Property Tax Guide for Canada

West Kelowna

British Columbia

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

West Kelowna is a city on the western shore of Okanagan Lake, situated on the traditional territory of the syilx/Okanagan People. Incorporated on December 6, 2007, it is the second most populous municipality in the Regional District of Central Okanagan and has grown into a community of roughly 40,000 people (the 2021 Census counted 36,078). The city spreads across the central, western hillsides above the lake.

West Kelowna is the first Okanagan community reached by travellers arriving from the Lower Mainland, making it a gateway to the Okanagan Valley. The City's climate action reporting highlights more than 130 athletic fields, beaches, boat launches, parks, sports courts and trails, two arenas, and an agricultural and wine-growing landscape that includes some of the Okanagan's best-known wineries.

Source: City of West Kelowna — City of West Kelowna, Climate Action Report 2023 ("About the City of West Kelowna").

Combined chart

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

Bars: City of West Kelowna municipal 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.

West Kelowna property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–20260%2%4%6%8%10%104106108110112114No data2015No data2016No data2017No data2018No data20192.8%20204.05%2021No data20225%20236.85%20247.31%20256.638%2026Increase (%)Canadian dollar Real CEER (1999=100)Year
  • Bars — West Kelowna municipal 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.

YearCity of West Kelowna municipal 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
2017No data1.6%110.0
2018No data2.3%109.3
2019No data1.9%108.6
20202.8%0.7%108.0
YearCity of West Kelowna municipal tax increaseCanada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
20214.05%3.4%113.0
2022No data6.8%113.0
20235.0%3.9%108.4
20246.85%2.4%107.6
20257.31%2.1%104.9
20266.638%No dataNo data

Sources for this chart:

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the municipal tax increase approved by Council. 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
20202.8%
YearFigure
20214.05%
2022No data
20235.0%
20246.85%
20257.31%
20266.638%

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 (City of West Kelowna only), residential class, from the adopted 2025 Tax Rates Bylaw No. 0327 (adopted April 22, 2025), Schedule A:

YearMunicipal residential rate per $1,000NotesSource
20252.92142combined municipal rate = General Municipal 2.77632 + Library 0.11588 + Sanitary Storm Sewer 0.02922. Regional District, hospital and school rates in the same bylaw are other authorities and are excludedCity of West Kelowna, 2025 Tax Rates Bylaw No. 0327, https://westkelownacity.ca/media/4x1i4bsq/0327-tax-rates-bylaw-2025.pdf

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the municipal tax increase approved by Council.

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 West Kelowna municipal 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 City of West Kelowna source before relying on a figure.