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VancouverBudgetServices · 2015

Arts, culture and community services

In 2015, the City of Vancouver's spending on arts, culture and community services was $103M — 7.6% of its expenses.

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

$103M
spent in 2015
7.6% of expenses · $159 per resident
2015
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About these figures

The five-year review prints each service as one total; what it pays for inside — wages, contracts, grants — is not read for this page.

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 services, 2015

Police protection21% of expenses$286MUtilities19% of expenses$255MEngineering14% of expenses$186MParks and recreation14% of expenses$185MGeneral government11% of expenses$149MFire protection8.3% of expenses$113MLibrary3.7% of expenses$51.0MPlanning and development2.6% of expenses$35.2M

Overview

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