Fort St. John, British Columbia
· No. 2632
· adopted 2026-05-11
· summary & facts
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CITY OF FORT ST. JOHN
BYLAW NO. 2632, 2026
A BYLAW FOR THE LEVYING OF RATES FOR MUNICIPAL, REGIONAL HOSPITAL,
REGIONAL DISTRICT, REGIONAL SHARED SERVICES AND B.C. TRANSIT
FOR THE YEAR 2026
WHEREAS, Section 197 of the Community Charter requires the Council to adopt a Bylaw to
impose rates on all taxable land and improvements according to their assessed values before
May 15 in each year.
NOW THEREFORE, Council of the City of Fort St. John in open meeting assembled enacts as
follows:
TITLE
1.
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2632, 2026".
ENACTMENT
2.
The following rates are hereby imposed and levied for the year 2026:
a) For lawful purposes of the Municipality on the assessed value of land and
improvements taxable for Municipal General and Debt purposes, rates appearing in
Column A of the Schedule 'A' attached hereto and forming a part thereof.
b) For Hospital purposes on the assessed value of land and improvements taxable for
Regional Hospital District purposes, rates appearing in Column B of the Schedule 'A'
attached hereto and forming a part thereof.
c) For purposes of the Peace River Regional District on the assessed value of land and
improvements taxable for Regional District purposes, rates appearing in Column C of
the Schedule 'A' attached hereto and forming a part thereof.
d) For purposes of the Peace River Regional District Improvements Based Services on
the assessed value of improvements only taxable for Regional District purposes,
rates appearing in Column D of the Schedule 'A' attached hereto and forming a part
thereof.
e) For purposes of B.C. Transit on the assessed value of land and improvements taxable
for B.C. Transit purposes, rates appearing in Column E of the Schedule 'A' attached
hereto and forming a part thereof.
Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2632, 2026
Page 2
3.
If any section, subsection sentence, clause or phrase of this Bylaw is for any reason
held to be invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid
portion shall be severed and the part that is invalid shall not affect the validity of the
remainder.
READ FOR THE FIRST THREE TIMES THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026
ADOPTED THIS 11th DAY OF MAY, 2026
JIM LEQUIERE
BONNIE MCCUE
ACTING MAYOR
CORPORATE OFFICER
CITY OF FORT ST JOHN
BYLAW NO. 2632, 2026
SCHEDULE A
TAX RATES (Dollars of tax per $1,000 taxable value)
A
B
C
D
E
Municipal
Regional
Regional
Regional
B.C.
Property Class
General &
Hospital
District
District
Transit
Debt
District
Shared Services
(Based on
Improvements only)
1 Residential
5.8392
0.5647
0.1684
0.6018
0.2416
2 Utilities
40.0000
1.9765
0.5894
2.1063
0.8456
3 Supportive Housing
5.8392
0.5647
0.1684
0.6018
0.2416
4 Major Industrial
32.4035
1.9200
0.5726
2.0461
0.8214
5 Light Industrial
29.6007
1.9200
0.5726
2.0461
0.8214
6 Business
16.4286
1.3835
0.4126
1.4744
0.5919
8 Recreational
12.3073
0.5647
0.1684
0.6018
0.2416
9 Farm
1.7518
0.5647
0.1684
0.6018
0.2416