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VancouverBudgetServices · 2018

Fire protection

In 2018, the City of Vancouver's spending on fire protection was $136M — 8.6% of its expenses, +3.5% on 2017.

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

$136M
spent in 2018
8.6% of expenses · $202 per resident
+3.5% on 2017 · +20% since 2015
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, 2018

Police protection20% of expenses$325MUtilities19% of expenses$301MEngineering13% of expenses$212MParks and recreation13% of expenses$206MGeneral government11% of expenses$176MArts, culture and community services7.4% of expenses$117MPlanning and development3.8% of expenses$59.8MLibrary3.5% of expenses$55.1M

Overview

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