Category Archives: Property tax

Guelph, Ont., January 22, 2025 – Today at a special council meeting, Guelph’s Local Boards and Shared Services (LBSS) presented their updated 2025 budgets to City Council. Council approved the updated budgets with a net tax levy increase of 3.12%. Earlier in November 2024, Council adopted the City services budget, accounting for an increase of 3.66%, bringing the net tax levy impact for 2025 to 6.78%. This translates to a $322.72 annual increase based on the 2024 median residential property assessment for a single detached home and the 2024 tax policy, of which $174.21 will support City services, and $148.51 is for LBSS. “On behalf of City Council, I extend thanks to our local boards and shared services for presenting their budgets today” commented City… Continue reading Guelph’s 2025 Tax levy finalized

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Guelph, Ont., October 17, 2024 – Today, Mayor Cam Guthrie shared the draft 2025 budget update on Guelph’s website; the draft budget will be presented at a special Council meeting on October 30. The Mayor and City staff worked together to identify key investment areas and priorities to ensure the budget meets the community’s needs while also addressing the Mayoral direction to reduce the previously-adopted 2025 budget.   Background  The 2025 budget was previously adopted as part of the 2024-2027 Multi-Year Budget with a net tax levy increase of 9.8 per cent over 2024. The draft budget released today was updated to align with the Mayoral direction that was introduced earlier this year using the Strong Mayor powers. Under the Mayoral direction, staff were tasked… Continue reading Mayor Guthrie shares draft 2025 budget update

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Property owners in Guelph have a convenient new way to see their property tax information online: the property tax portal. Continue reading Convenient new property tax portal now available

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