New Parcel Taxes for 2025
Parcel Tax Review Panel Meeting – February 19th, 9:00am
- Graham Lake Water (for recently amalgamated Denman Island properties)
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) operates several services, including those listed below, in which bylaws have been adopted authorizing the collection of a parcel tax.
- Baynes Sound, Area B & C Parks and Greenways
- Black Creek/Oyster Bay Water Service
- Comox Valley Water Local Service Area
- Courtenay Flats Drainage
- Graham Lake Water Service
- Jackson Drive Wastewater Service
- King Coho Wastewater Service
- Royston Water Service
- Sandwick Water Equalization
- Union Bay Water Service
The amount of the parcel tax is set by bylaw and varies by service area. It may be a flat rate per parcel or a rate based on lot dimensions.
The BC Ministry of Finance includes the parcel taxes on the rural property tax notices issued each May to all rural property owners. The ministry is responsible for collection of the parcel taxes on behalf of the CVRD and remits the funds collected to the CVRD in August each year.
Parcel Tax Review Panel
When a new parcel tax is implemented, the Comox Valley Regional District will prepare a parcel tax assessment roll to be authenticated by a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel, as required by Section 204 of the Community Charter.
To comply with the Community Charter requirements for public notice, the CVRD issues parcel tax assessment notices to owners of properties within the service area where the new parcel tax will be implemented. Notices are also placed on the CVRD website, in the
local newspaper(s) and in other rural publications no fewer than 14 days prior to the panel meeting date. The parcel tax roll can be viewed above or at the CVRD office at 770 Harmston Avenue in Courtenay.
The CVRD Board sets the date for the parcel tax roll review panel to meet, which must be before the end of February each year. Directors of the CVRD Board are appointed to sit on the panel, which considers and authenticates the CVRD parcel tax roll.
Requesting a Correction to the Parcel Tax Roll
Property owners are able to request an amendment to the parcel tax roll only with respect to their own property and only for the following reasons:
- error or omission of the name or address on the roll
- error or omission respecting the inclusion of parcel
- error or omission respecting the taxable area or taxable frontage of a parcel
- an exemption had been improperly allowed or disallowed.
In order for a request to be considered by the panel, it must be made in writing and received at the CVRD office at least 48 hours prior to the sitting of the parcel tax roll review panel.
Enquiries can be made by email to administration@comoxvalleyrd.ca or by calling 250-334-6033.