Tax fees and charges

There are fees for some tax services. Use this fee schedule to understand when charges may be added to your property tax account or are required to be paid.


Fees schedule Fee
Tax receipt $25 per year
Local improvement details $25 per tax account
Returned payment fee $40 per payment (subject to HST)
Photocopy of processed cheque $10 per cheque (subject to HST)
Tax certificate: online $55 per certificate
Tax certificate: mail or expedited $80 per certificate
Tax levy and payments information (prior years) $50 per year
Duplicate tax bill $25 per bill
Statement of taxes $25 per statement
Tax adjustment application, except 357(1)(d.1) $30 per application, per year
Mortgage company administration fee $11 per account/interim and final bill (subject to HST)
Ownership change fee $40 per change
Cheque retrieval fee (any request to retrieve, return, replace or move a post-dated cheque must be made a minimum of three business days prior to the cheque date) $20 per cheque (subject to HST)
Addition to tax roll $50 per item
Reminder notice $9 per notice
New account administration fee $60
Search (title or corporate) $125 per search
Tax sale registration $1,100
Tax sale final notice $1,900
Tax sale of property $7,800 plus incurred advertising costs
Tax sale extension agreement $1,100
Notice of interested parties fee $30 per notice
Bailiff assignment fee $50 per year assigned
Payment redistribution fee $40 per request (subject to HST)
Defaulted POA fines – administration fee $30 per fine
Final notice fee $20 per notice
Notice of impending registration $50 per notice
Online simplified tax receipt $0
Refund request fee $30 per request (subject to HST)

The fees in this table are from the General Fees and Charges By-law.