Not sure if anyone else drilled into the details of Saanich's latest property tax increase, but I did and found some interesting results.
Yes, my overall payment went up 9.58% but why? The property tax portion was only an 8.82% increase (was supposed to be 8.02%), and our assessed value stayed the same versus 2024. I live in a single-family home in Saanich for which BC Assessment states the average value for these homes was unchanged for 2025.
Turns out, BC Transit had a 36.94% increase for 2025 (an 86.79% increase since 2023). I don’t recall BC Transit coming under scrutiny for this, but maybe it should. For BC Transit, we paid: $176.63 in 2022, $217.45 in 2023, $296.60 in 2024 and $406.18 in 2025.
Tony Moniz
Saanich
