2023 Courtenay Annual Report

Property Tax Exemptions Every year, the City of Courtenay receives applications from non-profit organizations that qualify for tax exemption under the requirements of Provincial legislation. For 2023, the following exemptions were approved by Council.

Council adopted a five-year Permissive Tax Bylaw to exempt the following City-owned properties, managed/ occupied by non-profit societies. The 2023 value of properties exempt is as follows: Council adopted a ten year Permissive Tax Bylaw to exempt the following City owned properties, managed/ occupied by non-profit societies. The 2023 value of properties exempt is as follows: Island Corridor Foundation $29,166 Kus-kus-sum - Project Watershed 45,951 M’Akola Housing Society 19,974 Nature Trust of B.C. - Arden Rd 3,797 Nature Trust of B.C. - Sandpiper Park 7,423 Total 10 year bylaw exemptions $106,311

Exempt Amount of City Property Taxes

Registered Owners

Aaron House Ministries Alano Club of Courtenay

$3,103

4,096 1,137 2,006 3,364

AVI Health & Community Services

Canadian Red Cross Society

City of Courtenay - Leased O ce Space Comox Valley Boys and Girls Club

890 586

Comox Valley Centre of the Arts Courtenay & District Museum

$27,761 15,223 44,101 15,935

Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club

Courtenay Airpark Courtenay Marina McPhee Meadows Sid Williams Theatre

Comox Valley Child Development Association

16,602 10,500

Comox Valley Curling Club

2,172

Comox Valley Family Services Association Comox Valley Food Bank Society Comox Valley Kiwanis Village Society Comox Valley Recovery Centre Society

7,899 2,328

25,128

Total City-owned properties

$130,320

14,606

Provincial Legislation (the Community Charter) statutorily exempts the building and the land on which the builiding stands, for places of worship, specific seniors’ housing, hospitals and private schools. Council may, by bylaw, permissively exempt the land surrounding the building. In 2023, Council adopted a bylaw to exempt the following surrounding lands:

2,580

Comox Valley Rowing Club Comox Valley Transition Society

597

5,682 1,410 2,671 2,791

Community Justice Centre of the Comox Valley Courtenay & District Historical Soc. In Trust

Courtenay Elks Lodge

Anglican Synod Diocese of BC Bishop of Victoria-Catholic Church Central Evangelical Free Church

$2,321

Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness Society

940

1,285 3,605 1,390 1,671 3,684

Eureka Support Society Glacier View Lodge Society

3,678

31,268

Courtenay Baptist Church

Habitat for Humanity V.I. North Society John Howard Society of North Island

442

Elim Gospel Hall

5,345 5,956 2,015 1,969 9,351 9,765 2,806

Foursquare Gospel Church of Canada

L'Arche Comox Valley

Grace Baptist Church

258 717

Lush Valley Food Action Society

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses

LDS Church

2,329

Nesting Place Society

Lutheran Church

992

Old Church Theatre Society

River Heights Church Society Salvation Army Canada West Seventh Day Adventist Church

1,468 1,143

Royal Cdn. Legion, Courtenay Br. (Pacific) No. 17

Salvation Army

780 859 725

Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Soc.

581 842

St. George's Church

Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry

New Life Apostolic Church

5,882

Wachiay Friendship Centre Youth for Christ Comox Valley

Total Permissive Surrounding Statutory Land Tax Exemptions Total Permissive Exemptions - Overall

$23,227

800

$424,346

Total Non-Profit Annual Tax Exemptions

$164,488

81

City of Courtenay | 2023 Annual Report