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RR1 zoning in BC
RR1 (also written RR-1, RR 1) means whatever the bylaw that zones the lot says: there is no provincial RR1 zone. 29 bylaws we've summarised use it, from 15 local governments. It goes by 11 names: Rural Residential (Estate) (7 bylaws), Rural Residential 1 (7 bylaws), Rural 1 (5 bylaws), Rural Residential (2 bylaws) and 7 more. What it allows is below, bylaw by bylaw.
RR1 in each bylaw
| Local government | Homes allowed | Smallest lot for a subdivision | Lot coverage | Height limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cariboo Regional District Rural 1 · Chilcotin Area Rural Land Use Bylaw No. 3500, 1999 | One house or one duplex; with a house, a secondary suite, a carriage house or a secondary dwelling; more homes for family on a big lot (see its page) | 4 ha | 15% | 10.67 m |
| Cariboo Regional District Rural 1 · South Cariboo Area Zoning Bylaw No. 3501, 1999 | One house or one duplex; with a house, a secondary suite, a carriage house or a secondary dwelling | 4 ha (45.5 m along the water for a waterfront lot) | 15% | 10.67 m |
| Cariboo Regional District Rural 1 · Williams Lake Fringe and 150 Mile House Area Zoning Bylaw No. 3502, 1999 | One house or one duplex; with a house, a secondary suite, a carriage house or a secondary dwelling | 4 ha (45.5 m along the water for a waterfront lot) | 15% | 10.67 m |
| Cariboo Regional District Rural 1 · Central Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Bylaw No. 3503, 1999 | One house or one duplex; with a house, a secondary suite, a carriage house or a secondary dwelling | 4 ha | 15% | 10.67 m |
| Cariboo Regional District Rural 1 · North Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Bylaw No. 3505, 1999 | One house or one duplex; with a house, a secondary suite, a carriage house or a secondary dwelling | 4 ha | 15% | 10.67 m |
| Columbia Shuswap Regional District Rural Residential (4,000 m²) · South Shuswap Zoning Bylaw No. 701 | One house, plus secondary dwelling units under s. 3.22 | 1 ha (s. 7.2.1; the 4,000 m² in the zone's name is not the minimum for new lots) | 40% on lots under 4,000 m² | Main buildings 11.5 m; accessory buildings 10 m with a dwelling in them, 8.5 m otherwise |
| Columbia Shuswap Regional District Rural Residential 1 · Ranchero / Deep Creek Zoning Bylaw No. 751 | One house, plus secondary dwelling units under s. 3.16 | 1 ha (20 m wide) | 25% | Main buildings 11.5 m; accessory buildings 10 m with a dwelling in them, 8.5 m otherwise |
| Columbia Shuswap Regional District Rural Residential 1 · Electoral Area E Zoning Bylaw No. 841 | One house, plus secondary dwelling units under s. 3.15 | 1 ha (30 m wide) | 30% | Main buildings 11.5 m; accessory buildings 10 m with a dwelling in them, 8.5 m otherwise |
| Columbia Shuswap Regional District Rural Residential 1 · Electoral Area 'B' Zoning Bylaw No. 851 | One house, plus secondary dwelling units under s. 3.15 | 1 ha (20 m wide) | 25% | Main buildings 11.5 m; on lots under 2 ha, accessory buildings 10 m with a dwelling in them and 8.5 m otherwise; 10 m on 2 ha or more |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · Elk Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 829, 1990 | One house or one duplex, plus a secondary suite; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 20% | 10 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · Jaffray, Tie Lake, Rosen Lake Land Use and Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 1414, 1999 | One house (with a secondary suite) or one duplex; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 10% | Main building 9 m, accessory buildings 6 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · Wycliffe Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2256, 2010 | One house (with a secondary suite) or one duplex; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 