Ptax stands for Property Tax. Ptax.ca is an independent guide to property tax in Canada.
How to use this guide
Browse by province, then metro region, then municipality. This structure is organized so you can start with the province, narrow to a metro region, and then find the municipality you want to understand.
First-phase provinces
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Nova Scotia
The 2026 comparison for all five provinces covered so far is now on this Home page below. Full province pages and city pages are still being built: the British Columbia province page and the Vancouver city page are live; other province and city pages are being built in batches.
Independent, not official
This site is independent. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. Figures must be checked against the official municipal source before you rely on them.
Methodology
Comparisons are within one province only. They are never cross-province, and they are never a national ranking. Within a chart, the same metric is compared: the municipal levy increase %, not the whole-bill change. Years with no verified official source are shown as no data. They are never filled with zero and never interpolated.
This guide is general information only. It is not tax advice or legal advice, and it does not replace the official municipal source for your property.
2026 Comparison by Province
Provinces covered so far — first-phase provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, in that order. This section is built so a future province can be added on the same template later: add one more province tab and one more province section, grouped by metro region, with a scope column and official source links, without changing the other provinces. No figures are published here for provinces not yet covered. Comparison is within one province only — never cross-province, never a national ranking, never a combined chart. Where scopes differ, the scope is labelled in the row and different metrics are never plotted on the same axis. Missing years or municipalities are shown as No data, never zero, never interpolated, never filled from draft, proposal or third-party figures.
How to add a future province: copy one province section below, change only the province name, metro regions, municipalities, scopes and source links, and add its tab label in the same order. Keep the same rules: official sources only, gaps as No data, within-province comparison only.
Alberta
Scopes differ by municipality in Alberta — read the scope in each row. Do not standardise these into one index. Education levies are shown separately where given and are not part of the municipal figure unless a row says otherwise.
| Metro region | Municipality | 2026 figure | Scope and notes | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary metro | Calgary | Existing-property tax revenue +1.6%; typical single-detached municipal +1.8% (+$49, median assessment $706,000); median single-detached municipal tax $2,752, +2.0% | Separate series — do not merge. Median series: 2023 $2,404 +5.6%; 2024 $2,564 +6.7%; 2025 $2,698 +5.2% (2025 typical municipal 5.3%, +$134); 2026 $2,752 +2.0%. 2026 median value is a preliminary estimate, final roll December 31. Education separate: 2026 provincial typical +21% (+$338). | City of Calgary; 2026 budget news |
| Calgary metro | Cochrane | Median single-detached municipal bill about +2.61% ($2,520 to $2,585, assessed $674,800) | 2025: No headline % verified — municipal about $385 per $100,000, down $34; typical single-detached +about $311/year. Do not back-calculate a %. Education 2026 median $1,578 to $1,813 (+14.89%). | 2025 tax rate bylaw; 2026 tax rate bylaw |
| Calgary metro | Okotoks | Municipal +4.0% | Average home (assessed $729,500) municipal about +$101/year. Education +18.6% separate. | Town of Okotoks |
| Calgary metro | Chestermere | Residential rate 3.248 to 3.573; rate-derived about +10.0% | Rate-derived only — NOT an official headline, table only. Average family (assessed $700,000) about +$227/year. | City of Chestermere |
