Heritage Conservation Areas (HCA) - OCP

A Heritage Conservation Area (HCA) is a designated geographic zone within a municipality that holds significant historical, cultural, architectural, or social value. An HCA is an area recognized for its heritage value to the province, a community, or Indigenous peoples. The designation aims to protect, preserve, and enhance the heritage character of buildings, landscapes, and streetscapes within the area. In BC, HCAs are established under the Local Government Act and are typically described and governed through a municipality’s Official Community Plan (OCP). For more details see the Official Community Plan . More information about Development Services, and links to application forms are available on our website: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/planning-development/development-services.html HCA data are updated by Planning staff and copied to VicMap and Open Data daily. The "Last Updated" date shown on our Open Data Portal refers to the last time the data schema was modified in the portal, or any changes were made to this description. We update our data through automated scripts which does not trigger the "last updated" date to change. Note: Attributes represent each…

Publisher

City of Victoria

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Catalogue metadata updated

2025-10-15