20% (75% for greenhouses with closed waste and storm water systems) | House 10 m, accessory buildings 10 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · South Country Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2320, 2011 | One house (with a secondary suite) or one duplex; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 20% (75% for greenhouses with closed waste and storm water systems) | House 10 m, accessory buildings 10 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · Electoral Area E Zoning and Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2502, 2014 | One house (with a secondary suite) or one duplex; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 35% (75% for greenhouses with closed waste and storm water systems) | House 9 m, accessory buildings 9 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · Steeples Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2615, 2015 | One house (with a secondary suite) or one duplex; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 35% (75% for greenhouses with closed waste and storm water systems) | House 9 m, accessory buildings 9 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Rural Residential (Estate) · Electoral Area C South Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2913, 2019 | One house (with a secondary suite) or one duplex; a dwelling for a relative needing care is possible | 1 ha | 35% (75% for greenhouses with closed waste and storm water systems) | House 9 m, accessory buildings 9 m |
| Regional District of Mount Waddington Rural Residential · RDMW Zoning Bylaw No. 21, 1972 | One house | 0.4 ha, with 35 m of frontage | 15% | 10.5 m |
| Regional District of Nanaimo Rural Residential 1 · Regional District of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, 2024 | One home and a secondary suite (s. 4.39(c), s. 3.21) | Set by the lot's subdivision district on the RDN's map, from 400 m² to 50 ha by district and servicing (Part 5); a report on a lot names its district and size. | 25% | 9 m |
| Bowen Island Municipality Rural Residential 1 · Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 | One house and one suite, in the house or detached (ss. 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 3.57) | 4 ha without community water (s. 4.1.3) | 100 m² plus 3.5% of the lot, at most 1,500 m² (s. 4.1.2) | 9 m (s. 4.1.2) |
| Gambier Island Local Trust Committee Rural Residential One · Gambier Associated Islands Land Use Bylaw, 2013 (Bylaw No. 120) | One home on a lot under 4 ha, two on a lot over 4 ha (s. 5.2(2)); a lot of exactly 4 ha is unclear (our reading). An accessory building may be a sleeping cabin for non-paying guests, not a home (s. 3.5(1)) | 1 ha, and 4 ha on average (s. 5.2(9), (10)) | 25% (s. 5.2(3)) | 11 m for a home (s. 5.2(7)); accessory buildings one storey and 5.2 m (s. 5.2(8)) |
| Gambier Island Local Trust Committee Rural Residential One – Passage Island · Bowyer and Passage Islands Land Use Bylaw, 2011 (Bylaw No. 114) | One dwelling per lot (s. 5.1(2)); no cottage or suite, and accessory buildings can't be lived in (s. 3.5(1)) | 1.6 ha (s. 5.1(11)) | 25% (s. 5.1(3)); the house's floor area at most 0.2 times the lot area (s. 5.1(4)) | 9 m for the house (s. 5.1(7)); 3.7 m and one storey for accessory buildings (s. 5.1(8)); fences 1 m (s. 5.1(9)); wind turbines 15 m (s. 3.4(2)) |
| North Pender Island Local Trust Committee Rural Residential 1 · North Pender Island Land Use Bylaw No. 224, 2022 | One house, one secondary suite and one cottage at most (s. 5.1(2)); the cottage only on a lot of 1.2 ha or more (s. 5.1(3)) | 0.4 ha, or 0.25 ha on community water or sewer; 0.6 ha on average (s. 5.1(14), (15)) | 25% (s. 5.1(8)) | Homes and cottages 9.7 m (s. 3.4(1)); other buildings 4.6 m and one storey (s. 3.4(3)) |
