Basic Housing Information Denman Island - 2023

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BASIC HOUSING INFORMATION 
 
DENMAN ISLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
Introduction          1 
Profile of Denman Island’s Population and Households 1 
   Summary and Implications     3 
Profile of Denman Island’s Housing    4 
   Stock         4 
   Zoning       6 
   Housing Market      8 
   Summary and Implications     10 
Land Supply and the “Community Survey”   11 
Conclusion           13 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepared by 
 
Peter Spurr 
East Road, Denman Island 
 
January 28, 2023 
 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
This reviews population and housing data from the Census, land use regulatory material 
and real estate market information to provide a factual background for Denman Island 
residents and their Local Trust Committee (LTC) as they go about the current effort to 
revise Denman’s Official Community Plan (OCP).  
 
The Denman LTC has initiated a housing review project (“charter” dated 19 July 2022), 
with the stated objectives of: 
 
“... exploring possible policy updates ...   ....to strengthen housing options.” 
 
The review is to consider Denman’s OCP and the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) dated 2008 
(as consolidated February 2017): 
 
“... to consider policy updates in relation to affordable and attainable housing”. 
 
This review is being conducted in response to a new requirement by British Columbia 
that all OCPs be revised with considerations of affordable housing, and with housing 
supply and demand information.  
 
It may be expected that the policy options developed for housing on Denman Island will 
be based on the community’s views after completing the mandated examinations of 
housing supply, demand and affordability. The best information available about housing 
on Denman Island is provided by the Census of Canada, undertaken every five years in 
July. Other valuable sources are the zoning map which is part of Denman’s LUB and 
housing market information from BC Assessment and the Multiple Listing Service 
(MLS). 
 
This paper observes housing-related information from the last four censuses and these 
other sources.  
  
 
A PROFILE OF DENMAN ISLAND’S POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLDS 
 
Denman Island has population and household characteristics that are not commonly 
seen in British Columbia. In the 2021 Census, Denman’s population was found to be 
1,391. As is common in BC, this included more women than men (745 women and 650 
men). Uncommonly, 40 percent of Denman’s population was over the age of 64 and 
only 11 percent was under the age of 20. As seen in the table below, both Denman and 
Hornby Islands have notably older and slightly younger populations than the Comox 
Valley Regional District, or Vancouver Island, or British Columbia.  
 
 
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Selected Demographic Statistics 
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