Where do your tax dollars go?
Your total property tax bill provides for more than just the cost of city services. Like the city, Halton Region prepares a budget each year, with a large part of their operating expenditures funded through property taxes. The Province determines education tax rates.
The city's portion of the overall 2019 residential tax bill is 44.1 cents of every tax dollar and the remaining 55.9 cents goes to Halton Region and the Province of Ontario for education taxes.
The city considers it very important for taxpayers to understand what city services they receive for their property tax dollars. For 2019, an urban residential property assessed at $500,000 amounts to approximately $1,727 in property taxes for city services.
Where Your 2019 Tax Dollars Are Spent
(per $500,000 of residential assessment)
| Service | Amount |
| City Services (44.1%) | $ 1,727.22 |
| Capital | $ 393.91 |
| Public Safety Services | $ 336.94 |
| Maintenance Services | $ 230.59 |
| Roads and Transportation | $ 213.53 |
| Internal Support and Administration Services | $ 200.42 |
| Local Boards and Other Agencies | $ 152.58 |
| Leisure Services | $ 126.01 |
| Joseph Brant Hospital Contribution | $ 32.13 |
| Customer Relations and Citizen Representation Services | $ 23.81 |
| Design and Build | $ 22.13 |
| Mayor and Council | $ 17.09 |
| Net Corporate Revenues | $ (21.92) |
| Regional Services (35.4%) | $ 1,386.62 |
| Halton Regional Police Service | $ 505.40 |
| Road Operations | $ 189.60 |
| Waste Management Services | $ 150.30 |
| Public Health & Paramedic Services | $ 122.25 |
| Housing | $ 117.30 |
| Other Services | $ 62.32 |
| Services for Seniors | $ 59.30 |
| Planning & Economic Development | $ 54.25 |
| Conservation Authorities & Heritage | $ 39.25 |
| Children's Services | $ 33.80 |
| Property Assessment | $ 31.25 |
| Employment & Social Services | $ 21.60 |
| Education (20.5%) | $ 805.00 |
| Total 2019 | $ 3,918.84 |
Download a copy of the 2019 Taxpayer Brochure
Receive Your Property Tax Bill Electronically
Receive your property tax bills electronically by visiting the epost website, creating an account and adding the mailer: City of Burlington - Property Tax.
Additional Information
Select a link below to learn more about:
- Paying taxes - when taxes are due and payment options
- Tax rates - rates for the past few years
- Property assessment - how to look up your property assessment and resources for understanding and estimating assessments
- Rebates and deferrals
- Updates to mailing address or ownership - moving or changing mailing address
- Contacts and related links - important contacts for assisting with property taxes and assessments
- Appeals - how to file an appeal
- Tax Applications - for tax reductions due to demolition, fire, exemptions, etc.