Municipal property tax and utility payments can be made by personal banking, mail, pre-authorized withdrawal, or in person.

Sign up for MyWhistler before April 30 to receive your tax and/or utility notice by email. Please use your Folio/Account number and access code from the top right corner of your notice to register.

• 2025 tax guide (PDF)
• 2025 tax rates (PDF)

Paying property taxes

Credit card

Make a one-time payment or log into your MyWhistler account and pay for your Property Taxes or Utilities with your credit card. Please note, a non-refundable convenience fee of 2.2 per cent will be added to your total amount. Credit cards can also be used at Municipal Hall to pay these fees and the convenience fee will also apply.

Online banking

• Once you are logged on for personal online banking, set up the Resort Municipality of Whistler or Whistler Property Tax as a payee (in the bill payment section) using the folio number without periods where the account number is requested.
• When paying online please make your payment two to three business days before the due date to allow for bank processing time. 

Bank (in person)

• Please provide your tax bill.
• When paying at the bank please make your payment two to three business days before the due date to allow for bank processing time. 

Telebanking

• Enter your folio number where the account number is requested.
• When paying through telebanking please make your payment two to three business days before the due date to allow for bank processing time. 

Mail (cheque)

• Post-dated cheques are accepted. Please mail or courier your payment early to ensure delivery by the due date. Mail cheque to 4325 Blackcomb Way Whistler BC V8E 0X5. A postmark is NOT accepted as a date of payment.
• A $20 service charge will be levied on all returned cheques.

In person at Municipal Hall

• Be prepared to wait in line during the last week of June.
• The RMOW accepts payment by cheque, cash, money order or bank draft.
• Credit cards are accepted, a non-refundable 2.2 per cent convenience fee will be applied to the total.

After hours at Municipal Hall

• You can deposit your cheque for your property tax payment in a secure drop box at the Municipal Hall front door (4325 Blackcomb Way).
• Do not deposit CASH.

Pre-authorized payment plans

You can register for the Resort Municipality of Whistler to take pre-authorized payments for your utility or property taxes. These payments can be taken monthly or annually from any Canadian bank account. 

• Sign up to have your current property taxes withdrawn annually (PDF) on the property tax due date. 

• After your current taxes are paid in full, sign up to make monthly pre-payments on next year’s taxes (PDF).  

• Sign up to have current utilities withdrawn annually (PDF) on the property tax due date.  

• Sign up to have your District Energy System utilities withdrawn quarterly (PDF) on the due date. 

Complete the pre-authorized withdrawal change form (PDF) to make the following changes to your existing pre-authorized payment:  

• Change bank account information 

• Change monthly withdrawal amount 

• Add annual recalculation 

• Add balance withdraw 

• Cancel payment plan 

Application and change forms must be received 14 days before the next withdrawal date to allow time for processing time.

Late payment penalty

The notices will be mailed out approximately the third week of May and due the first business day in July.

If payment is not received by the due date:

• A five per cent penalty will be added to the outstanding current balance after the due date.
• An additional five per cent penalty will be added to the outstanding current balance after September 15.
• Outstanding amounts that are not paid due to Home Owner Grants not being claimed are subject to the same penalties.
• Outstanding amounts that are not paid due to a purchase or sale of a home with the registered owner not receiving a tax notice are subject to the same penalties.

Name and mailing address change

All name and mailing address changes on your property are administered by both BC Assessment Authority and BC Land Title & Survey.

BC Assessment Authority 
Toll Free:  1-866-825-8322 
Outside of North America:  604-739-8588 (note: Long distance charges will apply)
BC Assessment Authority – Online Change of Address Notification

The required information for completing the form above is as follows:

• AREA 08
• JURISDICTION 390
• ROLL/FOLIO NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON YOUR TAX OR ASSESSMENT NOTICE

The Resort Municipality of Whistler receives the updated information from the BC Assessment Authority in about 6 weeks. 

Land Title & Survey
Greater Vancouver 604-630-9630 
Everywhere else in BC, Canada and US: 1-877-577-LTSA (5872)
Tax Notices and Information on Title – LTSA

Home owner grant program

Basic and Additional Grants are available to Canadian citizens or landed immigrants who ordinarily reside in British Columbia, occupy their home as their principal residence, and meet the eligibility requirements.

The Province requires that all eligible homeowners apply for a grant each year.

