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Property taxes by city in Ontario and British Columbia

How much homeowners pay, municipality by municipality, from the provinces' own municipal finance data. Each province measures it differently: the two tables are not comparable with each other.

Key figures. Among Ontario's large cities, residential property taxes in 2025 represented 0.700% of assessed value in Markham, 0.734% in Vaughan and 0.737% in Richmond Hill, against 2.095% in Windsor.

Ontario: residential taxes as a share of assessed value (2025)

Municipal (lower and upper tier) and education taxes on residential properties, divided by their taxable assessment. From lowest to highest; the cost on a home assessed at $500,000 is shown for scale.

MunicipalityEffective rateOn $500,000
Seguin0.585%$2,925
The Archipelago0.593%$2,965
Lake of The Woods0.687%$3,435
Muskoka Lakes0.693%$3,465
Markham0.700%$3,500
Vaughan0.734%$3,670
Richmond Hill0.737%$3,685
Carling0.742%$3,710
Harris0.745%$3,725
Toronto0.754%$3,770
Lake of Bays0.759%$3,795
Dysart et al0.774%$3,870
McKellar0.781%$3,905
Algonquin Highlands0.813%$4,065
Essa0.817%$4,085
Milton0.826%$4,130
Whitchurch - Stouffville0.829%$4,145
McDougall0.830%$4,150
Oakville0.835%$4,175
Aurora0.851%$4,255
Shuniah0.857%$4,285
Georgian Bay0.880%$4,400
Tiny0.884%$4,420
King0.888%$4,440
East Gwillimbury0.888%$4,440
Beckwith0.891%$4,455
Newmarket0.892%$4,460
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls0.925%$4,625
Caledon0.935%$4,675
Selwyn0.954%$4,770
Halton Hills0.955%$4,775
Armour0.961%$4,805
Perry0.968%$4,840
Burlington0.969%$4,845
Hudson0.989%$4,945
The Blue Mountains0.995%$4,975
Magnetawan1.004%$5,020
Trent Lakes1.011%$5,055
McMurrich-Monteith1.011%$5,055
Drummond-North Elmsley1.016%$5,080
Mono1.031%$5,155
Mississauga1.034%$5,170
Perth South1.035%$5,175
Nipissing1.041%$5,205
Neebing1.041%$5,205
Douro-Dummer1.053%$5,265
Madawaska Valley1.059%$5,295
Perth East1.061%$5,305
Bradford West Gwillimbury1.068%$5,340
Puslinch1.075%$5,375
Coleman1.076%$5,380
Killarney1.077%$5,385
New Tecumseth1.080%$5,400
Ramara1.090%$5,450
Gordon-Barrie Island1.092%$5,460
Greater Madawaska1.097%$5,485
Hilton1.110%$5,550
Laurentian Valley1.118%$5,590
Melancthon1.121%$5,605
Temagami1.127%$5,635
French River1.128%$5,640
Alberton1.128%$5,640
Athens1.131%$5,655
South Algonquin1.138%$5,690
Prince1.140%$5,700
Machar1.141%$5,705
Leeds and the Thousand Islands1.143%$5,715
Mulmur1.154%$5,770
Huntsville1.155%$5,775
North Frontenac1.156%$5,780
Georgina1.156%$5,780
Gravenhurst1.157%$5,785
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen1.160%$5,800
Rideau Lakes1.165%$5,825
East Ferris1.175%$5,875
Guelph-Eramosa1.182%$5,910
Wasaga Beach1.187%$5,935
Brant County1.199%$5,995
Ottawa1.200%$6,000
Brampton1.201%$6,005
East Hawkesbury1.203%$6,015
Blandford - Blenheim1.208%$6,040
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan1.208%$6,040
Front of Yonge1.212%$6,060
Horton1.215%$6,075
Niagara-on-the-Lake1.223%$6,115
Strong1.223%$6,115
Dawson1.223%$6,115
North Stormont1.224%$6,120
Northeastern Manitoulin & The Isl1.231%$6,155
East Garafraxa1.232%$6,160
Kawartha Lakes1.236%$6,180
Lambton Shores1.238%$6,190
Lanark Highlands1.239%$6,195
Uxbridge1.245%$6,225
Russell1.248%$6,240
Bluewater1.251%$6,255
Prince Edward County1.256%$6,280
Armstrong1.257%$6,285
Otonabee-South Monaghan1.258%$6,290
Centre Wellington1.258%$6,290
St Joseph1.259%$6,295
South-West Oxford1.261%$6,305
Bracebridge1.265%$6,325
West Perth1.272%$6,360
Georgian Bluffs1.278%$6,390
James1.278%$6,390
North Grenville1.279%$6,395
Latchford1.283%$6,415
Zorra1.286%$6,430
Pickering1.288%$6,440
Harley1.299%$6,495
The South Bruce Peninsula1.308%$6,540
McNab-Braeside1.310%$6,550
Middlesex Centre1.311%$6,555
Tarbutt1.321%$6,605
Lucan Biddulph1.325%$6,625
Burpee and Mills1.327%$6,635
Machin1.329%$6,645
Laurentian Hills1.330%$6,650
Norwich1.331%$6,655
Scugog1.333%$6,665
Faraday1.335%$6,675
Ajax1.336%$6,680
St Clair1.349%$6,745
Papineau-Cameron1.353%$6,765
Carleton Place1.354%$6,770
