Evidence register
Municipal tax comparison
The comparison uses annual municipal tax increases and compounds them across 2022-2026. It does not compare total household bills, utilities, service levels or assessment changes.
Defined cohort
The same population band, all 12 municipalities.
The table includes all 12 B.C. municipalities with 25,000 to 50,000 residents in B.C. Stats' July 1, 2025 population estimates. This follows the population band used in the City's tax review. It is a campaign calculation, not a City ranking. The complete-bill comparison uses a separate, fixed 11-community cohort.
| Community | 2025 population | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Compounded | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell River | 38,300 | 3.13% | 9.97% | 3.47% | 2.89% | 2.70% | 24.00% | |
| West Vancouver | 47,929 | 4.29% | 4.14% | 7.54% | 3.00% | 3.43% | 24.43% | |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 5.24% | 6.59% | 4.82% | 4.94% | 5.04% | 29.61% | |
| West Kelowna | 40,274 | 4.00% | 5.00% | 6.85% | 7.31% | 6.64% | 33.52% | |
| North Cowichan | 34,525 | 3.77% | 4.82% | 5.18% | 7.83% | 8.42% | 33.75% | |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 4.71% | 9.26% | 6.60% | 5.71% | 3.95% | 34.01% | |
| Mission | 47,280 | 5.96% | 5.12% | 6.19% | 5.84% | 7.43% | 34.49% | |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 5.70% | 9.50% | 5.31% | 7.88% | 5.93% | 39.29% | |
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 4.96% | 9.60% | 7.47% | 7.00% | 6.00% | 40.22% | |
| Vernon | 49,527 | 6.96% | 4.48% | 5.28% | 10.38% | 9.33% | 41.98% | |
| City of Langley | 35,444 | 4.35% | 11.56% | 9.97% | 6.70% | 5.82% | 44.55% | |
| Squamish | 28,578 | 3.76% | 4.20% | 8.90% | 9.60% | 12.80% | 45.56% |
B.C. Stats municipal population estimates · City comparison approach
Five annual increases are included: the previous council's 2022 budget and this council's 2023 through 2026 budgets. The 2022 increase is already part of the starting bill in the separate household-bill comparison.
Municipal reporting methods differ. Squamish's 2026 figure measures revenue-requirement growth including tax-base growth; its earlier figures measure existing-taxpayer or average impacts. Courtenay's 2022 figure comes from a staff recommendation; final adoption has not been independently confirmed. Rates and sources are listed above so the calculation can be checked.
Totals are calculated from the annual figures shown, then rounded to two decimal places. Small differences from comparisons using previously rounded multi-year totals can result.
Calculation
Compounded increase = (1 + 2022 rate) × (1 + 2023 rate) × (1 + 2024 rate) × (1 + 2025 rate) × (1 + 2026 rate) - 1.
Optional benchmarks
B.C. and Canada measure the homeowner's bill.
The chart's B.C. and Canada toggles use Statistics Canada's property taxes and other special charges index. From October 2021 to October 2025, the index increased 37.3% in B.C. and 21.6% in Canada. Statistics Canada follows a constant sample of owner-occupied homes and includes assessment changes, municipal and provincial rates, special service charges and homeowner rebates. These hollow bars provide household context; they are not a like-for-like average of Council-approved 2022-2026 budget increases.
Official benchmark sources
Index values: Canada 172.8 to 210.2; British Columbia 210.1 to 288.5. Cumulative change = ending index / starting index - 1.