How Victoria Regional Transit is Funded
Funding
Transit service in the Victoria Region is funded through four main sources: provincial contributions, local government contributions, fuel tax and passenger fares.
The total cost to run the service last fiscal year was $186.4 million. Funding for the system came from transit fares (operations) and bus advertising ($35.6 million or 19.1 percent), BC Bus Pass ($5.1 million or 2.8 percent), local government property taxes (transfers) ($69.7 million or 37.4 percent), fuel tax ($17.6 million or 9.5 per cent) and provincial funding (transfers) ($58.3 million or 31.3 per cent).
By the Numbers
(2024/25 Fiscal Year End Actuals)
- Total ridership: 25 million total trips
- Total fleet: 350 (202 Heavy Duty, 53 High Capacity, 39 Medium Duty, 56 Light Duty)
- Total service hours for conventional service: 869,220 hours
- Total service hours for custom service: 118,638 hours