Taxes

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Five-Year Financial Plan and Ten-Year Capital Plan adopted

Council adopted the 2025 to 2029 Financial Plan Bylaw with a budget increase of 7.31 per cent for municipal taxes to fund current operations, requested and required service increases in bylaw, policing, fire protection, technology and other areas, and capital improvement in parks, active transportation, facilities and other infrastructure.

Did you know? Under Section 165 of the Community Charter, a municipal Council is required to adopt, by bylaw, a five-year financial plan, which must establish the City's proposed expenditures, funding sources and transfers between funds. West Kelowna has a five-year Operating Plan and ten-year Capital Plan.

Property tax notices were sent out in early May

Property taxes are being prepared and will be distributed in the mail in May. Property taxes are due by 4:30 p.m. July 2, 2025; please note, Monday, July 1 is Canada Day and our offices will be closed for this statutory holiday; please account for the holiday in arranging to pay your taxes to avoid delays. Thank you.

If you have not received your property tax notice through the mail by June 1, 2025, please contact our staff at taxes@westkelownacity.ca or 778-797-8860 and we can arrange to email a copy of your notice to you.

Postal disruptions

We do not recommend paying property taxes through the mail in 2025 due to the potential for a postal strike/disruptions. Please consider online, after hours drop box and in person options. To learn more, please see our Payment Options web page.

Property Tax Notices

Property tax notices are mailed in May. Learn more about your Property Tax Notice.

Property tax deferment

Property tax deferment may be an option to help offset household costs. Learn more about this Province of BC program, which is available to families with children, people over 55, widows and widowers, and people living with disabilities, on the provincial tax deferment website.

For property tax payment options and other information, visit our Property Tax webpage.

What have past tax increases been set at?

2025: 7.31 per cent
2024: 6.85 per cent
2023: 5.00 per cent
2022: 4.00 per cent
2021: 4.05 per cent
2020: 2.80 per cent
2019: 3.88 per cent
2018: 2.18 per cent
2017: 3.00 per cent
2016: 3.00 per cent
2015: 2.70 per cent
2014: 2.95 per cent
2013: 2.95 per cent
2012: 3.00 per cent
2011: 2.24 per cent
2010: 2.35 per cent
2009: 2.00 per cent
2008: 5.00 per cent

What things are considered when establishing tax levels?

Staff and Council know that tax dollars are limited, despite a multitude of service, program, and infrastructure requests. Mayor and Council and many city staff are tax paying residents too.

To ensure wise spending, Council establishes Strategic Priorities which set goals for the municipality. The budget process also takes into consideration such factors as affordability, assessment values, inflation, population and construction growth, recommendations from master plans, asset management and requests for services.