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CA CVIC Series CRS-145 · 1917-1948
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a combination of assessment rolls and Collector's rolls, providing information on property values and taxation rates compiled for the purpose of assessing and collecting taxes on property and improvements.

Information on the creation, structure, composition, and relations to other records of the Collector's roll is provided below in four sections: context of creation, structure, data elements, and related records.

Context of Creation

Until the establishment of the B.C. Assessment Authority in 1974, assessment and collection of property taxes were the responsibility of the City. Each year the Assessor drew up the assessment roll, sent out notices of assessment to relevant taxpayers, and then forwarded the roll to the City Clerk on behalf of Council. City Council, sitting as the Court of Revision, determined whether revisions to the returned assessment roll were required, made them if necessary, confirmed them, and authenticated the roll. Council then enacted a bylaw for setting yearly tax rates. Following this, the Clerk made out the Collector's roll and forwarded it to the Collector who gathered the taxes, returning his roll to the Clerk when finished, and forwarding the money collected to the Treasurer.

Structure

Records are arranged numerically by roll number. The numerical sequence reflects an ordering of lots into various sections throughout the City such as City Lots, Five Acre Lots, Beckley Farm, and Fairfield, like earlier assessment rolls. The following list from the 1921-1927 roll provides a general indication of the relation between the geographical location of a lot and its roll number (larger groupings of sections, indicated in the rolls by breaks in the numerical sequence, are separated by a dashed line):

. . . . . . City Lots . . . . 1-2677
. . . . . . Fort Property . . . . 2678-2793 . .
. . . . . . Section VI . . . . 2794-2850
. . . . . . Lot Z . . . . . . 2851
. . . . . . Christ Church Trust . . 2852-2968
. . . . . . Five Acre Lots . . 2969-3702
. . . . . . -----------------------------------
. . . . . . Beckley Farm . . 3799-4910
. . . . . . -----------------------------------
. . . . . . Fairfield . . . . 5001-7083
. . . . . . -----------------------------------
. . . . . . Sections 19 & 68 . . 7500-8490
. . . . . . Sections 68 & 74 . . 8491-9044
. . . . . . Spring Ridge . . . . 9045-9638
. . . . . . Finlayson Estate . . 9639-10140
. . . . . . -----------------------------------

. . . . . . Fernwood . . . . 10600-12438
. . . . . . Section 48 . . . . 12439-13340
. . . . . . Section 8A . . . . 13341-13600
. . . . . . -----------------------------------
. . . . . . Sec. 4 (Hillside) . . 14100-17028
. . . . . . Section 5 (Gorge) . . 17029-17427
. . . . . . Section 7A (Gorge) . . 17428-17460
. . . . . . -----------------------------------
. . . . . . Section 25 . . . . 18000-18238
. . . . . . Oakland . . . . 18239-19365
. . . . . . Sections 10 & 11 . . 19366-19658
. . . . . . Victoria West . . . . 19659-20775
. . . . . . Water Lots . . . . 20776-20807
. . . . . . -----------------------------------
. . . . . . Sec. 119 (Songhees) . . 20900-21066

Data Elements: 1917 and 1921-1927 rolls.

. . . . 1917 roll

Title: Assessor's and Collector's roll of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, B.C., for the year 1917
Elements (sub-elements are indicated by indentation):
. . . . - Roll No.
. . . . - Remarks
. . . . - Name of person assessed
. . . . - Address
. . . . - Description of property
. . . . . . Street
. . . . . . Map No.
. . . . . . Block
. . . . . . Lot
. . . . . . Sub-lot
. . . . . . Measurement
. . . . . . Price per foot frontage or acre
. . . . . . Assessed value of land
. . . . . . Assessed value of improvements
. . . . . . Total
. . . . - Date notices sent
. . . . - Taxes on assessed value of land
. . . . . . General, Board of Health and Hospital
. . . . . . . . Mills, gross [ ... ]
. . . . . . . . Net if paid by [ ... ] 1917
. . . . . . Interest, sinking fund and school purposes
. . . . . . . . Mills, net [ ... ]
. . . . - Special taxes
. . . . . . Water frontage tax net
. . . . . . Boulevard upkeep tax net
. . . . . . Cluster lighting maintenance, net
. . . . . . Sewer rental net
. . . . . . Sewer construction tax net
. . . . - Net total of all preceding rates and taxes of 1917 if . . paid by [ ... ] 1917
. . . . - Arrears
. . . . . . Amount [for years 1913-1916]
. . . . - Payments
. . . . . . Amount
. . . . . . Receipt
. . . . - Balancing
. . . . . . Rebate added
. . . . . . Excess payments
. . . . - Arrears
. . . . . . Amount [for years 1914-1917]
. . . . - Payment on arrears
. . . . . . Amount
. . . . . . Receipt
. . . . - Local improvements
. . . . - Roll No.

