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Vancouver Property Addresses

Primary mapped addresses, parcel and site identifiers, local areas, and coordinates for building geocoding and property entity-resolution tools.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Small · 0.01–0.2 GB
Formats
CSV, JSON, GeoJSON, DWG
Access
Download and API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
City of Vancouver
Updates
Weekly
Last Verified
Sep 3, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
Open Government Licence - Vancouver
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

Start with one local area and a small API page of mapped addresses. The source contains primary VanMap display addresses and does not include every address, includes duplicates, and has geometry less precise than survey data.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • A notebook environment such as Jupyter or Google Colab
  • An internet connection
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Open the official dataset page and review the completeness and precision notes.
  2. 2.Query a bounded page through the OpenDataSoft API.
  3. 3.Keep civic number, street, parcel id, site id, local area, and coordinates.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install pandas requests

import pandas as pd
import requests

url = "https://opendata.vancouver.ca/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/property-addresses/records"
response = requests.get(url, params={"limit": 100}, timeout=30)
response.raise_for_status()
addresses = pd.json_normalize(response.json()["results"])
columns = [
    "civic_number",
    "std_street",
    "p_parcel_id",
    "site_id",
    "geo_local_area",
    "geo_point_2d.lat",
    "geo_point_2d.lon",
]
print(addresses[columns].head())
4

Test a Useful Signal

Build a Property Address Crosswalk

Test whether parcel and site identifiers can connect address-based Vancouver datasets.

  1. 01Construct a normalized civic-number and street key.
  2. 02Measure duplicate address keys and missing parcel or site identifiers.
  3. 03Explain why primary-address coverage, duplicates, and coordinate precision limit geocoding completeness.

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Dataset Details

City of Vancouver is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-03. Temporal coverage: Current address inventory.

Provider

City of Vancouver

Data Terms

Open Government Licence - Vancouver

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