| South Pender Island Local Trust Committee Rural Residential One · South Pender Island Land Use Bylaw No. 114, 2016 | One house and no cottage on a lot under 0.8 ha; a house and a cottage on 0.8 to 4 ha; two houses and two cottages on 4 ha or more (s. 5.1(2) to (4)) | 0.4 ha, and 0.4 ha on average (s. 5.1(10)) | Not set | 9.2 m for houses and cottages (s. 3.4(1)); accessory buildings 7.6 m (s. 3.4(2)), farm buildings in the ALR up to 12.2 m where 7.6 m from every lot line (s. 3.7) |
| City of Kelowna Large Lot Rural Residential · City of Kelowna Zoning Bylaw No. 12375 | One house (single detached) per lot; with a secondary suite and a carriage house (s. 10.3 note .13) | 4 ha without community sewer, 8,000 m² with it; 36 m wide, 30 m deep; a 150 m² building envelope (s. 10.4) | 20% for buildings (30% on lots under 8,000 m²); 40% for buildings, structures and hard surfaces (50% under 8,000 m²) (s. 10.6) | House 10 m (with a walkout basement, 8.6 m at the front and 12.5 m at the rear), a third storey at most 70% of the second; carriage house 5.7 m (6.1 m with a roof flatter than 3 in 12); accessory buildings 4.8 m |
| District of Lake Country Rural Residential 1 · District of Lake Country Zoning Bylaw 561, 2007 | One house with one secondary suite or one accessory suite (not both); the accessory suite may be a mobile or manufactured home. Small-scale multiple housing isn't a listed use (s. 14.1) | 4.0 ha, 40.0 m wide, 100.0 m deep (s. 14.1) | 10% (s. 14.1) | House 9.5 m or 2½ storeys; accessory buildings 8.0 m or 1½ storeys, accessory structures 13.0 m (s. 14.1) |
| District of Peachland Rural Residential · Zoning Bylaw No. 2400, 2023 | One house, and either a secondary suite or a garden suite (s. 7.3.5) | 1 ha without municipal sewer, 0.4055 ha with it; 30 m wide and 50 m deep (ss. 7.3.3, 7.3.4) | 30% on a lot up to 0.2 ha, 20% up to 0.4 ha, 10% on a larger one | Houses 9.1 m; farm buildings 12 m; other accessory buildings and garden suites 5 m |
| City of Quesnel Residential Reserve · City of Quesnel Zoning Bylaw No. 1980 of 2025 | One house with a secondary suite; a secondary dwelling or carriage house only on a lot fully on community water and sewer | 4 ha, with 30 m of frontage | 20% | Main building 9 m or 2 storeys, accessory buildings 7 m |
| Resort Municipality of Whistler Rural Resource One · Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 | One house a lot (s. 1(18)), of 46.5 to 465 m² (s. 1(3), (15)), with one auxiliary home inside it of 32.5 to 80 m² with at most one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchen and one living room (s. 1(2)(b), (16)-(17)) | 40 ha (s. 1(9)); the zone sets no frontage | No limit (s. 1(10)); buildings other than houses and schools up to 2,000 m² and 0.25 times the lot area, a golf course clubhouse 2,000 m² (s. 1(4), (6)); accessory buildings 56 m² (Part 5, s. 3(3)) | A house 7.6 m, other main buildings 14 m (s. 1(7)-(8)); accessory buildings 5 m (Part 5, s. 3(4)) |
| Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Resort Reserve One · Sun Peaks Resort Area Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 | A house (the zone sets no number; the lot is at least 8 ha) | 8 ha (no minimum for utilities) | No maximum stated | No maximum stated (auxiliary buildings 5 m) |
Listed by local government, not ranked. "Not set" means the zone itself sets no figure; general rules elsewhere in its bylaw may still apply. Each zone's page has its uses, setbacks and the bylaw's sections.
Two lots both zoned RR1 under different bylaws can allow quite different things, and provincial law sets a floor of homes on most house zones in towns (how many homes can I build?). Site-specific exceptions, development permit areas and the ALR apply on top. Find the lot's own zone with the search above, then confirm with the local government before you buy or build.
Sources: each zone's bylaw, linked from its page, summarised in our words. Other councils' zones aren't here: the zoning we cover.