Bonnechere Valley1.354%$6,770
Kitchener1.357%$6,785
Edwardsburgh-Cardinal1.358%$6,790
Hamilton1.359%$6,795
Casselman1.361%$6,805
Tudor and Cashel1.361%$6,805
Clarington1.365%$6,825
Waterloo1.365%$6,825
Whitewater Region1.367%$6,835
Montague1.379%$6,895
Champlain1.381%$6,905
North Algona-Wilberforce1.387%$6,935
Adelaide-Metcalfe1.390%$6,950
Casey1.390%$6,950
Baldwin1.393%$6,965
Mapleton1.396%$6,980
South Huron1.397%$6,985
Asphodel-Norwood1.398%$6,990
Guelph1.398%$6,990
Augusta1.401%$7,005
North Glengarry1.405%$7,025
South Glengarry1.406%$7,030
North Perth1.409%$7,045
Temiskaming Shores1.410%$7,050
Morley1.411%$7,055
Barrie1.412%$7,060
Hastings Highlands1.413%$7,065
Grey Highlands1.413%$7,065
Greater Napanee1.414%$7,070
Lakeshore1.415%$7,075
Plympton-Wyoming1.415%$7,075
West Lincoln1.416%$7,080
Strathroy-Caradoc1.420%$7,100
South Stormont1.421%$7,105
North Dundas1.422%$7,110
Brock1.422%$7,110
Kerns1.431%$7,155
Southwold1.432%$7,160
Chamberlain1.432%$7,160
Tyendinaga1.435%$7,175
Wellington North1.435%$7,175
Shelburne1.442%$7,210
Point Edward V1.450%$7,250
South Dundas1.453%$7,265
Ryerson1.453%$7,265
Minto1.457%$7,285
Stone Mills1.459%$7,295
Cambridge1.460%$7,300
Clarence-Rockland1.468%$7,340
Powassan1.476%$7,380
Enniskillen1.477%$7,385
The Nation1.486%$7,430
Huron East1.490%$7,450
Kingston1.496%$7,480
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards1.498%$7,490
Bonfield1.501%$7,505
Central Huron1.504%$7,520
Limerick1.506%$7,530
Hilliard1.511%$7,555
Orillia1.512%$7,560
Charlton-Dack1.519%$7,595
Addington Highlands1.521%$7,605
O'Connor1.522%$7,610
Carlow-Mayo1.524%$7,620
Oshawa1.524%$7,620
Brantford1.536%$7,680
Tillsonburg1.538%$7,690
Laird1.538%$7,690
Merrickville-Wolford V1.540%$7,700
West Elgin1.549%$7,745
Admaston-Bromley1.549%$7,745
Chapple1.549%$7,745
Lincoln1.552%$7,760
Evanturel1.553%$7,765
Arnprior1.555%$7,775
Calvin1.562%$7,810
Marmora and Lake1.563%$7,815
Kingsville1.568%$7,840
Quinte West1.572%$7,860
Norfolk County1.574%$7,870
Tecumseh1.590%$7,950
Pelham1.601%$8,005
Wollaston1.609%$8,045
Joly1.609%$8,045
Kenora1.615%$8,075
Brooke-Alvinston1.618%$8,090
Kincardine1.618%$8,090
La Vallee1.629%$8,145
Conmee1.640%$8,200
Nairn and Hyman1.642%$8,210
Macdonald Meredith et al1.644%$8,220
Malahide1.646%$8,230
Ingersoll1.647%$8,235
Morris-Turnberry1.657%$8,285
Sables-Spanish Rivers1.657%$8,285
Bayham1.664%$8,320
Howick1.669%$8,345
Trent Hills1.672%$8,360
London1.676%$8,380
Essex1.677%$8,385
Loyalist1.688%$8,440
Petrolia1.699%$8,495
The North Shore1.703%$8,515
St Thomas1.722%$8,610
Sarnia1.725%$8,625
Thorold1.733%$8,665
Westport V1.735%$8,675
North Bay1.752%$8,760
Centre Hastings1.755%$8,775
Goderich1.755%$8,775
Greater Sudbury1.756%$8,780
Emo1.758%$8,790
Oil Springs V1.761%$8,805
Mattawan1.767%$8,835
Peterborough1.769%$8,845
Gananoque ST1.776%$8,880
Deep River1.776%$8,880
Belleville1.813%$9,065
Fort Erie1.819%$9,095
Woodstock1.821%$9,105
Spanish1.822%$9,110
Plummer Additional1.823%$9,115
Aylmer1.825%$9,125
Sault Ste Marie1.833%$9,165
Wainfleet1.840%$9,200
Amherstburg1.850%$9,250
Englehart1.871%$9,355
LaSalle1.886%$9,430
Welland1.899%$9,495
Espanola1.903%$9,515
Deseronto1.918%$9,590
Renfrew1.920%$9,600
Mattice - Val Cote1.920%$9,600
Black River - Matheson1.925%$9,625
Hawkesbury1.959%$9,795
Thessalon1.966%$9,830
Dryden1.967%$9,835
Johnson1.975%$9,875
Bruce Mines1.979%$9,895
Huron Shores2.013%$10,065
Leamington2.024%$10,120
Smiths Falls ST2.041%$10,205
Chatham-Kent2.041%$10,205
Cobalt2.053%$10,265
Windsor2.095%$10,475
Hilton Beach V2.111%$10,555
Sundridge V2.129%$10,645
Gore Bay2.144%$10,720
Bancroft2.151%$10,755
Port Colborne2.165%$10,825
South River V2.167%$10,835
Mattawa2.179%$10,895
Hearst2.222%$11,110
Gauthier2.243%$11,215
Fort Frances2.257%$11,285
Blind River2.392%$11,960
Larder Lake2.484%$12,420
Iroquois Falls2.551%$12,755
Smooth Rock Falls2.708%$13,540
Greenstone2.750%$13,750
McGarry2.989%$14,945
Wawa3.035%$15,175
Marathon3.220%$16,100
Terrace Bay3.367%$16,835
Dubreuilville3.478%$17,390
Pickle Lake3.733%$18,665
Red Rock4.400%$22,000
Hornepayne5.473%$27,365

