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VancouverBudgetRevenue · 2018

Property taxes, penalties and interest

In 2018, the City of Vancouver took in $833M from property taxes, penalties and interest — 42% of its revenue, +11% on 2017.

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2022.

$833M
raised in 2018
42% of revenue
+11% on 2017 · +19% since 2015
201520162017
2018
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Who pays it, by property class, 2018

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

Residential - class 154.5%
Business - class 642.3%
Light industrial - class 51.1%
Other utilities, rec/non-profit and farm1.1%
Major industrial - class 41.0%
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, 2018

Utility fees14% of revenue$277MDeveloper contributions13% of revenue$257MProgram fees6.3% of revenue$124MCost recoveries and donations5.4% of revenue$107MParking5.0% of revenue$98.1MLicense and development fees4.8% of revenue$94.8MGovernment transfers3.4% of revenue$67.8MRental, lease and other3.4% of revenue$66.8MInvestment income1.9% of revenue$37.7MBylaw fines1.1% of revenue$22.4MGain (loss) on sale of tangible capital assets-0.4% of revenue−$7.1M

Overview

The City’s budget, 2018All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$1.59B