| Edmonton metro | Edmonton | 2026 FINAL approved 6.9% | 2024 approved 8.9%; 2025 approved 6.1%. Earlier cycle values 4.39%, 4.7%, 6.3%, 6.8%, 6.4% are version history only. | 2026 budget highlights; 2025 budget highlights |
| Edmonton metro | St. Albert | Average per $100,000 assessment +3.9% (+$29/year per $100,000) | Average municipal about $890 per $100,000 excluding education. Labelled search-result verified (direct page blocked by bot verification). | 2026 budget; Approved 2026 budget |
| Edmonton metro | Spruce Grove | Tax increase 4.68% | News release wording, not split municipal / whole-bill. 2025 3.66% is third-party only — NOT verified, not published. | City of Spruce Grove |
| Edmonton metro | Strathcona County (including Sherwood Park) | Municipal revenue +4.88% | Includes recreation infrastructure tax year 3. Sample home (assessed $513,000) municipal about $2,349. Sherwood Park is NOT a separate municipality. Proposal 5.18% superseded — not used. | Strathcona County |
| Edmonton metro | Leduc | Tax revenue requirement +3.8% | Initial forecast 6.3% lowered. Residential rate 0.006775, down from 0.007233 (-6.3%). Education levy about $26.5 million, about +13% separate. | Approved budget; Residential rate |
| Edmonton metro | Beaumont | Approved tax revenue +4.79% | Initial 8.87% lowered. Sample home ($500,000) municipal $3,439.21 to $3,603.95 (+$164.74). Education $1,249.92 to $1,425.23 separate. | Budget; Budget 2026 |
| Other | Lethbridge | 2026 execution: average single-detached municipal +$147; average whole bill +$267 | 2019 municipal rate +1.82%; 2020, 2021, 2022 municipal residential 0% each; 2023-2026 municipal rate AVERAGE annual +5.1% under the four-year budget plan (NOT year-by-year actuals). Whole bill includes education and Green Acres. Education: +6.1% (2024), +13.8% (2025), +12.9% (2026). | Assessment changes 2026; Four-year operating budget |
| Other | Red Deer | Municipal operating budget +3.97% | Wording is operating budget increase, not directly tax increase. Whole bill higher due to education. Education levy +12.83% separate. | City of Red Deer |
| Other | Medicine Hat | 2025 +5.6% and 2026 +5.6% property tax increase | Municipal about +$10/month (2024 average single-detached assessed $315,000). | 2025-2026 budget |
| Other | City of Grande Prairie | Total tax increase +4.34% | Municipal operations 2.42% + police tax 1.92%. Average single-detached about +$12/month. Separate from the County. Education +6.7% is third-party reported, original not opened — NOT published as verified. | 2026 budget |
| Other | County of Grande Prairie | Municipal tax rate +2.9% | Average home (assessed $510,000) +$63.48/year. Separate unit from the City. Education levy +$5.5 million (+19%) separate. | 2026 budget |
Alberta gaps — No data: Airdrie 2026 headline NOT verified (third-party 4.6% not used); Fort Saskatchewan 2026 headline NOT verified (draft 5.67% not used); Stony Plain 2026 headline NOT verified (proposed 4.74% not used); all municipalities 2015-2022 except Lethbridge 2019-2022 and Calgary median from 2023 NOT verified; metro complete member lists not verified.
British Columbia
This section matches the existing British Columbia page. See the full page: British Columbia. Vancouver — the Vancouver city page, with a council-approved increase trend for 2023 to 2026. British Columbia municipalities do not all publish the same scope, so this is a table with a what it measures column. It is NOT a single ranked bar chart mixing different scopes. Read the scope in each row before comparing two figures.
| Metro region | Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Vancouver | Vancouver | 0% | Council-approved property tax increase. Series: 2023 10.7%, 2024 7.3%, 2025 3.9%, 2026 0%. | Council news; Council minutes |
| Metro Vancouver | Surrey | 2.6% | Property tax increase, municipal portion. 2025 shown separately as 2.8% general plus 1% road levy; those 2025 components are not added into one 2026 number. | 2026 budget |
