Whitby

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Whitby is a town in Durham Region on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The original town, formed in 1855, brought together earlier shoreline and crossroads communities including Port Whitby. Peter Perry had established Port Whitby as a grain shipping centre in 1836, building on its natural harbour; the Town today operates a 420-slip marina at Port Whitby. The downtown Four Corners area grew where the town's two main roads crossed, and both the downtown and the Port Whitby waterfront anchor the town's heritage character.

Source: Town of Whitby — Town of Whitby, Port Whitby Heritage Walking Tour (official Town publication).

Combined chart

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

Bars: Town of Whitby net 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.

Bars — Whitby net 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)

Scope notes

All figures are the Town of Whitby's own budget (net tax levy) increase. The Town keeps about 34% of each residential tax dollar (the Region of Durham about 55% and school boards about 11%), so the Town's increase always translates into a much smaller percentage on the total bill; whole-bill effects are recorded in the notes and are never charted.

When this guide's comparison was first compiled, Whitby's 2026 percentage could not be verified, and only an amount and a whole-bill figure were recorded. It has since been verified from the Town's own 2026 Adopted Budget: the net tax levy increase for 2026 is 3.44% (a $4.7 million increase), which is the figure this page and the Ontario comparison use. The whole-bill effect is different — about +$78 for the average home, roughly 1.2% of the total bill — and is not the charted figure.

For 2023 the only figure found was a proposed 5.14% in budget highlights; proposed figures are never charted, so 2023 is No data. A Mayor's proposed 3.49% for 2026 was superseded by the adopted 3.44% and is not used.

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	Town of Whitby net tax levy 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	No data	1.1%	110.0
2016	No data	1.4%	108.4
2017	No data	1.6%	110.0
2018	No data	2.3%	109.3
2019	No data	1.9%	108.6
2020	No data	0.7%	108.0

Year	Town of Whitby net tax levy 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	No data	3.4%	113.0
2022	No data	6.8%	113.0
2023	No data	3.9%	108.4
2024	4.4%	2.4%	107.6
2025	3.99%	2.1%	104.9
2026	3.44%	No data	No data

Sources for this chart:

Town of Whitby property tax increase, 2024: Town of Whitby, Connect Whitby — 2024 Budget
Town of Whitby property tax increase, 2025: Town of Whitby, Adopted Budget 2025 to 2027
Town of Whitby property tax increase, 2026: Town of Whitby, 2026 Adopted Budget
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 Town of Whitby's own budget (net tax levy) increase percentage, as stated in the Town's adopted budget documents and Council adoption announcements. 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	No data
2016	No data
2017	No data
2018	No data
2019	No data
2020	No data

Year	Figure
2021	No data
2022	No data
2023	No data
2024	4.4%
2025	3.99%
2026	3.44%

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 data: no official Town page publishing Whitby's 2026 residential tax rate is published. The Town's Property Taxes page publishes due dates and a 2025 average-bill breakdown instead of a 2026 rate table: a 2025 residential bill of $6,700 on a property assessed at $503,000, split Region of Durham 55% ($3,655), Town of Whitby 34% ($2,276), Education 11% ($769). Source: Town of Whitby, Property Taxes, https://www.whitby.ca/services-and-payments/property-taxes/

Third-party rate compilations (e.g. WOWA's 0.468163% municipal rate) were NOT used as sources.

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the Town of Whitby's own budget (net tax levy) increase percentage, as stated in the Town's adopted budget documents and Council adoption announcements.

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 Whitby net 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

Town of Whitby introduction: Town of Whitby, Port Whitby Heritage Walking Tour (official Town publication)
Town of Whitby: Town of Whitby, Connect Whitby — 2024 Budget
Town of Whitby: Town of Whitby, Adopted Budget 2025 to 2027
Town of Whitby: Town of Whitby, 2026 Adopted Budget
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 Town of Whitby source before relying on a figure.