Guide
Strata property management in BC
Updated June 2026 · 10 min read
Everything a British Columbia strata corporation needs to operate well — whether you hire a management company or self-manage. This guide covers the council’s duties, Strata Property Act compliance, finances, and the tools that make self-management practical.
In short
Strata property management is the operation and administration of a strata corporation: maintaining common property, managing the operating fund and contingency reserve fund (CRF), enforcing bylaws, holding annual general meetings, and meeting obligations under BC’s Strata Property Act. In British Columbia it can be done by a hired strata management company or self-managed by the owners’ elected strata council.
What is strata property management?
When you own a unit (a “strata lot”) in a condo, townhouse complex, or duplex in BC, you automatically belong to a strata corporation — the legal entity that owns and runs the shared parts of the property. Managing that corporation well means looking after five things at once: maintenance of common property, money (two separate funds), governance and meetings, bylaw enforcement, and statutory compliance.
Those responsibilities sit with the elected strata council. The council can delegate day-to-day work to a professional strata management company, or handle it themselves — what’s called a self-managed strata.
Self-managed vs. professional management
Most small BC stratas can be self-managed. Roughly two-thirds of the province’s strata corporations have 10 units or fewer (see BC strata statistics), where a management company’s monthly fee is hard to justify. The trade-off is time and organisation — which is exactly what good software removes.