| Metro Vancouver | Burnaby | 2.90% plus 1.90% | Property tax plus growth-infrastructure levy, shown separately. 2025: 3.90% + 1.90%. | 2026-2030 Financial Plan |
| Metro Vancouver | Richmond | 3.04% | Tax increase, municipal portion. | Budget approval news |
| Metro Vancouver | Coquitlam | 3.37% | Average household property tax increase. | News notice |
| Metro Vancouver | Delta | 2.9% | Municipal operating services property tax increase. | Property taxes |
| Metro Vancouver | City of Langley | 5.82% | All-classes property tax increase. | 2026 financial plan news |
| Metro Vancouver | Township of Langley | 3.97% | Property tax increase: core municipal 0.90% plus RCMP 1.59% plus fire 1.26% plus bylaw 0.22%. | 2026 budget approval news |
| Metro Vancouver | City of North Vancouver | 2.92% | Municipal tax rate increase. | 2026 property tax information sheet |
| Metro Vancouver | District of North Vancouver | 3.53% | Property tax increase, approved version (not 3.5% draft). | 2026-2030 approved financial plan |
| Metro Vancouver | Port Coquitlam | 1.95% | Average residential municipal property tax increase. | 2026-2030 financial plan |
| Metro Vancouver | Port Moody | 3.95% | Average residential tax rate increase, approved version; 4.0% including storm drainage where the source says so (not 8.65% early proposal). | Budget |
| Metro Vancouver | Maple Ridge | 3.50% | Property tax increase, general purpose. | 2026-2030 Financial Plan Bylaw |
| Metro Vancouver | White Rock | 5.04% | Property tax increase, approved version: core 1.38% plus RCMP 1.53% plus capital/infrastructure 2.13% (not 5.06% draft). | News notices |
| Metro Vancouver | Pitt Meadows | No percentage published | Only an average single-detached home increase of $181 per year for property tax is published. This amount is not converted to a percentage. | Pitt Meadows 2026 budget (source link as on the British Columbia page) |
| Capital Regional District | Victoria | 9.34% | Residential figure, for residential comparison. The overall 7.28% figure is a residential/commercial mix and must not be used as the residential figure. | City budget |
| Capital Regional District | Saanich | 5.35% | Net increase, approved version (not 7.08% draft). | 2026 budget approval news |
| Central Okanagan | Kelowna | 4.40% | Property tax increase. | Final 2026 budget news |
| Central Okanagan | West Kelowna | 6.638% | Municipal tax increase, approved version (not 8.6% proposal). | Property tax payment notice |
British Columbia gaps — No data, not zero: Metro Vancouver: no 2026 percentage found from an official source for New Westminster, Anmore, Belcarra, Bowen Island, or Lions Bay. West Vancouver: the 2026 figure is third-party-reported only and is NOT counted as verified, so no West Vancouver percentage is published here as verified. Capital Region municipalities other than Victoria and Saanich were not verified in this round. Lake Country and Peachland were not verified in this round. BC Assessment values are set on July 1 market conditions; a change in an assessed value is not the same as a municipal increase. Taxes collected for other bodies — including provincial school tax, TransLink, Metro Vancouver, BC Assessment, and the Municipal Finance Authority — are not controlled by municipal councils and are excluded unless a row says otherwise. The Home Owner Grant and Property Tax Deferment are provincial programs, not municipal tax cuts.
Ontario
Main metric is municipal portion % where given; whole-bill % is in a separate column. Ontario is two-tier for most GTA / Waterloo municipalities. MPAC valuation base date is 2016-01-01 and the provincial residential education rate is 0.153000% — province-wide notes, not municipal increases.
| Metro region | Municipality | 2026 municipal figure | 2026 whole-bill / other figure | Scope and notes | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Ottawa | Ottawa | 3.75% | No data | City overall: city 2.0% + police 5.0% + transit 8%. Series: 2016 2.00%, 2017 2.00%, 2018 2.00%, 2019 3.00%, 2020 3.00%, 2021 3.00%, 2022 3.00%, 2023 2.50%, 2024 2.50%, 2025 3.90% (city 2.9% + police 2.9% + transit 8%), 2026 3.75%; cumulative 30.65%, compounded 35.27% (official table totals). | Ottawa official comparison table |
