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1 | Municipality Name | Proposed Tax Hike | Confirmed Tax Hike | Comments | Info Links | Link to Budget | Other Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Durham Region | 5% | Only Durham Region part of the tax hike. Durham Region predicts that a 5% property tax hike will also be needed in 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027. Budget says they're eating into reserves and proposing going futher into debt to cover the costs. | https://www.durham.ca/en/regional-government/budget-and-financial.aspx?_mid_=24558#:~:text=Durham%20Regional%20Council%20has%20approved,a%202023%20current%20value%20assessment | https://www.durham.ca/en/resources/2023-Durham-Region-Property-Tax-Supported-Guideline-Presentation-FA-Committee-Jan-17-2023.pdf | Finance and Administration Committee Report (durham.ca) | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Oshawa | 4.98% | https://www.oshawa.ca/en/city-hall/budget.aspx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Pickering | 6-8% | https://www.therecord.com/local-pickering/news/2023/01/01/what-will-be-making-news-in-pickering-in-2023-here-are-5-predictions.html?itm_source=parsely-api#:~:text=Residents%20are%20expected%20to%20see,resulting%20issues%20come%20before%20them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Ajax | Check back Feb 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Whitby | 2% | https://connectwhitby.ca/budget | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Clarington | 4.06% | The Impact of Bill 23 is not included because the real impact are still unknown. In 2023, staff will be analyzing and understanding it and then including it in 2024 budget. | https://www.clarington.net/en/news/clarington-approves-2023-budget.aspx#:~:text=Clarington%2C%20Ontario%20%E2%80%93%20Clarington%20Council%20has,work%20went%20into%20this%20budget. | https://www.clarington.net/en/town-hall/resources/Budget-Financial-Statements-Reports/2023-Council-Draft-Budget-Book-AODA.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Peel Region | 2.80% | https://www.insauga.com/peel-tax-hike-of-2-8-proposed-for-property-owners-in-mississauga-brampton-and-caledon/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Brampton | 2.90% | https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/budget/Pages/Budget-Documents.aspx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Mississauga | 3% | https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/2023-budget-focused-on-investing-in-mississauga/#:~:text=Property%20Taxes,the%20Commercial%2FIndustrial%20Tax%20Bill. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Caledon | 2.03% | https://www.caledonenterprise.com/news-story/10858439-approval-of-2023-caledon-budget-expected-during-council-meeting-on-feb-28/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Waterloo Region | 8.55% | https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/property-tax-and-utilities-rates.aspx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Cambridge | 4.74% | https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/property-tax-and-utilities-rates.aspx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Kitchener | 4.80% | https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/property-tax-and-utilities-rates.aspx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Waterloo | 5.45% | Financial impact of Bill 23 is estimated at $20-30 million over the next 5 years. Undermining the financial capacity of municipality to support growth and diminishing essential environmental protections. Bill 23 is highly consequential to land use planning at both city and regional levels, negatively impacts city's ability to fund and collect for growth infrastructure needs. | https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/budgets.aspx#:~:text=Budget%202023%20aims%20to%20build,cost%20of%20%2474.98%20per%20household. | https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/resources/Documents/Finance/Proposed-Budget-Summary.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Halton Region | 3.40% | https://www.halton.ca/The-Region/Finance-and-Transparency/Budget-Business-Plan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Burlington | 7.5% (Burlington increase), 7.08% (finalized) | **This is the finalized property tax rate increase, including the Halton region, Burlington Municipality, and Education portion. Bill 109 requirement to refund application fees if decision is not issued within legislated timelines projeccts to $2 million of annual application fees at risk of being refunded. Bill 23 will bring detrimental consequences to municipal finances limiting the City's revenue potential. This will put greater pressure on the property tax base and negatively impact the City's debt capacity. Leads to city making tough decision between maintaining existing assets and building new infrastucture. | https://mariannemeedward.ca/burlington-council-approves-2023-budget-focused-on-improving-protecting-the-future-of-our-growing-changing-city/#:~:text=The%20property%20tax%20bill%20is,at%20burlington.ca%2Fbudget. | https://burlingtonpublishing.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=65876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Milton | 4.42% | **This is the finalized property tax rate increase, including Halton region, Milton Municipality, and education portion | https://www.milton.ca/en/town-hall/2023-budget.aspx | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Oakville | 3.52% | Budget was proposed before Bill 23 was passed, and therefore does not include the financial impact of Bill 23. | https://www.oakville.ca/townhall/nr-23jan17.html#:~:text=Town%20staff%20recommended%20the%202023,regional%20and%20educational%20tax%20levies. | https://www.oakville.ca/assets/general%20-%20town%20hall/2023%20Proposed%20Budget%20and%20Forecast.