Want Victoria MLS and Vancouver Island MLS listings on your own WordPress site? These are VREB and VIREB listings. It starts with your board's OK. MLS Import lists one entry, "Victoria and Vancouver Island via Bridge." It has one field, for the token.
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Which board is yours? It depends on where you work. VIREB explains, "if you work on Vancouver Island North of Victoria, you would join the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board" (VIREB).
Member counts: CREA stats, August 2026 (VREB) and VIREB.
VREB is a group of REALTORS® in the Victoria area. It was founded in 1921 and claims to be "one of 8 real estate boards throughout BC." Joining is optional. VREB states, "Membership is voluntary" (VREB).
In August 2026, 591 properties were sold in the VREB region. At the end of that month, there were 3,662 active listings on its MLS® System (CREA stats). VREB notes that most properties sold in Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands are listed and sold on its MLS® System (VREB).
VIREB describes itself as "a not-for-profit, member-based association." It has over 1,000 REALTORS® who work from the top of the Malahat to the north tip of Vancouver Island (VIREB). Its office is in Nanaimo, and Jason Yochim is the CEO (VIREB leadership).
In September 2026, VIREB had 562 unit sales and 4,457 active listings. In all of 2025, it recorded 7,620 sales (VIREB market report).
On Bridge, the data provider decides who gets access. Here is what the boards and Bridge have posted.
Bridge says access is "typically initiated by the MLS" (Bridge FAQ). The steps are in How to get your access token.
On Bridge, approval is "at their discretion." In some cases, the data provider asks for a data license, fees or tests (Bridge FAQ).
VREB's IDX Reciprocity requires a two-step process (VREB reciprocity). First, the managing broker opts the firm in. Then, each Realtor decides whether to include their listings and show listings from all firms in the program.
Bridge states the MLS might allow sharing access with vendors. This is only available for broker and agent accounts (Bridge FAQ). You share it with MLS Import.
On Bridge, no one can approve their own access. Bridge says every dataset needs the data provider's approval.
What about a licensed BC REALTOR who is not a VREB or VIREB member? They can enter listings for VREB's MLS® through the interboard portal. They log in with their CREA REALTOR.ca sign-in (VREB interboard portal). There is no stated right to a feed for them.
Can a vendor apply without a broker? Does an agent need the managing broker's written approval? The boards do not specify. Call your board at the number in "Who to call first" and ask.
VREB serves Greater Victoria from Sooke to Sidney. It goes "up-Island as far as Cherry Point Road in Cobble Hill." It also serves the Gulf Islands (VREB).
VREB splits its area into 5 regions, 15 districts and 170 map areas (VREB maps).
Core Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich West, Saanich East, Victoria, Victoria West, View Royal
Westshore Colwood, Highlands, Langford, Metchosin, Sooke
Peninsula Central Saanich, North Saanich, Sidney
Islands Listed as a region on VREB's map
Malahat Common Marketing Area
VIREB splits its area into zones. In Matrix, each zone shows as an area. Zone 3 is the one split in two. It shows as Duncan and "Malahat and Area" (VIREB).
Zone 1 Campbell River
Zone 2 Comox Valley
Zone 3 Cowichan Valley
Zone 4 Nanaimo
Zone 5 Parksville / Qualicum
Zone 6 Port Alberni
Zone 7 North Island
Zone 10 Islands
VREB serves the Southern Gulf Islands. VIREB serves these islands (VIREB islands):
1. Cortes
2. De Courcy
3. Denman
4. Gabriola
5. Hornby
6. Lasqueti
7. Mudge
8. Protection
9. Quadra
10. Read
11. Ruxton
12. Thetis
13. Valdes
14. Alert Bay, on Cormorant Island
15. Sointula, on Malcolm Island
The boards share a strip of land known as the Common Marketing Area. VREB explains: "Through a cooperative agreement between the Victoria Real Estate Board and the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, MLS® listings in the land districts of Shawnigan, Helmcken, and Malahat will automatically appear on both boards' MLS® Systems."
The three land districts are Helmcken (23), Malahat (29), and Shawnigan (53) (VREB Common Marketing Area).
Start with your board, not with MLS Import. Follow these six steps:
📌 Pro Tip: Send all 7 questions below in one message on your board's contact form. As of October 13, 2026, neither board lists a data-feed contact. So the form is your way in.
Use the board where you work, either VREB or VIREB. Bridge says the MLS usually starts access. Ask the board for an invite.
VREB's IDX Reciprocity program requires the managing broker to opt in the firm (VREB reciprocity). Check with VREB if this applies to a Bridge token.
