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不同地区(victoria or saanich) 标准不完全一样．你可去你的地区查．主要的是：卧室一定要有够大能开的Window, 不然的话不能有门; 屋顶高度不能少于 一定高度(6'10"or 7')；还有炉子的电线要240v, not every old house can add that in first floor and be safe, 一定要请有本子的电工看．很多人家并没有按规定该造，但以后万一出了事，或有人(邻居，房客）告发你了，会有麻烦．

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卧室没门，叫Bachelor Suite (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080704065314AAHSTN6)．

For Victoria 区：
The 2 most important rules for a legal suite in the City of Victoria are:
1. Basement height has to be 7 feet or higher
2. The total square footage must be 1615 sqft or greater, and the suite
can only be 40% of the total floor space to a max of 968 square feet. If
the floor plan is smaller than 1615 sqft, you can add-on to make up the
extra room.

http://victoriahomesales.ca/2010 ... what-are-the-rules/

http://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/ ... n_scndry_18morv.pdf

For Saanich 区, they just started the process:
http://www.saanich.ca/living/community/suite.html

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If you live in city of Victoria, you could apply for grant to add a new suite:

http://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/departments-sustainability-secondary-suites.shtml