Tax rates

Municipal tax rates are set yearly by the municipal council and are passed through a bylaw.

2023 tax rates

Tax Class	Municipal	County	School	Total
Residential	0.00748728	0.00380183	0.00153000	0.01281911
Multi-Residential	0.00996482	0.00505986	0.00153000	0.01655468
New Multi-Residential	0.00748728	0.00380183	0.00153000	0.01281911
Commercial Occupied	0.00971025	0.00493059	0.00880000	0.02344084
Commercial Excess Land	0.00971025	0.00493059	0.00880000	0.02344084
Commercial Vacant Land	0.00971025	0.00493059	0.00880000	0.02344084
Commercial Small Scale on Farm 2	0.00971025	0.00493059	0.00220000	0.01684084
Commercial Small Scale on Farm 1	0.00971025	0.00493059	0.00220000	0.01684084
Parking Lot	0.00971025	0.00493059	0.00880000	0.02344084
Industrial Large Occupied	0.01370921	0.00696115	0.00880000	0.02947036
Industrial Occupied	0.01370921	0.00696115	0.00880000	0.02947036
Industrial Excess Land	0.01370921	0.00696115	0.00880000	0.02947036
Industrial Vacant Land	0.01370921	0.00696115	0.00880000	0.02947036
Industrial Small Scale on Farm 1	0.01370921	0.00696115	0.00220000	0.02287036
Pipelines	0.00678982	0.00344768	0.00880000	0.01903750
Farmland Waiting Development	0.00163223	0.00082880	0.00038250	0.00284353
Farmlands	0.00163223	0.00082880	0.00038250	0.00284353
Managed Forest	0.00187182	0.00095046	0.00038250	0.00320478
Landfill	0.00748728	0.00380183	0.01250000	0.02378911

BIA rate for commercial occupied: 0.214924 per cent

Sample 2023 Tax Calculation for Residential Assessment:

Assessment Class Assessment Value 2023 Total Tax Rate 2023 Total Taxes*

Residential 100,000 x 0.01281911 = $ 1,281.91

*excludes any applicable Special Area Rate or Local Improvement charges.

2022 tax rates

Tax Class	Municipal	County	School	Total
Residential/Farm	0.00690790	0.00374005	0.00153000	0.01217795
Multi-Residential	0.00995564	0.00539015	0.00153000	0.01687579
Multi-Residential – New	0.00690790	0.00374005	0.00153000	0.01217795
Commercial Occupied	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00880000	0.02260933
Commercial Vacant Units	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00880000	0.02260933
Commercial Vacant Land	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00880000	0.02260933
Commercial New Construction	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00880000	0.02260933
Commercial New Construction - Vacant Unit	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00880000	0.02260933
Commercial Small Scale on Farm	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00220000	0.01600933
Shopping Centre	0.00895886	0.00485047	0.00880000	0.02260933
Industrial Large Occupied	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00880000	0.02829639
Industrial Occupied	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00880000	0.02829639
Industrial Vacant Unit	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00880000	0.02829639
Industrial Vacant Land	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00880000	0.02829639
Industrial New Construction	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00880000	0.02829639
Industrial New Construction - Vacant Unit	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00880000	0.02829639
Industrial Small Scale on Farm	0.01264836	0.00684803	0.00220000	0.02169639
Pipelines	0.00626442	0.00339166	0.00880000	0.01845608
Farmland Waiting Development	0.00150592	0.00081533	0.00038250	0.00270375
Farmlands	0.00150592	0.00081533	0.00038250	0.00270375
Managed Forest	0.00172698	0.00093501	0.00038250	0.00304449
Landfill	0.00690790	0.00374005	0.01250000	0.02314795

BIA rate for commercial occupied: 0.214302 per cent

Sample 2022 Tax Calculation for Residential Assessment:

Assessment Class Assessment Value 2022 Total Tax Rate 2022 Total Taxes*

Residential 100,000 x 0.01217795 = $ 1,217.80

*excludes any applicable Special Area Rate or Local Improvement charges.

2021 tax rates

Tax Class	Municipal	County	School	Total
Residential/Farm	0.00647899	0.00363523	0.00153000	0.01164422
Multi-Residential	0.00933750	0.00523908	0.00153000	0.01610658
Multi-Residential – New	0.00647899	0.00363523	0.00153000	0.01164422
Commercial Occupied	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00880000	0.02191713
Commercial Vacant Units	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00880000	0.02191713
Commercial Vacant Land	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00880000	0.02191713
Commercial New Construction	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00880000	0.02191713
Commercial New Construction - Vacant Unit	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00880000	0.02191713
Commercial Small Scale on Farm	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00220000	0.01531713
Shopping Centre	0.00840260	0.00471453	0.00880000	0.02191713
Industrial Large Occupied	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00880000	0.02731914
Industrial Occupied	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00880000	0.02731914
Industrial Vacant Unit	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00880000	0.02731914
Industrial Vacant Land	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00880000	0.02731914
Industrial New Construction	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00880000	0.02731914
Industrial New Construction - Vacant Unit	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00880000	0.02731914
Industrial Small Scale on Farm	0.01186303	0.00665611	0.00220000	0.02071914
Pipelines	0.00587546	0.00329660	0.00880000	0.01797206
Farmland Waiting Development	0.00141242	0.00079248	0.00038250	0.00258740
Farmlands	0.00141242	0.00079248	0.00038250	0.00258740
Managed Forest	0.00161975	0.00090881	0.00038250	0.00291106
Landfill	0.00647899	0.00363523	0.01250000	0.02261422

BIA rate for commercial occupied: 0215256 per cent

BIA rate for commercial vacant: 0150679 per cent

2020 tax rates

Tax Class	Municipal	County	School	Total
Residential/farm	0.00615253	0.00356034	0.00153000	0.01124287
Multi-residential	0.00886701	0.00513115	0.00153000	0.01552816
Commercial occupied	0.00804099	0.00465315	0.01250000	0.02519414
Commercial vacant units	0.00562869	0.00325721	0.01250000	0.02138590
Commercial vacant land	0.00562869	0.00325721	0.01250000	0.02138590
Commercial new construction	0.00804099	0.00465315	0.00980000	0.02249414
Commercial new construction vacant unit	0.00562869	0.00325721	0.00980000	0.01868590
Commercial small scale on farm	0.00804099	0.00465315	0.00245000	0.01514414
Shopping centre	0.00804099	0.00465315	0.01250000	0.02519414
Industrial large occupied	0.01143255	0.00661578	0.01250000	0.03054833
Industrial occupied	0.01143255	0.00661578	0.01250000	0.03054833
Industrial vacant unit	0.00743116	0.00430026	0.01250000	0.02423142
Industrial vacant land	0.00743116	0.00430026	0.01250000	0.02423142
Industrial new construction	0.01143255	0.00661578	0.00980000	0.02784833
Industrial new construction vacant unit	0.00743116	0.00430026	0.00980000	0.02153142
Industrial small scale on farm	0.01143255	0.00661578	0.00245000	0.02049833
Pipelines	0.00557941	0.00322869	0.00980000	0.01860810
Farmland waiting development	0.00134125	0.00077615	0.00038250	0.00249990
Farmlands	0.00134125	0.00077615	0.00038250	0.00249990
Managed forest	0.00153813	0.00089009	0.00038250	0.00281072
Landfill	0.00615253	0.00356034	0.01250000	0.02221287