British Columbia: taxes and charges on a representative house (2026)

School, municipal, regional district, hospital and other taxes, plus parcel taxes and user fees, on the municipality's representative house. From highest to lowest total.

MunicipalityHouse valueTaxes and charges
West Vancouver$3,514,285$14,403
Oak Bay$1,973,082$12,931
Anmore$2,595,128$12,736
New Westminster$1,621,483$12,467
Lions Bay$2,218,574$12,076
Whistler$3,636,953$11,646
Bowen Island$1,618,730$11,387
Vancouver$2,508,938$10,977
Belcarra$1,943,328$10,912
White Rock$1,864,503$10,015
Port Moody$1,855,611$9,819
North Vancouver$2,200,711$9,793
Tofino$1,827,783$9,661
Sun Peaks$1,578,838$9,145
Richmond$1,910,200$9,010
Lantzville$1,170,106$8,630
Burnaby$2,066,751$8,472
Saanich$1,293,249$8,454
Coquitlam$1,700,545$8,304
Victoria$1,223,948$8,213
Squamish$1,553,742$8,130
Surrey$1,599,454$7,729
Peachland$934,502$7,620
Qualicum Beach$1,021,338$7,477
Delta$1,433,759$7,449
Gibsons$1,037,446$7,443
Sechelt$968,782$7,434
Maple Ridge$1,237,833$7,425
West Kelowna$1,012,207$7,356
Langley$1,470,866$7,242
Fernie$988,472$7,236
Pitt Meadows$1,137,132$7,108
Lake Country$1,077,311$7,053
Rossland$672,325$7,040
Central Saanich$1,178,286$6,990
Pemberton$1,397,071$6,965
Invermere$813,514$6,830
Nanaimo$797,225$6,818
Mission$1,090,906$6,732
Grand Forks$431,657$6,717
Port Coquitlam$1,391,709$6,713
Esquimalt$1,048,326$6,575
Ladysmith$738,126$6,474
Parksville$823,746$6,450
Nelson$720,344$6,405
Revelstoke$904,910$6,386
North Saanich$1,598,220$6,261
Kamloops$713,790$6,260
Penticton$750,535$6,190
Prince George$474,175$6,178
Summerland$856,940$6,173
Kelowna$1,044,080$6,159
Comox$900,027$6,121
Courtenay$782,777$6,115
Powell River$601,408$6,111
Kimberley$598,426$6,105
Campbell River$721,718$6,085
Cumberland$799,241$6,049
Abbotsford$1,103,789$6,030
Sidney$1,069,109$6,020
Lake Cowichan$661,745$5,975
Ucluelet$836,139$5,948
North Cowichan$766,779$5,783
Vernon$810,878$5,774
Osoyoos$703,305$5,750
Golden$606,046$5,722
Highlands$1,313,498$5,672
Cranbrook$531,938$5,668
View Royal$1,151,900$5,617
Coldstream$982,348$5,608
Prince Rupert$445,774$5,547
Chilliwack$914,921$5,515
shíshálh Nation Government District$527,581$5,499
Warfield$447,672$5,476
Colwood$1,045,718$5,457
Duncan$611,966$5,383
Dawson Creek$295,791$5,353
Port Alberni$506,292$5,340
Fruitvale$467,106$5,323
Merritt$444,167$5,299
Langford$992,336$5,295
Smithers$523,877$5,230
Salmon Arm$660,951$5,167
Creston$437,164$5,103
Telkwa$468,769$5,079
Castlegar$525,931$5,062
Harrison Hot Springs$880,420$5,030
Sooke$807,310$4,929
Montrose$474,476$4,912
Oliver$621,407$4,905
Metchosin$1,259,740$4,899
Hope$655,709$4,795
Williams Lake$433,813$4,785
Terrace$516,428$4,767
Kaslo$518,647$4,644
Sayward$383,704$4,630
Sicamous$583,269$4,621
Lillooet$416,537$4,610
Spallumcheen$639,576$4,595
Kent$776,210$4,592
Lumby$562,903$4,537
Daajing Giids$444,128$4,508
Elkford$393,889$4,483