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Halton Hills | 4.26% | https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/local-halton-hills/news/council/2023/02/14/halton-hills-approves-restrained-budget-during-rising-financial-pressure.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Niagara Region | 7.58 | https://www.niagararegion.ca/news/article.aspx?news=1462#:~:text=Council%20approved%20the%202023%20General,%24123%20totaling%20%241%2C743%20in%202023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Niagara Falls | 7.40% | https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/news/council/2023/01/31/is-paying-8-more-per-month-to-maintain-city-services-in-niagara-falls-worth-it-city-council-votes-yes.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Welland | 3.05% Decrease | This is just the Welland taxes portion, will probably increase overall once Niagara Region approves its portion of the tax . | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/council/2023/02/08/welland-taxpayers-see-city-tax-bill-drop-305.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | York Region | 3.90% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Markham | 6.40% | Projects a 6.4% property tax increase in 2023, and a 93.3% property tax increase over 2024-2026, with 78% of that a result of Bill 23 | https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10840545-markham-tables-2023-budget-with-proposed-6-4-tax-hike-admitting-impact-of-bill-23/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Richmond Hill | 5.88% | Estimates an $87.7 million revenue loss in Development Charges, $3.9 million in Community Benefit Charges, $238.2 million in Parkland dedication leading to a total of $329.8 million. Revenue loss will lead Richmond Hill to either delay the construction of growth-related infrastructure, and/or seek new funding sources | richmond-news.com/local-news/almost-six-per-cent-higher-taxes-proposed-for-richmond-homeowners-in-2023-6169575#:~:text=Almost%20six%20per%20cent%20higher,next%20year%2C%20driving%20up%20taxes.&text=Richmond%20property%20owners%20could%20be,per%20household%20than%20in%202022. | https://calendar.richmondhill.ca/council/Detail/2023-01-30-1330-Special-Council-Meeting/45ae4b58-68ac-49d8-857b-af9e00ec62ee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Vaughan | 2.90% | Does not address all of the revenue loss from Bill 23 | https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10839299--58-hospital-tax-ends-for-vaughan-residents-as-city-prepares-for-impacts-of-bill-23/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Newmarket | 7.67% | Budget Pressures in 2023 have never been higher. 7.67% projected increase does not include the financial impacts of Bill 23. Projecting that the Newmarket tax payer will only feel the financial impacts of Bill 2023 in future years | https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/local-newmarket/news/2023/02/07/newmarket-deputy-mayor-promised-to-work-to-keep-tax-increase-to-2-but-that-doesn-t-appear-likely.html | https://www.newmarket.ca/TownGovernment/PublishingImages/2023budget/2023%20Preliminary%20Draft%20Budget%20Report%20to%20Council.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Aurora | 3.50% | The true impact of Bill 23 is not known yet | https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/residential-tax-bills-in-aurora-to-rise-by-35-for-2023-6493124#:~:text=Aurora%20residents%20will%20see%20the,%2473.6%20million%20in%20planned%20spending. | https://www.aurora.ca/en/your-government/resources/business-and-finance/2023-Budget-Details/Tab-3---Operating-Budget---Tabled.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | East Gwillimbury | 5.55% | eastgwillimbury.ca/en/news/east-gwillimbury-council-invests-in-community-safety-and-infrastructure.aspx | https://eastgwillimbury.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/166041/?preview=168895&attachmenturl=urlQueryObj.attachmenturl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Simcoe County | 3.50% | https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/county-of-simcoe-2023-budget-approved-with-35-tax-hike-6465995#:~:text=However%2C%20Bradford%20Mayor%20James%20Leduc's,per%20%24100%2C000%20of%20property%20assessment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Orillia | 2.79% | Bill 23 accounts for 2% of the 2.79% proposed property tax increase. Preliminary revenue loss is projected to be $12 million over the next 5 years. Development Charges Reserve has been repurposed as the Bill 23 Mitigation Reserve and $1 million is allocated to it. 60% of this revenue comes from property tax increase. | https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/tax-hike-of-5-to-6-percent-possible-in-2023-warns-city-staff-6221483#:~:text=Tax%20hike%20of%205%20to,warns%20city%20staff%20%2D%20Orillia%20News | https://www.orillia.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Treasury/2023-Budget-Report.