You're right, I somewhat simplified the problem. You're definitely right with the overall numbers: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/bc-government-releases-p

You're right, I somewhat simplified the problem. You're definitely right with the overall numbers: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/bc-government-releases-preliminary-data-on-foreign-home-purchases/article30790277/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/bc-government-releases-p... However those numbers are for home sales overall, not a survey of who owns unoccupied homes. In addition, in many ways it's not much better if a house is foreign-owned or not if it's empty, since it still takes much-needed property supply off the market and artificially drives up housing prices.