Residential property tax rates

You pay the following dollar amounts in tax for every $1,000 of your property's taxable value.

Property tax rate over the past three years

Levy (per $1000 taxable value) 2023 2022 2021
General Purpose Tax Levy $1.63321 $1.53131 $1.60152
Provincial School Tax $0.84419 $0.84961 $0.96661
TransLink $0.21911 $0.22641 $0.25898
BC Assessment Authority $0.03365 $0.03498 $0.04116
Metro Vancouver $0.05034 $0.05042 $0.05403
Municipal Finance Authority $0.00020 $0.00020 $0.00020
Total $2.78070 $2.69293 $2.92250

Managing property tax increases

Land assessment averaging

We provide land assessment averaging to give temporary relief to property owners by phasing in tax increases over time.

Property tax rates from previous years

View historical tax rates for residential, utilities, supportive housing, major industry, light industry, business, recreational and non-profit, and farm properties (, 2 pages each):

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