The City’s investments
$346M in 2018 · $894M in 2026
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Hatched: 2026, the adopted budget.
The 2026 capital budget, by service
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The largest programs in the 2026 budget
440 programs carry a 2026 expenditure budget.
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The 32 next ones
2023-2026 Sewer Main renewal - Grandview Catchment areaWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$14.4M2023-2026 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - SanitationWaste collection, diversion & disposal · Collection & cleaning$13.2M2023-2026 Drinking Water demand managementWater, sewers & drainage · Potable water$12.0M2023-2026 Housing Land acquisitionHousing · Land acquisition$11.7MVancouver School Board / City Childcare Partnership project - Coal Harbour - SchoolCommunity facilities · School$10.7M2023-2026 Capital Maintenance - Recreation FacilitiesCommunity facilities · Recreation facilities$10.7M2023-2026 Grants to support new or redeveloped Partner unitsHousing · Non-market housing$10.0M2023-2026 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - StreetsStreets · Building a resilient network$9.6MLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House: Housing DevelopmentHousing · Non-market housing$9.3MCoal Harbour - HousingHousing · Non-market housing$9.0MUpgrades to Active Transportation NetworkStreets · Improving mobility$9.0MCity Wide Street Lighting LED replacementStreets · Building a resilient network$8.4M2023-2026 MRN (Major Road Network) rehabilitationStreets · Building a resilient network$7.5M2023-2026 Sewer and Drainage planningWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$7.5M2023-2026 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - Vancouver Fire & Rescue ServicesPublic Safety · Fire & rescue$7.4M2023-2026 Local Roads rehabilitationStreets · Building a resilient network$7.2MVancouver Animal Shelter RedevelopmentPublic Safety · Animal control$7.1M2023-2026 Sewer Main renewal - Angus Catchment areaWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$7.0M2023-2026 Vancouver Landfill maintenance / renovations / upgradesWaste collection, diversion & disposal · Disposal$6.9M2024 Climate Emergency Action dedicated funding - Building Retrofits/Cooling/Air Quality Relief CentersEmerging priorities, contingency & project delivery · Climate Adaptation$6.9M2023-2026 Arterial Road rehabilitationStreets · Building a resilient network$6.6M2023-2026 Sewer Main renewal- Cambie/ Heather Catchment areaWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$6.2M2023-2026 Gas Collection InfrastructureWaste collection, diversion & disposal · Disposal$6.0M2023-2026 Bus transit improvementsStreets · Improving mobility$6.0M2023-2026 Pump Station renewals & upgrades - ThorntonWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$6.0MBritannia Community Centre - Capital MaintenanceCommunity facilities · Recreation facilities$6.0MAndy Livingstone Synthetic Turf RenewalParks & public open spaces · Park amenities$5.8MLandfill Closure programWaste collection, diversion & disposal · Disposal$5.7MSunset Seniors CenterCommunity facilities · Social facilities$5.6M2023-2026 Energy Retrofits for Non-City BuildingsRenewable energy · Community electrification$5.5MPredevelopment funding program for housing projects on City-landHousing · Non-market housing$5.3MDigital Transformation programTechnology · Technology$5.3MHow the 2026 new projects are funded
Understand
Two measures: what was added, what was adopted
The number is the City’s capital additions: what it added to its buildings, infrastructure, land and equipment in a finished year, as printed in the five-year statistical review of its Statement of Financial Information (2018–2025), which the City marks unaudited.
The services and programs come from the capital budget: what Council adopts to spend on capital projects in a year, from the capital budget file the City publishes for each year (2021–2026). The two measures are not the same and are never added together.
The City’s review does not print capital additions for 2026 yet: for that year the number is the adopted budget, hatched on the rail.
Where is the money spent?
The capital budget files give each program a service, not an address. 16 of the 1,096 places on the Places page carry capital budget lines, where a program’s name cites the place. Places ›
Names that changed between budgets
The 2023-2026 Capital Plan renamed the services of the 2019-2022 plan, and some budget files spell a service their own way. This page shows each service under the name the 2023-2026 plan gives it, through a reviewed list with a reason for each name.
Programs are sometimes spelled differently from one budget file to the next (a typo, an abbreviation, a word added): 86 programs are followed across those spellings after review, and each year keeps the name it printed.
The Capital Plan
The 2023-2026 Capital Plan is the envelope the yearly capital budgets draw from. It started at $3.49B; as revised it stands at $3.96B, of which $706M is delivered in kind by developers. 2023-2026 Capital Plan and 2026 Capital Budget with proposed four-year Capital Plan allocations ↗
The 2026 budget draws on the 2023-2026 Capital Plan.
Where do these numbers come from?
Capital additions: the five-year statistical review of the City’s Statement of Financial Information, which the City marks unaudited. Capital budgets and the Capital Plan: the files the City publishes on its open-data portal, one per budget year.
Capital budget file 2026 ↗ · CSV 2026 ↗ · investments.json ↗ · Sources and method →
Sources: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information (five-year review, unaudited); capital budget files and Capital Plan.