On Bridge, the data provider decides. It may ask for a data license, a fee or a test (Bridge FAQ).
Broker and agent accounts can share access with a vendor, if the MLS allows it. Name MLS Import as your vendor.
Then follow the MLS Import docs to add it.
Pick "Victoria and Vancouver Island via Bridge." Other entries with "Victoria" in the name use Trestle. We checked the MLS Import list on October 13, 2026.
Bridge lists five states for data access: Pending, Approved, Denied, Suspended and Revoked. If a provider revokes access, Bridge says the feed "is no longer available." You "will need to reapply to regain access" (Bridge FAQ).
Bridge also says some MLSs have extra steps before you can apply. And providers can change restrictions and field payloads "at their discretion." This is how Bridge describes access to its datasets. So keep your board contact handy after you go live.
1. Which feed type do you OK: IDX, VOW or BBO?
2. Is there a data license form? Does it cost anything?
3. Can I share my access with a plugin? Do you need my managing broker's OK?
4. Can my site show sold data?
5. How often must my site refresh?
6. How long does approval take?
7. Do Common Marketing Area listings come once or twice in the feed?
Your feed starts with a call to your board. Use the contact form and say you need Web API access.
VREB's Handbook lists three join fees: VREB's, BCREA's (the BC group) and CREA's (the national group). It says they are "payable to the Victoria Real Estate Board." BCREA and CREA dues are billed monthly with VREB's service fee. MLS Import is separate from all of that. It's $49 a month, and MLS Import bills you for it.
VREB posts its fees in its Realtor Handbook. The table says "Updated April 1, 2026." It covers licensees only. The Handbook adds: "all fees are subject to change at any time, and you may not be required to pay all fees. There may be additional taxes."
Source for the VREB, BCREA, CREA and MLS® fee cards: VREB Realtor Handbook, April 1, 2026.
Both boards use Matrix. It is where agents work each day. Members of both boards sign in at one Matrix login page.
Each board keeps its own Matrix help line. You'll find both in Who to call first.
RESO is the group that sets the data rules for MLS feeds. Both boards passed RESO Web API testing on Web API Core 2.0.0. RESO's list shows VREB as M00000051 and VIREB as M00000576. Both read "Passed" (RESO).
MLS Import reads the RESO Web API, so this is the standard it uses.
The Data Dictionary is the list of field names in a feed. Price, beds and baths are all fields. RESO's registry shows VREB tested on version 1.7. VIREB tested on version 2.0. So the two boards passed on two versions. Ask your board which one your feed uses.
MLS Import connects through Bridge with one token. It brings listings in as real WordPress posts on your own domain. They are not stuck in a frame from someone else's site.
It checks for changes every hour. Maps use OpenStreetMap. It works with any WordPress theme. WpResidence, WpEstate, Houzez and Real Homes give deeper links, if you want them. The MLS Import docs show the setup.
VREB covers Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands. VIREB covers the Malahat north to the tip of Vancouver Island. They are two boards. They share one Matrix login and joint MLS rules.
The Matrix login page is the same for both boards. By signing in, users agree to follow their home board's rules. Each agent still follows their own board.
However, the boards share some rules. VREB's IDX page mentions "the Joint Multiple Listing Service® Regulations of the Victoria and Vancouver Island Real Estate Boards" (VREB). This text is not public. Please ask your board for the Joint Regulations before you start building.
VREB's public search includes VIREB areas. You'll find Campbell River, Comox Valley, Duncan, Nanaimo, Parksville/Qualicum, Port Alberni, and North Island. VREB notes that VIREB IDX Reciprocity listings appear under VIREB's broker reciprocity agreement.
This note also mentions the Association of Interior REALTORS® (AIR). So, VREB's public site displays listings from more than just these two boards. VREB also has an interboard portal. Licensed BC REALTORS who are not VREB or VIREB members can enter listings for VREB's MLS® there.
MLS Import lists one entry, "Victoria and Vancouver Island via Bridge." It has one field, for the token.
MLS Import 7.2 added connections to more than one MLS. Read how to show listings from more than one MLS.
Check this table before you build.
Known MLS Import connects through Bridge.
Not published A board page on Bridge. A dataset name.
Known On Bridge, an MLS OKs feed types for each request. Those can be IDX, VOW, BBO or other.
Not published Which types VREB and VIREB OK.
Known Bridge says a data provider may ask for a license, fees or tests.
Not published Any feed fee or vendor fee from either board.
Known VREB's reciprocity rules. See display rules.
Not published A sold-data rule. A VOW policy. A cache or refresh rule for the Bridge feed. The Joint Regulations text.
