Property Tax Guide for Canada

Aurora

Ontario

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Aurora is a lower-tier town in York Region, centrally located within the region in the Greater Toronto Area. The Town covers 49 square kilometres and is home to 62,000 residents (2021 Census), with some 2,300 businesses. A residential property tax bill in Aurora has three parts — the Town of Aurora, York Region, and the Province of Ontario for education — and the Town's own share is the smallest of the three.

Source: Town of Aurora — Town of Aurora, 2026 Budget Book, Tab 02 – Budget and Policy (as adopted December 7, 2025).

Combined chart

Aurora property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2026

Bars: Town of Aurora tax levy annual increase (Aurora share).

Lines: Canada inflation (Canada CPI annual average, Statistics Canada) and Canadian dollar Real CEER (Bank of Canada). CEER is on the separate right axis and is not a percentage.

Aurora property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–20260%2%4%6%8%10%104106108110112114No data2015No data2016No data20173.1%20183.3%20193.4%2020No data20212.9%20223.5%2023No data20243.5%20252.2%2026Increase (%)Canadian dollar Real CEER (1999=100)Year
  • Bars — Aurora tax levy increase
  • Line — Canada inflation (Statistics Canada CPI annual average)
  • Line — Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)

Data behind the chart

The data table below carries one row per year, in year order, with the tax increase, the inflation value and the CEER value for that year, or “No data” where a series has no verified figure.

YearTown of Aurora tax levy increase (Aurora share)Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2015No data1.1%110.0
2016No data1.4%108.4
2017No data1.6%110.0
20183.1%2.3%109.3
20193.3%1.9%108.6
20203.4%0.7%108.0
YearTown of Aurora tax levy increase (Aurora share)Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2021No data3.4%113.0
20222.9%6.8%113.0
20233.5%3.9%108.4
2024No data2.4%107.6
20253.5%2.1%104.9
20262.2%No dataNo data

Sources for this chart:

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the increase in the Town of Aurora's own tax levy approved by Council (the Aurora share of the bill). Each row is the figure for that year on that one measure. A year with no verified figure on that measure is shown as No data.

YearFigure
2015No data
2016No data
2017No data
20183.1%
20193.3%
20203.4%
YearFigure
2021No data
20222.9%
20233.5%
2024No data
20253.5%
20262.2%

Separate note — tax rates, not the trend

This note is separate from the trend above and is not part of it. A residential tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value can move even when the levy increase is small, because the assessment base changes. Rate figures are therefore not used as the trend and are not mixed into the increase chart.

No Town-published residential tax rate per $1,000 is recorded here. The Town's budget books, council reports and news releases present the levy increase percentage and the Town's share of the tax dollar (38¢ of each residential tax dollar in the 2026 budget book), not a rate-per-$1,000 series; no rate is derived here from levy or assessment figures.

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the increase in the Town of Aurora's own tax levy approved by Council (the Aurora share of the bill).

Where a city publishes an increase as components, the components are recorded in the scope notes; a total is used only where the city itself publishes it.

Canada inflation is Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. Canadian dollar Real CEER is Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100); each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value).

How to read this page

Bars are the Aurora tax levy increase. Lines are Canada inflation and Canadian dollar Real CEER.

The left axis is a percentage axis shared by the bars and the inflation line. The right axis is a separate index axis for Canadian dollar Real CEER only. CEER is an index and is not a percentage.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series, and a missing year breaks a line.

Tax rates per $1,000 are separate from the trend and are not charted.

Sources

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This page is an independent guide. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. It is general information only and is not tax advice. Check the official Town of Aurora source before relying on a figure.