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VancouverBudgetServices · 2023

Arts, culture and community services

In 2023, the City of Vancouver's spending on arts, culture and community services was $205M — 9.8% of its expenses, +34% on 2022.

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

$205M
spent in 2023
9.8% of expenses · $283 per resident
+34% on 2022 · +99% since 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, 2023

Police protection21% of expenses$430MUtilities17% of expenses$365MParks and recreation13% of expenses$270MGeneral government11% of expenses$239MEngineering11% of expenses$236MFire protection8.8% of expenses$183MPlanning and development4.4% of expenses$91.2MLibrary3.1% of expenses$64.2M

Overview

The City’s budget, 2023All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$2.08B