{"id":822735,"date":"2026-07-24T09:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822735\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:12:10","slug":"new-study-tracks-municipal-spending-across-the-lower-mainland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822735\/","title":{"rendered":"New study tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/comparing-per-person-municipal-spending-revenue-metro-vancouver-2009-2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new study<\/a> from the Fraser Institute tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland and compares both spending and revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The study compares numbers from 2009 to 2024 and adjusts for inflation.<\/p>\n<p>On average, municipal governments across the Lower Mainland spent about $2,387 per person. This is 14.5 per cent higher than in 2009, which works out to $303.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, West Vancouver government spends the most per person at $3,879 while Surrey spends the least at $1,646.<\/p>\n<p>Over the 15 years, per-person spending saw the highest increase in Pitt Meadows at 30.6 per cent and the least in the City of Langley at 3.8 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Collection from municipal governments, on average, was $3,101 per person, which is 27.5 per cent higher than 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue between various municipal governments also varied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Vancouver was again on top with the highest revenue in 2024 being $4,387. The City of Langley had the lowest with $2,463.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2009 and 2024, per-person revenue increased the most in Port Moody at 48.3 per cent and the least in the City of North Vancouver at 10.5 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overall, spending and revenue across the Lower Mainland increased.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spending went up 10.6 per cent and revenue went up 39.4 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new study from the Fraser Institute tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland and compares both spending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-822735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}