METRO Vancouver is inviting residents and businesses to help shape the 2027 Budget and Five‑Year Financial Plan.
“Metro Vancouver has been working hard to keep rates as affordable as possible while maintaining the high‑quality services we all rely on every day,” said Mike Hurley, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Boards, on Monday. “An important part of this process is hearing from people across the region about their priorities.”
An online survey is open now until March 27:
Every day, over three million people — more than half of BC’s population — rely on Metro Vancouver for clean water, clean air, and other services that contribute to a high quality of life in our region. Metro Vancouver’s services include: drinking water, wastewater treatment, solid waste management, air quality monitoring, regional parks, regional planning, regional economic prosperity, and non-profit rental housing.
In 2026, the average household contributes about $75 per month, or $897 per year, towards Metro Vancouver services — paid as part of municipal utility fees or property taxes. In 2027, that is projected to increase by three per cent to about $923 per household.
Approximately 90 per cent of what a ratepaying household contributes to Metro Vancouver is used to maintain the water, sewer, and solid waste systems. The remaining 10 per cent supports regional parks, air quality, regional planning, regional economic development, housing, and other services that also support our quality of life.
In response to public concerns about affordability in 2026, Metro Vancouver identified over $360 million in cost savings within its operating budgets for 2026 to 2030. This was achieved, in part, through the removal of $1.1 billion in capital projects spending from the five-year financial plan, largely related to water and liquid waste projects that can be constructed at a later date.
Metro Vancouver delivers some of BC’s largest infrastructure projects and has for decades. Today, Metro Vancouver has over 300 large projects in its capital plan: essential projects to protect public and environmental health, and livability for the region.
Every year, Metro Vancouver reviews its five‑year plan and capital needs, develops the budget with ongoing input from the public and member jurisdictions, and presents proposed programs to Board standing committees, with final approval by the Boards in the fall.
Feedback will inform Board deliberations on the 2027 Budget and Five‑Year Financial Plan this fall.