Known RESO's registry: VREB tested on Data Dictionary 1.7. VIREB tested on 2.0.
Not published Whether one merged field set comes through.
This table compares a board feed through Bridge with CREA's DDF.
Board feed through Bridge On Bridge, the data provider (your board) approves access. In some cases, it asks for a data license (Bridge FAQ).
CREA REALTOR.ca DDF CREA's DDF is "permission based." Each firm opts in, channel by channel (CREA DDF Policy and Rules, June 2026 (PDF on that page)).
Board feed through Bridge Bridge allows data providers to change restrictions and field payloads "at their discretion."
CREA REALTOR.ca DDF The firm decides which channels get its listings.
Board feed through Bridge Your board's rules apply. For example, VREB's reciprocity rules.
CREA REALTOR.ca DDF Also, consider CREA's DDF Policy and Rules.
Board feed through Bridge MLS Import connects through Bridge. It has one token field.
CREA REALTOR.ca DDF CREA shares listings with many websites through this route.
CREA revised its DDF Policy and Rules in June 2026. Its policy page was last updated in August 2026. The new rules add one display duty. All DDF listing content must show the "Powered by REALTOR.ca" badge. CREA says "The badge should be linked back to the original listing on REALTOR.ca" (CREA DDF Policy and Rules).
Under the DDF rules, National Pool Websites and Member Websites must refresh at least every 24 hours. Listing content that is no longer current after a refresh must come off. Every page of those sites needs an MLS® and REALTOR® trademark note. It also needs the name of the firm or agent who controls the site, and the logo of the firm.
These rules bind the DDF channels they name. Do they bind a board feed that comes through Bridge? CREA and the boards do not say. So use the DDF rules when your source is DDF. Use your board's rules when your source is the board feed.
VREB lists three rules for reciprocity websites, plus one note on updates (VREB).
Show the name of the listing brokerage on each listing.
Credit the "Victoria and Vancouver Island Real Estate Board MLS®" as the source of any listing your firm does not own.
Add a disclaimer about how accurate the data is.
VREB states, "Reciprocity information updates at least every 24 hours with fresh MLS® data and pictures" (VREB reciprocity). MLS Import checks for changes every hour.
The boards' listing sites include this note: "NOTE: VREB MLS® property information is provided under copyright© by the Victoria Real Estate Board. VIREB IDX Reciprocity listings display in line with VIREB's broker reciprocity Agreement and are copyright © the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board." They add that the site "must only be used by consumers to locate and purchase real estate."
CREA controls the marks REALTOR®, REALTORS®, and the REALTOR® logo. CREA also owns MLS® and Multiple Listing Service®. VREB notes, "The MLS® Marks do not identify or describe a computer database of real estate listings."
How much does a reciprocity listing show? VREB says the Joint MLS Regulations set that first. Then you set it, through your website.
Still curious? Talk to a human.
They are two boards. VREB covers Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands. VIREB covers the Malahat north to the tip of Vancouver Island. They share one Matrix login. You join the board where you work.
The boards share a Matrix login, joint MLS rules and a Common Marketing Area. Neither board says if it is one MLS in law or two. MLS Import has one entry for these two boards.
MLS Import lists one entry for these boards, "Victoria and Vancouver Island via Bridge." It has one field, for the token. Ask your board what its access covers. Version 7.2 added connections to more than one MLS.
A licensed BC REALTOR who is not a VREB or VIREB member can enter listings for VREB's MLS® through VREB's interboard portal. No feed right is stated for them. Ask the boards before you buy MLS Import or any tool.
Contact your board and ask for Web API access. Ask whether VREB's reciprocity opt-in applies to it. Ask the board to let you share access with a vendor. Then paste your Bridge access token into MLS Import.
VREB's Handbook, updated on April 1, 2026, states that joining costs $800 (+ $40 GST). The monthly fee is $135 (+ $6.75 GST). BCREA and CREA fees are additional. The Handbook mentions that fees may change for licensees. VIREB does not list fees, so call 250.390.4212 for details. MLS Import is billed separately from these fees.
Neither board lists a fee for data access. Bridge mentions that a data provider might require a license, fees, or tests. MLS Import costs $49 a month after a 30-day free trial and is billed separately from any board fee.
RESO's registry shows both passed RESO Web API testing on Web API Core 2.0.0. VREB tested on Data Dictionary 1.7. VIREB tested on 2.0. MLS Import connects through Bridge.
Neither board has posted a sold-data rule. Ask your board before you show sold data. Then set up MLS Import. It works with any WordPress theme.
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