Development Charges

The City of Burlington collects development charges to cover the costs of building infrastructure so that new developments receive municipal services, such as roads, transit, water and sewer infrastructure. If you require a building permit, you may need to pay development charges.

Development charges rates

View the list of development charges effective July 1, 2021 for different types of development projects applicable in Burlington.

We typically index our development charge rates on April 1 of each year.

Development Charges Bylaw

Learn more about how development charges are regulated in Burlington by viewing our Development Charges Bylaw

2021 Amendment

We are amending our Development Charges Bylaw to reflect the changes legislated by Ontario’s Bill 108: More Homes, More Choice Act. The 2021 Development Charges Amendment will address these changes.

Timeline

View our draft schedule for the Development Charges (DC) Bylaw amendment:

Process Steps	Dates
Project initiation	Q2 2021
Preparation of draft amendment of DC by-law	Q3 2021
Review of draft amendment of DC bylaw with Strategy and Consultation Committee	Q4 2021
DC background study and proposed DC by-law available to public	Jan. 21, 2022
Statutory notice of Public Meeting advertisement placed in newspaper(s)	Feb. 9, 2022
Public Meeting - Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability Committee	March 2, 2022
Council considers the amendment of DC background study and passage of by-law	March 22, 2022
Newspaper notice given of by-law passage	April 1, 2022
Last day for by-law appeal	May 2, 2022
DC pamphlet available	TBD

DC Bylaw pamphlet available 60 days after in-force date

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Give us your feedback

To provide feedback on our 2021 Development Charge background study amendment and bylaw, please email us at getinvolved@burlington.ca.

Development Charges Studies

View our development charges studies from past years.

2019 development charges study

We worked alongside Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. to complete a development charges study from 2018 to 2019. This allowed us to pass the Development Charges By-law 29-2019.

2014 development charges study

Our Development Charges Bylaw from 2009 expired on July 1, 2014. We completed a development charges study which allowed us to pass the Development Charges Bylaw in 2014.