Application
1. This Rule applies to all licensees granted a special authorization with a designated PDVA: Taxi sector type in Metro Vancouver.
Common rate amounts - Meters
2. Licensees must charge the following meter rates, unless sections 3 to 10 [Common Rate Amounts -YVR Flat Fare Zones] or sections 11 to 16 [Common Rate Amounts - Cruise Ship Terminal Flat Fare Zones] apply:
| Type of Rates | Rates without GST | Rates with 5% GST | Rounded rates with 5% GST | Taxi meter formula with 5% GST included |
| Flag | 3.5903 | 3.7698 | 3.75 | $3.75 for the first 45.95 metres |
| Distance (per km) | 2.0725 | 2.1761 | 2.18 | $0.10 for each additional 45.95 metres |
| Wait Time (hourly) | 37.0800 | 38.9340 | 38.93 | $0.10 for each consecutive 9.25 seconds (or $38.9340 per hour) |
Common rate amounts - YVR flat fare zones
3. Licensees providing service from YVR must charge a $4.00 per ride premium location charge for service with an originating point of YVR and a destination point outside of the Richmond or Vancouver flat fare zones established in section [6].
4. The premium location charge must be programmed in the taxi meter separately from the meter fare and may only be applied once per trip.
5. All taxis charging the premium location charge must be equipped with a decal/signage on a passenger side window providing notice of the additional charge to YVR passengers.
6. The following flat fare zone rates are in effect for passengers being picked up at YVR and dropped off in the following zones:
Flat Fare Zone Rates (YVR) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Description | Rate (without GST) | Rounded rate (with GST) | Rounded rate (with GST and $4 PLC) |
| Richmond Zones | |||
| 100 - Sea Island | $19.00 | $20.00 | $24.00 |
| 101 - North Richmond | $19.95 | $21.00 | $25.00 |
| 102 - Central Richmond | $24.70 | $26.00 | $31.00 |
| 103 - Mitchell Island | $28.50 | $30.00 | $34.00 |
| 104 - South Richmond / Steveston | $29.45 | $31.00 | $35.00 |
| 105 - North East Richmond | $33.25 | $35.00 | $39.00 |
| 106 - South East Richmond | $34.20 | $36.00 | $40.00 |
| 107 - Far East Richmond | $40.85 | $43.00 | $47.00 |
| Vancouver Zones | |||
| 200 - South Vancouver | $22.80 | $24.00 | $28.00 |
| 201 - South Central Vancouver | $24.70 | $26.00 | $31.00 |
| 202 - South UBC | $29.45 | $31.00 | $35.00 |
| 203 - Central Vancouver | $29.45 | $31.00 | $35.00 |
| 204 - South East Vancouver | $31.35 | $33.00 | $37.00 |
| 205 –Kitsilano / Broadway | $34.20 | $36.00 | $40.00 |
| 206 - Central East Vancouver | $38.95 | $41.00 | $45.00 |
| 207 - UBC | $39.90 | $42.00 | $46.00 |
| 208 - Canada Place / Down Town | $39.90 | $42.00 | $46.00 |
| 209 - Stanley Park | $41.80 | $44.00 | $48.00 |
| 210 - North East Vancouver | $44.65 | $47.00 | $51.00 |
7. The zones listed in section 6 are those as set out in the map in Appendix A to this Rule.
8. For destination addresses that are on and directly accessible from the road that marks a zone boundary, the lowest zone rate must be charged on both sides of the street.
9. The following rates may only be added to the zone rates above if a passenger requests a stop enroute:
| Zone rate add-on charges for stops en route | Base rate without GST | Rounded rates with GST |
| a. Stops of 10 minutes or less | $6.1314 | $6.00 |
| b. Additional Stopping Time (per minute after first 10 minutes) | $2.0438 | $2.00 |
10. If 2 or more passengers or groups of passengers are going to different addresses in a zone, the following applies:
(a) the zone rate applies until the first passenger or group of passengers disembarks;
(b) the metered rate set out in section 2 applies to the subsequent transportation of passengers or groups of passengers remaining in the vehicle;
(c) the meter may only be engaged when the taxi begins moving toward the second destination.
Common rate amounts - Cruise ship terminal flat fare zones
11. In this section and in sections 12 to 16, the Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal to Downtown Vancouver Hotel Destination Area is bounded as follows:
(a) East along Waterfront Road to Main Street;
(b) South on Main Street to West 2nd avenue;
(c) North on Cambie Street to Beach Avenue;
(d) West along Beach Avenue to Park Lane;
(e) North along Park Lane to Bayshore Drive
(f) East along Bayshore Drive to West Hastings Street and back to the Cruise Ship Terminal.
12. Throughout the yearly cruise ship season, the following flat fare zone rates are in effect for passengers being picked up at the Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal and dropped off in the following zones:
Flat fare zone rates (Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Zone description | Base rate (without GST) | Rounded rate (with GST) |
| Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal to Downtown Vancouver Hotel Destination Area, including Pacific Central Station | $15.38 | $16.00 |
| Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal to YVR (only on posted cruise ship days) | $39.90 | $42.00 |
13. The zones listed in section 12 are those as set out in the map in Appendix B.
14. For destination addresses that are on and directly accessible from the road that marks a zone boundary, the lowest zone rate must be charged on both sides of the street.
15. The following rates may only be added to the zone rates above if a passenger requests a stop enroute:
| Zone rate add-on charges for stops en route | Base rate without GST | Rounded rates with GST |
| a. Stops of 10 minutes or less | $6.1314 | $6.00 |
| b. Additional Stopping Time (per minute after first 10 minutes) | $2.0438 | $2.00 |
16. If 2 or more passengers or groups of passengers are going to different addresses in a zone, the following applies:
(a) the zone rate applies until the first passenger or group of passengers disembarks;
(b) the metered rate set out in section 2 applies to the subsequent transportation of passengers or groups of passengers remaining in the vehicle;
(c) the meter may only be engaged when the taxi begins moving toward the second destination.
