In 2026, Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality (SPMRM) will pay $90,000 more in regional taxes after the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) approved the 2026 budget.
The budget funds 116 services across 10 Electoral Areas and 11 municipalities, including Sun Peaks, Whitecroft and Heffley Lake.
Approximately $30.3 million of the $60.6 million budget is funded by taxation, with $6.2 million coming from user fees, $5.3 million from provincial and federal grants, transfers from the 2025 budget surplus totalling $4.5 million and small amounts from other funding sources.
While Sun Peaks does not pay user fees, the municipality pays into some regional services, such as library services and solid waste, through taxation, according to chief administrative officer Deanna Campbell.
The total tax requisition for Sun Peaks for 2026 is $1,240,175, up from $1,149,971 in 2025, reflecting a nearly eight per cent increase in total assessed value of properties in the municipality over the year according to the full budget report.
This raises SPMRM’s portion of TNRD costs from 3.2 per cent to 3.4 per cent.
Homeowner costs
Homeowners in Sun Peaks will see a slight decrease in the TNRD property taxes from $562.68 to $562.38 on average; This is because the tax rate per $100,000 of assessed value decreased from last year. The BC Assessment for a typical single family home in Sun Peaks in 2026 came to just over $1,463,000, slightly down from $1,486,000 the previous year.
To calculate an average Sun Peaks homeowner’s estimated district tax, TNRD manager of finance Austin Potts uses detailed BC assessment data, taking the total number of participants within the residential class and divides it by the total assessment value.
“So in this case, looking at the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Muncipality…that total is $876,000,” he said, adding this would reflect an average TNRD tax bill of $562 for 2026.
Notably, the amounts in the report are based on the 2026 completed role from BC assessment, excluding disputed assessment by homeowners that would have come out on the 2026 revised role.
“The final amount that I issue for a taxation bill is based on the revised role,” Potts said. “Anybody that has disputed their assessments, that will be considered.”
TNRD taxes don’t comprise a full tax bill and other services and charges impact the total amount a homeowner pays.
“Somebody’s property tax in total could change otherwise based on changes from the municipality and changes from school district, police tax, rural roads — those are all separate line items on a person’s property tax bill, which wouldn’t be impacted by the TNRD,” Colton Davies, communications manager for the TNRD clarified.
The two largest TNRD costs for Sun Peaks is solid waste management, at $305 for the average homeowner, and the library system at $123.
Funding to the municipality this year includes $75,000 for an additional refuse compactor bin and $7,500 to support a hydro upgrade and site reconfiguration. An additional $75,000 is budgeted for design work for a new library.
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