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VancouverBudgetServices · 2019

Parks and recreation

In 2019, the City of Vancouver's spending on parks and recreation was $222M — 13% of its expenses, +8.0% on 2018.

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2023.

$222M
spent in 2019
13% of expenses · $324 per resident
+8.0% on 2018 · +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, 2019

Police protection20% of expenses$341MUtilities19% of expenses$321MEngineering14% of expenses$227MGeneral government11% of expenses$185MFire protection8.4% of expenses$140MArts, culture and community services6.6% of expenses$111MPlanning and development4.0% of expenses$67.6MLibrary3.5% of expenses$58.5M

Overview

The City’s budget, 2019All expenses, by service and by kind of cost$1.67B