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Table 10 Building stock construction period distribution in 2000 and demolition information from 2000–2010 for British Columbia

From: Forest carbon in North America: annual storage and emissions from British Columbia’s harvest, 1965–2065

Period of construction

Single-family house (%)

Multi-family dwelling (%)

Moveable dwelling* (%)

Recreational dwelling (%)

Number of buildings in 2000**

Demolitions from 2000–2010 (count)

Proportion of stock demolished over 10 years (%)

<=1910

2

0.3

0

1

13,696

250

2

1911-1920

2

0.4

0

0

19,104

560

3

1921-1930

3

0.2

0

1

25,783

1,050

4

1931-1940

3

0.1

0

2

23,311

635

3

1941-1950

7

0.2

0

4

58,610

2,511

4

1951-1960

12

1

0.1

7

100,543

1,909

2

1961-1970

13

2

0.2

19

120,197

325

0

1971-1980

23

15

1

25

249,633

270

0

1981-1990

17

19

1

13

218,200

96

0

1991-2000

15

28

1

11

237,819

60

0

2001-2010

     

14

N/A

Unknown

4

33

97

17

228,355

3,021

 

Total

101

100

100

100

1,295,251

7,680

1

  1. Data were from the British Columbia Assessment demolition permit and property assessment database.
  2. * Manufactured homes.
  3. ** Residential, commercial and institutional.