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VancouverBudgetRevenue · 2025

Cost recoveries and donations

In 2025, the City of Vancouver took in $148M from cost recoveries and donations — 4.8% of its revenue, +2.2% on 2024.

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

$148M
raised in 2025
4.8% of revenue
+2.2% on 2024 · +58% since 2017
About these figures

The City's reports print revenue under different lines before 2017, 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): 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025

See also

The other sources, 2025

Property taxes, penalties and interest46% of revenue$1.41BUtility fees16% of revenue$499MDeveloper contributions6.4% of revenue$197MInvestment income5.1% of revenue$158MProgram fees5.1% of revenue$157MLicense and development fees4.8% of revenue$146MGovernment transfers3.8% of revenue$116MParking3.6% of revenue$112MRental, lease and other3.3% of revenue$102MBylaw fines0.8% of revenue$24.2MGain (loss) on sale of tangible capital assets0.1% of revenue$2.7M

Overview

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