Development Charges

Introduction

Before houses, apartments, stores, offices, and industrial parks are built, they need infrastructure to support them. Development charges are one of the City’s primary revenue sources to build the infrastructure needed to support new housing and business development.

A summary of development charges is available as a video:

Development charges update

We update our development charges bylaws under the authority of the Development Charges Act, 1997. The City’s latest bylaws came into effect March 2, 2024. These bylaws were guided, as required by the Act, by a Development Charges Background Study.

Learn more about the background study.

Current Development Charge Rates

Treasurer’s statements

Treasurer’s Statement 2022

Treasurer’s Statement 2021Treasurer’s Statement 2020Treasurer’s Statement 2019Treasurer’s Statement 2018

Related policies

Development Charge Exemption Policy
Development Charge Interest Policy

The Development Charge Interest Policy applies for any site plan applications that have their development charge rate linked to a site plan application dated earlier than April 1, 2022. For site plan applications made on that date and after, the interest rate prescribed by the Development Charge Act, as amended by the More Homes, Build Faster Act, applies.

Related plans and strategies

For more information

City of Guelph, Finance
519-837-5610
[email protected]