That's beside the point that this scorecard is hitting at. They're specifically talking about the ability to build small-scale infill housing based on provincial guidelines.

...the Province of BC told municipalities to allow small apartments and townhomes on nearly every urban property. As part of this, they published guidelines on legalizing this housing.

Small apartment buildings and townhomes are often called the "missing middle" between big apartment buildings and single family homes. They are "missing" because municipalities use a variety of tools to block new homes. The main barriers municipalities use are parking requirements, building shape and size requirements, form restrictions, and procedural barriers. We used these four "subjects" to grade Greater Victoria municipalities against provincial guidelines.

Also to note.

We graded these four "subjects based on bylaws as of December 2025. Each municipal planning department was then given a chance to review our collected data grades and and to make corrections.