General information only
The Strata Match calculators are for general information. They are not legal, financial, or accounting advice. A result is a starting point for a conversation with your strata manager, your council, or a strata lawyer, not a decision you should act on by itself.
The two kinds of answer
Some tools apply an exact rule from the Strata Property Act, such as how a special levy is split or the minimum reserve-fund contribution. Those answers are precise, but only for the standard case. If something unusual applies to your strata, the calculator says so and stops rather than showing a number it can't stand behind. Other tools, like the self-managed cost comparison, give a market range because no public per-building data exists. A range is honest where a single figure would be made up.
What they don't account for
The legal calculators assume the default statutory formula. They do not account for separate sections, limited-common-property or type formulas, a different allocation formula filed under s.100, your strata's own bylaws, or the exact wording of the resolution your owners vote on. Any of those can change the answer. Your registered Schedule of Unit Entitlement is the figure to trust over a number you remember.
What to do with a result
Confirm it against the Act, your registered schedule and bylaws, and a licensed strata professional before you rely on it. If a calculator surfaces a problem, that's the point at which a second opinion is worth getting. Strata Match can show you up to five firms that fit your building.
Where the numbers come from
The legal rules below were checked against BC Laws on October 2, 2026. The market prices were checked against their published sources on October 22, 2026. Every calculator also shows its sources next to the result.
Special levy share
Levy divided by unit entitlement, 3/4 vote (s.108(2)(a)). A 'fair division' method needs a unanimous vote (s.108(2)(b)) and isn't calculated here.
Strata fee by unit entitlement
Fee = (your unit entitlement ÷ total unit entitlement) × approved annual budget (s.99, Regulation 6.4).
Reserve fund minimum
At least 10% of the budgeted operating-fund contribution (Regulation 6.1(2), verified verbatim; no balance-based exemption). The contribution must be set after considering the most recent depreciation report (6.1(1)).
Strata Property Regulation 6.1 · Gov BC: contingency reserve fund
Spend without a vote?
Less than the lesser of $2,000 or 5% of the operating-fund contribution, aggregate across the year, unless bylaws set a limit (s.98(2), verified verbatim). Emergencies are a separate path (s.98(3)).
Fee check and Self-managed or professional
One firm's published figures, not a quote. The per-unit figure by building size is from Wynford's 2026 Metro Vancouver article (Wynford is a management firm listed on Strata Match). The BC average is Eli Report's $35 per unit a month (2025). The $1,500 to $2,000 monthly minimum is what Fort Park, also a listed firm, said many firms charge (2024). Self-managed cost values council time.
Wynford 2026 · Eli Report 2025 · Fort Park 2024 · How the Fee check works
Depreciation report cost
Price ranges published by three companies: AV Appraisals (a report provider listed on Strata Match), FirstService Residential (2025) and Wynford (2026), both management firms. They are firms' published prices, not a survey.
AV Appraisals · FirstService Residential 2025 · Wynford 2026