My Property Portal
View your balances, payments, receive notices and bills via email and more!
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Home Owner Grant
Starting January 1, 2021 municipalities will no longer accept retroactive (2020) or current year (2021) Home Owner Grant applications. For more information please visit www.gov.bc.ca/homeownergrant.
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How To Pay
Several options are available for paying your property tax by the due date.
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Understanding Your Property Tax Notice
Taxes set by Burnaby City Council include general city taxes, Local Area Service Levy, sewer parcel and Business Improvement Area Bylaw.
Provincial legislation requires Burnaby to collect taxes for services provided by other taxing authorities, such as the Province of BC, Translink, Metro Vancouver, BC Assessment Authority and Municipal Finance Authority.
How Your Taxes are Calculated
- Assessment of Your Property’s Value
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Each year, BC Assessment (BCA) provides property owners with an up-to-date valuation of their property. This valuation is based on a number of factors, including potential future use of the land and recent sales in the neighbourhood. Should people think the assessed value set by BCA is too high, owners have an opportunity to file an appeal with BCA. The deadline to file an appeal for 2020 is January 31.
Learn more about the Assessment of Your Property’s Value »
- Impact of Assessments on Tax Rates
- Where Your Tax Dollars Go
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The City of Burnaby is required to collect property taxes on behalf of provincial and other authorities, including School, TransLink, BC Assessment, Municipal Finance Authority, Metro Vancouver and Business Improvement Areas. 47 cents of each dollar the City collects is passed on to the Province and other authorities. Only 53 cents of each dollar collected is used for City services.
How the City’s Portion of Taxes is Spent
The City’s portion of property taxes collected funds public services. The majority goes toward providing protective services, parks, recreation and cultural services and engineering services including maintenance of roads and infrastructure.

Annual Operating Budget
The current year's Annual Financial Plan is available in May each year.
- 2020 Rates
- Minimum Tax Payable
Change of Address
If the mailing address on your Property Tax bill is incorrect, please complete and submit the
Change of Address Area 10, Jurisdiction 301 form directly to BC Assessment.
It is important to keep your address current for property assessment and taxation purposes.
Contact the Tax Office
Phone 604-294-7350
Email tax@burnaby.ca
Fax 604-294-7153
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Address
Tax Office, Revenue Services
First floor of City Hall
4949 Canada Way
Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2
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Hours
Monday-Wednesday, 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
Thursday, 8:00 AM-8:00 PM
Friday, 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
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- About the Tax Office
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The Tax Office is responsible for the billing and collection of utilities, garbage disposal fees, and property taxes. We also collect taxes for other authorities including Provincial Schools, Translink, Metro Vancouver, Municipal Finance Authority and BC Assessment. The office also provides central revenue receipting services for the City.
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The Tax Office is part of the Revenue Services division in the Finance Department.