More fun with Numbers: 

 From the Vancouver Sun (Feb08/17)

"The latest census numbers for 2016 show there were 25,502 unoccupied or empty housing unit in the City of Vancouver"

"The number of empty homes in Metro Vancouver continues to rise, according to population growth data from the 2016 Census.
Between 2011 and 2016, the percentage of homes left vacant or not permanently lived in in the City of Vancouver rose from 7.7 per cent to 8.2 per cent, according to an analyses of Census data by Andy Yan, an urban planner and director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
During the same period the number of such properties jumped by 15 per cent, from 22,169 to 25,502, in Vancouver."

from Huff Post:

"In Toronto, the number of empty homes has tripled to 99,000 since 2001, enough housing for some 240,000 people.

In (Metro) Vancouver, empty homes have more than doubled in that time, to around 66,000."