. . . . 1921-1927 roll

Title: Assessor's and Collector's roll for the years as shown hereunder
Elements (sub-elements are indicated by indentation):
An asterisk (*) indicates that the data element is not found in the 1928-1934 assessment roll.
. . - Roll No.
. . . . - Section
. . - Map No.

  • . . - Sub Lot
    . . . . - Lot
    . . - Lots subdivided
    . . . . - Block
    . . - Street
  • . . - Measurement
    . . . . - Year [1921-1927]
  • . . - Price per foot front or acre
    . . . . - Assessed value land
    . . - Assessed value improvements
    . . - Total
    . . . . - Registered owner in fee simple, or tenant for life
    . . - Registered owner of last agreement for sale
  • . . - Holder of last agreement to purchase not registered,
    but filing document
    . . - Date notice sent
    . . . . - Year [1921-1927]
    . . - General rate
  • . . - Interest and sinking fund rate
  • . . - School purposes rate
  • . . - Total
    . . . . - Water frontage tax
    . . - Boulevard upkeep tax
    . . . . - Cluster lighting tax
    . . - Sewer rental
    . . . . - Sewer construction tax
    . . - Total of all preceding rates and taxes
  • . . - [Prepaid tax memo /or/ local improvement 1]
  • . . - Discounts
  • . . - Net current taxes
    . . . . - Arrears
    . . . . . . Year
    . . . . Amount
    . . . . - Payments
    . . . . . . Amount
    . . . . Receipt
    . . . . - Percentage additions
    . . - Excess payments
    . . . . - Arrears forward

Related Series

Before 1917 the Assessor's and Collector's rolls formed separate series. For Collector's rolls from 1889-1916, see CRS 143. For Assessor's rolls from 1864-1916, see CRS 150

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
Audited financial statements
CA CVIC Series CRS-205 · 1983-1997
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of yearly audited financial statements for the City.
There is a gap in this series for 1993

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
Better Housing Act journal
CA CVIC Series CRS-164 · 1931-1935
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a journal documenting the Municipality's administration of the Better Housing Act (S.B.C. 1919, c. 8). This Act was passed by the Provincial Government to aid in the promotion of better housing. Series documents loans by the City to individuals. Data elements include date, total of money paid, principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and administration. Monthly totals are calculated and carried forward to the beginning of each month.
Arranged chronologically

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
Boulevard maintenance ledger
CA CVIC Series CRS-159 · 1914-1916
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a ledger documenting boulevard maintenance taxes. These taxes were collected in accordance to By-law No. 956 which states that 'for the purpose of providing annually the required sum to defray the cost of maintenance and upkeep of the boulevards on all streets in the City now and hereafter to be boulevarded there is hereby assessed upon the real property and portions of real property fronting upon any boulevard now or hereafter constructed, and there shall be levied and collected in each year an annual rate of four-fifths of a cent. per square foot of the area included in such boulevards.' Ledger consists of a calculation of street frontage, legal description of the property, and rates by year.
Arranged alphabetically by street name

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
Building inspection files
CA CVIC Series CRS-182 · 1915-1933 (predominantly 1923-1931)
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of records pertaining to the demolition of condemned buildings, the repair of buildings reverted to the City, and the maintenance and repair of public buildings or properties.
The following types of records are found in the series: tenders or bids to erect and to demolish buildings; notifications of condemned houses; specification and conditions for erecting and demolishing buildings; receipts; memoranda; tenders for painting and repairing buildings or wiring; agreements; bills for work completed; contracts; claims; correspondence; and plans.
Public buildings or properties covered by the records include: Auto Tourist Camp (Curtis Point); Beacon Hill Park; City Market; Foul Bay Beach; Isolation Hospital; Old Men's Home; Police Station; Pumping Station; Royal Athletic Park; Smith Hill Reservoir; Stadium (Douglas Street).
Arranged alphabetically by street. Files pertaining to specific public buildings or properties are arranged alphabetically by name after the initial alphabetical street listing

Victoria (B.C.). Building Inspector's Department
CA CVIC Series CRS-35 · 1963-1970
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of minutes and papers of this committee of Council.
The committee was originally designed to deal with the Capital Region sewerage issue. The title and probably the responsibilities of this committee have changed. This committee has also been known as Engineers Technical Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, and Regional District Technical Committee