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Barrie | 3.95% | The passing of Bill 23 puts more pressure on both the City and the County, as social housing costs related to growth are no longer eligible for collection through Development charges. As noted earlier, legislation has just passed to enact Bill 23. Although the impacts of this bill are not fully known at the time of printing of this document, it is reasonable to say that the bill will significantly impact how the City plans and pays for growth. The discounts in first 5 years of the DC bylaw are expected to cost around $90 million, although this will depend on the pace of the collections that the City has for the next 5 years and any possible offsets from the province. | https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/inflation-new-city-contracts-pushing-up-property-taxes-in-2023-6401865 // chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.barrie.ca/Finance/2023-Operating-Budget-and-Financial-Overview.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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35 | Peterborough County | 4.93% | Ended up selecting a separate proposal which reduced the tax increase from 8% to 4.93%. | https://www.ptbocounty.ca/en/governing/resources/Finance-Documents/2023-03-01-Peterborough-County-Budget-Approved---News-Release-.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | City of Peterborough | 3.15% | for "typical residential property not on the water", a freeze on the operating budget for Peterborough Transit — remaining at $18.2 million as it was in 2022. Peterborough Public Health receives $1,357,100 in funding from the city — a one per cent increase over 2022. The health unit was asking for a 22.14 per cent increase in funding. Deferring an $800,000 project upgrading water and sewer service to the Peterborough Airport. | https://www.peterborough.ca/en/news/city-of-peterborough-2023-budget- approval.aspx#:~:text=Peterborough%2C%20ON%20%2D%20City%20Council%20approved,budget%20reviews%20earlier%20this%20month.// https://globalnews.ca/news/9448458/peterborough-city-council-tax-increase-budget/#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Peterborough's%20operating,%2C%20fire%20services%2C%20and%20policing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Wellington County | 3.80% | https://www.wellington.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=25d7ec7c-b9a1-4882-add5-c3026a2f51fa#:~:text=WELLINGTON%20COUNTY%2C%20ON%2D%20At%20today's,County%20portion%20of%20property%20taxes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Guelph | 5.17% | The overall tax levy is 5.17% increase in 2023 and is set to increase by just over 5% in 2024 and 2025. The user tax will increase by 2.73% in 2023, 3.45% in 2024 and 2.84% in 2025. | https://guelph.ca/2023/01/city-of-guelph-releases-its-2023-budget-update-to-council/#:~:text=Guelph%2C%20Ont.%2C%20January%2012,%2D2023%20Multi%2DYear%20Budget.// https://guelph.ca/city-hall/budget-and-finance/city-budget/2022-and-2023-city-budget/executive-summary/#:~:text=The%202022%20and%202023%20capital,to%20support%20our%20growing%20City. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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41 | Brantford | 3.53% (Residential) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Hamilton | 6.80% | Councillors deferred voting on extending the city's living wage proposal to students at a cost of $353,000 in its March 1 budget meeting. Also deferred voting on $153,800 for internet voting for the 2026 municipal election, $1.3 million for the encampment pilot evaluation project ,and boosting the councillors’ office budget by $600,000. Councillors also agreed not to include $100,000 for the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters program in the 2023 operating budget and they are still discussing providing $2.6 million in funding for the YWCA Hamilton. | https://www.thespec.com/local-ancaster/news/2023/01/12/hamilton-staff-offers-up-5-4-average-tax-increase-for-2023.html// https://www.thespec.com/local-ancaster/news/2023/02/24/hamilton-councillors-keep-about-30-million-in-the-2023-budget-as-the-proposed-tax-increase-sits-at-6-7-per-cent.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Kawartha Lakes | 4.50% | Council deferred $87 million worth of capital projects, including the construction of the Colborne Street Bridge in Lindsay with its $12 million price tag, three major road reconstruction projects, and two road resurfacing projects. | https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/local-kawartha-lakes/news/2022/12/16/this-was-no-easy-feat-4-5-increase-proposed-for-kawartha-lakes-// https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/local-kawartha-lakes/news/2023/02/17/capital-budget-breakdown-in-kawartha-lakes-here-s-what-you-need-to-know.htmlbudget.html#:~:text=The%20three%20per%20cent%20general,per%20cent%20capital%2Ddedicated%20levy&text=A%20total%20increase%20of%204.5,decided%20in%20the%20new%20year. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Toronto | 7% | City council approved a 5.5% increase in property taxes in addition to an already approved 1.5% city builder hike, resulting in a 7% total property tax increase. The proposed 2023 budget cuts 4.3 million from employment and social services, and $2.5 million from TCHC. The city is planning a 5% cut to TTC services, and a 10 cent fare increase. City allocated $2 billion for TransformTO which requires $6-8 billion a year to reach net zero emissions by 2040. New road safety improvements only increased by $3 million, despite the city failing the majority of its targets for last years road safety improvements. | https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-s-property-tax-to-increase-by-5-5-per-cent-biggest-hike-since-amalgamation-1.6224290 // https://thelocal.to/toronto-budget-2023/#:~:text=And%20while%20many%20of%20the,crumbling%20Toronto%20Community%20Housing%20Corporation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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