Property Tax Guide for Canada

Clarington

Ontario

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Clarington is a lower-tier municipality in Durham Region, at the eastern end of the Greater Toronto Area. It covers about 614 square kilometres, stretching from the Lake Ontario shore north into rural countryside, and is crossed by Highways 401, 407, 418 and 35/115. Its main urban communities are Bowmanville, Courtice, Newcastle and Orono, surrounded by smaller rural settlements and farmland. The municipality is situated within the traditional and treaty territory of the Mississaugas and Chippewas of the Anishinabeg, the Williams Treaties First Nations.

Source: Municipality of Clarington — Municipality of Clarington, Clarington Community Profile 2026 (official municipal publication).

Combined chart

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

Bars: Municipality of Clarington tax levy annual increase.

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.

Clarington property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–20260%2%4%6%8%10%104106108110112114No data2015No data2016No data2017No data2018No data2019No data2020No data2021No data2022No data20234.52%20245.32%20253%2026Increase (%)Canadian dollar Real CEER (1999=100)Year
  • Bars — Clarington 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.

YearMunicipality of Clarington tax levy increaseCanada 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
2018No data2.3%109.3
2019No data1.9%108.6
2020No data0.7%108.0
YearMunicipality of Clarington tax levy increaseCanada 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
2022No data6.8%113.0
2023No data3.9%108.4
20244.52%2.4%107.6
20255.32%2.1%104.9
20263.00%No dataNo data

Sources for this chart:

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the adopted Municipality of Clarington tax levy increase percentage (the increase in the municipal levy and tax rate from rates, as approved in the adopted budget or budget update). 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
2018No data
2019No data
2020No data
YearFigure
2021No data
2022No data
2023No data
20244.52%
20255.32%
20263.00%

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.

2026 residential rates (Municipality of Clarington official tax-bill page; set by By-law 2026-023):

Municipality of Clarington portion: 0.485458% = $4.85458 per $1,000 of assessment

Region of Durham portion: 0.780760%

Education portion: 0.153000%

Total residential rate: 1.419218% = $14.19218 per $1,000 of assessment

Source: Municipality of Clarington, Understanding your tax bill: https://www.clarington.net/homes-and-property/property-taxes-and-assessments/understanding-your-tax-bill/

Note: the worked example on that page ($402,507 × 1.419218% = $5,712.45) is labelled "Total 2025 taxes" on the page but is computed from the 2026 rates — a labelling slip on the official page, recorded here for transparency.

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the adopted Municipality of Clarington tax levy increase percentage (the increase in the municipal levy and tax rate from rates, as approved in the adopted budget or budget update).

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 Clarington 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 Municipality of Clarington source before relying on a figure.