How to Get Farm Status in Williams Lake BC
Classification as a farm in Williams Lake BC is entirely optional. The local assessor must receive the General Application for Farm Classification or the Retired Farmer’s Dwelling Land Application from landowners who wish to have all or a portion of their property classified as farmland. The Farm Class Regulation (BC Reg. 411/95) stipulates that farm applications and any appropriate lease must be filed to BC Assessment no later than October 31 for the subsequent tax year.
About Williams Lake BC Farmland
The largest stockyard in British Columbia is located in Williams Lake. It sells cattle from Clinton in the south, Quesnel in the north, Bella Coola in the west, and Horsefly in the east. (Williams 2018 Lake Stampede)
The Williams Lake Area had 355 farms in 2016. This is a decrease from the 406 reported in 2011. In 2016, 145 of the 355 farms were engaged in beef cattle ranching, 74 in hay production, and 40 in horse and other equine production. Other farming activities in the Area included sheep and goat farming (14 farms), poultry and egg production (10 farms), chicken egg production (10 farms), vegetable and melon farming (8 farms), greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production (8 farms), and fruit and vegetable combination farming (14 farms) (5 farms). 2017c (Statistics Canada).
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