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Parking when you buy near transit
The constraint that catches people out. Buyers near a station spend weeks comparing prices and then discover the home only takes one car.
The short answer
27% of newly built homes within 1200 metres of a station have two or more parking spaces, against 65% further out. Near a station, 68% come with a single space and 19 have none at all. If your household runs two cars, that is the constraint to check first, before price.
- Two or more spaces, near a station
- 27%
- Two or more spaces, further out
- 65%
- One space only, near a station
- 68%
- Near a station with 2+ spaces
- 95
Share of homes with two or more spaces
- Within 1200 m of a station 95 of 352 27%
- Everything further out 667 of 1025 65%
The full parking picture
| Within 1200 m of a station | Everything further out | |
|---|---|---|
| Listings stating parking | 352 of 352 | 1025 of 1025 |
| No parking at all | 19 (5%) | 26 (3%) |
| One space | 238 (68%) | 332 (32%) |
| Two spaces | 82 (23%) | 513 (50%) |
| Three or more | 13 (4%) | 154 (15%) |
Why the difference exists
Parking minimums near transit have been reduced or removed across much of the region over the last decade. Builders respond to what the rules allow, and structured parking is among the most expensive things in a project, so where fewer stalls are required fewer get built.
The policy logic is that a household near a station needs fewer cars. That is often true. The part worth noticing is that it is applied to the building, not to the buyer: the home has one stall whether or not your household actually works with one car.
So this is a filter to apply early. Price, size, and neighbourhood are all negotiable against each other. A second parking space usually is not, and finding out at the viewing stage wastes weeks.
Near a station and able to take two cars (95)
$799,90015 10660 127A STREET
Cedar Hills · 2 bed · 1,453 sq ft
$799,999101 10333 133 STREET
Whalley · 4 bed · 1,420 sq ft
$844,900106 595 KEMSLEY AVENUE
Coquitlam West · 2 bed · 1,026 sq ft
$849,90016 10660 127A STREET
Cedar Hills · 3 bed · 1,421 sq ft
$849,900101 CUNNINGHAM STREET
Downtown NW · 2 bed · 1,107 sq ft
$869,900107 10488 138A STREET
Whalley · 3 bed · 1,530 sq ft
$898,900TH4 13778 100 AVENUE
Whalley · 2 bed · 1,618 sq ft
$899,90014 10660 127A STREET
Cedar Hills · 3 bed · 1,556 sq ft
$899,9004 2150 RINDALL AVENUE
Central Port Coquitlam · 3 bed · 1,402 sq ft
$919,900306 595 KEMSLEY AVENUE
Coquitlam West · 3 bed · 1,237 sq ft
$949,000117 1301 BREWSTER DRIVE
Scott Creek · 3 bed · 1,340 sq ft
$989,900113 1301 BREWSTER DRIVE
Scott Creek · 3 bed · 1,362 sq ft
$999,000207 7161 17TH AVENUE
Edmonds · 3 bed · 1,281 sq ft
$1,009,9003 2190 RINDALL AVENUE
Central Port Coquitlam · 4 bed · 1,439 sq ft
$1,009,9009 2150 RINDALL AVENUE
Central Port Coquitlam · 4 bed · 1,488 sq ft
$1,028,800112 390 GUILBY STREET
Coquitlam West · 3 bed · 1,338 sq ft
$1,029,900115 1301 BREWSTER DRIVE
Scott Creek · 3 bed · 1,327 sq ft
$1,038,800113 390 GUILBY STREET
Coquitlam West · 3 bed · 1,402 sq ft
$1,039,90010 2190 RINDALL AVENUE
Central Port Coquitlam · 4 bed · 1,718 sq ft
$1,098,000210 715 DUCKLOW STREET
Coquitlam West · 3 bed · 1,322 sq ft
$1,119,90016 2190 RINDALL AVENUE
Central Port Coquitlam · 4 bed · 1,882 sq ft
$1,159,000125 720 ROBINSON STREET
Coquitlam West · 3 bed · 1,408 sq ft
$1,179,0002 2254 E 24TH AVENUE
Victoria-Fraserview · 3 bed · 1,267 sq ft
$1,198,9004 728 LEA AVENUE
Coquitlam West · 3 bed · 1,615 sq ft
71 more active listings are not shown here. Search near transit with two or more spaces . Prices are the list price. Most new homes have GST added on top.
Common questions
Do homes near SkyTrain come with less parking?
Yes, measurably. 27% of newly built ground-oriented homes within 1200 metres of a station have two or more spaces, compared with 65% of those further out. A single space is the norm near stations.
Why do they have fewer spaces?
Because parking minimums near transit have been reduced or removed across much of the region, and builders respond to that. Structured parking is one of the most expensive things in a project, so where the rules allow fewer spaces, fewer get built. That is a policy choice showing up in the housing stock.
Can I buy a home near a station and still keep two cars?
Yes, but the search narrows to 95 listings. That is how many active homes are both within 1200 metres of a station and have two or more spaces, out of 352 near-station listings that state a parking figure. They are all on this page. Filter for parking early rather than falling for a home that cannot take your second car.
Can I rent a parking space from the strata?
Sometimes, and it varies completely by building. Some stratas hold visitor or surplus stalls that owners can lease, others allocate every stall to a unit on title. This is a question for the strata documents and the Form B, not something a listing will reliably tell you.
Does a missing parking count mean no parking?
No, it means the listing did not state one. 37 of 1,414 active listings do not give a parking figure. Those are excluded from the percentages here rather than counted as zero, which would understate parking across the board.
How many newly built homes near a station have no parking at all?
19 of 352 newly built homes within 1200 metres of a station that state a parking figure have none at all, about 5%. Further out, only 26 of 1025, about 3%, have no parking. Zero-parking homes are concentrated near stations.
What share of homes near a station have exactly one parking space?
68% of newly built homes within 1200 metres of a station have exactly one space, which is 238 of 352 listings that state a figure. A single stall is the most common outcome near a station, more common than two or more spaces.
Are parking allocations something the strata controls, not just the listing?
Yes. Whether an owner can lease an extra stall depends on whether the strata holds visitor or surplus stalls, or has allocated every stall to a unit on title. That varies building by building and is answered by the strata documents and the Form B, not by the listing sheet.
Where these figures come from
- VanPlex active listings, MLS® data
Active townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses built in the last two years across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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- TransLink, open data and GTFS
Station and stop locations for the transit distance calculations.
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