Vaughan

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Vaughan is a lower-tier city in the Regional Municipality of York. A residential property tax bill in Vaughan is divided three ways — the City of Vaughan, York Region, and the Province of Ontario for education — and the City's share (28 cents of each property tax dollar in 2024) funds services such as garbage collection, snow clearing, fire and emergency services and recreation programs.

Source: City of Vaughan — City of Vaughan, Budget 2024.

Combined chart

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

Bars: City of Vaughan municipal portion property tax 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.

Bars — Vaughan municipal portion property tax 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)

Scope notes

All figures are the municipal (lower-tier) portion only. The regional municipality's portion and the provincial education tax are set by those bodies, appear on the same bill, and are never part of this series or added to the municipal figure.

Every year in this series was verified individually against the City's adopted budget material — including the two zeros. The 0% figures for 2021 and 2026 are adopted zero increases in the City portion, not missing data. On a Vaughan tax bill the City portion is only one part (in the City's own illustration, of each tax dollar about 28 cents is the City's, about 50 cents is York Region's and about 22 cents is the provincial education tax); the Region's and the Province's changes are set separately and are not part of this series.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series. A missing year breaks a line: no line segment crosses a gap, and no value is interpolated. Inflation for 2026 is not yet published as an annual average. Each Canadian dollar Real CEER value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values from the Bank of Canada (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value). CEER is an index on a separate right axis and is not a percentage. CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.

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.

Year	City of Vaughan municipal portion property tax increase	Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average	Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2015	2.7%	1.1%	110.0
2016	2.9%	1.4%	108.4
2017	2.9%	1.6%	110.0
2018	2.89%	2.3%	109.3
2019	3%	1.9%	108.6
2020	2.85%	0.7%	108.0

Year	City of Vaughan municipal portion property tax increase	Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average	Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2021	0% (verified)	3.4%	113.0
2022	2%	6.8%	113.0
2023	2.9%	3.9%	108.4
2024	3%	2.4%	107.6
2025	3%	2.1%	104.9
2026	0% (verified)	No data	No data

Sources for this chart:

City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2015: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan Council approves 2015 budget"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2016: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan saves $14 million in 2016 budget process"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2017: City of Vaughan, "Delivering service excellence through fiscal responsibility"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2018: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan maintains one of the lowest tax rates in the Greater Toronto Area"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2019: City of Vaughan, "Budget 2019 builds on the City's success"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2020: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan keeps property taxes low"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2021: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan approves 2021 budget"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2022: City of Vaughan, "2022 budget reflects Vaughan's commitment to keeping tax rates low"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2023: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan maintains low taxes with 2023 budget"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2024: City of Vaughan, Budget 2024
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2025: City of Vaughan, "Budget 2025: Strong leadership, delivering for you"
City of Vaughan property tax increase, 2026: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan Council adopts 0% property tax increase"
Canada inflation, 2015–2025: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. The 2026 annual average is not yet published.
Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2025: Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100), source file; explainer, Canadian effective exchange rates. 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). CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the Council-adopted increase in the City of Vaughan's own (municipal) portion of the property tax. 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.

Year	Figure
2015	2.7%
2016	2.9%
2017	2.9%
2018	2.89%
2019	3%
2020	2.85%

Year	Figure
2021	0%
2022	2%
2023	2.9%
2024	3%
2025	3%
2026	0%

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.

The City publishes final tax rates as percentages of assessed value. Converted at rate × 10, the 2024 residential rates are:

Year	City of Vaughan	York Region	Education	Total	Source
2024	$1.99 per $1,000	$3.62 per $1,000	$1.53 per $1,000	$7.14 per $1,000	City of Vaughan, 2024 Final Tax Rates (published rates: City 0.198953%, York Region 0.361852%, Education 0.153000%, Total 0.713805%), https://www.vaughan.ca/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024%20Final%20Tax%20Rates.pdf?file-verison=1765335380604

Only the 2024 rate schedule is recorded here; the Region and education columns are shown for bill composition only and are not part of this page's increase calibre.

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the Council-adopted increase in the City of Vaughan's own (municipal) portion of the property tax.

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 Vaughan municipal portion property tax 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. A verified 0% increase sits at the zero line and is marked “0% (verified)”.

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

Sources

City of Vaughan introduction: City of Vaughan, Budget 2024
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan Council approves 2015 budget"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan saves $14 million in 2016 budget process"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Delivering service excellence through fiscal responsibility"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan maintains one of the lowest tax rates in the Greater Toronto Area"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Budget 2019 builds on the City's success"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan keeps property taxes low"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan approves 2021 budget"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "2022 budget reflects Vaughan's commitment to keeping tax rates low"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan maintains low taxes with 2023 budget"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, Budget 2024
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Budget 2025: Strong leadership, delivering for you"
City of Vaughan: City of Vaughan, "Vaughan Council adopts 0% property tax increase"
Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01: CPI annual average
Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM: Real CEER source file

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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 City of Vaughan source before relying on a figure.