Tax Assessment Rolls : Nanaimo & Victoria
Tax assessment records tell us a lot about city spaces. The block, lot, and sub-lot numbers constitute a legal description of city lots and in many cases the legal descriptions are unchanged to this day. The records indicate the size, dimensions and "assessed value" of the properties. Tax assessement records also indicate who owned lots within the cities of Nanaimo and Victoria.
Search Nanaimo 1881 Tax Assessment Roll
This database contains tax assessment records for over 1,600 surveyed lots
in the city of Nanaimo in 1881. The records were transcribed and the data
was structured by Chris Harper and Josée Birch in 2002, from records
held by the Nanaimo Community
Archives 
.
The work was facilitated by the Archives' manager, Christine Meutzer.
Search Nanaimo 1891 Tax Assessment Roll
This database contains tax assessment records of over 1,800 surveyed lots
in the city of Nanaimo. The records were transcribed by Chris Harper and
Josée Birch in 2002, from original records held in the Nanaimo
Community Archives. We appreciate the assistance of Christine Meutzner.
Search Victoria 1901 Tax Assessment Roll
This database contains tax assessment records of over 3,600 surveyed lots
in the city of Victoria. The records were transcribed in 2004 by Lindsay Gaunt
and Melissa Golinski from volumes held in the
City of Victoria
Archives .
We appreciate the assistance of
Trevor Livelton and Carey Pallister of the Victoria City archives.