You pay your property taxes to the office that sent your property tax notice.
In a rural area, your tax payment must be received on or before the due date to be considered on-time. If we receive your payment after the due date, late payment penalties will be charged.
If you qualify for the home owner grant, complete the home owner grant application online before your payment due date.
If you are not able to pay your taxes in full, still claim your home owner grant. You may also qualify to defer your taxes.
Pay your rural property taxes:
Note: Interac e-Transfers and credit cards are not accepted.
Your rural property taxes can also be estimated and paid in advance.
Pay your rural property taxes by using eTaxBC.
If you're already enrolled in eTaxBC for other taxes you pay, you need to enrol for a separate eTaxBC logon to pay your rural property taxes.
To enrol for access to eTaxBC, you need the following information:
You can find your property folio number and enrolment code on your current property tax notice or Statement of Account. Once you're enrolled, use the eTaxBC Help Guide for Rural Property Taxes to learn how to pay your property taxes using eTaxBC. Payments through eTaxBC can only be made in Canadian funds, from a Canadian bank account set up for online banking.
If you expect to be away in June or July, or wish to pay your property taxes before the due date, you can:
You can pay your property taxes through your bank or other financial institution (including credit unions). When you make a payment through your bank or financial institution, confirm that the payment will be received by us on or before the due date. For example, banks will often process payments received in the afternoon with the date of the next business day.
There are three ways you can pay your property taxes through your bank or financial institution:
Note: You cannot make a payment at a financial institution you do not have an account with.
Most banks and financial institutions offer bill payment services. Bill payment services can generally be accessed through your online banking account, an automated teller machine (ATM), telephone banking or in-person with a teller.
Note: When you pay in-person, you need to set up a bill payment service for Rural Property Taxation before you pay with a teller.
To pay your property taxes using a bill payment service you need to add Rural Property Taxation as a payee to your bank account. To add a new payee to your bank account, you need:
For assistance, contact your bank or financial institution.
When you complete your payment, write down the confirmation number generated and keep it in your records in case you need to request a trace on the payment.
To successfully submit a payment through wire transfer, you must:
Ask your bank or financial institution if service charges apply.
Account information (wire transfer)
Provide your bank or financial institution the following account information:
Province of British Columbia
1802 Douglas Street
Victoria, BC V8T 4K6
Bank of Montreal
1225 Douglas Street
Victoria BC V8W 2E6
Beneficiary Account No.: