North Cowichan zoning map
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Zone types
Zone boundaries: Municipality of North Cowichan — Zoning Parcels (last edited by the City 2026-08-17, copied 2026-10-19). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – North Cowichan. Licence. The City's data can lag recent rezonings, and boundaries are simplified for display — this map is a browsing aid, not a survey. The official zoning map and bylaw govern; confirm with North Cowichan before relying on it. Address search: BC Address Geocoder, Province of British Columbia, under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors, via OpenFreeMap.
Zones on this map
70 zones. Each links to where its rules are in Zoning Bylaw.
| Zone | Name | Zone areas |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Agricultural | 103 |
| A2 | Rural | 302 |
| A2_LUC | Land Use Contract (Rural A2 area) This lot is governed by a land use contract; Part 6 of the zoning bylaw only marks land use contract areas on the map for reference and does not set rules for them. |
1 |
| A3 | Rural Restricted | 115 |
| A4 | Rural Resources | 24 |
| A5 | Rural Residential | 17 |
| A6 | Rural Market | 1 |
| C1 | Commercial Local | 4 |
| C2 | Commercial General | 73 |
| C3 | Commercial Service | 42 |
| C4 | Commercial Recreational | 9 |
| C6 | Commercial Professional | 1 |
| C7 | Commercial Rural Hospitality | 1 |
| C8 | Commercial Rural Recreation | 1 |
| C9 | Chemainus Commercial | 4 |
| CD1 | The Cliffs Comprehensive Development | 6 |
| CD10 | Urban Medium Density Comprehensive Development | 6 |
| CD11 | Community Services (Health Care) Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD12 | Residential Two-Family Comprehensive Development | 5 |
| CD13 | Ground-Oriented Urban Residential Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD14 | University Village Mid-Rise Residential Comprehensive Development | 3 |
| CD15 | Mixed Use Residential | 1 |
| CD16 | Mixed Use Commercial Core | 1 |
| CD17 | Congregate Housing Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD18 | Kingsview Comprehensive Development | 15 |
| CD18-R | Rural Kingsview Comprehensive Development | 2 |
| CD19 | University Village Mixed Commercial / Residential Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD2 | Chemainus Quay Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD20 | The Commons Comprehensive Development | 2 |
| CD21 | Motorsport Circuit Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD22 | Paddle Road North Comprehensive Development | 2 |
| CD23 | Ford Road South Comprehensive Development | 3 |
| CD24 | Village Residential Infill Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD25 | Gilana Place Two-Family Detached Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD26 | Drinkwater Road Multi-Family Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD27 | Highland Avenue Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD4 | Comprehensive Development – Mixed Family | 12 |
| CD6 | Chemainus Artisan Village Comprehensive Development | 4 |
| CD8 | Maple Bay School Site Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| CD9 | Multi-Family Comprehensive Development | 1 |
| I1 | Industrial Light | 19 |
| I2 | Industrial Heavy | 11 |
| MA1 | Upland Tourist Commercial Marine | 9 |
| MA2 | Upland Tourist Commercial / Residential Marine | 3 |
| NA | Not zoned by North Cowichan This parcel lies (at least partly) within the City of Duncan, so North Cowichan's zoning bylaw does not set rules for it. |
1 |
| PC | Public Conservation | 6 |
| PI | Private Institutional | 28 |
| PU | Public Use | 110 |
| R1 | Residential Rural | 256 |
| R1-BM | Bell McKinnon Residential Rural | 24 |
| R1-U | Urban Residential Rural | 67 |
| R2 | Residential Restricted | 105 |
| R2-R | Rural Residential Restricted | 6 |
| R3 | Residential One and Two-Family | 424 |
| R3-MF | Residential Medium Density Multi-Family | 8 |
| R3-R | Rural Residential One and Two-Family | 15 |
| R3-S | Residential Small Lot Single-Family | 21 |
| R4 | Residential Small Lot Mobile Home | 2 |
| R5 | Residential Mobile Home Park | 5 |
| R6 | Residential Townhouse | 47 |
| R7 | Residential Multi-Family | 32 |
| R7-A | Residential Ground-Oriented Multi-Family | 4 |
| R8 | Residential Multi-Family Apartment | 24 |
| RAILWAY | Railway Railway right-of-way; the zoning bylaw has no railway zone with its own rules. |
6 |
| UNKNOWN | Unknown The District's map data gives no zone for this parcel, so we cannot link it to a section of the zoning bylaw. |
39 |
| W1 | Private Residence Water Lot | 4 |
| W2 | Light Commercial Water Lot | 2 |
| W2A | Light Commercial Water Lot (W2a designation: adds marine-fueling facility) | 1 |
| W2B | Light Commercial Water Lot (W2b designation: adds hotel and W2a uses) | 1 |
| W3A | Mixed Use Commercial Water Lot (W3a designation: adds marine-fueling facility) | 2 |