What are Property Taxes?
Property taxes help fund essential municipal services and are paid by the property owners.
The Regional Municipality of Durham establishes annual property tax rates based upon the assessed value of properties within the Region and the annual property tax supported business plans and budgets.
To learn more about the annual Business Plans and Budgets or to view editions from prior years, please follow the link here.
What Do Regional Property Taxes Pay For?
In 2025, the average single-family home in Durham Region has an assessed value of $483,100 (based on MPAC 2016 Current Value Assessment). This homeowner pays on average $3,563 per year or $297 per month for Regional services as shown in the graph below.
The Region also provides water and sanitary sewer services, billed on a consumption basis, to customers who are connected to the municipal systems. These services are user rate supported and are not funded from Regional property taxes.
Need Help Understanding Your Property Tax Bill?
Visit these pages for more information on how property taxes and rates are calculated as well as links to other resources.
- Understanding your property tax bill
- Property assessment and the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
- Property tax strategy and resources
Are There Any Property Tax Rebate Programs?
Durham Region offers several property tax rebate programs, administered by local municipalities. Program eligibility requirements and rebates are the same in all local area municipalities, but the application processes may be different for each of them.
In addition to the region-wide programs listed below, your local area municipality may have additional property tax rebate programs available. Information about these programs is available by contacting your local area municipality. Contact your local area municipality for more information.
Property tax rebate program for low income seniors and persons with disabilities.
The Regional reassessment deferral program is available to low-income seniors where the eligible property owners is65 years or older and receives the Federal Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS).
This program is also available to low-income persons with a disability who are eligible for the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).
Under this program, eligible residential homeowners may be able to defer annual reassessment related tax increases, in excess of five per cent or $100, on their personal residence.
Contact your local area municipality for more information.
Property tax rebate program for registered charities within the commercial on industrial classes
Registered charities may be entitled to a 40 per cent property tax rebate. Eligible charities must:
- own their property,
- property must be in the commercial or industrial occupied class, and
- have a registered number with the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA).
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