1.3M per year recently versus $0.3M before 2023.

Capital investment in public safety — police and fire facilities, vehicles and equipment — has grown to about $30M per year from $20M in the pre-2023 budgets.

Contracted transit and cycling projects have picked up — averaging $3.5M per year recently versus $1.8M before 2023.

Vancouver delivered about 559 non-market housing units per year recently, versus 842 per year before 2023.

Capital spending on streets has gone up — $184M planned for 2025 versus $156M in 2023.

Capital spending on parks & public open spaces has gone up — $55M planned for 2025 versus $47M in 2023.

Capital spending on arts, culture & heritage has gone up — $71M planned for 2025 versus $22M in 2023.

Co-op completions averaged 88 units/year since 2023, versus 195/year before — the registry now holds 6,215 co-op units.

Capital spending on childcare has gone up — $32M planned for 2025 versus $27M in 2021.

Capital spending on water, sewers, one water has gone up — $195M planned for 2025 versus $130M in 2021.

Capital spending on community facilities has gone up — $81M planned for 2025 versus $44M in 2021.

Capital spending on waste collection, diversion & disposal has gone up — $40M planned for 2025 versus $32M in 2023.

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