Vanderhoof$339,099$4,447
Enderby$530,761$4,410
Nakusp$457,562$4,395
Hazelton$316,384$4,374
Sparwood$437,638$4,329
Clearwater$430,531$4,282
Armstrong$639,440$4,279
Burns Lake$273,097$4,278
Port Hardy$370,606$4,235
Trail$406,130$4,184
Cache Creek$290,617$4,173
Valemount$331,467$4,162
Quesnel$370,890$4,150
Chase$493,656$4,127
Keremeos$489,228$4,085
Ashcroft$378,659$3,983
Fraser Lake$207,762$3,969
Gold River$309,329$3,910
100 Mile House$383,126$3,906
Pouce Coupe$249,600$3,883
Fort St. James$265,545$3,862
Masset$265,043$3,856
Silverton$499,148$3,777
Canal Flats$436,378$3,770
Tahsis$210,079$3,741
Barriere$406,721$3,732
Port McNeill$425,274$3,696
Salmo$385,677$3,691
Houston$265,859$3,646
Greenwood$258,200$3,616
McBride$248,291$3,616
Slocan$401,486$3,576
Radium Hot Springs$482,219$3,556
Fort St. John$367,593$3,542
Port Edward$348,169$3,476
Clinton$232,865$3,431
New Hazelton$239,748$3,408
Alert Bay$333,780$3,396
Chetwynd$263,987$3,372
Mackenzie$183,839$3,313
Taylor$277,793$3,259
Port Alice$302,033$3,242
Granisle$107,191$3,232
Northern Rockies$173,641$3,146
Lytton$362,591$3,142
Princeton$382,763$3,041
New Denver$436,851$3,037
Kitimat$387,874$3,016
Logan Lake$455,375$3,012
Zeballos$179,145$2,821
Tumbler Ridge$200,201$2,769
Midway$335,678$2,715
Stewart$180,204$2,641
Port Clements$253,541$2,611
Wells$189,205$2,156
Hudson's Hope$201,608$2,155

Frequently asked questions

Which large Ontario city has the lowest property taxes?

Among Ontario's large cities, residential property taxes in 2025 represented 0.700% of assessed value in Markham, 0.734% in Vaughan and 0.737% in Richmond Hill, against 2.095% in Windsor.

How much property tax do you pay on a house in British Columbia?

On a representative house in 2026, total property taxes and charges ranged from $2,155 in Hudson's Hope to $14,403 in West Vancouver. In Vancouver, the representative house was valued at $2,508,938 and paid $10,977.

Why does Toronto look cheaper than smaller cities?

A lower rate does not mean a lower bill: Toronto homes are assessed at much higher values, and Ontario assessments are still based on January 1, 2016 values. Compare the rate together with the price of the homes you are looking at.

Should property taxes drive where you buy or retire?

They matter for retirees on a fixed income and for owners whose wealth is mostly in their home. A financial planner can weigh property taxes against home prices, downsizing and your retirement income plan.

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Sources: Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Financial Information Return 2025, schedule 26 (Ontario assessments are based on January 1, 2016 values). Government of British Columbia, Local Government Statistics, schedule 704, 2026. Updated quarterly by Advisor Index. Quebec: taxe foncière par ville au Québec.

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