https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hudsons-bay-parkade-vancouver-redevelopment-holborn-group
Vancouver & even the Lower_Mainland is a small portion of backwater BC.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11170798/new-development-pitched-downtown-vancouver-bc-tallest-tower
Most of BC is mountainous wilderness, there are only a handful of areas in backward BC in which there can be major urban areas.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15 Vancouver
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15 Backwater BC was supposed to always have the smallest buildings, when compared to what Ontario, Quebec & Alberta allows.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=7&status=15 Ontario
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=12&status=15 Quebec
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=2&status=15 Alberta
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15 BC
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=24&status=15 Washington State
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=47&status=15 Western Australia
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=14&status=15 California
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1 As of May 2025, there are a few residential towers in the low to mid 60s range. No office tower in BC has a 40th floor.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15 While Vancouver won't permit office towers to have a 40th floor, it can't stop Surrey from potentially have a 47 story office tower. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15