Finances

Payments to suppliers

Where the money went — every supplier the municipality paid, from its own annual disclosures, traced to the source document.

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Total payments to suppliers

$11,706,900

Suppliers paid more than $25,000

$10,079,076

All suppliers paid $25,000 or less

$1,627,824

Named suppliers

Grants & contributions

$626,898

Suppliers paid more than $25,000

Supplier	Share	Paid in 2018
RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA (RCMP CONTRACT)	23.12%	$2,330,331
WEST SHORE PARKS & RECREATION SOCIETY	11.01%	$1,110,077
Greater Victoria Public Library	8.92%	$898,990
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERS LTD	7.10%	$715,514
MUNICIPAL PENSION PLAN	6.38%	$642,655
MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY (FINANCING COSTS)	5.90%	$594,698
SCANSA CONSTRUCTION	4.11%	$414,073
RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA (CPP, EI PREMIUMS)	2.98%	$300,147
BC Hydro & Power Authority	2.63%	$265,527
YOUNG ANDERSON	2.17%	$218,852
PACIFIC BLUE CROSS	2.15%	$216,810
CITY OF LANGFORD (IT SUPPORT SERVICES)	1.64%	$165,709
MCELHANNEY CONSULTING SERVICES LTD.	1.34%	$134,932
AON REED STENHOUSE INC	1.32%	$133,415
OSPREY ELECTRIC	1.13%	$114,398
CAPITAL CITY PAVING	0.99%	$99,962
PARKLAND REFINING (BC) LTD	0.89%	$89,292
Raylec Power Ltd.	0.83%	$83,854
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PHOENIX	0.82%	$82,500
Greater Victoria Labour Relations Association	0.76%	$76,510
CDW CANADA CORP	0.74%	$74,970
DISTRICT OF SAANICH (FIRE DISPATCH)	0.73%	$73,776
MAINROAD MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS	0.72%	$72,474
DL'S BINS LTD	0.72%	$72,406
CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT ANIMAL CONTROL	0.67%	$67,550
ISLAND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LTD	0.65%	$65,384
NORTHWEST HYDRAULIC CONSULTANTS LTD.	0.58%	$58,799
WORKSAFE BC	0.57%	$57,632
CITY OF SURREY (FIRE DISPATCH)	0.53%	$53,761
CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT WATER	0.49%	$49,534
CREST (EMERGENCY SERVICES)	0.49%	$49,274
IMS INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES CANADA IN	0.47%	$47,563
VIMAR EQUIPMENT LTD	0.47%	$47,101
JENNER CHEVROLET BUICK GMC	0.45%	$45,545
PACIFIC CENTRE FAMILY SERVICES ASSOCATION	0.41%	$41,594
DIALOG BC INC	0.39%	$39,144
WFR Wholesale Fire & Rescue Ltd.	0.39%	$38,906
TRANS CANADA TRAFFIC INC	0.36%	$36,743
GREGG DISTRIBUTORS CO LTD	0.36%	$36,250
Island Asphalt Company	0.35%	$35,240
WESTERRA EQUIPMENT LP	0.34%	$34,711
STANTEC CONSULTING LTD.	0.33%	$33,505
COASTAL PAINTING LTD	0.32%	$32,466
DIAMOND SOFTWARE INC	0.31%	$31,442
SOUTH ISLAND PROSPERITY PROJECT	0.31%	$31,318
Scottish Line Painting Ltd	0.31%	$30,829
MNP LLP	0.29%	$29,685
BLACKPRESS GROUP	0.29%	$28,935
SPEEDPRO SIGNS	0.28%	$28,168
C-1 CONTRACTOR	0.26%	$26,497
CO-OPERATORS	0.19%	$19,630

Grants and contributions

Payments made for the purpose of grants or contributions, disclosed separately.

Pacifica Housing Advisory Association (2006 Sooke Road)	$328,000
Greater Victoria Housing Society (330 Goldstream Avenue)	$220,000
Colwood Volunteer FireFighter Association	$43,423
WEST SHORE ARTS COUNCIL	$5,500
Royal Canadian Legion (Prince Edward #91)	$3,600
Green Teams of Canada (Greater Victoria Green Team)	$3,000
Habitat Acquisition Trust	$2,500
Dialogue and Dispute Resolution	$2,200
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region	$2,200
Open Gate Church	$1,650
Greater Victoria Bike to Work Society	$1,500
Receiver General of Canada (Fort Rodd Hill Historic Site)	$1,500
Stigma‐Free Society (formerly Bipolar Disorder Society of BC)	$1,375
Intermunicipal Advisory Committee on Disability Issues (IACDI)	$1,300
M'akola Housing Society	$1,100
Creatively United for the Planet Society	$1,100
Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria (Need2)	$1,100
Vancouver Island Film & Media Commission	$1,100
Victoria Compost and Conservation Education Society	$1,100
Youth for Christ Victoria	$1,100
Greater Victoria Volunteer Society (Volunteer Victoria)	$1,000
School District #62 (Royal Bay Secondary School Dry Grad)	$1,000
Wounded Warriors Canada	$550

Source: Statement of Financial Information (SOFI), fiscal year 2018 · View source document

Figures are cash-basis aggregate payments per supplier, as disclosed under BC's Financial Information Regulation (Schedule 1, s.7). They include utilities, insurance, and payments to other governments — not only procurement contracts — and may not match the financial statements, which are prepared on an accrual basis.