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
Car allowance reports
CA CVIC Series CRS-166 · 1952-1957
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of monthly and annual accounts of car expenditures. Car allowance payments document monthly vehicle usage whereas car allowance mileage reports document monthly mileage costs.
Arranged chronologically

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
CA CVIC Series CRS-40 · 1961-1962
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a list of the officers of the Victoria Centennial Celebration Society, 1962 and a report of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate possible projects to celebrate the 1962 Victoria centennial

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
Centennial scrapbook
CA CVIC Series CRS-241 · 1964-1967
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a 41 cm x 51 cm volume of clippings and photographs pertaining to 1967 Canadian centennial activities in Greater Victoria, entitled "Central Saanich, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich, City of Victoria Centennial Scrapbook."
Also includes a number of loose photographs maintained for reference or mounting in scrapbook

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
Budget estimates
CA CVIC Series CRS-243 · 1912-1950
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of bylaws pertaining to estimated revenue and expenditures. Includes bylaws regarding taxes and rates on land and property, boulevards, street lighting, and other matters, as well as votes of funds for departmental and other expenditures.
There are gaps in this series for 1918, 1921, 1922, and 1948.
For related records, see CRS 244 (budget estimates working papers)

Victoria (B.C.). Comptroller
Building permit applications
CA CVIC Series CRS-265 · 1907-1958
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a log of building permits issued by the City. Includes information on the date and number of the permit, owner of the property, its legal description, and the street on which it is located. Also includes information on how many buildings are included in the permit, building material, number of storeys, number of rooms, purpose of the building, estimate of cost, and amount of fee paid.
This series was started in 1907. Although the City likely had a regular method of recording building permits before this time, the best existent source for annual lists of building permits issued from the early 1860s to 1907 is the local newspapers, copies of which are available in the Archives' reference room.
Arranged chronologically

Victoria (B.C.). Public Works
Buildings Committee minutes
CA CVIC Series CRS-38 · 1951
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of one sheet containing minutes 51-17 to 51-20 from the meeting of 15 August 1951.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the Building Committee, see CRS 140

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-275 · 1901
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of the minutes of the Celebration Committee and its various subcommittees during its efforts to commemorate the 1901 May 24th (Victoria Day) celebration. Includes minutes, newsclippings, and advertisements.
Part of accession 98104-03

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
Bylaws
CA CVIC Series CRS-3 · 1862-2000
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of local laws and regulations passed by City Council to control, regulate, and administer affairs within its jurisdiction. The original bylaws are stored in City Hall, but bound duplicates of most of them are located in the Archives. Although some of the originals are missing, many of them can be found among the bound versions. Only those bylaws located in the Archives are included in the file list.
Registered bylaws are those that have been signed and sealed as certified copies of the originals.
For individually bound budget estimates bylaws, see CRS 243

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
Centennial Square files
CA CVIC Series CRS-177 · 1956-1966 (predominantly 1962-1966)
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of City Manager's administrative and operational files pertaining to the development of Centennial Square

Victoria (B.C.). City Manager
Chinatown files
CA CVIC Series CRS-229 · [ca. 1903-1910]
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series includes plans of Chinatown consistent with, but somewhat earlier than, the corresponding sheets in the 1903-1909 set of fire insurance plans (F0006). The plans provide lot numbers as well as street addresses and descriptions of building use. Also included are photographs of the interior and exterior of buildings on Store and Fisgard Streets

Victoria (B.C.). Sanitary Inspector
Budget estimates
CA CVIC Series CRS-195 · 1948-1950
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a yearly estimate of departmental expenditures compared with previous years' expenditures

Victoria (B.C.). Land Department
CA CVIC Series CRS-244 · 1924-1952
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of records created in the process of estimating annual revenue and expenditures, as published in the bylaws comprising CRS 243 (budget estimates). Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and spreadsheets.
There is a gap in this series for 1950

Victoria (B.C.). Comptroller
CA CVIC Series CRS-33 · 1972-1974
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of agendas and papers of this committee of Council.
The committee included members from the City as well as from various local businesses. Issues discussed include planning and zoning in the central business district, transportation, transit, the inner harbour, the downtown economy, and housing development in the downtown area

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk
CA CVIC Series CRS-161 · 1919-1931
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a daily journal compiled by the City Assessor. The journal documents daily appointments relating to the functional areas of assessment, building inspection, and purchasing. The journal was used originally in 1919 with other entries from the years 1920 and 1931

Victoria (B.C.). Finance Department
CA CVIC Series CRS-53 · 1930
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of the minutes of this City Council committee. The volume, which includes the minutes of several other committees, is not indexed.
Arranged chronologically

Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk