Fonds documents the Vancouver Town Planning Commission’s involvement in town planning and zoning regulations. It consists of material produced through the Commission’s discussions and recommendations regarding planning and zoning both for the city and for individual developments.

Meeting minutes record meetings held by the Commission’s executive committee and sub-committees, as well as public hearings held by the Commission. They address planning and zoning applications, planning and zoning by-laws and proposed amendments, and city infrastructure proposals and program progress. Zoning applications and development permits include information on specific developments, property history, and correspondence.

Fonds includes meeting minutes, development and zoning applications, by-law documents and drafts, correspondence, architectural drawings, maps, reports, and other material produced as part of the Vancouver Town Planning Commission’s business. Material is arranged chronologically.

The collection consists of documents, archival records, photographs, ephemera and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia history, immigration and settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Included are the archival fonds of the Yip family and Yip Sang Company, the Dart Coon Club and Chinese Freemasons of Victoria, Hugh G. Robinson (regarding the S.S. Greenhill Park Explosion), Rev. MacDonnell (regarding the Clandonald colony of Scottish immigrants in Alberta) and the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. Includes documents, ephemera and artifacts of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, including records of travelers on CPR rail and steamships.

The fonds consists of two letters: Warren Hastings to Elijah Impey from Daylesford House, 9 Nov., 1808; and Warren Hastings to Mr. Charles Purling at Lucknow, from Fort William, 2 Nov., 1780.