Sales of church propety happen in many places, but business is especially brisk in Canada’s western Metropolis.T Often the buyers are burgeoning Asian communities, in part because it is hard to get permission to rezone church property for secular use. All this makes Vancouver’s sacred-property market “unique”, says Leonardo Di Francesco of Churchforsale.ca, which has sold more than 100 houses of worship over the past two decades.disadvantaged youth attracted fewer participants.