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VancouverBudgetKinds of cost · 2025

Contract services

In 2025, the City of Vancouver's contract services cost $263M — 10% of its expenses, +13% on 2024.

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2025.

$263M
in 2025
10% of expenses
+13% on 2024 · +131% since 2018
About these figures

The City's reports print revenue under different lines before 2018, so this line starts there.

Each year is read from the newest Statement of Financial Information that prints it; later reports restate earlier years.

Source: City of Vancouver, Statements of Financial Information, five-year statistical review (unaudited; Internet Archive copies): 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025

See also

The other kinds of cost, 2025

Wages, salaries and benefits54% of expenses$1.37BSupplies, material and equipment25% of expenses$634MAmortization of tangible capital assets9.4% of expenses$240MDebt charges1.4% of expenses$34.7M

Overview

The City’s budget, 2025All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$2.55B