| GTA — Toronto | Toronto | 2.20% | No data | Combined residential increase % from the OTTAWA official table (NOT yet re-checked year-by-year against Toronto’s own files — label exactly that): 2016 1.30%, 2017 3.29%, 2018 2.91%, 2019 3.58%, 2020 2.00%, 2021 0.51%, 2022 2.90%, 2023 5.50%, 2024 9.50%, 2025 6.90%, 2026 2.20% (operating 0.7% + city building fund 1.5%); cumulative 40.59%, compounded 48.50%; 2026 average home +$91.53/year (average MPAC current value assessment $692,140). Toronto 2026 whole-bill rate 0.767311% is PROVISIONAL (third-party summary, not directly checked) — NOT published as verified. | Ottawa table; Toronto 2026 budget final |
| Waterloo Region | Waterloo | 6.41% | No data | City tax rate increase. 2024 6.14% (avg household +$91), 2025 6.34% (+$99), 2026 6.41% (+$107; news rounds to 6.4%). | Property taxes; 2026 budget |
| Waterloo Region | Kitchener | 2.2% | No data | City tax rate. Average household +$29 (average assessment $326,000). | 2026 budget |
| Waterloo Region | Cambridge | 2.44% | Whole-bill +3.64% | City tax rate incl. 1% infrastructure renewal. Whole bill: city +$42, region +$141, school board $0, total +$183; average home (assessed $344,000) whole bill $5,024 to $5,207 (city 35%, region 55%, school board 10%). Mayor proposal 4.86% superseded. | 2026 approved budget |
| GTA — York | Aurora | 2.2% | No data | City tax rate increase: municipal operations 0.6% + Central York Fire 0.6% + capital reserve 1.0%. 2025 3.5% (adopted). 2026 amount $56.94 (on $800,000 home). 2024 is a GAP (2.8% vs 3.8% unresolvable — blank). | 2026 budget (2025 budget page URL not recorded — not invented) |
| GTA — Peel | Mississauga | 1.61% | Whole-bill 5.21% | Whole bill: municipal 1.61% + Peel Region 3.60%. Per $100,000 +$53.91. | 2026 budget adopted |
| GTA — Peel | Brampton | 0%, plus 1% special levy | No data | Municipal portion 0%, plus 1% special levy for second hospital reserve; average home municipal +$73. Proposal (municipal 1.5% + Peel 3.31% = 4.81%, +$111) superseded — not used. | News release |
| GTA — Peel | Caledon | 3.27% | No data | City tax rate: city tax 2.27% + infrastructure special 1%. Draft 3% + 1% superseded. | Budget and finances |
| GTA — York | Vaughan | 0% | No data | Municipal portion 0%. York Region and education rates not collected in this round. | 2026 budget |
| GTA — York | Markham | 3.90% | No data | City tax rate. Average home 2026 bill: city $1,460.05 + region $3,228.26 + education $1,258.69 = $5,947.00 (assessment $822,671). | Budget 2026 |
| GTA — York | Richmond Hill | 3.46% | No data | City tax rate: operations 1.96% + capital asset sustainability 1.5%. Average single-detached (assessed $1,146,000) municipal +$6.29/month. | 2026 budget |
| GTA — York | Newmarket | 2.99% | No data | Municipal portion. Average home (assessed $711,000, MPAC 2016 value) about +$78/year. | 2026 budget |
| GTA — York | Georgina | 3.5% | No data | City tax rate: operations 2.25% + infrastructure 1.25%. Combined increase has two official wordings (3.29% estimated vs 3.06% in a later tax handbook) — ONLY the city rate 3.5% is published as the main verified figure. | 2026 budget |
| GTA — York | East Gwillimbury | Amount only | No data | Average owner +$92/year. NO percentage verified. | East Gwillimbury 2026 Budget news (URL not recorded — not invented) |
| GTA — York | King | 3.49% | Combined +3.10% | City tax rate: operations 1.5% + previously approved asset management 1.99%. Combined is city + York Region + school boards, estimated. City portion on a $1,000,000 assessed home about +$125. Blog figures 3.61% / 3.19% not used. | 2026 municipal budget |
| GTA — Halton | Oakville | 0.47% | Whole-bill +1.96% | City tax rate +0.47% (about whole-bill 0.20%). Per $100,000 +$16.33. Draft whole-bill 3.50% superseded — not used. | 2026 budget |
