Key facts
- City of Vancouver plans to create a public inventory of high-risk buildings.
- The inventory aims to reduce earthquake risk in private buildings.
- This is the first such move after decades of failed efforts.
The City of Vancouver is preparing to establish a public inventory of buildings deemed high-risk in the event of an earthquake. This initiative is intended to mitigate seismic hazards within the city's private building stock. The move comes after numerous previous attempts to address earthquake risks in these structures have not succeeded over several decades.