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VancouverBudgetRevenue · 2017

Property taxes, penalties and interest

In 2017, the City of Vancouver took in $753M from property taxes, penalties and interest — 40% of its revenue, +4.5% on 2016.

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2021.

$753M
raised in 2017
40% of revenue
+4.5% on 2016 · +7.6% since 2015
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Who pays it, by property class, 2017

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

Residential - class 154.1%
Business - class 642.8%
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, 2017

Developer contributions18% of revenue$332MUtility fees14% of revenue$261MProgram fees6.2% of revenue$117MCost recoveries and donations5.0% of revenue$93.6MParking4.9% of revenue$93.0MLicense and development fees3.9% of revenue$74.5MRental, lease and other3.7% of revenue$69.6MGovernment transfers2.7% of revenue$51.8MInvestment income1.5% of revenue$28.5MBylaw fines1.1% of revenue$20.5MGain (loss) on sale of tangible capital assets-0.4% of revenue−$7.0M

Overview

The City’s budget, 2017All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$1.53B