2026 Tax Rates Bylaw No. 3181 — full text

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## CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT ## BYLAW NO. 3181 A Bylaw for the levying of rates for Municipal, Regional District and Regional Hospital District purposes for the year 2026. THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: - This Bylaw may be cited as the "TAX RATES BYLAW, 2026, NO. 3181". 2. The following rates are hereby imposed and levied for the year 2026: - (a) For all lawful purposes of the municipality on the assessed value of land and improvements taxable for general municipal purposes, rates appearing in column "" of Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming a part hereof. - (b) For purposes of the Capital Regional District on the assessed value of land and improvements taxable for general municipal purposes, rates appearing in column "2" of Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming a part hereof. - (c) For purposes of the Capital Regional Hospital District on the assessed value of land and improvements taxable for regional hospital district purposes, rates appearing in column "3" of Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming a part hereof. 3. The minimum amount of taxation upon a parcel of real property shall be One Dollar ($1.00). 4. The aforesaid rates and taxes shall be considered to have been imposed on and from January 1, 2026 and shall be due and payable at the office of the Collector of Taxes of the Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt, in the Province of British Columbia, by July 2, 2026 or paid at a financial institution in Canada on or before July 2, 2026. READ a first time by the Municipal Council on the 27t day of April, 2026. READ a second time by the Municipal Council on the 27* day of April, 2026. READ a third time by the Municipal Council on the 27* day of April, 2026. ADOPTED by the Municipal Council on the 4*h day of May, 2026.    Дивала Cesardims BARBARA DESJARDINS MAYOR Hel Slan YOPKIN: CORPORATE OFFICER I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of "Tax Rates Bylaw, 2026, No. 3180" as having been adopted by the Township of Esquimalt Council on May 4, 2026. Uch tople leb Hopkins, Corporate Office Dated May 7, 2026 ## CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT ## TAX RATES - 2026 ## (Dollars of tax per $1,000 value) | Property Class | 1 Municipal | 2 Regional District | 3 Hospital District | |--------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| | 1 Residential | 3.94230 | 0.63696 | 0.12189 | | 2 Utilities | 15.60408 | 2.52115 | 0.42662 | | 4 Major Industry | 40.88080 | 6.60510 | 0.41443 | | 5 Light Industry | 8.84619 | 1.42928 | 0.41443 | | 6 Business & Other | 9.74331 | 1.57422 | 0.29864 | | | 4.10348 | 0.66300 | 0.12189 | 8 Recreational & Non-Profit