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VancouverBudgetServices · 2019

Utilities

In 2019, the City of Vancouver's spending on utilities was $321M — 19% of its expenses, +6.8% on 2018.

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

$321M
spent in 2019
19% of expenses · $468 per resident
+6.8% on 2018 · +26% 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$341MEngineering14% of expenses$227MParks and recreation13% of expenses$222MGeneral 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