Quarterly Billing

The City of Selkirk issues quarterly utility bills. Residents will receive a utility bill in the mail during the middle of January, April, July, and October. Utility bills are due by the middle of February, May, August, and November. See the Utility Billing Schedule below.

Water and Wastewater rates are listed under our Water Rates and Conservation page.

Submit Your Meter Reading

The City of Selkirk will be taking drive by water meter readings on the last quarterly business day of the month. (End of March, June, September and December) If you would like to submit your own meter reading please use the form below.

Payment Options

There are four easy ways to pay your utility bills.

Pre-Authorized Payment

With the City of Selkirk’s Pre-Authorized Utility Bill Payment Program, your financial institution will automatically withdraw your Utility Bill payment on the date the bill is due.

You will still receive a Utility Bill in the mail for you records, there is no cost to register for this service.

How to apply:

1. Fill out the Pre-Authorization Utility Form.
2. Write “VOID” across one of your personal cheques and include it with your application form
   or
   fill in your bank account information on the application form. You may want to confirm with your bank that all the necessary bank account information is included.
3. Return the original signed completed application form, along with your voided cheque, to:

Utility Clerk
City of Selkirk
200 Eaton Avenue
Selkirk, MB   R1A 0W6

You can change pre-authorized payments by providing us an updated Pre-Authorization Utility Form.

You can cancel your pre-authorized payments by filling out the Pre-Authorization Utility Cancellation Form.

• Please note we require up to 5 business days notice to make any changes.
• If the application form is incomplete, your account will not be enrolled in pre-authorized payments until the missing information is received.

For more information on the Pre-Authorized Utility Bill Payment Program submit a CitizenSupport Ticket (Category: Water Billing).

Online

You can pay your utility bill at most banks or financial institutions through Internet banking, telephone banking, at an automatic teller, or in person.

If paying your utility bill through telephone, Internet banking, or at an automatic teller, please allow 4 business days before the due date to allow enough time for your financial institution to transfer the funds to the city. Please be sure to retain a copy of your receipt.

To register for internet or telephone banking:

• Sign on to your financial institution’s secure website
• Search in Payee Name for “Selkirk”. To see a listing of banks name for City of Selkirk.
  • Bank of Montreal: SELKIRK, CITY OF, UTILITIES
  • Cambrian Credit Union: SELKIRK (CITY): UTILITIES
  • CIBC: SELKIRK (CITY OF) UTILITY
  • Access Credit Union: SELKIRK WATER, CITY OF
  • RBC: SELKIRK (CITY) – UTILITIES
  • Scotiabank: SELKIRK (CITY) UTILITIES
  • TD: SELKIRK (CITY OF) UTILITIES
• Select “City of Selkirk (Utilities)” or “City of Selkirk (Water)” as a payee
• Enter your 10 digit account number, without decimals. You can find your utility account number on your utility bill (see example bill below). If your bank only accepts a 9 digit account number, simply drop the very first zero in your account number and enter the last 9 digits without a decimal (ex. if your account number is 00001234.00 enter as 000123400).

If you have sold a property and purchased another, or if you have moved in/out of a property, please be sure to correct your utility account information with your financial institution. You will be assigned a new utility account number for your new residence, and you want to ensure that your payments will be applied to the correct account for your new property/new address within the City of Selkirk.

Mail

Please allow sufficient time for your payment to reach our office by the due date. Please record your Utility Account Number on the “Memo” line of your cheque. Also detach and include the payment stub at the bottom of your Utility Bill with your payment.

Mail the cheque or money order to:

City of Selkirk
200 Eaton Avenue
Selkirk, MB
R1A 0W6

In Person

You can pay by debit, cash or cheque at 200 Eaton Avenue. Our office is currently open to the public from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday (closed Statutory Holidays). A night deposit box is also available for receiving utility payments during business and non-business hours. Please have your payment in the night deposit box by 4:30pm prior to the last business day of the month to avoid late penalties.

Returned payment

If you have paid by cheque or pre-authorized payment and your bank returns your payment as NSF, stopped, account closed, or account frozen, your account will be subject to a $50 service charge. Unpaid utility charges are subject to penalty of 1.25% if not paid in full by the end of the month the bill was due.