Property Taxes

The District prepares and mails over 7,000 property tax notices annually. All property tax notices are mailed at the end of May. You can make a payment to your property tax account at any time. You do not need to have received your property tax notice in order to pay your property taxes or to claim your home owner grant, if eligible. 

You are responsible for paying your property taxes even if you have not received your notice. 

Property owners who have not received their property tax notice by the second week of June should check their MyLakeCountry account or contact the District at 250-766-5650.

Property taxes are due the first working day in July.

• Please allow ample time for delivery if you are sending payment by mail or online through a financial institution.
• Postmarks on mailed remittances will not be considered as date of payment.
• The District encourages property owners to provide postdated cheques dated July 2, 2026.
• Explore the payment options available here.

A 10% penalty will be applied to all outstanding property tax balances effective July 3, 2025.

• Payments: must be received by the District on or before July 2, 2025. 
  • Explore the payment options available
• Home owner grants: must be received by the Province of British Columbia on or before July 2, 2025.
  • View more information about home owner grants 

Property owners are responsible to make sure that their property taxes are paid in full. To check the status of your property tax account please sign in to your MyLakeCountry account.

The penalty is non-discretionary. The District of Lake Country has no authority to waive or alter the penalty amounts. Municipalities are governed by provincial legislation which states a penalty must be applied on any outstanding balance (including unclaimed home owner grants) after the due date.

As per the Community Charter Part 7 Division 12 arrears and delinquent taxes are subject to interest to the date of payment.

Property taxes are for the calendar year January 1st to December 31st.

To find copies of your property tax notice or to confirm your property tax balance visit your MyLakeCountry account.

Council approves the Tax Rates Bylaw [PDF/140KB] in May of each year to set the tax rate for each property class (calculated based on the approved budget). The District also collects on behalf of other authorities, who each set their own rates.

These authorities include: Province of BC, Municipal Finance Authority (MFA), Regional Hospital District, Okanagan Regional Library, BC Assessment (BCA), Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO), and Sterile Insect Release (SIR).

BC Assessment's role is to determine the fair market value of properties. Search for your current property assessment .

• Learn how BC Assessment assesses properties  .
• What to do when you receive your assessment notice 
• Property assessments and property taxes - a not-so complicated relationship 

The property assessment is used to determine your share of taxes. Council's role is to determine the amount of taxes required to operate the municipality and set the tax rate. The tax rate is set by bylaw and sets a rate for each class as defined on the BC Assessment Roll. This rate applies to each $1,000 of taxable value of land and improvements.

Each year, Council, during its budgetary process, approves the amount of revenue required to operate the municipality. From this amount they subtract the known revenues, such as grants, licences, permits and so on. The remainder represents the amount of money to be raised by property taxes.

Review: Understanding the assessment process  to better understand BC Assessment. 

Find out more about agricultural uses and services that qualify land to be classified as a farm .

You may apply to receive a refund of your credit balance once your property taxes have been paid or you can request that the credit be transferred from the property tax account to the utility account. You must fill out the appropriate form below and email it to propertytax@lakecountry.bc.ca

• Property Tax Refund Request Form [PDF/473KB]
• Property Tax Credit Transfer Request Form [PDF/443KB]