The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George gave final approval to its 2025-29 financial plan at the board of directors’ Thursday, March 21 meeting, which includes a 7.2 per cent increase in the taxes the average Prince George homeowners pay to the district.
Directors debated the budget at Committee of the Whole meetings in January and February, then approved the bylaw establishing the 2025-29 financial plan in March.
The final financial plan was largely the same except for a couple of amendments that balanced out, leaving the overall figures the same.
This year’s budget for the regional district features $70,029,346 in total spending.
Within the regional district, municipalities and the seven rural electoral areas only pay taxes towards services that benefit them. That means that property owners in different parts of the district will pay different tax rates.
Here’s the percentage and dollar amount change for the average assessed home within the different parts of the regional district
- Prince George: 7.2 per cent increase ($13.35)
- Mackenzie: 2.3 per cent decrease ($1.88)
- McBride: 7.4 per cent increase ($43.29)
- Valemount: 1.7 per cent decrease ($9.20)
- Electoral Area A (Salmon River-Lakes): two per cent increase ($7.66)
- Electoral Area C (Chilako River-Nechako): 1.3 per cent increase ($6.25)
- Electoral Area D (Tabor Lake-Stone Creek): 0.8 per cent decrease ($3.50)
- Electoral Area E (Woodpecker-Hixon): 1.7 per cent increase ($3.68)
- Electoral Area F (Willow River-Upper Fraser Valley): 6.1 per cent increase ($11.23)
- Electoral Area G (Crooked River-Parsnip): 0.7 per cent decrease ($1.20)
- Electoral Area H (Robson Valley-Canoe): 2.4 per cent decrease ($7.27)
