Property Tax Guide for Canada

Port Coquitlam

British Columbia

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Port Coquitlam's history begins with the Kwikwetlem First Nation (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), whose people lived along the rivers of this part of the Lower Mainland long before European settlement. European homesteaders arrived in the mid-1800s, and the community's growth was shaped by its position near the Fraser River, on the route between New Westminster and Vancouver. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Coast Terminal in 1891 established Port Coquitlam as a railway town.

Port Coquitlam was incorporated as a city on March 7, 1913. Today it is a Metro Vancouver municipality in the Tri-Cities, alongside Coquitlam and Port Moody, combining established residential neighbourhoods with commercial and industrial areas.

Source: City of Port Coquitlam — City of Port Coquitlam, Heritage Strategic Plan (history and heritage overview).

Combined chart

Port Coquitlam property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2026

Bars: City of Port Coquitlam municipal property tax annual increase for the average home.

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.

Port Coquitlam property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–20260%2%4%6%8%10%104106108110112114No data2015No data2016No data2017No data2018No data20190% (verified)2020No data20213.56%20223.73%20235.58%2024No data20251.95%2026Increase (%)Canadian dollar Real CEER (1999=100)Year
  • Bars — Port Coquitlam municipal property tax increase for the average home
  • 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)

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.

YearCity of Port Coquitlam municipal property tax increase (average home)Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2015No data1.1%110.0
2016No data1.4%108.4
2017No data1.6%110.0
2018No data2.3%109.3
2019No data1.9%108.6
20200% (verified)0.7%108.0
YearCity of Port Coquitlam municipal property tax increase (average home)Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2021No data3.4%113.0
20223.56%6.8%113.0
20233.73%3.9%108.4
20245.58%2.4%107.6
2025No data2.1%104.9
20261.95%No dataNo data

Sources for this chart:

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the municipal property tax increase for the average home. 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.

YearFigure
2015No data
2016No data
2017No data
2018No data
2019No data
20200%
YearFigure
2021No data
20223.56%
20233.73%
20245.58%
2025No data
20261.95%

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 rates under the City of Port Coquitlam Annual Tax Rates Bylaw 2026, No. 4441 (adopted May 5, 2026), Schedule 1 — "Annual Tax Rates – Municipal & Metro Vancouver Regional District", per $1,000 of assessed value:

Class / columnRate per $1,000
Residential — Column A, general municipal purposes (municipal portion)2.1985
Residential — Column B, Metro Vancouver Regional District0.0552

Source:: https://portcoquitlam.ca/sites/default/files/2026-05/4441%20-%20Annual%20Tax%20Rates%20Bylaw.pdf

Scope: Column A (2.1985) is the municipal portion. School and other agency rates are set in a separate schedule; no combined total rate is shown.

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the municipal property tax increase for the average home.

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 Port Coquitlam municipal property tax increase for the average home. 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. A verified 0% increase sits at the zero line and is marked “0% (verified)”.

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

Sources

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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 Port Coquitlam source before relying on a figure.