Property Taxes and Assessments

Residents pay property taxes to cover the cost of services provided by the Municipality. The tax levy is the dollar amount that you pay for Municipal services. It's the amount of money the Municipality needs to provide services, including snow clearing, road repair, emergency services, parks maintenance, libraries, just to name a few.

Each budget year, the Municipality determines how much money is needed to maintain our services and provide any service enhancements. That cost is added up and divided by the total assessed value of all properties across the Municipality. The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) assesses all homes and properties across Ontario. MPAC determines what your home is worth. The tax rate is calculated by taking the cost of providing services and dividing it by the total assessed value of all homes and properties across the Municipality.

The tax rate is split into three:

• The Municipal tax rate set by the Municipality of Clarington.
• The Regional tax rate set by the Regional Municipality of Durham.
• The Education tax rate set by the Province of Ontario.

The municipal tax rate is determined after Clarington Council, and the Region of Durham approve their budgets, and the Province of Ontario establishes the education rate.

The tax rate varies depending on the type of property. The main property classes include residential, multi-residential, commercial and industrial. You can view property tax rates broken down by the type of property.

Our applications and forms section contains your tax payment options, mailing address change and other helpful information.