Claim your Home Owner Grant

Eligible residential property owners should claim their homeowner grant with the Province of British Columbia as soon as they receive their municipal property tax notice in the mail.  To avoid penalty, applications should be filed before the end of June.

Note: Effective January 2021, the BC government changed the administration of the grant to operate under the Province of BC instead of under the municipalities.  As such, the City of Merritt can no longer process Homeowner Grant applications. Applications must now be processed directly through the government of British Columbia.

APPLY FOR THE GRANT

• Online: www.etax.gov.bc.ca/btp/HOG.
• In-person: Visit the Service BC Office at 2194 Coutlee Ave, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8.
• By phone:  1-888-355-2700.

WHAT YOU NEED

You will need your social insurance number and the jurisdiction and roll number for your property which can be found on:

• Property tax notices (451-XXXXX.XXX)
• BC Assessment notices (451-XXXX-XXX)
• BC Assessment website search

If you are using your property tax notice information when applying online for your Homeowner Grant, you will need to ensure the decimal (.) is changed to a dash (-) and the leading zero (0) in the Roll number is dropped. In other words, write the Jurisdiction number (eg: 451) and modify the Roll number (eg: 01234.567) and create a new combined number in the following pattern: 451-1234-567 (with dashes and deleting the leading 0). (Other than the number 451, these numbers are for illustrative purposes only.  Do not use these numbers. Reference your Property Tax Notice).

If you have not received your 2024 Property Tax Notice, please call City Hall at 250.378.4224.

For more information visit www.gov.bc.ca/homeownergrant