Taxes

Please note: The City of Thorold has an obligation under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, to protect personal information and ensure against unauthorized disclosure. For this reason, if you are contacting the City to obtain information respecting your property, including but not limited to information respecting water, property tax, and by-law matters, City staff may request information to verify your identity to prevent against unauthorized disclosure to third parties. The City verifies identity by confirming information we have on file. City staff will only provide account information to the owner of the property, unless the owner has provided written authorization that has been documented by the applicable department.

The 2024 final tax bill, which covers the last two instalments, will be mailed before or on June 6th, 2024.  If you do not receive your bill by June 13th, please call 905-227-6613 or visit the Tax Department at City Hall, as soon as possible thereafter.

Please note the following due dates for both instalments:

Instalment 1: Friday, June 28, 2024 @ 4:30 p.m. 

Instalment 2: Friday, August 30, 2024 @ 4:30 p.m. 

Please visit www.thorold.ca/en/city-hall/payment-options for available payment options including pre-authorized payment plan options. 

Please note, failure to receive notice does not relieve taxpayers of the responsibility to pay taxes or associated late payment penalty and interest. Payments must be received by 4:30 pm on the specified due date to avoid late payment charges.

Installment 1:  February 29, 2024

Installment 2:  April 30, 2024

The 2023 interim tax bill will be mailed on or before February 6, 2024.  If you do not receive your bill by February 20, 2023, please contact the Tax Clerk at 905-227-6613 ext 235 or by Taxes@thorold.ca as soon as possible. 

Failure to receive notice does not relieve taxpayers of the responsibility to pay taxes or associated late payment penalty and interest.

Please visit www.thorold.ca/en/city-hall/payment-options for available payment options including pre-authorized payment plan options. 

The City's tax rate is set annually by Council through the budget process. The tax rates applied to your property will depend on the property classification (e.g. residential, commercial, farm) as determined by MPAC.  For detailed tax rate information, please visit Tax Rates.

Additionally, tax rates set annually by the Region, the school boards, and the Niagara Health System are also included on your property tax bill

If the property you own is under construction, being renovated or is a newly constructed building, you may not be fully assessed for property tax purposes. If the change to the property was not processed on the assessment roll by January 1st, you will be issued a supplementary tax bill(s) in the future.  The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) can assess your property value for the current year plus previous two tax years for such changes and you will be issued a supplementary property tax bill based on the MPAC assessment changes for the current year plus the previous two tax years.  These bills will be issued upon receipt of the necessary assessment information from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation and may be payable in less than two installments. Depending on the determined assessment, the additional property taxes may be in the thousands of dollars

If you have purchased a newly constructed home for which the current tax assessment is based solely on the value of the land, please note that MPAC will be assessing your property for the value of the constructed home.   Supplementary tax bills for will be processed by the City when the assessment change information is received from MPAC.

If you have recently purchased a home and have not received a tax notice prior to the due dates, please contact the Tax Department at 905-227-6613.

While your tax bill is issued by the City of Thorold, your tax bill also includes charges collected on behalf of the Region of Niagara, the Niagara Region school boards, and the Niagara Health System. The charges collected on behalf of the Region, the school boards and the Niagara Health System are remitted to the various organizations.

Property tax bills are normally issued twice per year. The interim bill is prepared in February and the final bill is prepared in June. Each bill is payable in two installments with due dates on, or about the last business day of the following months:

Interim bill: February and April

Final bill: June and August

Payment must be received at City Hall no later than 4:30pm on the due date. Upon default of any tax installment, interest at a rate of 1.25% per month is added on the first day of each month thereafter. The Tax Clerk has no authority to waive penalty and interest for any reason, whatsoever.

Taxes in whole or any unpaid part thereof are due from the owner originally assessed and from any subsequent owner. Failure to receive a tax notice does not excuse the responsibility for payment of taxes and penalty. Municipal Act section 381(4) states that the Treasurer is not required to ensure that a notice/bill that was properly sent is received by the person to whom it was sent.  It is the responsibility for the tax payer to know the due dates and ensure that instalments are paid on time.  Upon default of payment, the entire installment amount or any balance owing becomes immediately due and payable and may be collected as permitted by legislation.

Tax certificates are processed upon lawyers' request.  The request must be in written format and accompanied by the $40 fee.  Tax certificates are processed on a daily basis once payment is received.

For tax certificates that are required urgently, we strongly recommend the request be hand-delivered to City Hall or sent by courier.

Property Tax Account Inquiries & Requests for Bill Copies and Statements

Please email taxes@thorold.ca or call 905-227-6613 ext 235 for property tax inquiries.  To ensure the protection of personal information, property tax account inquiries will only be discussed with the property owners or authorized agents on file.  Confirmation of identity, including specific information from the prior year's tax bill, will be required with every request for information.  

If you would like to request a copy of your property tax bill or a statement of your property tax account, please fill out a Request for Property Tax Bill Copy or Statement form.   Please note, there is a $5 fee for each copy of a property tax bill or statement of property tax account.  The fee will be automatically added to your property tax account when the form is submitted.

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1-877-889-(MPAC) 6722 TTY
Fax: 1-866-297-6703
Web: www.mpac.ca
Write: P.O. Box 9808, Toronto, Ontario   M1S 5T9
Visit: 100 Via Renzo Dr. Suite 302, Richmond Hill, Ontario   L4S 0B8

Learn more about your property assessment at About my Property.