Cities own much of Canada’s infrastructure but have limited revenue tools. A stronger municipal bond market could help close the financing gap: Luciano Arvin

Officials warn building infrastructure needed to support rapid housing growth placing unsustainable pressure on utility ratepayers and property taxpayers

New Brunswick’s Liberal government has introduced a new system of municipal property taxation, publishing a public list of appropriate property tax rates

Taxpayers in tiny Maritime municipality on hook for $109K because Nova Scotia government ordered secret tax sale process audit by Big Four accounting firm

Property taxation is regressive. Municipalities in Canada are trying to manage 21st-century realities with 19th-century fiscal tools, say local politicians

Alberta is reviewing the models it uses to determine the market value of regulated properties that municipalities rely on for their own tax assessments

As of the end of 2024, property tax debt has grown to nearly $254 million, despite policies to stop deadbeat companies from acquiring new oil and gas wells

Debt balloons, projects shelved in the Brampton municipal budget after years of budget freezes as property taxpayers face a hike of just under five per cent

As provincial contributions fail to keep pace with growing needs, York Region warns of larger program costs shifted onto the municipal property tax base

Alberta’s moratorium on renewable projects has created a hangover effect for municipal districts that received the benefit of steady tax revenue for years

Difficult to understand need for 80% increase in Peel police budget over five years, say property taxpayers representing Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga

Proposed changes to taxes paid by oil companies would mean $100 more in property tax for every man, woman and child in towns along BC pipeline routes

Residents and local leaders in Mississauga are again raising affordability concerns over property taxes as Peel Police Services budget hike goes to Council

While tax sales for unpaid property taxes can be an opportunity to purchase a property far below market value, it’s also buyer beware for budding barons

The Canada Revenue Agency could solve the dangerous trucking problem in Peel Region overnight if it enforced laws for contractors and underground economies

A proposed York Regional Police budget hike would account for most of the overall tax levy in one of the lowest municipal property tax regions in Ontario

Niagara-on-the-Lake says taxpayers may have to make up the difference in revenue loss through increased property taxes due to Doug Ford speed camera ban.

Like his expensive policing contract, Doug Ford’s decision to ban speed cameras will cause property taxes to increase, say municipalities across Ontario

Property taxes will rise in Niagara-on-the-Lake and other cities across Ontario due Premier Doug Ford's plan to scrap automated speed cameras next month

The Holt Liberal government is set to restore tax-sharing agreements with First Nations that were cancelled by the previous Conservative government in NB

Niagara Regional Council decision to reject a maneuver to avoid defeat of $40 million developer incentive called a victory for taxpayers outside of Welland

In Alberta, municipalities can no longer pay for joint healthcare and social services, because Smith government lets oil and gas companies off the tax hook

The new Liberal provincial government has frozen property taxes as it follows through with a campaign promise of tax reform currently in the discovery phase

Critics say the property tax base — Brampton homeowners — will eventually be forced to cover substantial deficits as a result of budget and tax freezes

Developers are fighting a popular tourist town over the establishing of a higher tax for second homes that sit empty outside of tourist season in Alberta