| GTA — Halton | Burlington | 5.80% | Whole-bill +4.49% | Municipal portion per $100,000 $499.11 to $528.09. Whole bill per $100,000 $971.58 to $1,015.26 (+$43.68). Proposal whole-bill 4.46% superseded. | Budget |
| GTA — Halton | Milton | 6.94% | Whole-bill estimated +4.75% | Municipal portion. Whole bill incl. Halton Region and provincial portions, pending final region/provincial rates. Per $100,000 +$39.225. Proposal municipal 7.94% / whole-bill 5.20% superseded. | 2026 budget |
| GTA — Halton | Halton Hills | Total tax rate +6.99% | Whole-bill +5.07%; municipal share of whole-bill +3.53% | Total tax rate: general 5.45% + state-of-good-repair 0.64% + fire master plan 0.90%. Per $100,000 whole bill $1,003.89 (city $515.80 + Halton Region $335.09 + education $153.00). Overview PDF was proposal-stage, approved 2026-12-03 with consistent targets — approval status labelled. | 2026 Budget Overview |
| GTA — Durham | Oshawa | 1.68% (municipal share of whole-bill) | No data | 2026 budget wording 3.98% — scope NOT cleanly confirmed as tax-rate vs budget-total increase, so 3.98% is NOT charted as a tax rate increase; it is noted here only. City about 40% of bill, Durham Region about 46%, education about 14%. Proposal 4.68% / 1.97% not used. | How the city gets money |
| GTA — Durham | Whitby | Amount / whole-bill only | 1.2% of 2025 whole bill | Average home (assessed $503,000) municipal +$78/year (21 cents/day), equivalent to 1.2% of the 2025 whole bill. Municipal tax rate % 3.44% is UNCONFIRMED — NOT published as verified. | Town of Whitby 2026 Final Budget PDF (URL not recorded — not invented) |
| GTA — Durham | Pickering | 1.06% (municipal share of whole-bill) | Whole-bill +3.81% | Average assessed home $563,000, +$76.70. Whole-bill rate 1.337288%. Budget page rounds whole bill to 3.8%. | Council highlights |
| GTA — Durham | Clarington | 3.00% | Municipal share of whole-bill +0.99% | Tax rate +3.00% after reserve drawdown (previously approved 4.07% reduced to 3.00%). Clarington about 33% of bill, average MPAC home $402,507, +$56.40/year. Whole-bill rate 1.419218% (region 0.780760% + education 0.153000% + Clarington 0.485458%, bylaw 2026-023). Separate budget Q and A whole-bill figure 1.76% has a different scope — not used as the Clarington portion figure. | 2026 budget update |
| GTA — Durham | Uxbridge | No increase % verified | Whole-bill rate 1.296721% | City tax rate 0.362961% (0.00362961); whole-bill rate: city 0.362961% + region 0.780760% + education 0.153000%. NO city tax rate increase % verified — do NOT calculate one from third-party tables (about 4.41% third-party calculation not used). | Tax rates |
| GTA — Durham | Scugog | 4.12% | Whole-bill rate 1.387026% | City increase: original estimate 5.54% lowered due to new residential assessment growth; infrastructure 4% + general operations 0.12%. Average home +$6.55/month. Whole-bill rate: city 0.453266% + region 0.780760% + education 0.153000%. | 2026 budget; 2026 final tax rates |
| GTA — Durham | Brock | 3.79% | Whole-bill about +1.4% | City tax rate: asset management 2% + operations 1.79%. City portion on a $300,000 assessed home about +$59.56/year. | 2026 budget finalized |
| Hamilton | Hamilton | 3.87% | No data | Residential tax increase. Average home (assessed $387,100) about +$209/year. Mayor proposal 4.25% superseded. | 2026 tax budget |
| London | London | 3.4% | No data | City tax increase (adopted annual budget update, down from 6.4%). Third-party 3.6% (about $160 incl. water/wastewater, not pure tax) not used. | 2026 Annual Budget Update |
Ontario gaps — No data: Ajax (Durham) — no official 2026 material at all. Whitchurch-Stouffville — PROVISIONAL only (city portion 3.50%, combined 3.04%, about +$80 average bill, from an incomplete budget highlights PDF fragment) — NOT published as verified. All municipalities except Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo and Aurora have NO verified 2015-2025 series (shown as No data for trend purposes). Upper-tier (York, Durham, Halton, Waterloo Region) 2026 region increases were NOT systematically collected (only Peel 3.60% incidentally from Mississauga) — not filled in.
