City of Victoria Tax Bylaw, 2026 (Bylaw No. 26-030)
Victoria, British Columbia
· No. 26-030
· adopted 2026-05-07
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NO. 26-030
A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA
The purpose of this Bylaw is to impose tax rates and taxes for the year 2026.
Under its statutory powers, including section 197 of the Community Charter, under the Hospital
District Act, and the Local Government Act, the Council of The Corporation of the City of Victoria,
in an open meeting assembled, enacts the following provisions:
1.
This Bylaw may be cited as the "TAX BYLAW, 2026."
2.
Taxes are imposed for 2026 by imposing the following rates upon all taxable land and
improvements within the City, based on the assessed value, to provide the sums required for
each of the following purposes:
a) for all general purposes of the City, except Policing, the rates shown in column A of
Schedule 1;
b) to meet payments of interest and principal of debts incurred by the City for which other
provision has not been made, the rates shown in column B of Schedule 1;
c)
to provide monies for City Policing, the rates shown in column C of Schedule 1;
d) to provide monies which, when added to the amount remaining in the Capital Regional
District Rate Account for the year 2025, are sufficient for the City's share of the expenses
of the Capital Regional District and for the City's share of the debts incurred for regional
district purposes according to the requisition submitted to City Council by the Capital
Regional District Board, the rates shown in column D of Schedule 1;
e) to provide monies which, when added to the amount remaining in the Hospital Rate
Account from the year 2025, are sufficient for the City's share of the expenses of the
Capital Regional Hospital District and for the City's share of debts incurred for hospital
purposes according to the requisition submitted to City Council by the Capital Regional
Hospital District Board, the rates shown in column E of Schedule 1;
3.
The rates and taxes imposed under this Bylaw must be paid to the City Collector's office at
City Hall, Victoria, British Columbia, not later than 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon of July 2,
2026.
READ A FIRST TIME the
23rd
day of
April
2026.
READ A SECOND TIME the
23rd
day of
April
2026.
READ A THIRD TIME the
23rd
day of
April
2026.
ADOPTED the
7th
day of
May
2026.
"CURT KINGSLEY"
"MARIANNE ALTO"
CITY CLERK
MAYOR
Schedule 1 - Bylaw No. 26-030
Tax Rates 2026
(dollars of tax per $1,000 taxable value)
A
B
C
D
E
Total
Regional
Regional
Class
Assessment
General
Debt
Police
Municipal
District
Hospital
Residential
General
31,490,813,084
2.1708
0.1739
1.3782
3.7229
0.2411
CRHD
31,490,813,084
0.1223
Utilities
General
22,937,000
23.3236
1.8688
14.8076
40.0000
2.5901
CRHD
74,801,000
0.4279
Supportive Housing
18
2.1708
0.1739
1.3782
3.7229
0.2411
0.1223
Industrial
Major
27,206,000
6.6105
0.5297
4.1968
11.3370
0.7341
0.4157
Light
153,509,100
7.2900
0.5841
4.6282
12.5023
0.8095
0.4157
Business
General
7,111,214,220
7.3884
0.5921
4.6907
12.6712
0.8196
CRHD
7,137,195,220
0.2996
Recreational/Non profit
53,224,700
4.9303
0.3951
3.1301
8.4555
0.5475
0.1223