City of Langley

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Langley City is a compact municipality in Metro Vancouver, located within the traditional and unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui and Semiahmoo First Nations. The city grew out of the settlement of Langley Prairie and has kept the small-town feel of those roots, with a vibrant historic downtown and a compact, walkable urban fabric set across the Nicomekl River valley.

The City is designated a regional centre and serves as a geographic hub connecting Metro Vancouver with the Fraser Valley. Under its "Nexus of Community" strategic vision — summed up as "The Place to Be" — the City is planning around the arrival of SkyTrain, with two stations planned within the city, and a denser, more walkable urban centre.

Source: City of Langley — City of Langley, Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 3200, consolidation).

Combined chart

City of Langley property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2026

Bars: City of Langley property tax annual increase, all property classes.

Lines: Canada inflation (Canada CPI annual average, Statistics Canada) and Canadian dollar Real CEER (Bank of Canada). CEER is on the separate right axis and is not a percentage.

Bars — City of Langley property tax increase, all property classes
Line — Canada inflation (Statistics Canada CPI annual average)
Line — Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)

Scope notes

All figures are the City's published property tax increase across all property classes. They are the municipal levy increase; taxes collected for other authorities are not part of this series.

Scope caution: the City's headline figure is an increase across all property classes — it is not a residential-only figure and is not directly comparable to residential-only or core-services figures published by other cities. The 2026 figure of 5.82% is made up of five components published by the City. The 2023 and 2024 figures are stated on the City's own financial plan pages for those plans. Earlier figures found in City material (3.61% in a 2017 fact sheet, 6.67% in February 2020 open-house material) were proposal-stage and are not used.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series. A missing year breaks a line: no line segment crosses a gap, and no value is interpolated. Inflation for 2026 is not yet published as an annual average. Each Canadian dollar Real CEER value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values from the Bank of Canada (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value). CEER is an index on a separate right axis and is not a percentage. CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.

Data behind the chart

The data table below carries one row per year, in year order, with the tax increase, the inflation value and the CEER value for that year, or “No data” where a series has no verified figure.

Year	City of Langley property tax increase (all property classes)	Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average	Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2015	No data	1.1%	110.0
2016	No data	1.4%	108.4
2017	No data	1.6%	110.0
2018	No data	2.3%	109.3
2019	No data	1.9%	108.6
2020	No data	0.7%	108.0

Year	City of Langley property tax increase (all property classes)	Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average	Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2021	No data	3.4%	113.0
2022	No data	6.8%	113.0
2023	11.56%	3.9%	108.4
2024	9.97%	2.4%	107.6
2025	6.7%	2.1%	104.9
2026	5.82%	No data	No data

Sources for this chart:

City of Langley property tax increase, 2023: City of Langley, 2023–2027 Financial Plan:
City of Langley property tax increase, 2024: City of Langley, 2024–2028 Financial Plan:
City of Langley property tax increase, 2025: City of Langley, 2025 Financial Plan page ("View the adopted 2025 Budget"):
City of Langley property tax increase, 2026: City of Langley news (2026–2030 Financial Plan adopted):
Canada inflation, 2015–2025: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. The 2026 annual average is not yet published.
Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2025: Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100), source file; explainer, Canadian effective exchange rates. Each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value). CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the property tax increase across all property classes, as published by the City. Each row is the figure for that year on that one measure. A year with no verified figure on that measure is shown as No data.

Year	Figure
2015	No data
2016	No data
2017	No data
2018	No data
2019	No data
2020	No data

Year	Figure
2021	No data
2022	No data
2023	11.56%
2024	9.97%
2025	6.7%
2026	5.82%

Separate note — tax rates, not the trend

This note is separate from the trend above and is not part of it. A residential tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value can move even when the levy increase is small, because the assessment base changes. Rate figures are therefore not used as the trend and are not mixed into the increase chart.

2026 residential rates, per $1,000 of taxable value, from the City of Langley's official 2026 tax rate summary:

Component	Rate per $1,000
Municipal (General)	2.5937
School	1.1606
TransLink (GVTA)	0.3586
Metro Vancouver (GVRD)	0.0555
BC Assessment	0.0381
Municipal Finance Authority	0.0002
Total	4.2067

Municipal portion: 2.5937. Total (all authorities): 4.2067.

Source: City of Langley, 2026 tax rates summary: https://www.langleycity.ca/media/file/2026taxrates

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the property tax increase across all property classes, as published by the City.

Where a city publishes an increase as components, the components are recorded in the scope notes; a total is used only where the city itself publishes it.

Canada inflation is Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. Canadian dollar Real CEER is Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100); each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value).

How to read this page

Bars are the City of Langley property tax increase, all property classes. Lines are Canada inflation and Canadian dollar Real CEER.

The left axis is a percentage axis shared by the bars and the inflation line. The right axis is a separate index axis for Canadian dollar Real CEER only. CEER is an index and is not a percentage.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series, and a missing year breaks a line.

Tax rates per $1,000 are separate from the trend and are not charted.

Sources

City of Langley introduction: City of Langley, Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 3200, consolidation)
City of Langley: City of Langley, Strategic Vision ("Nexus of Community")
City of Langley: City of Langley, 2023–2027 Financial Plan:
City of Langley: City of Langley, 2024–2028 Financial Plan:
City of Langley: City of Langley, 2025 Financial Plan page ("View the adopted 2025 Budget"):
City of Langley: City of Langley news (2026–2030 Financial Plan adopted):
Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01: CPI annual average
Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM: Real CEER source file

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This page is an independent guide. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. It is general information only and is not tax advice. Check the official City of Langley source before relying on a figure.