In June 2024, Jensen Hughes released a report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Housing on single-stair apartment buildings. A week later, the province's housing minister told The Globe and Mail that he expected legislation to be introduced in the fall to allow single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories, with up to four units per floor. On Aug. 29, the province announced that the code has been updated, with the exact text published online a few days later.

On Oct. 8, 2024, the City of Edmonton released a report saying that it was developing a guideline to encourage developers and architects to submit plans for a variance through its alternative solutions process for single-exit apartment buildings taller than those allowed by the Alberta Edition of Canada's National Building Code. The report also mentioned that "[v]ariances approved through this process can be used by the Government of Alberta to inform future updates to the prescriptive portions of the codes," and may be considered for province-wide bulletins that would enable the development of such buildings across Alberta.

The government of Ontario wrote on April 10, 2024 that after releasing a new edition of the province's building code, it intends to "consult with fire-safety stakeholders on single-exit stair in small residential buildings."

This topic had also been discussed in the 1990s when the provincial government commissioned a report recommending code changes for “Mainstreets Development.” At the time, stakeholders were concerned at the cost of requiring sprinklers and fire departments did not support the concept. In 2012, the Ontario Building Code was updated to require sprinklers in new buildings over three stories regardless of the number of exits.