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VancouverBudgetRevenue · 2015

Property taxes, penalties and interest

In 2015, the City of Vancouver took in $700M from property taxes, penalties and interest — 44% of its revenue.

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2019.

$700M
raised in 2015
44% of revenue
2015
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Who pays it, by property class, 2015

Share of property-tax revenue by property class, as the City prints it.

Residential - class 154.0%
Business - class 642.9%
Other utilities, rec/non-profit and farm1.1%
Major industrial - class 41.0%
Light industrial - class 51.0%
About these figures

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): 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025

See also

The other sources, 2015

Utility fees15% of revenue$231MDeveloper contributions7.9% of revenue$124MProgram fees6.8% of revenue$107MCost recoveries, grants and donations6.5% of revenue$104MParking5.3% of revenue$84.0MRental, lease and other4.6% of revenue$72.9MLicense and development fees4.1% of revenue$65.5MInvestment income1.8% of revenue$28.8MGain (loss) on sale of tangible capital assets1.6% of revenue$25.1MRevenue sharing1.5% of revenue$23.8MBylaw fines1.1% of revenue$17.1MGain on sale of Southeast False Creek assets0.0% of revenue$0

Overview

The City’s budget, 2015All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$1.36B