As heaps of snow still line the streets in the Lower Mainland, Black Press Media took a look at which municipalities budget the most – and least – per capita to handle the snow.
The District of Squamish budgets the most, at roughly $23 per person. The area has received 17 centimetres of snow as of Feb. 19, according to Environment Canada.
Next is the City of Chilliwack, where it has also snowed 17 cm so far this month, with $17.90 in per-person spending.
The City of Delta is at the other end of the spectrum, budgeting $3.32 per person in the community of roughly 102,000 people.
Environment Canada has issued four separate snowfall warnings this month across B.C.’s South Coast, including one on Tuesday that calls for five to 10 centimetres.
Snow budget per capita
Here’s a breakdown of the 2018 budgets for nine communities, based on how many requests for information were returned.
Vancouver: $3.8 million
(With access to a contingency fund of $8 million)
Population: 631,486
= $6.02 per person
Surrey: $3.7 million
Population: 517,885
= $7.14 per person
Abbotsford: $1.026 million
Population: 141,397
= $7.25 per person
Maple Ridge: $473,000
(With $850,000 in a reserve fund)
Population: 82,256
= $5.75 per person
Pitt Meadows: $108,000
Population: 18,573
= $5.81 per person
Langley City: $156,920
Population: 25,888
= $6.06 per person
Langley Township: $1.3 million
Population: 117,285
= $11.08 per person
Chilliwack: $1.5 million
Population: 83,790
= $17.90 per person
Delta: $339,500
Population: 102,240
= $3.32 per person
Squamish: $436,810
Population: 19,512
= $22.39 per person
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