Areas we serve
Contractors across Greater Victoria
We renovate, add suites and build additions from Victoria and Oak Bay out to Langford and Central Saanich. You get one contract with Island Strong, and we manage the job from free quote to final walkthrough.
Greater Victoria
Free written quotes
After a site visit, with what is fixed and what is an allowance.
One contract
One point of contact, from quote to final walkthrough.
Licensed trade partners
Electrical, plumbing and gas, under our management.
Victoria to the Lower Mainland
Greater Victoria, up-Island and Metro Vancouver.
What’s different about building in Greater Victoria
Each municipality runs its own permit office and writes its own suite and tree rules, so a simple project in one can need extra permits next door. Victoria caps garden suites at 37 m² and one storey and won’t allow one beside a secondary suite. Saanich allows them up to 93 m² and lets you have both.
Rock is a common obstacle. Victoria requires a permit before any construction blasting, and Oak Bay’s permit also covers most rock breaking over 10 m³, hoe-ramming included.
Native trees get extra protection. Saanich, Colwood and Oak Bay protect Garry oak and arbutus from about 4 cm in diameter. Victoria protects them once they pass 50 cm in height.
New-home energy rules differ. Saanich, Victoria, Colwood and Central Saanich already require Zero Carbon Step Code level 4, and Langford moves to it on December 1, 2026. On the coast, Saanich cites a Capital Regional District projection of 0.5 m of sea level rise by 2050 and 1 m by 2100.
Greater Victoria
Towns and cities in Greater Victoria
Each page covers the local housing, the rules that shape a renovation, and where permits come from.
Central Saanich
Farmland rules, up to 8 units on corridors, permit fee refunds for building above code.
Also in Greater Victoria
We work in these places too. Pick your area when you ask for a free quote.
Sources
City of Victoria: Zoning Bylaw Schedule M (garden suites) · District of Saanich: Garden Suites · District of Saanich: New tools to help create more housing (2024) · City of Victoria: Blasting Permits · District of Oak Bay: Blasting and Rock Breaking · District of Saanich: Tree Bylaw overview · City of Colwood: Tree Permits · District of Oak Bay: Tree Protection Bylaw 4742 · City of Victoria: Tree Protection Bylaw · District of Saanich: Step Code · City of Victoria: Low Carbon New Buildings · City of Colwood: BC Energy Step Code · District of Central Saanich: BC Step Code · City of Langford: Building Permits · District of Saanich: Sea Level Rise. Checked 2026-10-30.
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