Metro Vancouver city hall budgets growing bigger by the year, report shows

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Metro Vancouver cities are growing a bigger financial footprint in terms of revenue and expenditures per capita, adjusted for inflation, a Fraser Institute analysis shows.

Every major municipality in Metro Vancouver has increased its per capita expenditures, adjusted for inflation, in the decade prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis by fiscal conservative think tank Fraser Institute.

The analysis is broad and apolitical and does not examine what those residents may be getting in return for their dollar, be it services or infrastructure. Conversely, Surrey placed last at $1,435 spent per person in 2019, followed by Maple Ridge , Port Coquitlam , City of Langley and Pitt Meadows . Those whose spending growth was least are: Maple Ridge , City of North Vancouver , Vancouver , Coquitlam and New Westminster .

On the extreme ends, Coquitlam upped its revenue by 58.7% over the decade, to become the top revenue generator with $3,181 per person, whereas Port Coquitlam decrease its revenue 1.6% — the only municipality to do so. Port Coquitlam took in the least amount of dollars from residents, at $1,813. Following Port Coquitlam was Surrey at $1,929 per capita, a 24.6% jump from 2009.

 

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