The City’s investments
$346M in 2018 · $894M in 2026
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Hatched: 2026, the adopted budget.
The 2022 capital budget, by service
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The largest programs in the 2022 budget
469 programs carry a 2022 expenditure budget.
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The 32 next ones
Little Mountain Neighbourhood House: Housing DevelopmentHousing · Non-market housing$11.3M2019-2022 Upgrades & replacement - Pump StationWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$11.0MGranville Bridge CoatingStreets · Building a resilient network$9.8MNeighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) Waste Heat Recovery ExpansionRenewable energy · Neighbourhood Energy Utility$9.7MCity Wide Street Lighting LED replacementStreets · Building a resilient network$9.6M2019-2022 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - Engineering ServicesWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$8.8M2015-2018 Housing Land AcquisitionHousing · Land acquisition$8.5MCoal Harbour - HousingHousing · Non-market housing$8.0M2019-2022 Growth related Utility upgrades - Green InfrastructureWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$7.1MVancouver School Board / City Childcare Partnership project - Coal Harbour - SchoolCommunity facilities · School$7.0M2019-2022 Technology Services Business projectsTechnology · Technology$6.9M2019-2022 Routine Landfill Gas Works (Non-closure)Waste collection, diversion & disposal · Disposal$6.8MReplacement Of City-Operated Housing ResidencesHousing · Non-market housing$6.5M2019-2022 Rehabilitation Of Major Roads - MRN (Major Road Network)Streets · Building a resilient network$6.3M2019-2022 Active Transportation Corridors & Spot ImprovementsStreets · Improving mobility$6.1MRenewal and Expansion of Grandview Fire Hall - Planning and DesignPublic Safety · Fire & Rescue$6.0MVancouver School Board / City Childcare Partnership Project - David LloydChildcare · Infant, Toddler & Preschool (0-4 Years Old)$6.0MVancouver School Board / City Childcare Partnership ProjectChildcare · Infant, Toddler & Preschool (0-4 Years Old)$5.5M2019-2022 Sewer & Water Combined ConnectionsWater, sewers & drainage · Rainwater & sanitary water$5.3MResidential Water Metering AccelerationWater, sewers & drainage · Potable water$5.3M2019-2022 Landfill Phase 4 ClosureWaste collection, diversion & disposal · Disposal$5.1MPayment for Affordable Housing (Stainsbury)Housing · Land acquisition$4.9M2019-2022 Park Land acquisitionParks & public open spaces · Park land$4.7M2019-2022 Replacement of Vehicles & Equipment - Vancouver Fire & Rescue ServicesPublic Safety · Fire & rescue$4.7MHP-PNE Master Plan: Infrastructure ImplementationArts, culture & heritage · Entertainment & Exhibition Facilities$4.6MData Centre ModernizationTechnology · Technology$4.4M2019-2022 IT Infrastructure Maintenance, Upgrades & Expansion - CityTechnology · Technology$4.1M2019-2022 Rehabilitation Of Major Roads - CityStreets · Building a resilient network$4.1MClimate Emergency Response - Transportation initiativesStreets · Supporting public life$4.0M2019-2022 Park Capital Project ManagementParks & public open spaces · Park amenities$4.0MLand Acquisition - March 2016Housing · Land acquisition$4.0MWest Fraser Lands ChildcareChildcare · Full day care (0-4 years old)$3.8MHow the 2022 new projects are funded
$285M of new multi-year project budgets.
The 2022 budget file does not split its new project budgets by source; the files do from 2023.
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.
3 of the City’s reports print this row shifted by one column for 2022; the figure here is read from the earlier report the City’s own text confirms. The misprinted reports: Statement of Financial Information 2023 ↗ · Statement of Financial Information 2024 ↗ · Statement of Financial Information 2025 ↗
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.
The 2022 budget file printed: “One Water” → Water, sewers & drainage · “Affordable Housing” → Housing · “Transportation & Street Use” → Streets · “Parks & Open Spaces” → Parks & public open spaces · “Solid Waste” → Waste collection, diversion & disposal · “Arts & Culture” → Arts, culture & heritage · “Overhead” → Emerging priorities, contingency & project delivery.
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 2022 budget draws on the 2019-2022 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.
Statement of Financial Information 2025 ↗ · Capital budget file 2022 ↗ · CSV 2022 ↗ · investments.json ↗ · Sources and method →
Sources: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information (five-year review, unaudited); capital budget files and Capital Plan.