{
  "id": "property-tax-increase",
  "parent": "property-tax-vs-inflation",
  "category": "City finances",
  "title": "Property tax increase adopted for the year",
  "geography": "City of Victoria (municipality)",
  "scope": "city",
  "levels": [
    "Municipal (City budget)",
    "Police board (police budget)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "By how much did the City raise property tax revenue for the year, and how was it split between homes and businesses?",
  "value": 9.34,
  "display_value": "9.34%",
  "unit": "increase for residential properties",
  "period": "Tax year 2026",
  "period_start": "2026-01-01",
  "period_end": "2026-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "2026",
    "previous_value": 7.28,
    "change_percent": null
  },
  "since_text": "Overall 7.28% (5.06 points police, 2.22 points other services); businesses 4.78%",
  "trend": "context",
  "trend_basis": "For 2026 the City needed $14.185 million more from property taxes, an overall increase of 7.28%: 5.06 percentage points for police services and 2.22 for all other City services. Council set the increase at 9.34% for residential and 4.78% for business properties.",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "Shown for context, without a “better” or “worse” label. Compare with “City property tax on a representative house, compared with inflation”.",
  "caveats": [
    "This is the change in total tax revenue from each property class, not the change on any one home: a home's bill also depends on how its assessed value changed relative to others.",
    "Only the latest year is read from the City's budget page; earlier years are in the City's financial plan documents."
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2026",
      "value": 9.34
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Annually (financial plan adopted by May 15)",
  "source": {
    "name": "City of Victoria, City Budget",
    "url": "https://www.victoria.ca/city-government/city-budget",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/city-government/city-budget",
    "download_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/city-government/city-budget"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www.victoria.ca/legal-disclaimer",
    "open": false
  },
  "verified_text": [
    "In 2026, the increase in revenue needed from property taxes is $14.185 million over 2025, resulting in an overall tax increase of 7.28 per cent – 5.06 per cent for police services and 2.22 per cent for all other City services. Council has distributed this increase at 9.34 per cent to residential properties and 4.78 per cent"
  ],
  "data_published": null,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T08:19:16Z",
  "attribution": "Source: City of Victoria, City Budget. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.",
  "licence_type": "public"
}