CHART: Property Tax Increases Among Ontario Municipalities – TPR Hamilton | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site

January 23, 2024
The following chart is solely the property tax levy increase. Hamilton is artificially decreasing its levy increase by borrowing and draining reserve funds.
Approved
Notes: Blended total increases were verified with the upper-tier municipalities via email.
Proposed
Notes: All upper-tier increases are approved. Haldimand figure provided by the City of Hamilton.
Multi-year Budgeting
The City of London uses multi-year budgeting, its Council is debating a new four-year budget for 2024 to 2027. Their four-year draft budget was released on December 12.
Brantford is also changing to multi-year budgeting, they are projecting a 4.99% increase, exclusive of policing.