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BC Assessment by address: 2026 assessed value, lot size and property lines

Enter any BC address. The report shows the 2026 BC Assessment roll value (land + improvements) for Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey properties. For every BC address, anywhere in the province, you get the parcel boundary on an aerial, the lot size and dimensions, the zoning where wired, and the PID. Free, no signup.

Outside those cities the assessed value is not shown here: BC Assessment publishes no open province-wide roll, so values come from the municipalities that republish their own. For any other BC address the official free lookup is bcassessment.ca.

What the report shows for an address

  • Assessed value — current-roll land and improvement values from the BC Assessment roll, for Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey properties (more cities as municipalities publish their rolls).
  • Parcel boundary and lot size, drawn from LTSA's ParcelMap BC with approximate dimensions labelled on the aerial.
  • Zoning — the zone code and plain-English bylaw summary for the 47 BC municipalities and regional districts currently wired.
  • PID and registered plan, so you can order a title search or survey plan from LTSA.
  • Province-wide checks: ALR, floodplain, riparian setbacks, contaminated-sites registry, BC Hydro corridors.

What BC Assessment does not tell you

The notice gives you a number. It does not say what the lot is zoned, how many homes the province now lets you build on it, whether a creek setback or a floodplain cuts into it, or where the property lines actually run. Those are the questions behind most assessment searches: is the land worth more than the house, and what could it become. The report answers them for any BC address, whether or not the roll value is shown.

BC Assessment 2026: the dates that matter

  • Valuation date: July 1, 2025. Every 2026 value is an estimate of what the property would have sold for on that day, in the physical condition it was in on October 31, 2025.
  • Notices: early January 2026. Notices are mailed in the first days of January and the same values go live on bcassessment.ca at the same time.
  • Appeal deadline: January 31. To dispute a value you file a Notice of Complaint with the Property Assessment Review Panel by January 31 (the next business day when that falls on a weekend). It is free, and hearings run February to mid-March.
  • Tax notices: spring, due in early July in most municipalities. Your bill uses the 2026 assessed value and the tax rate council sets in May.
  • The 2027 roll is already fixed to a valuation date of July 1, 2026. Notices arrive in January 2027; the report will switch to the 2027 values for the covered cities as each municipality republishes its roll.

How BC Assessment works

BC Assessment is the provincial Crown corporation that values every property in British Columbia each year. The assessed value reflects market value as of July 1 of the previous year, based on location, lot size, age, condition, and sales of comparable properties. Assessment notices mail out each January, and municipalities use the values to apportion property taxes. The value splits into land and improvements (buildings); on older homes in high-demand areas it's common for nearly all the value to sit in the land.

BC Assessment for Vancouver properties

Vancouver assessed values come from the City's own open property-tax roll, so a Vancouver address returns the land value, the improvement value, and the year built alongside the parcel boundary — you can see the assessment and the lot it applies to on the same map, rather than looking each up separately.

The land-versus-improvement split is the number worth reading in Vancouver. On an older detached home in an established neighbourhood it is common for the great majority of the assessed value to sit in the land, with the house contributing comparatively little. That split is what tells you whether you are looking at a house with a lot attached or a lot with a house on it, which is the question behind most renovation, rebuild, and sale decisions.

Assessed value vs. market value

They are not the same number. The assessment is a mass valuation pinned to last July 1 — the market may have moved since, and a mass model can't see interior condition. Treat assessed value as a calibrated reference point, not an appraisal. What moves your property taxes is how your assessment changes relative to the rest of your municipality, not the dollar change alone.

BC assessment by address FAQ

How do I find the assessed value of a property by address?

Enter the address in the search box. For Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey properties the report shows the current BC Assessment roll value split into land and improvements. For any other BC address the official free lookup is bcassessment.ca — and the report still gives you the parcel boundary, lot size, zoning, and PID.

Is assessed value the same as market value?

No. Assessed value is BC Assessment's estimate of market value as of July 1 of the previous year, produced by mass valuation. The market may have moved since, and the model can't see interior condition. Use it as a reference point, not an appraisal.

Why did my assessment change more than my neighbour's?

Assessments track sales of comparable properties, so different housing types and blocks move differently. Property taxes follow your change relative to the municipal average — an assessment that rises less than average can mean lower relative taxes even though the dollar value went up.

Does this show assessed values for every BC city?

No. Assessed values are available for Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey. BC Assessment does not publish an open province-wide roll, so values come from the municipalities that republish their own, and more are added as they do. Everything else in the report — parcel lines, lot size, PID, zoning, ALR, floodplain — covers the whole province.

Can I see BC Assessment values on a map?

Yes. Search an address in a covered city and the report draws the parcel boundary on an aerial with the lot dimensions labelled, with the assessed land and improvement values beside it — the assessment and the lot it applies to in one view.

When do BC Assessment notices come out?

Early January every year. The 2026 notices reflect market value as of July 1, 2025; the 2027 notices, mailed in January 2027, will reflect July 1, 2026. Values are published on bcassessment.ca the same week the notices are mailed.

How do I appeal my BC Assessment?

File a Notice of Complaint with the Property Assessment Review Panel by January 31. It is free and you do not need a lawyer. The panel asks what the property was worth on the previous July 1, so the evidence that works is sales of comparable properties around that date, or facts BC Assessment got wrong (lot size, building area, condition). Call BC Assessment first: many corrections are made without a hearing.

What are the BC Assessment area and jurisdiction numbers?

BC Assessment divides the province into assessment areas, each served by a regional office, and every municipality or rural area inside an area has a jurisdiction code. Your notice shows them ahead of the roll number, and property-tax offices use the full string to identify a folio. You do not need either one here: the address or PID is enough to pull the parcel.

How are property taxes calculated from assessed value?

Each municipality sets a tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value for each property class after budgets are set. Your bill is roughly assessed value times the rate, minus any Home Owner Grant. The rate adjusts yearly, so a big assessment jump doesn't translate one-for-one into a bigger bill.