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The Corporation of The Township of Amaranth
By-Law Number 2026-e!
A By-law to provide for the levy and collection of taxes required for the
Township of Amaranth for the year 2026
Whereas it is necessary for the Council of The Corporation of the Township of
Amaranth pursuant to The Municipal Act, 2001 , S.O. 2001, Chapter 25 as amended to
Levy on the whole rateable property according to the last revised assessment roll for the
Corporation of the Township of Amaranth the sums set forth for various purposes as set
out in Schedule "A" hereto attached for the year 2025; and
Whereas pursuant to the County of Dufferin By-Law Number 2026-19, the County of
Dufferin passed a by-law to set tax ratios and to set tax rate reductions for prescribed
property subclasses for county purposes and lower tier municipal purposes for the year
2026; and
Whereas the transition tax ratios established the relative amount of taxation to be borne
by each property class and have been set for the taxation year 2026 as follows:
Residential Class
Multi-Residential Class
New Multi-Residential Class
Commercial Class
lndustrial Class
Pipeline Class
Landfills Class
Farmlands Class
Managed Forest Class
Aggregate Extraction
1.000000
1.400000
1 .100000
1.220000
2j98400
0.842100
1 .181500
0.220000
0.250000
1.788852
Whereas the property classes have been prescribed by the Minister of Finance under
The Assessment Act R.S.O. 1990 c.A.31 as amended and regulations thereto; and
Whereas an Interim Levy was made before the adoption of the estimates for the current
year pursuant to By-law 01-2026;
Now Therefore The Corporation of the Township of Amaranth by the Municipal Council
thereof enacts as follows:
That for the year 2026 The Corporation of the Township of Amaranth shall levy upon the
above noted classes of property, as applicable, the rates of taxation per current value
assessment to raise the sum of $6,296,857 for General Municipal Purposes based on
the estimates for the current year; and
That every owner be taxed according to the tax rates in this by-law, together with such
tax rates as are properly set by the County of Dufferin for County purposes and by the
Province of Ontario for education purposes, and such taxes shall become due and
payable as follows:
1. The taxes shall be payable to the Treasurer, Township of Amaranth in four
instalments, namely:
February 26,2026
May 28,2026
August 27,2026
November 26,2026
2. Property owners who have applied and meet the conditions for the Pre-
authorized Payment Program for taxes as approved by the Treasurer will have
the taxes levied under this By-law paid by automatic withdrawal in monthly
instalments withdrawn on the 28th of each month.
3. In the event that the Provincial 'OPTA" system does not have the necessary data
to provide on Commercial, lndustrial and Multi-Residential tax capping to permit
processing tax bills for these instalment dates, then the Treasurer is authorized
to process tax bills for the remaining tax classes and to establish later tax
instalment due date(s) for the Commercial, lndustrial and Multi- Residential tax
classes on a separate tax bill.
4. Any instalment or any part of any instalment of rates, taxes and assessments not
paid on the due date, a penalty shall be added of one and one quarter (1.25) per
cent on the first day of default and on the first day of each calendar month
thereafter in which default continues, as set out in the Municipal Act; and
5. Whereas the Treasurer shall add all special charges required pursuant to any
statute or by-law to the respective properties chargeable thereto and that the
same shall be collected by the collector in the manner as all other rates or levies.
6. The Treasurer as the Collector of Taxes for the Township of Amaranth is hereby
authorized to mail or cause to be mailed, the notice specifying the amount of
taxes payable by any person liable for taxes, to the address or place of business
of the person or persons to whom such notice is required to be given.
7. Taxes are payable at the office of the Tax Collector of the Township of Amaranth
or any other place designated by the said collector.
8. lf any section or portion of this by-law or of Schedule "A" is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council of the Township
of Amaranth that all remaining sections and portions of this by-law and Schedule
"A" continues in force and effect.
9. Schedule "A" attached hereto shall be and form a part of this by-law.
By-Law Read A First And Second Time This 15th Day Of April 2026
By-Law Read A Third Time And Passed This 1Sth Day Of April 2026.
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Head of Council
CAO/Clerk
Schedule A to By-law 2026- Jf
IH, CF,
&HF
Education kept per legislation
$(10,533)
$o
$10,533
4,825,200
0.00038250
0.00108160
0.00168738
TT
Managed Forests
$1,846
$5,219
$8,142
0.00038250
0.00095181
0.00148489
FT
Farmland
$105,420
$262,325
$409,247
275,606,900
0.00856022
0.00364326
0.00568377
PT
Pipeline
$19,098
$8,128
$12,691
2,231,000
0.0051 1000
0.00773929
0.01207389
VT
Aggregate Extraction
$5,029
$7,616
$11,992
984,1 00
0.00180770
0.0051 1 164
0.00797456
HF
Landfill- PIL Full
$644
$1,921
$2,841
356,200
0.00880000
0.00951116
0.01483814
IK
lndustrial Excess Shared PIL
$2,343
$2,533
$3,951
266,300
0.00880000
0.00951116
0.01483814
IH
lndustrial Shared PIL
$5,541
$5,ggg
$9,344
629,700
0.00880000
0.00951 1 16
0.01483814
IX
lndustrialVacant Land
$20,295
$21,935
$34,220
2,3Q6,200
0.00880000
0.00951 1 16
0.01483814
IU
lndustrial Excess Land
$1,399
$1,501
$2,341
157,800
0.00880000
0.00951116
0.01483814
IT
lndustrial Occupied
$139,491
$150,764
$235,204
15,851,300
0.00186660
0.00527821
0.00823441
CF
Commercial PIL Full
$4,349
$12,295
$1 9,1 go
2,329,300
0.00880000
0.00527821
0.00823441
CU
Commercial Excess Land
$10,205
$6,121
$9,549
1,159,671
0.00880000
0.00527821
0.00823441
CT
Commercial Occupied
$593,596
$356,037
$555,445
67,454,129
0.00153000
0.00432640
0.00674952
RT
Residential
$1,127,135
$3,187,21 3
$4,972,297
736,689,300
Tax Rates
Tax Rates
Tax Rates
Tax Levy
Tax Levy
Tax Levy
CVA
Township of Amaranth
2026 TAX RATES & LEVIES
Schedule A to Bylaw
Pro
Class
Tax
Class
Township of
Amaranth
County
of Dufferin
Provincial
Education
2026
Total
Tax Rates
0.01260592
0.02231262
0.02231262
0.01537922
0.03314930
0.03314930
0.03314930
0.03314930
0.03314930
0.01489389
0.02492318
0.01788725
0.00281920
0.00315148
2026
Township of
Amaranth
County
of Dufferin
Education
Total
Tax
Levy
$9,296,645
$1,505,078
$25,875
$35,823
$525,459
$5,231
$76,450
$20,874
$8,827
$5,306
$24,527
$39,907
$776,992
$15,207
$o
TOTAL AMOUNTS TO BE
RAISED
1,110,947,100 $6,296,857 $4,029,497 $2,025,847 $12,352,201