Property Tax Guide for Canada

Saanich

British Columbia

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Saanich is a district municipality on southern Vancouver Island that blends rural and urban landscapes. With more than 114,000 residents, it has the largest population of any municipality on Vancouver Island and is the largest municipality in Greater Victoria. It borders six other municipalities, including British Columbia's capital, Victoria, and its motto is *Populo Serviendo* — "serving the people."

Incorporated on March 1, 1906, Saanich covers about 10,334 hectares where the Trans-Canada Highway from the west and the Patricia Bay Highway from the north converge. Roughly half of the district is urban and half is rural and agricultural, and the municipality delivers more than 100 services to residents, from police and fire protection to parks, recreation and the Saanich Commonwealth Place leisure centre.

Source: District of Saanich — District of Saanich, About Saanich.

Combined chart

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

Bars: District of Saanich net municipal property tax annual increase.

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.

Saanich property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–20260%2%4%6%8%10%12%104106108110112114No data2015No data20163.53%20173.07%20185.2%20192.4%20205.76%20216.67%20227.19%20237.93%20248.02%20255.35%2026Increase (%)Canadian dollar Real CEER (1999=100)Year
  • Bars — Saanich net municipal property tax increase
  • 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.

YearDistrict of Saanich net municipal property tax increaseCanada 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
20173.53%1.6%110.0
20183.07%2.3%109.3
20195.20%1.9%108.6
20202.40%0.7%108.0
YearDistrict of Saanich net municipal property tax increaseCanada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
20215.76%3.4%113.0
20226.67%6.8%113.0
20237.19%3.9%108.4
20247.93%2.4%107.6
20258.02%2.1%104.9
20265.35%No dataNo data

Sources for this chart:

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the net municipal property tax increase measured for existing/average homeowners. 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
20173.53%
20183.07%
20195.20%
20202.40%
YearFigure
20215.76%
20226.67%
20237.19%
20247.93%
20258.02%
20265.35%

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.

Municipal portion (District of Saanich only), residential class:

YearMunicipal residential rate per $1,000NotesSource
20263.2746= General municipal 2.36411 + Police 0.91049. The total residential rate on a Saanich tax notice is higher and varies by school district (parts of Saanich lie in SD 61, 62 and 63); only the municipal portion is shown hereDistrict of Saanich, 2026 Tax Rate Chart, https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Community/Documents/Property~Tax/Tax Rate Chart 2026.pdf

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the net municipal property tax increase measured for existing/average homeowners.

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 Saanich net municipal property tax increase. 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

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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 District of Saanich source before relying on a figure.