Vancouver is over 60% single-family housing and roads
Jens von Bergmann has run the numbers on land use in various municipalities in Metro Vancouver.Land Use, Roads (and Parking). Mountain Doodles. Jens von Bergmann (2016-02-29). The City of Vancouver in particular has lot of land tied up in streets and detached housing.
| Use | CoV land |
|---|---|
| single-family detached houses and duplexes | 34.0% |
| roads and right-of-way | 28.1% |
| recreation, open space, and natural areas | 15.2% |
| commercial | 3.9% |
| low-rise apartments (residential or mixed-use) | 4.1% |
| high-rise apartments (residential or mixed-use) | 1.9% |
Because the City of Vancouver has so little area left undeveloped, any proposals for new housing, schools, parks, stores, and so forth will displace some existing use of the land.