Quebec
Quebec municipal tax excludes provincial school tax. Three-year assessment cycle: a rate fall is not a bill fall. French official names are retained, with English explanation. The 2026 figures below do NOT share one identical scope (some include service charges, some do not, Montréal is city-controlled only) — label each scope in the table; do not present them as one uniform 2026 increase without footnotes.
| Metro region | Municipality | 2026 figure | Scope and notes | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Montreal | Montréal | +3.4% | City-controlled charges, residential and non-residential. 2025 residential all charges +2.2% (council + borough decisions combined). Third-party 3.8% for 2026 NOT used. | Budget 2026; Budget 2025 |
| Greater Montreal | Laval | Average single-detached municipal tax increase up to +4.3% | Official wording includes water charge adjustment effect. Base general rate ($ per $100): 2023 0.7046, 2024 0.6580, 2025 0.5562, 2026 0.4973 — rates are NOT bill increases, do not convert them to a bill %. | Budget 2026; Rate evolution |
| Greater Montreal | Longueuil | Average single-detached bill +3.4% (about $109) | General tax excluding special apportionment (class-action apportionment 0.4%) +3.0%. Average single-detached bill $3,298 in 2026 ($3,189 in 2025). Tax rate 0.7414 in 2026 (0.7997 in 2025) — rate and bill are separate, do not merge. | Budget; Budget 2026 news |
| Greater Montreal | Brossard | Average-value home bill +2.9% | Residual rate 0.5505 per $100; 1-unit residential rate 0.4779 per $100. | Tax account; Tax information 2026 |
| Greater Montreal | Boucherville | Rates only — no bill % given | 1-5 unit residential: 2025 0.3908, 2026 0.3976 per $100; 6+ unit: 2025 0.4097, 2026 0.4216; residual base: 2025 0.4385, 2026 0.4595. Do NOT convert rate changes to bill increases. | Budget 2026 |
| Quebec City metro | Québec City | General tax indexation +2.0%; average single-detached (incl. condo) whole bill change +1.9% | Average single-detached bill $3,410 in 2026 ($3,348 in 2025, average assessment $379,000). | Budget document; Budget |
| Gatineau | Gatineau | Other categories (incl. residential, residential not listed separately) +3.0%; non-residential +4.0% | Gatineau, Quebec side only — do NOT merge with Ottawa. 2025 residential proposed +3.18% (about $128 on a median home assessed $454,600). 2026 average bill amount NOT verified. | Budget 2026; Budget 2025 |
| Greater Montreal | Pointe-Claire | Residential municipal tax average +3.0% | Average-value home bill +$140. | Budget 2026 |
| Greater Montreal | Rosemère | Average home bill general tax +3.0% | No further scope detail verified. | Budget and reports |
| Greater Montreal | Mascouche | Average bill property tax +2.63% | Excluding service charges / tarification. Average serviced home bill +$128/year. | Budget 2026 |
| Greater Montreal | Mont-Saint-Hilaire | Average home bill +2.36% | No further scope detail verified. | Budget 2026 |
| Greater Montreal | Saint-Basile-le-Grand | Amounts only — no % given | Average bill residual tax amount $3,275.31 in 2025, $3,455.68 in 2026. Do NOT calculate a %. | Average tax account 2026 |
Quebec gaps — No data: Lévis 2026 NOT verified (third-party 3% proposal / 3.5% not used); Montréal 2024 and earlier not verified (third-party about 4.9% for 2024 not used); Québec, Gatineau, Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, Boucherville, Pointe-Claire, Rosemère, Mascouche, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Basile-le-Grand 2024 and earlier years not systematically verified (blank for trend purposes); about 70 other CMM municipalities not attempted in this round (not gaps, not covered); Gatineau 2026 average bill amount NOT verified.
Nova Scotia
Table A is TOTAL residential RATE, not an increase. Never plot an NS rate on the same axis as an increase %, and never label an NS rate as an increase. Fiscal years are April-March, written 2019/20-2025/26, never as single years. Average-home bill comparison across NS municipalities is NOT possible except Halifax alone (other towns have rates only, no comparable average bill series).
