Property tax payments must be received in our office, by the due date, to be considered on time.
Checklist for paying your Property Taxes
You will need the following information to pay your property taxes. The information needed can be found on your property tax notice or by logging into your MyCity account
- folio number
- amount to pay
Ways to pay your Property Taxes
- Third party automated payment service
- Can pay taxes (maximum of $5,000 per transaction)
- Multiple payments can be made if your outstanding balance exceeds those limits
- By automated phone (1-855-480-9594) or online
- Accepts Visa, MasterCard and American Express
- Convenience fee of 1.75% of payment amount
- You will need your Tax Notice and credit card
- Search "Maple Ridge" as a payee, add the tax option(please note if paying the flat rate utilities from your Property Tax notice, please pay to your property tax account)
- Property Tax account number is your property's folio number or roll number without dashes or spaces
- If you have questions specific to your online banking service, please contact your financial institution
- Visit or call your financial institution, have your current property tax notice with you.
- Open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, excluding Statutory holidays
- 11995 Haney Place Maple Ridge BC (entrance on the east side of the building)
- Debit, cheque, or cash is accepted (cash has a maximum of $10,000)
- We do not accept credit cards for property tax or utility payments
- Cheque - Postdated cheques are accepted.
- Postdated cheques for the due date may take 3 - 4 business days to process upon receiving, but it will be acknowledged for the postdate or received date at City Hall, whichever is later.
- Your receipt is the cancelled cheque unless otherwise requested.
- Bank returned, post-dated cheques for the due date are treated as a late payment. Penalties and a service fee will be applied.
- Money order
- Bank draft
Drop Box
- Located as a slot in the wall at the far west corner of the Economic Development office beside City Hall
- Cheques - please include the remittance slip or attach a note of which account to apply your payment to
- Do not deposit cash in the drop box
Mail in Cheque
- You can mail a cheque payable to the City of Maple Ridge, include remittance slips or note indicating which account to apply payment to. We accept post dated cheques. The cancelled cheque is your receipt unless otherwise requested.
- The date of the payment is the date it is received in our office. If it is received after the due date, a penalty will apply.
The drop box and mail is checked daily and payments will be processed. If you require a receipt for a payment, please indicate on the invoice submitted and a receipt will be mailed or emailed out.
The Province of BC offers a low interest loan program designed to help qualified BC Home Owners pay their annual property taxes. For Detailed Information and qualification requirements, please visit the Provincial Deferment Website.
To avoid Penalty before the due date be sure to:
- apply for your deferment online
- Claim your Home Owner grant, if eligible
- Pay the Total Utility Services amount listed on your Property Tax Notice
Program Update:
We have recently updated our Preauthorized Payment Program for our Property Taxes. The program will now be called Tax Instalment Prepayment Plan (TIPP). Starting November 2024, the monthly withdrawals will move from the 5th to the 1st of the month. We will no longer be offering a monthly plan only. For more information, contact us at prepayment@mapleridge.ca
Ways to Prepay Taxes:
TIPP - Tax Instalment Prepayment Plan
- choose between a 10-month program (August to May - 10 payments) plus any outstanding balance withdrawn on the due date or due date only
- if you choose the monthly plus the due date, we will withdraw a calculated amount set by the City, based off an estimate of next year's Property Taxes. Updated amount for next year will show on your annual Property Tax Notice.
- Monthly Payments will be withdrawn on the 1st of each month.
- No withdrawals in June
- Sign up anytime of the year
- Program will automatically continue until cancellation is requested in writing
- Payments not honoured by the applicant's financial institution are subject to a $25 service fee
- 3 returned payments will result in your withdrawal being cancelled
- Taxpayers selling their property and enrolled in TIPP are responsible for cancelling TIPP
If eligible for a Home Owner Grant, claim by the due date to avoid penalties. Home Owner Grant must be claimed yearly.
If you have any questions regarding our preauthorized payment program please email us at prepayment@mapleridge.ca or call 604-467-7316.