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VancouverBudgetServices · 2024

Library

In 2024, the City of Vancouver's spending on library was $70.8M — 3.1% of its expenses, +10% on 2023.

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

$70.8M
spent in 2024
3.1% of expenses · $94 per resident
+10% on 2023 · +39% 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, 2024

Police protection21% of expenses$475MUtilities18% of expenses$416MGeneral government13% of expenses$299MParks and recreation13% of expenses$293MEngineering11% of expenses$262MFire protection8.8% of expenses$202MArts, culture and community services8.4% of expenses$193MPlanning and development4.0% of expenses$92.7M

Overview

The City’s budget, 2024All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$2.30B