Homeowners can now apply for their retroactive grant online. Please wait to receive your tax notice in the third week of May before you apply for your current year grant online.

For more information please visit the provincial government’s Home owner grant website.

Property Tax Deferment program

Property Tax Deferment is a low-interest loan program offered by the Province of B.C. that assists qualifying homeowners in British Columbia to pay the annual property taxes on their homes. The program is administered by the Province.

There are two different deferment programs:

• 55 and older, surviving spouse, person(s) with a disability
• Families with children under 18

Property tax deferment allows you to defer your current property taxes, less any available Home Owner Grant and Municipal User Fees. You can submit an application to defer your unpaid property taxes at any time during the current taxation year. However, it is recommended applying after you receive your property tax notice and before your property taxes are due. Penalties will apply after the property tax due date if your user fees are not paid and your Home Owner Grant and deferment application have not been received. 

Several properties in Whistler do not qualify for property tax deferral, these include:

• Properties that are second residences
• Properties with lower than a minimum equity of 25%
• Properties with land leases

Applications are now completed and processed by the Tax Deferment office and only available online, paper applications are no longer available at Municipal Hall. For more information and to apply please visit the Province’s website on tax deferment.

Property tax sales

Tax sales apply to properties whose taxes have been in delinquent balance for the past three years.

The following notes provide general information about the tax sale process. For complete information, property owners and prospective purchasers should consult the Local Government Act in particular, but not limited to, Sections 645 to 672.

• The Municipality is required by the Local Government Act to offer at Tax Sale all properties where taxes are unpaid for three years.
• The Local Government Act gives the Collector authority to sell a property for the Upset Price which equals all outstanding taxes plus penalties plus interest plus 5% tax sale costs plus Land Title Office fees.
• All property sales are “as is” without warranty or guarantee.

Advertising

• The Local Government Act requires municipalities to advertise the tax sale in two consecutive issues of a local paper, the last being not less than three, or more than 10 days prior to the Tax Sale.
• The legal description and street address must be published.
• To avoid publication in the newspaper ad, delinquent taxes plus interest must be paid not less than two weeks prior to the Tax Sale date.

Tax sale process

• A public auction is held at 10:00 a.m., on the last Monday in September each year in a room designated as the Municipal Council Chambers.
• Bidding is accepted on all properties.
• Prospective purchasers are advised that it is their responsibility to research and be aware of any and all matters, including the land title records, that might affect their decision to purchase a property offered at tax sale.
• The minimum bid is the amount of the Upset Price.

Purchasing a tax sale property

• Full payment by certified cheque must be remitted by 1:00 p.m. on the day of the tax sale.
• If payment is not remitted, the Collector reconvenes the tax sale and offers the property for sale again.

Notifying charge holders

• Promptly after selling property for taxes, the collector must file the notice of the tax sale in the proper land title office.
• The Collector is required to notify all registered charge holders within 90 days after Tax Sale.

Redeeming a tax sale property

• Registered owners may pay property taxes, fees and interest accrued at any time over the next year thereby redeeming their property.
• All registered charge holders have full right to redeem the property on behalf of the owner within one year from the tax sale.
• When a property is redeemed, the Collector will refund to the Tax Sale purchaser the purchase price, plus interest to the date of redemption.
• Interest calculated on the tax sale price is payable to the purchaser and calculated at the applicable rates established by the province of British Columbia.

Rights during redemption period

• Section 421 of the Local Government Act provides that when real property is sold at Tax Sale, all rights held by the person who at the time of the of the sale was the owner, immediately cease to exist, except for the right of redemption, the right to bring an action to set aside the Tax Sale, and the right to possession.
• The registered owner’s right of possession is subject to the purchaser’s right to bring action against the original property owner for waste (i.e. damage or destruction to the premises) and the right of the purchaser to enter onto the property to maintain it in the proper condition and to prevent waste.
• Damage, destruction or loss of property during the redemption period is at the risk of the purchaser. The purchaser is advised to insure his interest in the property.

Properties not redeemed

• If the property is not redeemed during the one year period, the Collector then registers the new owner at the Land Titles Office in Victoria, thus cancelling all previous registered charges, except for those matters set out in Section 276(1)(c) to (g) of the Land Title Act and any lien of the Crown, an improvement district or a local district.
• The new owners are required to pay the property sales tax to the Provincial Sales Tax Administrator after application has been made to register in the Land Titles Office.