2026 Property Tax Notices

The 2026 municipal tax increase reflects continued investment in core services and infrastructure for Sooke, including more recently introduced 24/7 emergency response service levels, increased policing resources, asset management, and E-Comm 9-1-1 emergency call answering and dispatch services.

Recent increases also reflect changes in service responsibility as Sooke’s population and service demands grow. After surpassing 15,000 residents, the District became responsible for 90% of eligible policing costs, compared to 70% previously. E-Comm 9-1-1 has also added a municipal operating cost that was previously borne by the Province.

For the average assessed residential property in Sooke, the municipal residential tax increase is approximately $186.87 per year, or about $15.57 per month.

When all taxing authorities are included, the average residential property will see a total increase of approximately $276.91 per year, or about $23.08 per month.

The average increase is based on a representative residential property. Individual tax notices vary depending on assessed property value, how a property’s assessment changed compared to other properties, property classification, applicable parcel taxes or user fees, and eligibility for grants.

Learn more about the relationship between your Assessment and Property Taxes on BC Assessment's website.

Properties connected to the municipal wastewater system will also see the Sewer Parcel Tax on their notice.

Your property tax notice includes amounts collected for several taxing authorities, which allows property owners to receive and pay one bill rather than managing separate notices and payments for each authority.

These amounts are not set by the District of Sooke. The District collects them through the same property tax notice and remits them to the appropriate organizations.

Other taxing authorities include the Province/school tax, Capital Regional District, Regional Hospital District, B.C. Assessment, B.C. Transit, Vancouver Island Regional Library, and Municipal Finance Authority.

The Province of B.C. publishes annual data on taxes and charges for a representative house in each municipality. The most recent provincial comparative data available is from 2025.

While there is no exact apples-to-apples comparison between municipalities, this data can offer helpful perspective on the cost of delivering municipal services. Each community has different service levels, infrastructure needs, assessment values, geography, population, and cost-sharing responsibilities.

For example, because Sooke has surpassed 15,000 residents, the District is now responsible for 90% of eligible policing costs. By comparison, municipalities with populations between 5,000 and 14,999 are responsible for 70% of eligible policing costs under the RCMP municipal policing cost-sharing model.

For a clearer comparison of municipal taxation, the table below shows the general municipal portion only for all 13 Capital Regional District municipalities. This is the portion set by each municipality to fund local services such as roads, parks, planning, bylaw enforcement, fire services, policing contributions, infrastructure, and general operations.

This comparison is based on the Province’s “representative house” dataset and is intended to provide general regional context. Individual property tax notices vary based on assessed value, property class, parcel taxes, user fees, grants, and other property-specific factors.

Source: Province of B.C., Municipal tax rates and tax burden, Schedule 704: Taxes & Charges on a Representative House, 2025.

Property taxes are due Thursday, July 2, 2026. Payment options, processing timelines, extended hours, and Home Owner Grant information are available on the District’s How to Pay Your Property Taxes page.