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Showing all 29 municipalities with a page on this site, grouped by province.
All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.
In most of Ontario, property tax is set in two municipal layers. Where a regional municipality exists — York, Peel, Halton, Durham and Waterloo — the city or town sets its own (lower-tier) portion of the bill and the region sets a separate portion on the same bill; the Province of Ontario sets the education tax rate. Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton and London are single-tier: one municipal council sets the whole municipal portion.
This page compares the verified 2026 figures for the 29 Ontario municipalities in this guide, grouped by metro region. Every figure is the municipal portion only, in the calibre the municipality itself publishes; a regional or education portion is never added into a municipal figure. Each municipality's own page shows its verified history from 2015, the exact calibre of its figures and its sources.
At a glance — 2026
- Municipalities compared: 29
- Metro region groups: 9
- Scope: municipal portion only — regional and education portions are never added in
Municipal portion only
Two municipalities can show very different figures because their portions are different shares of the bill. The Ontario comparison keeps the municipal figure and the whole bill apart, always.
How to read a figure
The “What it measures” column states each figure's scope in short form. Where a municipality publishes its figure as a share of the whole bill rather than as its own levy increase, the column says so.
Regions in this comparison
Greater Ottawa, GTA — Toronto, Waterloo Region, GTA — York, GTA — Peel, GTA — Halton, GTA — Durham, Hamilton, London.
2026 verified figures, grouped by metro region
Greater Ottawa
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | 3.75% | City overall increase (city-wide, police and transit levies as one published total) |
GTA — Toronto
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 2.20% | Combined residential increase (City of Ottawa comparison table) |
Waterloo Region
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | 6.41% | City tax rate increase |
| Kitchener | 2.2% | City tax rate increase |
| Cambridge | 2.44% | City tax rate increase, incl. the 1% infrastructure renewal levy |
GTA — York
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 2.2% | Town tax levy increase (Aurora share) |
| Vaughan | 0% | City (municipal) portion increase |
| Markham | 3.90% | City portion tax rate increase |
| Richmond Hill | 3.46% | City portion tax rate increase, as headlined by the City (levy presentation varies by year) |
| Newmarket | 2.99% | Town portion increase |
| Georgina | 3.5% | Town tax levy increase (operating plus infrastructure levy, as the Town publishes) |
| East Gwillimbury | Amount only | No percentage published — amount only (see the town page) |
| King | 3.49% | Township tax rate increase (Township portion only) |
GTA — Peel
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Mississauga | 1.61% | City portion's contribution to the total bill increase (whole bill 5.21%) |
| Brampton | 0%, plus 1% special levy | City portion increase 0%, plus a separate 1% special levy for the second hospital reserve |
| Caledon | 3.27% | Town increase incl. the 1% infrastructure levy (2.27% + 1%) |
GTA — Halton
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Oakville | 0.47% | Town portion increase |
| Burlington | 5.80% | City budget increase (City tax levy) |
| Milton | 6.94% | Town (local) portion tax increase |
| Halton Hills | Total tax rate +6.99% | Total Town tax rate increase (general increase plus Town special levies) |
GTA — Durham
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Oshawa | 1.68% (municipal share of whole-bill) | City portion's share of the whole-bill increase |
| Whitby | 3.44% | Town net tax levy increase — verified from the Town's 2026 Adopted Budget (the town page reconciles this with the earlier amount-only record) |
| Pickering | 1.06% (municipal share of whole-bill) | City portion's share of the whole-bill increase |
| Clarington | 3.00% | Municipal tax levy increase |
| Uxbridge | No increase % verified | No data — the Township publishes tax rates, not an adopted increase percentage |
| Scugog | 4.12% | Township municipal increase |
| Brock | 3.79% | Township municipal tax-rate increase |
Hamilton
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 3.87% | City residential tax increase |
London
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| London | 3.4% | City tax levy increase, “from rates” |
No data — not zero
A municipality with no verified figure is shown as No data, never as 0%. An adopted 0% increase is a real figure and is shown as 0%.
Gaps, recorded openly
Two further Durham municipalities have no page yet because no official 2026 figure could be verified for them: Ajax (only a third-party levy estimate) and Whitchurch-Stouffville (a provisional figure only). East Gwillimbury and Whitby had no official source link when the comparison baseline was compiled; Whitby's figure has since been verified from its adopted budget, and East Gwillimbury publishes an amount only — both are explained on their own pages.
Sources
Every figure comes from an official municipal source (adopted budgets, budget books, final tax material and council adoption releases), listed on each municipality page. Proposed and draft figures are never used. Ptax.ca is an independent guide; it is not affiliated with the Government of Ontario or any municipality. Check the municipality for the latest official information before relying on a figure.