Table A — Total residential rate per $100 assessment (provincial open data)
| Area | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax (HRM Urban only) | 1.196 | 1.196 | 1.189 | 1.154 | 1.115 | 1.110 | 1.115 |
| City of Sydney (CBRM representative area only, NOT the whole CBRM) | 2.266 | 2.266 | 2.266 | 2.19058 | 2.2154 | 1.9435 | 1.936 |
| Truro | 1.850 | 1.850 | 1.9025 | 1.9025 | 1.9025 | 1.9025 | 1.9025 |
| New Glasgow | 1.840 | 1.840 | 1.840 | 1.840 | 1.840 | 1.840 | 1.840 |
| Bridgewater | 1.650 | 1.650 | 1.750 | 1.750 | 1.850 | 1.850 | 1.850 |
| Yarmouth (town) | 1.660 | 1.660 | 1.670 | 1.690 | 1.690 | 1.690 | 1.710 |
| Kentville | 1.4272 | 1.4108 | 1.4081 | 1.4262 | 1.4262 | 1.4262 | 1.4262 |
| Wolfville | 1.465 | 1.475 | 1.475 | 1.4575 | 1.475 | 1.4655 | 1.4655 |
| Antigonish | 1.090 | 1.090 | 1.100 | 1.110 | 1.110 | 1.130 | 1.300 |
| Amherst | 1.655 | 1.655 | 1.670 | 1.670 | 1.670 | 1.670 | 1.670 |
Source for Table A: Government of Nova Scotia Open Data, Municipal Property Tax Rates, dataset ure8-3w7m, Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia: Dataset; CSV.
2026/27 official budget points — separate from Table A, do NOT mix into the rate trend as increases
| Municipality / area | 2026/27 figure | Scope and notes | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Municipality | Urban general rate 0.687; Suburban/Rural general rate 0.654 per $100; average municipal bill +9.5% (about +$247, $2,606 to $2,853); average total bill +7.5% (about +$284, $3,774 to $4,058) | Municipal general rates only, excluding provincial mandatory. Bill figures are Halifax alone. | Tax rates; 2026-27 budget |
| Cape Breton Regional Municipality | Municipal portion rate unchanged, no municipal portion increase | Do NOT use Sydney to represent the whole CBRM, and do NOT use a CBRM average (none exists in the provincial table). CBRM areas other than Sydney not checked for 2026/27. | Taxes in CBRM; 2026-27 budget |
| Truro | Residential and commercial rates unchanged | 2026/27 specific rate number NOT extracted — left blank, do not reuse 1.9025 as the 2026/27 figure. | Budget presentation 2026-2027 |
| New Glasgow | Residential/resource rate 1.88 per $100 in 2026-2027 (up 0.04 from 1.84 in 2025/26) | Rate-derived change, NOT an official increase % statement. | Tax rates |
| Wolfville | Residential rate 1.4855 per $100 in 2026-27 (1.4655 in 2025-26, +0.02 rate-derived) | Rate-derived change only. | 2026-27 operating budget |
| Yarmouth (town) | Residential rate 1.71 per $100, unchanged; commercial 4.35, unchanged | Town only. | 2026-27 operating budget |
| Kentville | Base residential rate 1.4662 per $100; residential/resource class +2.8% official wording (up 4 cents); average household about +$9/month | Official wording for the class increase. | Media release; Approved operating budget |
| Amherst | Total residential rate 1.670, unchanged; general rate 1.288 (1.259 in 2025/26), provincial mandatory 0.304, community support 0.078 | Do NOT write only rate unchanged without the structure change. For 2026/27, general 1.288 + provincial mandatory 0.304 + community support 0.078 = total 1.670. | 2026-2027 budget report; Tax rates |
Nova Scotia gaps — No data: 2015/16-2018/19 not extracted (listed as not checked, not as no data); 2026/27 Antigonish and Bridgewater official files NOT found (blank, do not reuse 2025/26 rates 1.300 / 1.850 as 2026/27); Truro 2026/27 specific rate number blank (see above); District of Yarmouth 2026/27 rate 1.1925 vs provincial table Yarmouth rural 1.180 in 2025/26 — unit correspondence NOT verified, do NOT join them into one change line; other NS municipalities (Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Digby, Pictou, Stellarton, etc.) not checked in this round; Halifax 2019-2023 municipal increase % not extracted from budget files (councillor newsletter series 1%, 4.6%, 5.9%, 8.2%, 5% is NOT a budget-file verified series — not published as verified).
Count note: the five research files contain 85 data-point municipalities in total — Alberta 15, British Columbia 19, Ontario 29, Quebec 12, Nova Scotia 10 — not 83. All 85 are published above; no municipality was dropped to force a count of 83. This discrepancy is for the owner to reconcile.
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