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Volume 69, No. 6

49/2026

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 7, 2026

B.C. Reg. 49/2026 , deposited April 7, 2026, under the TAXATION (RURAL AREA) ACT [section 20]. Order in Council 125/2026, approved and ordered April 7, 2026.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Taxation (Rural Area) Act Regulation , B.C. Reg. 387/82, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— B. BAILEY, Minister of Finance ; R. PARMAR, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 Sections 5 and 6 of the Taxation (Rural Area) Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 387/82, are repealed and the following substituted:

Variable tax rate – general

5 For the purposes of

section 20 of the Act, in all areas of British Columbia except the Peace River Regional District, the tax rates for 2026 and subsequent tax years are the amounts set out in column 2 of the following table to be applied against each $1 000 of actual value of property in the appropriate class set out opposite in column 1:

Table

Item

Column 1

Class

Column 2

Rate for 2026 and

subsequent years

($)

Residential

0.3861

Utilities

3.4653

Supportive housing

0.1000

Major industry

7.5441

Light industry

2.4996

Business and other

2.4996

Managed forest land

0.5372

Recreational property/Non-profit organization

0.8040

Farm

0.6087

Variable tax rate – Peace River Regional District

6 For the purposes of

section 20 of the Act, in the Peace River Regional District, the tax rates for 2026 and subsequent tax years are the amounts set out in column 2 of the following table to be applied against each $1 000 of actual value of property in the appropriate class set out opposite in column 1:

Table

Item

Column 1

Class

Column 2

Rate for 2026 and

subsequent years

($)

Residential

0.3861

Utilities

3.7234

Supportive housing

0.1000

Major industry

7.8022

Light industry

2.7577

Business and other

2.4996

Managed forest land

0.5372

Recreational property/Non-profit organization

0.8040

Farm

0.6087

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